Quad core is pretty cheap now, you might as well go with that over duel core.
Buy from newegg.
I helped my roomate build his computer and he went with a Asus P5Q-E mobo with a Q6600 processor. Also with a 9800 GX2 video card. And of course you could just buy the next up from him if you have the money.
His computer runs games with no problems at all with video settings on max etc.
I can't remember what RAM he got but last I read ddr3 is still sort of prototypey. Just do some research on the RAM.
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