suggestions for new system

Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2700+ (OEM) - $319 newegg
Cooling: Thermaltake Volcano 9 CoolMod (Retail) - $34 newegg
Motherboard: Abit NF7 nForce2 (Retail) - $127 googlegear
Power Supply: Enermax EG365P-VE (FM) 350W Power supply (Retail) - $53 newegg
Memory: 512 MB (512X1) Corsair PC3200 400Mhz w/Heat Spreader (Retail) - $171 googlegear
Hard Drive: WD Western Digital "Special Edition" 80GB (OEM) - $109 newegg
Video Card: ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 9700 Pro (Retail) - $393 newegg
CD-RW: Lite On 48X24X48 (Retail) - $61 newegg
DVD-ROM: Lite On 16X DVD (Retail) - $43 newegg
Mouse & Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard & Optical Mouse (Oem) - $28 googlegear

Total: $ 1,338

looks vedy vedy nice.
I would go with an xp2600+ and watercooling.

How about a case to put it all in

ge 2 256mb sticks for dual channel ddr

Looks real good, though I would water cool but that is just me. Also since you are already spending the money I would go with the XMS from Corsair.