Sounds like watercooling territory That's FSB from 267 up to 400! That's like 50%.

Yeah, it is 50%. I'm saying that it's plenty of RAM headroom, I'm looking for 3.2GHz ish. More and it would probably mess up the CPU in the long term.

Oh I see what you mean. Just because you can do it doesn't mean you will do it

Exactly, it also shows you really don't need the 1066MHz RAM unless you plan on some serious overclocking (with some serious cooling).

Save some money and get 800MHz RAM, Strider.

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Unless of course you plan to have an asynchronous FSB:DRAM frequency ratio. This is what I did on my last system and it worked pretty well. However, it requires more V's and that generates more heat!

here is my further revised specs for my pc, it currently costs £515.28

500gb hitachi deskstar 7,200rpm 16mb cache
2gb corsair xms2 800mhz ddr2
c2q q6600 2.4ghz 1066mhz cache
asus p5k premium wifi-ap ddr2
xigmatek hdt-s1283
512mb xfx 9800gtx-xt
lian-li pc7 b-plus 2

i think thats is a awesome spec for the price, is 9800 gtx faster than 4850?

I would go for 4GB RAM and a HD4850, personally. If you're still in planning for next year, wait and see what graphics cards are available then, it will all change by then.

the ati radeon hd 2350 is £10 OMG!!

i looked on scan selected the intel q6600 processor and it came up with these recommended components that i should put in my pc:
2gb corsair dominator 1066mhz ddr2
arctic silver 5 thermal compound (looks like a syringe thingy)
abit ip35 pro mobo
akasa ak-925 REVO thermodynamic c2q cpu cooler
xigmatek hdt s-1283

i think the bottom 2 r both cpu coolers but i dont know why scan put that there, they also recommended another cooler called
northq siberian tiger watercooler

is this good?

The recommended things are based on sales or something random, I think.

The bottom two are both coolers. Overpriced pointless ones, lol.

The thermal compound is good, though I think Arctic cooling MX5 is better. You don't even need it (heatsinks come with it already).

That RAM is overpriced, you really don't need it that fast, 800MHz is perfect.

Mobo: meh. Probably decent, thougha bit old now.

In other words, don't add stuff from the shop recommended list. Spec it exactly how you want.

P.S. 2350 sucks bigtime.