New Rig - any suggestions?

[Ansris]

Case - Thermaltake Shark (Black) http://thermaltake.com/xaserCase/shark/black/black.htm
Motherboard - Asus an8 SLI Delux http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...m-details.asp?EdpNo=1179727&CatId=1569
HDD - Seagate Barracuda (200 gigs X 2 for raid o) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148066
CPU - AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+ http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...m-details.asp?EdpNo=1447057&CatId=1177
Cooling - Evercool Water Cooling Kit http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...m-details.asp?EdpNo=1367710&CatId=1057
Sound Card - Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...item-details.asp?EdpNo=1284188&CatId=0
Graphics Card - MSI GeForce 6800 Ultra (times two as im running SLI) - http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...item-details.asp?EdpNo=1289197&CatId=0
Monitor - I can't figure out a decent LCD for gaming. Any Thoughts?
Drives - I can't seem to find any conclusive reviews as to what the best DVD - R drives are on the market. Any advice?
Ram - Corsair TWINX DDR PC3200 @ 400 MHZ (Two gigs worth)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications.../item-details.asp?EdpNo=618631&CatId=0

Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers, and some random crap I'm tossing in the spare bays to control fan speeds and what nought excluded. I hear Nvidia is releasing their new G70 cards in the next few weeks so I may hold off on the video cards. As of now, I have the case, mobo, HDD's, and the keyboard, mouse, and speaker system. Any thoughts would be appreciated as to what I should change out to make this thing better. I'm building this for college and am trying to go all out on it so it'll last me as long as possibe without having to upgrade or build a new system. That and I wanna game with it.
Thanks!

 

[Corporate Thug]

if you are gonna overclock, i recommend a DFI + OCZ VX combo

 

[KoolDrew]

Why are you getting everything from tigerdirect? tigerdirect is terrible. Shop at newegg, zipzoomfly and Monarch. I also think your wasting your money on certain things. The CPU and video cards in particular. If you ahve the money to burn and don't mind then it is fine, but ther is little benefit to SLI compare fot such a high cost. Also your games won't magically look better then if we wee using soemthing like a X800XL.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

That CPU is definitely overkill. I'd go with a nice 3700+ San Diego and overclock and then wait for the prices for the X2 to come down, because they're ridiculously high right now. The DFI Lanparty Ultra-D is the best bang for your buck, since it offers great overclocking potential, is much cheaper than the ASUS, and has 2 PCIe 16x slots that can be modded to SLI. Get an X800XL or 6800GT now and wait for next-gen cards to come down in price. You don't always need the latest and the greatest . Your money would be much better spent if you got great (but not ridiculously top of the line) cards now and save up for better parts later. Oh, and yeah, as KoolDrew said, Tigerdirect sucks.