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One thing on the case and power supple. I'm on my 7th or 8th PC now and have yet to encounter a power supplier failure. My current PC has a lot of hardware on it:2 DVD drivers, 2 hard drives, IEEE card, video card, all running on a 350W for about 2 1/2 years now.
I regularly take the PC to the garage and run the air compressor to hose it down. Dust is #1 enemy of your PC. I attach a piece of 6" plastic strip to the back of the power supply fan. This way I can tell if the fan is functioning just by looking at the attached strip.
You will want to get a good CPU fan as well. Get some good thermal paste before you assemble the CPU and fan. If you can, get an aluminum case with one see-thru panel where you can monitor the CPU fan easily.
Just my two cents.
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