So I need a new motherboard, but I figured while Im at it I might as well get a new cpu cooler for overclocking and hard drive just cause MINE is too small and slow.
motherboard
I just need something basic that can slightly overclock, mabye to about 3ghz.Just one question first. Is there a big difference in performance if I have a pcie2 card in pcie1?

cpu cooler
I really have no idea at all. Something to overclock my q6600 and keep it at a good temp. Idle the TEMPS are 36,33,36,33.
Running prime 95 for maybe not even 10min, 2 cores had fire things. The temps were 51, 48 ,51, 48. No way I am going to overclock with this cpu cooler.
So ANYONE have any good suggestions?

hdd
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145233
The reviews sound good and people say its faster then a raid 0 array and as fast if not faster then a wd raptor.

Oh and I have around $150 plus another $200 my parents owe me but I dont want to spend it allASUS P5K....

I don't have RAID setup on any of my machines...to me it's not WORTHWHILE for the small increase in speed.ok thanks