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I suspect you'll be happier with the ASUS board. I'm still running an A7N8X; it came out years ago and was keeping up right up until the s939 boards started coming out.
On the other hand, be wary of the Raptor. 10 000 rpm isn't really stable; I've seen a lot of those drives crash and burn. They may have ironed out the issues by now, but I'm still wary of the Raptors, which I think is natural when you've seen four of those drives fail within a year of purchase. I'd go with a 7200 rpm drive with 16mb cache.
For the fans, Vantec Stealths are a palatable choice. They don't move as much air as some of the 120's out there, but are they ever quiet. I'm running two of them on my system with Q-Fan controlling the processor fan. The Stealths are completely inaudible and the proc fan barely makes any noise either, since it's throttled right back (at full speed it screams like a banshee though; the Volcano I've got on there is good for cooling, not so much for noise levels).
I'd stick with the Corsair ram if you can afford it.. the latency on Kingston's ValueRAM isn't up to par. It doesn't make a huge difference in performance, but you will see a boost running a CAS latency of 2 or 2.5 vs. 3, so bear that in mind.
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I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
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