I found that the Athlon 64 3200+ with the Venice core has a 1GHz FSB, 200 more than the norhtwood I think.

What are some good brands for RAM and Hard drives? I'm planning on getting 2 sticks of 512MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (for Dual-channel use), and somewhere around a 160 GB HDD.

Do you know if there is a noticable speed difference between RAM with CAS latency 2 and 3?

What are some companies that make good quality cases and PSUs? Antec is good, but expensive. Know any others?