Here are the parts of my new gaming computer, not going overboard, and I do have a bit of a budget:

Case:
Antec Twelve Hundred Full ATX Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129043 - Ordered

Power Supply:
Antec TPQ-850 850W - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371009 - Ordered

Motherboard:
MSI P7N SLI-FI Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130175 - Not Ordered Yet

CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 (will be O.C. to 3.2Ghz) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115052 - Not Ordered Yet

RAM:
G.Skill 4GB (2x2GB) @ 4-4-4-12 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231209 - Not Ordered Yet

Video Card:
MSI 9800 GTX+ (1 for now, will probably get 2 more over time) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127392 - Not Ordered Yet

Fan Controller:
NZXT SEN-001LX (for additional fans) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811992004 - Not Ordered Yet

CPU Cooler:
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186134 - Not Ordered Yet

Optical Drive:
LG Black 22X (CAV) DVD+R 8X DVD+RW - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136152 - Not Ordered Yet

Hard Drives:
(2x) Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB (The hard drives will be in a RAID 0 array) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136074 - Not Ordered Yet

So that's what I have so far, as far as the major parts.

 

It would be SOOO sick if you get SLI!

 

lol do you really need the Antec 1200? You're only using 3 of the 15 bays.

Why not the $50 cheaper Antec 900?

 

The reason is the video card wont fit in the 900, I would've gotten that instead though lol plus when overclocking, I like having additional space and more airflow.

 

Anyone else have any input?

 

Go with the ASUS P5N-D m/b instead. You gain a PCI-E2.0x16 slot and an audio coax port, but you lose an IDE slot that you weren't using anyway. ASUS > MSI, too.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131232

 

ive heard that the sli is not all that great ..ive got a pci-e and its not all that great to me ..im still more impressed by my old agp than my new pci-e ..my pci-e has 2x the amount of everything but my agp still feels faster with games and programs..are you going to run vista??

 

I had considered the ASUS but that model has 1x PCI Express 2.0 x16 only and 1x PCI Express 8x, just like the MSI. I had wanted one with 2 x16 slots, but its more than what I am trying to keep my budget in.

 

Well I am probably going to dual boot XP and Vista, but I have been playing games on Vista on my laptop for a while and do love the way it handles with the new drivers from nVidia.

 

SLI is extremely over rated.

 

Huh? The P5N-D has two x16 slots, look at its specs lol. It's also only $5 more expensive.

And x3 about SLI.