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Pulled the trigger on a final build: Case: CM ATCS 840 PSU: Corsair 850HX Mobo: Asus P6T Video Card: Nvidia GTX260 898MB Memory: 6GB Corsair Dominator 1600 HD: WD 1TB FALS Cooler: Zigmatek Dark Night Monitor: HP LP2475W (thanks for the recommendation!!) and I didn't forget to get some MX-2...

Thanks Enginurd & Bigwooly. I think I will forgo both the raptor and ssd's for now. I will save for an ssd in the future once everything gets ironed out and cheaper.

Is there any point in getting the retail version of the i7920? If I am going to use another fan/heatsink should I just get the OEM version?

Thanks Enginurd! HD questions: Are SSD's just a headache and require constant upkeep? I am into reliability because loosing work would be catastrophic. In real world media apps is the Velociraptor that much faster than a 1TB WDFALS? I don't know much about Raid, the little I have read in...

Sir Monkey - good idea I'll see if it works!

Danny - Thanks for the reference on the HD's, that Vertex is impressive! I definitely need more than 30gb for OS/Apps. The 60gb version is $206 w/ $30MIR at ZZF: OCZ OCZSSD2-1VTX60G Vertex Series 60GB (SSD) SATA II Solid State Drive (SSD) Solid State Drive Retail Are all the OCZ Vertex MLC...

I could also wait for cheaper/better SSD's in the future and just use the WD1TB's as Archmage suggests. Thoughts?

I am thinking about ditching the p183 from earlier post (for aesthetics mainly). . . and going with the Cooler Master ATCS 840 and a Corsair 850HX so that I have things covered for the next 5 years (hoping that rationale works). Build 1: EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216...

Thank you for all the suggestions . . . looking into them now. What do you guys think about the Dell 2209WA monitor: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=320-7825&cs=04&c=us&l=en&dgc=SS&cid=27722&lid=628335 vs. HP2475...

Thanks Sirmonkey. I was thinking too about the corsair 850hx for upgradeability in the future. I also like its efficiency, which if all things being equal I would rather have a more power friendly rig. I am going to take your suggestions into consideration and make some revisions. To SAS or...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Video Editing, Multitasking between Illustrator/Photoshop/AfterEffects/Flash, High Def Video, no gaming or little *** 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $1,500-2,000 would like to save money...