New PC, need advice

[Geezer57]

Anyone have any experience with PQI memory? http://www.pqimemory.com/ That's the memory brand.

Don't have any personal experience with PQI, but it's been sold for quite a while on Newegg, with generally favorable customer reviews. You can see here that most PQI memory in your size range gets a 4 to 5 egg rating: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&ATTR8=&ATTR9=

I wouldn't hesitate to use it in my systems, especially if ultimate performance were not a major factor.

P.S. Go for the 7800GT over a 6800GT - the price difference is very minor if you shop carefully, but the performance delta is quite significant. The newer GPU also draws less power (while performing better), and so runs cooler in addition.