New to building, any help is welcome

We can't see it if it's "Secure Wishlist".

Wow that case if fugly. Honestly, look at RC-690, Antec Nine Hundred, Antec Three Hundred. Get a Antec/Corsair/PCP&C PSU. Get a 4850 or a 8800GTS 512 for about $120 after rebate. Look at X38/X48 if you get the 4850 for CF. That RAM is fine, but @ 5-5-5-18 @ 1.9v, it's weak sauce. Look at Crucial Ballistix 4-4-4-12 2t 2.2v DDR2-800 PC6400. 2GB is okay, 4GB recommended. Look at WD6400AAKS, bang for buck, solid performer. Get the 64-bit OS for 4GB. Get a SATA optical drive, the one you picked has IDE, which is the wide ribbons, SATA is the thin cable that doesn't affect airflow negatively.

Shoudl i go with the 64bit Vista or the 32bit vista? doing some more reading, it seems there are driver issues with the 64bit verison?

Raidmax sucks...and that's being nice about it. Raidmax makes cheap tacky hardware. The cases have crap airflow, and the psu's burn out after a year.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119106 $52.99
COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP Black Aluminum & Mesh bezel / SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835150070 $4.99
MASSCOOL FD12025S1L3/4 120mm Case Fan - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817341012 $69.99 (49.99 after $25.00 Mail-In Rebate)
OCZ StealthXStream OCZ500SXS ATX12V / EPS12V 500W Power Supply 100 - 240 V

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130339 $199.99
EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX(G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115017 $199.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813130185 $96.99 ($81.99 after $15.00 Mail-In Rebate)
MSI P43 Neo3-F LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145184 $86.99 ($66.50 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate)
CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148136 $74.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827106263 $23.99
LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 0&Tpk=mx-2 $6.99
ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116204 $94.99
Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM

Total
$912.89
$852.89 w/mail in rebates

You broke one? Sad... How is it Gigabytes fault? there is a release mechanism on it, its called press ur thumb on it.

Well, I will not being buying it all at once, so if i make the video card one fo the last things i buy, i can probably get away with the 4850 then

Here's an update so far, based on the feedback i've gotten (thank you all for your help thus far)

PSU: Antec earthwatts EA500 500W ATX12V v2.0 Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371007

Optical: LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model iHAS120-04 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827106263

Case: Sunbeam AC-HUVB UV Blue (UV reactive) Clear Acrylic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811166007

Harddrive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148136

MoBo: ASUS P5K PRO LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131275

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115017

Memory: CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145184

Vid Card: SAPPHIRE 100242L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102747

Plus the fan, compound, and Vista 64bit.
Grand total: 914.40 (874.40 after mail-in-rebates)

Performance > Looks...that is if your a gamer.

Airflow, quality, and room for expansion is always what to look for in a case. Most of those cases with flashy lights and plastic windows are junk for the most part.

Will my PSU be "strong" enough for my build? What about if/when ig et a second 4850

wow, much cheaper on buy.com then newegg, jebus

Well, Iw ill give it a try I guess. May go to 8gb in 6 months or so, so then 64bit will be the best bet... correct?

I never actually said it was their fault, I know there is a release button, its one of the reasons I like Gigabyte's cables, but unfortunately it was from my GA-K8N-SLI and had a different style button than the ones that came with my DS3L.

When i built my current rig, I reused my case and cables, the hard drive it was connected to was from my previous build, regardless the design is different and was a major PITA the first time i unhooked it when it was the only SATA drive. With my current setup I have 2 Seagate Sata 320gb drives and a Samsung Sata DVD-RW.

If you look at the layout the one that broke was plugged in to the second one down

And since you probably can't tell its upside down(release button would face down). my dvd-rw was plugged into the third one. I remedied it by using the fourth for my dvd-rw leaving space to reach the button.

So not their fault, other than poor layout. Especially if all 4 are filled.

Oh and to answer this question:

Vista Home Premium