Think i'm going to go with

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Conroe 3.0GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115028

Pretty cheap! Gaming vs encoding I feel I game more then I encode, As always I can let it go over night. I feel the core 2 duo over the quad would be the best choice for me overall.

Thanks for the feed back. I'll post up my entire part list later (still researching) let you guys eye it over and see what you think.

Also only getting the parts from Newegg only.