Looking around so far, (I lost my newegg wish list
, so no exact part names):
I'm looking at a gigabyte mobo, 8 Ram slots, more USB slots than I can count (Which is actually a big thing for me), esata slot, integrated 5.1, etc. About $250 though, but as I said, I'm building a beast.
HDD's, Im never going to use anything other than WD again, unless of course they turn to crap. I've had HDs of others fail to off often. Had gotten bargain deals on 3 1tb drives for my last raid 5, and well... the second one failed before I had a proper chance to diagnose the first one. Hence new machine.
GfX, I'm a neophyte. Gotta do some research.
As for a case, I'm almost thinking about doing a custom fab build. Using Brushed and polished Titanium Plate and Sheet. Retail it would probably be around $500-$700 for the case. But I can probably do it my self for <$100. Only cost me about $30 in Ti (I work in a Ti fab shop now). Nice thing about Titanium, it doesn't tarnish.