I've have always been wanting to build a whole new computer to replace my old one but not sure which parts to get. My budget would mostly be around $1000.

I do have a few parts in mind that I might consider to buy.

Motherboard
$180
EVGA nForce 680i SLI NVIDIA Socket 775 ATX Motherboard (New T1 Version) / Audio / PCI Express / SLI / Dual Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 & Firewire / Serial ATA / RAID
$140
Asus P5N-E SLI NVIDIA Socket 775 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 & Firewire / Serial ATA / RAID

Processor
$200
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13GHz / 4MB Cache / 1066MHz FSB / Conroe / Dual-Core / OEM / Socket 775 / Processor

Graphics Card
$120
XFX GeForce 8600 GT XXX / 256MB DDR3 / SLI Ready / PCI Express / DL Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card

Ram (1gb or 2gb hmmm....)
$100
Corsair Dual Channel TWINX 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz E.P.P. Memory (2 x 1024)
$50
Corsair 1024MB DDR2 SODIMM

Heatsink
(Undecided)
Case
(Undecided)
Power Supply
(Undecided)
Hard Drive
(Undecided)


As for the other parts, I am still deciding.

Any Other Suggestions, Opinions, Feedback are welcome.