Opinions please, is this a good buy?

No no, you don\'t have to overclock the RAM, it just means you can. The Q6600 runs at 266 MHz fsb (x 9). With your RAM you could (in theory) overclock to more than 500 MHz. But it is more than what\'s needed... Personally I have PC6400 RAM, and it\'s fine for my use.

no, you don\'t have to overclock the memory in order to use it with that motherboard, like Samwise said.. it just means that you have more potential to have an easier time overclocking than someone with slower memory.

Memory will downclock to whatever your board is capable of running, the thing is, nearly all computer components are capable of actually running faster than they are configured to run stock (memory, FSB on the motherboard, CPU, videocard)

I would return the memory and get slightly cheaper stuff that will run exactly the same as that expensive stuff you bought (at stock settings).  It\'s like buying a Ferrari and only driving it the speed limit.. why even buy it then when a honda civic would do just as well for much less?

I took it in to be built today, I was going to buy 4GB there and return what I had purchased but the guy said to keep what I already bought and he would overclock the motherboard / processor for me. So I ended up keeping the RAM, don\'t know if that was a mistake or not but its done with now.

I had to take the ultra out of the box just to see it, that thing is massive. The case is also quite a bit bigger than I expected but it looks great. I did buy the wrong HDD, I mistakenly got an IDE I think its called? and not the Sata I wanted. So I am still able to return that and get credit put back onto my card and I bought the one I originally intended to at the shop.

I work all day tomorrow so I won\'t be able to pick it up but I will grab it the next day and i\'ve purchased Bioshock to play on it Right now I have the headphones / mouse / keyboard hooked up. The sound is amazing and the mouse will take some getting use to as it is my first real gaming mouse. The keyboard just looks cool and is quite massive.

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I has no camera!!! Plus i\'d like to have the nice monitor hooked up to it before I start showing it off. To steal your analogy, it would be like a Ferrari stuck in first gear while hooked up to this dinky thing.

Nothing wrong with IDE - I wouldn\'t bother returning it because it\'s IDE, that\'s for sure.

Already mailed it back, paid 85.99 for it. The one I bought today was 90.