May we ask exactly "which" parts you bought?

haha, CRT. Get a 24" dell LCD. It pwns. The soundcard is kinda overkill. I have a $500 soundcard that doesn't sound much better than intel's onboard. I'd say "das keyboard" for a keyboard. Don't buy microsoft keyboards, theyre awful to type on IMO. Oh, where to start.. Normal LCD's are bad for game...

E4300, X-Fi XtremGamer ""Fata1lty"", Get a CRT for gaming, or perhaps a 37" westinghouse. But don't get a 22" LCD, You're going to run 2.1 speakers on a $130 sound card? That's not very smart, IMO. No offense. :) Get the P7800 7.1 speakers, $80. eXactMat for a mousepad. Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 ...

8600 will not run 1080p, if you're gaming. It is even slower than the 7800/7900 series. It's only advantage is that it has DX10 capability. But then, it's too slow to make use of it. You will need Atleast a 7800GS. But a 7950GT or 8800 is even better. those where to old drivers the 8600GTS is now u...

This?

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article23-page1.html

Nice addition, thanks!

"Also, the Gigabyte GV-NX86T256H does not list HDCP support, but the Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H does ..."

You'd want the latter, I do believe.

Watching? Should be.

8600 will not run 1080p, if you're gaming. It is even slower than the 7800/7900 series. It's only advantage is that it has DX10 capability. But then, it's too slow to make use of it. You will need Atleast a 7800GS. But a 7950GT or 8800 is even better.

$115 E4300 $140 ($90) Patriot eXtreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PDC22G6400LLK - Retail $63 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3250820AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $110 Microsof...

On how to keep my PC quiet. I plan to use an open case (i.e. http://www.svc.com/tech14x8-blk.html ) and a raptor HDD. I'll be getting a custom desk (I draw it in UED, my brother builds it.) and my "apartment" will be 16ftx36ft. I figured I'd keep the desk about 2 foot off the wall and put something ...