[Akai]

Just going to toss in my thoughts here, in case you hadn't decided on a course of action yet. :) I used to custom build my desktop in the past, but it never worked out quite how I wanted in the end. I have since found a magical website for desktops and laptops and my friends and I all go there for our tech now. So just wanted to share the love. It's www.ibuypower.com and it's awesome and simple to use. You can take all the great advice that Coda gave and apply it at this site with a custom build if you want. And the customer service is really good too. :)