When I was building my first machine.. it was sort of a blind build. I didn't know what I needed basically. I kept adding and deleting things over about 2 weeks, and when it came time to order it was a mess. I ended up ordering the wrong graphics card and psu. Thankfully they worked together :P

Since then, always, always, make sure everything is compatable

I'm planning to piece together a new PC this summer, I'm stoked already for it. Kinda jealous of you now!

Do the 30gb SSD's really provide much of a performance boost?