I am considering the following setup:
1 x PC ASSEMBLY AND TESTING (PRE-CONFIG OS IF PURCHASED)
1 x AMD Phenom X4 9550 Quad Core Processor Socket AM2 2.2GHZ 4MB Cache 95W Retail Box
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 PWM AM2 S754 S939 S940 900-2200RPM 40CFM 4PIN Heatsink Fan
1 x ASUS M3A ATX AM2+ AMD 770 DDR2 PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 RAID Sound Motherboard
1 x Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Ch *IR-$12.00*
1 x Radeon HD 3870 OEM 775MHZ 512MB GDDR4 2.4GHZ PCI-E Dual DVI-I *Systems Only - 1YR NCIX Warranty*
1 x Antec Sonata III Black ATX 16IN Mid Tower Quiet Case 3X5.25 2X3.5 4X3.5IN 500W 120MM Fan
1 x Corsair CMPSU-620HX 620W ATX Triple 12V 50A 24PIN ATX Modular Power Supply 120MM Fan *IR-$15.00*
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 3.5IN 500GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 32MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive
1 x Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse 800DPI Black LI-ION
1 x Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Gamer 24BIT Sound Card 7.1 PCI Retail Box Bilingual

note that this is a very rough draft.

will edit this post later on (after I write that capability), please leave your comments.

Hell no. Son, what you need is a mac. Those things are slick.

yeah definitely go for ati

http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/powerstation/intro.shtml l0l

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Your System Total
$1216 CAD

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 3.0GHZ 1333FSB 4MB Retail $222.00
Zalman CNPS9500 At LGA775 Heatsink Fan 92MM Fan 1300-2650RPM 18-27.5DBA $59.28
ASUS P5N-E SLI Nforce 650I SLI LGA775 Conroe ATX 2PCI-E16 1PCI-E1 2PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN Motherboard $134.55
DDR2 Memory (RAM) Corsair XMS2 CM2X2048-6400C5 2GB DDR2 1X2GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL 5-5-5-18 240PIN Memory DIMM $69.99
Video Cards EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GT Dual Slot 600MHZ 512MB 1.8GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV Out Video Card $219.99
Computer Case Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower Gamer Case 900 ATX 9 Drive Bay No PS Top USB2.0 1394 Audio $121.25
Power Supply Antec Truepower Trio 650W Power Supply ATX12V V2.0 Active PFC SLI Certified 120MM Fan $112.23
Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 3.5IN 500GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 32MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive $92.00
DVD Writer Liteon LH-20A1S DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 DL 8X 2MB SATA DVD Writer Black Beige Retail Box $34.19
Sound Card Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Gamer 24BIT Sound Card 7.1 PCI Retail Box Bilingual $101.03
Full assembly and testing of the system. $50.00

I dunno, if that motherboard has onboard sound I probably wouldn't get a sound card then, yeah.

if it doesn't, I will, because all I have is shitty sb live! values.

get nvidia over ATI. i mean if you're going for a gaming PC chances are you won't be using linux.

also i would not personally buy a sound card but that is me

also, case wise: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=21123&vpn=NINE%20HUNDRED&manufacture=ANTEC
this thing has so many fans and is quieter than my old Dell, keeps it all very cool.