In reguards to the build, yes jumping_bean most of it is what you posted. Thank you for the time to put it together. Going to back the to mobo, i want a very reliable board. If the only difference b/t the two boards is one supports duel video cards and the other doesnt. Then i dont need to duel card board. But if the evga will last longer and has less of a chance to cause problems, then i dont care about the extra money. I still need to know about the ram. Is there better ram for me to get? again im willing to spend more for quality stuff. As for two 250 running at raid 0, (i dont rly know what that means other then they are connected) why is that better then one 500gb?