Upgrade BYOPC Consumer advice!

forwardthining

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Dear Forum,
I need to upgrade my desktop and I plan to visit a Microcenter outlet in Cambridge, Massachusetts tomorrow and would like to know what I should look for in terms of components. I am keeping my case, monitor and other peripherals and focusing on quality parts. I am re-building the system for gaming and to use Adobe Dreamweaver. Any advice would be appreciated as this is only my second build and I am trying to correct mistakes I made earlier using cheap components.

Current:
Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 2.40 ghz
2MB ram (ddr2-800) ( Replacing )
Asus P5K acpi motherboard - (I thought about replacing this board with one that has a built in wifi or is future proof.)
Samsung Optical Drive ( Replacing )
350 GB HDD
nvidia 8800gt 512 mb( Replacing, it overheats and artifacts)
Antec p182 case
Antec 650 powersupply

Need:
(4) 120mm fans that have LED's and are quiet. Current 120mm Antec fans are too loud
New Video Card
New 4mb ram
Buying Win7
New Optical Drive, possibly Blue Ray.
Fan Control for drive bay

Thank you for any and all advice!