Ditto on everything Lasereth said except I'd definitely go with SATA now - even if it's not much faster it's definitely easier for cabling. Just be sure to either get a powersupply (I recommend some of the higher end Enermax - Noisetaker series or higher) with SATA power connectors on it or else get some SATA power adapters. I'd also go with either the 3.2C or an AMD64 if I were you (pref for the intel because of my experiences with both companies - but both are good.) 9800 Pro will do you just fine - I've got 3 of them although I will be buying an X800 XT soon just because.
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