its finally built! 
took me a while of saving, asking a lot of questions, but its very nice:
The graphics card is only a temp go between now and when the new ATI comes out.
I wanted to thank everyone on this board for their help, but in particular these people for helping me more so than most people: J.D, Kearney_1988, mp260767

took me a while of saving, asking a lot of questions, but its very nice:
1z Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX9650 "LGA775 Yorkfield" 3.00GHz (1333FSB)
1x Zalman CNPS9700-NT nVidia Tritium CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
4x Noctua NF-P12 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin
1x OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR10664GK)
1x Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
1x BFG GeForce 9800 GTX OCX 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
2x Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ) (raid 0)
1x Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)
1x Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional Series 7.1 Sound Card
1x Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black)
1x Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
1x Logitech Z-5500 THX Certified 5.1 Speaker System
2x Samsung SM-226CW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor
The graphics card is only a temp go between now and when the new ATI comes out.
I wanted to thank everyone on this board for their help, but in particular these people for helping me more so than most people: J.D, Kearney_1988, mp260767
