I have looked around and decided upon these things. I want it to be as close to a fully working mac. So please leave any suggestions on compatibility and what you think would be better.

I am looking to make it so thats its very simple to get fully working and that it does video editing, graphic and web design. (Adobe After Effects, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, Final Cut Pro) I hope to be able to run atleast 3 at the same time withought lagging. I can currently run 2 withought much lag on a very weak 1.79ghz intel pentium dual core with 2gb of ram and a intel gma950.


Motherboard: Asus P5W DH Deluxe
No longer sold any suggestions for a replacement. Has to be fully compatible (with patching if necessary)


Processer: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 Yorkfield 2.66GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115057 - 169.99$


RAM: Transcend 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) x2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820208344 - 54$


VIDEO CARD: PNY GeForce 7300GT -
No longer sold so any suggestions for a replacement?


HARDRIVE: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152181 - 55$


CASE: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129024 - 150$


DVD DRIVE: Sony Optiarc Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118030 - 30$


KEYBOARD: Logitech 967740-0403 Black 104
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823126012 - 9.25$


MOUSE: Rosewill RM800U Black 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical 800 dpi Mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826193002 - 7.99$


If you know of any faster, better, or cheaper alternatives please reply.

You can try with Gigabyte mobo, like GIGABYTE GA-EP45 or GIGABYTE GA-P31, the best way to install is Retail, follow munkys guide in the installation forum is a sticky

Good luck