well, thanx Adict, jwill and debro ... AMD has to wait on the shelf for now i guess

unfortunately, i doubt that i can mess with the cpu in any way, the PC is a property of the company i'm working for, and i guess they won't allow me to get adminisrator privileges... i'll try to convince them though... that means no overclocking as well ...

i'm gonna check the local prices over here, might be getting an e8x00 ... let's just hope that the IT team would understand that i might really know about computer parts more than they think they do... they got a a sweeet sweet q6600 and killed it with an intel G9something VGA... adobe software keeps on crashing...

oh... enough OTing ... thanx for the help fellows ... now i'll just have to wait for the build to arrive