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Seems to be a solid system with decent prices.What are you considering for video?

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I like frozen cpu,theres alot of good products there but also take a look at the cases on .They have a selection that will take quite a while to go through.Probably better pricing than frozen cpu.You may want to run your board info through the memory selector on crucial and buyaib,they may/maynot have better deals.The board you have holds 8 gigs of ram divided into 4 slots,2 gigs each.I havent look any up,mainly because im scared to but depending on the money your wanting to spend it "might" be worth looking into a 2 gig stick instead of 2 512 sticks.I do however feel you might come out cheaper buying a 1 gig instead of 2-512 sticks.Again,havent priced any lately.I like the AMD chips over pentium and also have had no complaints with NVIDIA video cards,Im not a big fan of ATI.Theres my thoughts on it,hope it helps you.Wait to hear from others before making any final decisions,thats the best advise i can give.

Cases are the type of thing that will vary by the "eye of the beholder".You may like this "feature" but rather the "cosmetics" of this one...What does one do?

Here's one that i like at (found through pricewatch).It comes with 3-80mm blue led fans and fan grills,4 front usb ports,2 front audio ports and a few other goodies.You have an option of power supplys and when its all totaled out its less than $100.

These are features and cosmetics that appeal to me personally.For me,cases are the hardest to pick out.There are too many that i like!!If im custom building for someone else then i make them pick it out!

About the 2 cases you are considering,
The first one,XaserII,looks nice,has plenty of room for drives and cooling but i would be reluctant to pay $110 then a extra $70 for a PSU.

The second one is slightly cheaper ($89 w/o psu) and has pretty much the same specs in regards to cooling and drive bay capacity but,to me,has a very plain appearance.

Im not making this any easier am i?

Thank you for enlightening me, and yes I find cases a bit challenging, I love something that really stands out and gives you your style. I'm going to check some more out and probably go with the more stylish of the choice, and yes the other one does look plain, I would feel like I did not receive a die hard out of the ordinary computer case. I will check your site out and thanks again for the advice, I might get all the parts on about Friday or Saturday.
-Thanks again.
Update:
I have located my case, it comes with six 80mm fans and 550watt power supply for 242.99.
http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozen ... ?mv_pc=692