I just purchased my parts from Newegg (Expected delivery is tomorrow, but watching the UPS tracking has me thinking they might be a tad late) and although I have found a few decent - good building guides, this is by far the very best one. Over at Tomshardware, I got loads of input on parts and such ... add that with your guide and I'm feeling like I'm in pretty great shape! Thanks!
Purchased system:
Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower Case
CORSAIR 750TX 750W Power Supply
ASUS P5Q Pro P45 Mobo
C2D E8600 Proc
Seagate 640GB SATA Hard Drive
SAPPHIRE HD4870 X2 2GB Vid Card
4GB Mushkin (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 Mem (5-4-4-12 1.8v)
Sunbeam "Core Contact Freezer" CPU Cooler
Arctic Silver 1.75G Thermal Compound <- was a waste because the sunbeamtech includes a tube of tx-2 :sigh:
LITE-ON 20X DVD