Guys...
Never,
ever buy an Asus A8V motherboard:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...26#post2952426
The forums are full of threads about problems with this mobo, it may be very, very fast but to hell with that, I want a system that I don't have to worry about all the time.
e.g. "I really shouldn't start this big download because it'll probably crash halfway through"...
</rant over>