Desktop Thinking About Building....

[AUTOBOOT2000]

Motherboard - 221$ (MSI X58, Crossfire 2x16 2.0/No SLI)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130216

CASE - 160$ (Apevia, Big fans yay) need big and cool any suggestions?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144201

Video Card - 520$ (HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161242

Processor - 300$ (i7 920, Quad 2.66ghz)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202

Hard Drive - 70$ (Western Digital, 640gb 7200rpm 16mb cache)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218

RAM/Memory - 142$ (OCZ 3*1gb, DDR3 1333 for triple channel) -20 rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227369

POWER SUPPLY - 120$ (Corsair, 750 Watt Certified) -20 rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

Disc Drive - 23$ (Samsung, cd/dvd lightscribe)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151155

Sound Card 90$ (ASUS Xonar) -25 rebate DURR this supports EAX right?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132007

OS - ~100$ I am scared of 64 bit because I use emulators and lots of old stuff often

Total without Tax: 1581$
assuming rebates work do the rebates really always work?

then I need some kick ass surround sound... grrr every time I revise this the price gets bigger and bigger especially now that the i7 came out any suggestions to save a few bux? obviously I am still debating the video game card...

 

[ihavenoname]

Check out this motherboard:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=30418&vpn=P5Q Pro&manufacture=ASUS
Good deal I think, and in my honest opinion sound cards are a waist of money. Most motherboard these days have perfectly good outputs on them already. Just go from your output right to your home stereo, and you pretty much have an awesome theater system. Also $500 is quite a bit of money to spend on a graphic card, although you can spend up to $3000 on one too. But I definatly wouldn't spend that much on one, maybe $300-$400. Other then that it seems like it would be a good build. I'm excited to see how the i7 processor works for sure too.

 

[ihavenoname]

Scratch that, I don't think that motherboard I mentioned will be compatible with the i7, but check out the specs, cause i'm not sure.

 

[AUTOBOOT2000]

i7 processors just came out a couple days ago and they make motherboards "just" for them since they have triple channel memory and such. The Future Is Now!