New Build, looking for input

Well, I'm putting my first build in a few years together. I acquired a thermaltake Armor series case (the full tower black one with the side fan) new in the box at a garage sale for $25 so I plan on using that.

This will be primarily a gaming machine, and I just bought a 24" Dell Ultrasharp 2408 monitor, and have a 22" samsung that will be my secondary display.


Here's the parts that I picked out and I would appreciate any ideas where I can shave some money off or if you see any good areas for upgrades that I missed.

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817703009 $150 right now.
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115042 $320
GPU: whatever 4870 is in stock at the time i make the order $310
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131284 $290
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227267 $92 (does have a $35 rebate though)
Cooler: need input here, I want to do a moderate overclock (like upto 3.2)
hardrive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136284 2 of these at $210 a piece


thanks for the help, I already have a retail copy of XP, mouse, keyboard, and gaming headphones.

Thanks for that input, I'll be adding that cooler and am reading up on that motherboard now.

Can anyone recommend a good fan controller and what is the general opinion of soundcards vs. onboard sound. I'll be piping it thru a spare onkyo reciever i have into a 5.1 speaker setup.