I was impressed that they could be pieced together at a competitive rate, Thanks Scole. I think Mike should get a fully built one though. There is so a lot of proprietary things about these that make a lot of parts incompatible with other OEM parts and standards.

I was poking around that I think you've chosen the right CPUs, the x5675s being the best of the 95W selection before the big 45w jump to 130w tdps RAM carries a big price value on these resellers so if you are up to it or can find another one with smaller amounts of ram and another auction for ram you might be able to save up to 50-100 bucks. Also a big part of the RAM price is their density, 4gb/8gb.

Remember theres a few quad core models mixed into the lineup like the x5667, x5672, .. little over halfway down you'll find a good table You may want to call and ask them which coolers are on the cpus, because the passives will hold you back, the sub 12 dollar upgraded heatsink is very worth it.