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Looked around at the P35's as I really do not plan to SLI at this point, price and quad still I think this one may foot the bill, though I've only used Gigabyte and MSI in the past. Any comments on this board as opposed to original planned would be welcomed.
ASUS P5K-E LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131225
Went ahead and changed the plan to include the GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail, I actually had it in my spreadsheet as an alternate, forgot all about it.
Followup question on the recommended RAM, the Memory compatibility list for the board lists the 1066 version of the OCZ, should the 800 work just fine as well? Just added note my previous PATRIOT Ram was awesome for ever, is why I leaned toward PATRIOT this time, but OCZ and this board seems to make sense money wise and OC wise.
Chookman, thanks on the Tuniq, adjusted that and saved a few bucks.
On the Headset/Speakers, The price steps there a little larger than I'd like though with both your inputs somewhat leaning to the Sennheiser. This will actually be my first surround sound endeavor and the speakers have 3 kids and a dog to contend with so I'm not too hot on pissing away hundreds of dollars on speakers that will likely be bashed to hell, I will keep those under advisement tho 
Doghills, I should be alright the 939 based system I use now will be receiving a new 750GB for storage, this new system really only has Age of Conan to worry about running. However I did find the 900 a good deal cheaper thanks on that.
http://www.techonweb.com/products/ [...] 493&src=PG
Thanks for the feedback on the Keyboards/Mice,
On Video, I was thinking along the stepup lines if I go a notch down on the video for now, but have read mixed reviews of the stepup working out. Definitely mulling it over though at near 100 difference. Think I'll go take a closer look at stepup. 
I looked at the G15 but I'm primarily interested in the macros as I normally run two characters in any game I play I end up macroing quite a bit to keep the alt in tune with the main. Also my first delve into anything than standard mouse and keyboard.
First post ever on Tom's long time reader, but appreciate all the quick feedback and links to alternatives.
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