Thanks for the input, guys....it is greatly appreciated.

As far as cases go, I have been browsing, and I do like the X-Plorer with it's built in fan controls, but that Sonata2 does look nice as well.

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For cooling, I'd say you're fine with stock until you decide to getting serious about overclocking.
Is it wise to overclock past .5 GHz? I always assumed it would generate too much heat, and I REALLY don't want to mess with water-cooling after spending this kind of money and doing something wrong and ending up with a very wet, very expensive paperweight. I'm interested in hearing your experiences with overclocking (my buddy overclocked my last system, and it overheated....I'm doing this one for the first time, but I won't be taking it lightly, and if I feel it's beyond me, I'll get it done by someone else).

I haven't really considered an AMD because I'm always confused as to what speed those things actually go at....the names are confusing for a faithful Intel user like myself.