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Not really much to complain about... a very well built system, but I'll try to bicker about something. 
That monitor is a little lacking IMO. It's not necessarily a bad monitor; in fact it's a great monitor, but 19" (to me) is a little small for gaming purposes. I upgraded to a 24" LCD from a dual monitor setup (19" LCD and a 17" CRT) not too long ago, and the 24" felt massive and beautiful in comparison. It made me realise what I had been missing for years. Though to be fair, my old monitor's resolutions were 1280x1024 and 1024x768 respectively.
I don't like wireless cards. I prefer the newer USB based ones. They're not too much more expensive, but they certainly are a lot more convenient IMO. Again, not exactly a problem with your build, just something I would do different.
That IDE optical drive has got to go though. For that same price (or less even) you can get yourself a SATA one and not have to deal with ribbon cables ever again.
Umm... honestly, I'm not sure exactly what I'm using, (I'm at work ATM) but I think it's this one:
LINKSYS WUSB100
I don't recall paying quite that much for it though. I think I maybe payed $40-50
I've never had any problems with it like some of the reviews on newegg state, so maybe this isn't the exact one I have. I know it's a Linksys, and it looks just like that one in the picture. 
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