"Anyone have any helpful input regarding my questions?"
Everyone will tell you to build it yourself. All the stuff you mentioned is complete overkill for 'home' use.
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DESKTOP
Antec P180B(4 x 120mm Tricool fans)
Antec 500W neoHE
Gigabyte GA 965p DS3
E6400 /w Zalman cnps9500 led 92mm (OC'ed to 3.2Ghz)
4 GB Corsair xms2 DDR2 800
HD4850 512mb ddr3 /w Zalman VF1000 (OC'ed to 690/1143)
Soundblaster Audigy 4
LAPTOP
Core 2 Duo T5750(2.00GHz)/4GB ddr2 667/250GB HD/8600M GT
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