New gaming rig, have most of the parts, suggestions?"

Hey everyone I'm new here, at least at posting. Decided it was time to give these forums a shot as they have helped me much in the past!

So anyways, I am currently running a Athlon 64 3700+ (OC'ed to 2.8 Ghz), MSI 7800GTX 256mb, 1.5GB PC3200 DDR, Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum EX (which I've had for 4 years), all in a CoolerMaster Centurion 5 Chassis. Hey when I built it 2 years ago this thing flew!
I'm running this on a 22" HP w2207 and Logitech Z-2300 Speakers.

Here's the specs on my new rig coming in:

-CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600 / G0 stepping
-Mobo: ASUS Maximus Formula
-Gfx:now waiting... originally MSI 8800GTS 640mb
-Memory: 4GB G.Skill DDR2 PC6400 (4-4-3-5)
-Chassis: Antec P182
-PSU: CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 650W

needless to say it's a big upgrade and I'm pretty excited! Here's where my questions come in though.

Firstly, I have done some research and not come up with a straight answer, so i'll ask it here. I know I can OC the Q6600 to a good degree with good chassis airflow and stock HSF. However I want to OC to at least 3.0ghz on better than stock air cooling to keep my chip healthy :B. At the same time, I don't want the air cooling to make an excessive amount of noise (a little I don't mind). What would be the best solution for me in terms of air cooling (that won't cost more than $100, but the cheaper the better!).

Second, I plan on carrying over my old Sound Blaster Audigy 1 Platinum Ex again (this will be the 3rd system I use it in). The card, to me, still sounds awesome and the external box it came with allows me to easily hook up RCA cables, optical and so on. By upgrading to a new card, based on it's specs, would I get a considerable boost in performance for my new system, and would the sound output be considerably better?

Thirdly, the videocard I ordered originally was a MSI 8800GTS 640MB (stock OC'ed), but I resold it when it got here because I hear there is a new generation of GTS coming out very soon, as well as GT and new ATI cards. Any idea as to when the new ATI's come out, and any benchmarks or details you can show me? I'd also like to know about the new series GTS (not GT) coming out if possible.

Thanks for reading and I look forward to your replies.

P.S. Anyone had any experience with my new chassis? any thoughts on it? seemed like a good pick to me.

Well, besides fans, air cooling is pretty limited. You could use a heatsink though. I'm not really knowledgeable in this area, so I am not the best person to ask.

I use on-board sound and I think it is fine, lol. Anyways, if you upgraded to a new card, you probably won't seen too much of a difference(how good can sound be?).

-8800GT supposedly out Oct. 29
-8800GTS 640MB(New Version) supposedly out Nov. 19
-Ati's RV670s supposedly out 2 days after the release of crysis(mid-November).

There really hasn't been much information on any card, we are just now seeing some *possibly real* benchmarks for the GT, 4 days before release.

Other than that, system looks like a monster.

I personally like the Zalman CNPS9700 cpu fan. I don't have the Q6600 cpu so I can't say for sure how it will do but as far as air cooling goes I don't think you will get much better.

Here's the link and its well below 100.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835118019