Noel,I had a GeForce Ti4800, bought a 9800pro, it died the second day, shipped it back, took forever to get it back but now it is running smoothly . . and yes, I held my breath the first week LOL.Clayhttp://www.dreamfleet2000.com/gfx/images/F...ers/Dopke01.jpgClayton T. Dopke (Clay)Major, USAF (retired)"Drac"

Ah... that's what it is, a Northwood. They do run a lot cooler. You got one nice "cool" system there. My CPU is a Prescott which run hotter (as I understand they are meant to). At idle right now I am 43c while with FS2004 I am around 49-50s.Got a Thermalright X90 heatpipe cooler which definately helps. And casing surely makes a difference for airflow. My new SilverStone case has the MB/chassis running at a cool 32c.

Yep, The Northwood is the key to the temps, now, I'm not sure if the Prescott is ultimately better, however I'm very pleased with the 3.4 Northwood. I'm sure they are getting hard to find, but the diff in temps seems worth the search. If someone knows if there IS an benefit to the Prescott I'd like to know about it.Best, Clayhttp://www.dreamfleet2000.com/gfx/images/F...ers/Dopke01.jpgClayton T. Dopke (Clay)Major, USAF (retired)"Drac"