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I currently purchased these:

Asus T3-P5945GCX Barebones System - Intel Core 2 Duo (LGA775)

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.80GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-6400C5)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS)

Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM

They all work absolutely great! :) - However, it is time to think of improvements.

I would like to keep the barebones, hard drive and processor.

However, these are the things I have been thinking of to purchase to improve the system a bit more.

Should I purchase these:

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4670 Ultimate "Passive" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail Because at the moment I am using on-board, and I know this graphic card can fit in this case.

LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail Because everything seems to be moving to Blu-Ray, so this might be a good decision to buy! :)

Eset NOD32 Antivirus v3 - Retail Because I like to have a Anti-Virus to be on the safe side.

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 (3 User) - Retail (79G-00007) Because I need Office. Simple as! :p

One last thing... I would like to improve my CPU cooler, does anyone know a good CPU cooler for the barebones I currently have?
 
I think the 4670 is the biggest I can go. Because of the 300w PSU in the barebones too. I mainly want a graphic card to play films through HDMI.

I really like NOD32, just my personal preference I guess.

Which CPU could I get that will be quieter and possibly better performance? - Needs to be around the same size as the stock cooler because I am very limited.
 
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