Hey insanely mac gurus, any help would be beneficial,

Here it is, I am customizing my own PC, I want it to be compatable with OSx and I have checked HCL for most things, and that part isn't difficult for me, what I have questions about is how I can dual boot. I know that there is a program called bootcamp out there, I really don't know anything about this since I am still working on a windows based PC. I have also heard of parrallels, but again am unsure to which would work better for me.

I basically want to be able to use Final Cut Pro, since I am a film student, and cannot afford a MacBook pro right now, I will eventually get one, but I am only looking to spend up to $600. I also want to be able to play games using windows if I want to. I have played games like FEAR, and Half Life 2, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas, and would like to do so in the future. I speced out my pc with what I think will be more than enough for what I am going to be using it for, but again, I am sort of a newbie and still need confirmation. Everything is speced from NewEgg which I have come to realize has the best prices at one store.

One more thing, I also heard some talking about partitioning out Harddrive space for the different operating systems, which included FAT32, NTFS, and so forth. I am also not to enlightened in this field, if anyone can explain this to me I would be grateful.

Thanks, here are my PC specs, oh and I did not add a heatsink yet, as again I am unsure as to a good quality heatsink for a great price, so any input on that would be wonderful. One more thing, the reviewers on the motherboard mentioned that the ram should be DDR2 800 and 1.8V, the ram I have listed was the best price for the speed (PC 6400) and name brand, but it is 1.9V, Is that really going to have an effect, or is it so minimal that it won't matter? Thanks

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Well I practically ordered the same system, except change the e4400 for either: a e4300 (great overclocker), or a e6420/e6600. And the graphics card, I would take a 7900 if you want to play games at a reasonable speed . Or forget osx and just get a 8800.

I noticed the E4300 is 1.8ghz, and I am tring to save money, but it is only $25 less than the E4400.
Is the E4400 not compatible with OSx? And the 7600 Gs that I found was only $64.99 after rebate, do you know of any
7900's that can compete with that price because I don't want to spend too much more.

Thanks

Ok, I added the C2D E6420, and the eVGA GeForce 7800 Gt, and it increased the total price by $100, but I am willing to spend up to $700, and this specs it at $670 after $30 rebate, here is the new specifications, how do think they will work:

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It looks great now, I think that this update is easily worth the extra $100. I suggested something else for the e4400, because for a little more you can get a e6420/e6600, and for a little less a e4300. (which is a great overclocker, something that can not be said about a e4400).

I have ordered the system, and I actually went with the ATI X1950 Pro with 256MB and 1400 MHz, this was a better price and the reviews were much better so I thought I would try it out. But soon to have my newly built eye candy!