200 extra, crikey! I don't think I'll be making the change to DDR3/I7 until they lower the timings on the ram. They still seem rather high! I know its still better than DDR2 as it is though Yeah overclocking should be done manually really then you can tweak it to whatever the system needs. I have only starting overclocking this last year or so as before that I didn't have a clue how to do it! Sounds like a nice system though mr muel AMD aren't shit like they used to be Nice. D0 or C0 stepping? You really should overclock it, the i7's are reknown for being good. 4ghz should be easily reachable if its D0.