No point of getting either IMO. Both are overpriced. Get a Q9550 and a nice P45-based board like the GA-EP45-UD3R, plus one or two 4GB OCZ Reaper kit(s). And if you can wait for some time, you can nab a brand-new GTX 295, which will be the fastest card out there when it's released. To run all that, I recommend the PC Power & Cooling Silencer S75CF or the Corsair 650TX. If you want a modular PSU, I recommend the Corsair 620HX.