Mad Dog Hoek

AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard$130

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM$65 x 2

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA$100

ASUS VH226H Black 21.5 Monitor$180

COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP$63

COOLER MASTER Tower Computer Case$80

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1$40

EVGA 02G-P3-1185-AR GeForce GTX 285 2GB 512-bit DDR3 / AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz$555

Total $1276
Is this a good build for the price? and will it everything work with each other? I am a novice when it comes to this stuff. and I want to use windows xp pro 64 edition. Is it better to use xp then vista? and will stuff fit in the case, i am unsure how to pick a proper case.