Quote from Felagund
For $2000... I'm not going to go around giving exact pricing. I would much rather go with the E6850. Tech articles from the past month have shown that faster dual cores beat slower quad cores besides having better overclocking capabilities. Also, I'd suggest upping the graphics card to the GTX version. I mean, even the GTX can struggle with Oblivion at some points, but it fares better than the GTS. You also might want to get 4 Gb of Ram instead of 2. I know that Supreme Commander can easily use more than 2 Gb by itself, so keep that in mind. Whatever, it's your build, so you do what you want. I'd say that at the moment you have a cross between a workstation and a decent gaming rig, but if you want a rig purely for gaming, you can do much better even if you don't spend anymore money.
The GTX would be a fine purchase if it's within your pricerange, and I say get it if you can afford it.
RAM is some of the easiest stuff to upgrade, and as you know, a 32bit operating system won't utillize 4gb. If you want to get a 64bit operating system, go for it, but personally, I'm sticking to 32bit for now. So if you're getting 4gb Excalibur, get a 64bit OS.
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