So after years of waiting and debate, I finally decided to take the plunge and build a new gaming rig, mainly because of the great upcoming games(and current ones) that my PC couldn't handle worth bob saget.
Looking forward to World in Conflict, ET Quake Wars, HL2EP2/TF2/Portal, Crysis, UT3, BIAHH, and playing Bioshock, STALKER, and all those other great games.
07/3008 Update: Been running great, it plays every game I throw at it on high-max settings.
I've done a couple upgrades and had a problem with the sound card, but creative sent me a new one.
Updated specs:
ThermalTake Armor w/25CM fan, OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU
DFI LanParty NF680iLT SLI-T2R, Intel Core2Duo E6750 2.66GHz
OCZ Reaper 4GB DDR2-800, dual eVGA 8800GTS 640MB SLI
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty Champion, Lite-On SATA Multiburner
150GB 10kRPM Raptor X, 500GB Samsung T166, 500GB WD SATA
Samsung 22" 226BW Widescreen, Logitech Z-5500 500W Speakers
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme, Cooled by 11 fans total