This thread is full of good comments. THANK YOU!
The noise/ventilation issue is a good one. I've been looking at cases with 2 to 4 fans since I may end up with 6 hard drives in this box but I'll be sitting basically on top of the box so noise is a concern.
I'm probably going to buy everything from
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/ simply because I've had good luck with them in the past and after shipping costs they're usually cheaper then everyone else although Tiger Direct is usually very close and sometimes better. I will probably take my shopping list to the local custom PC shop in town and see if they can compete. I'd rather buy things down the street then across the country.