1. Since you’re going to be limited in terms of height, the Zalman you mentioned is a pretty good choice. Silverstone also has its NT06-Lite, which is the original NT06, but without a fan to fit under the 80mm or so clearance of the PSU. Any PSU with a large fan on the bottom will act as an exhaust for the heatsink.

http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_spec.php?pno=nt06-lite&area=usa

2. With memory as cheap as it is, definitely grab 4GB of it.

3. I’d probably stick with the 9600GT. In a small box like the SG01, you’ll want to keep an eye on power consumption – the 9600GT consumes quite a bit less than the 8800GT for nearly the same performance. It’ll make temperatures a bit more manageable.

4. I presume (by the choice of components) that you’ll be gaming – the Dell 24″ panel has problems with inverse ghosting. If you’re not familiar with it, I suggest taking a look at HardForum’s display section. There’s a lot of discussion about it there. The Samsung 245T looks like a winner, although the price is a little on the high side, compared to other non-TN 24″ panels. But that’s the price you pay for a good product.

Have put the words “Asus P5E-VM HDMI” and “Silverstone SG-01″ into google and your site was one of the sites coming up.

I want to get an SG-01 and this Asus mATX board too … plus either the Wolfdale E8400 or the Yorkfield Q9450 (when available though) and for powersupply either the Silverstone ST50EF-Plus-SC (short cable) or the Corsair HX520W Modular, and a Western Digiatl 750GB or 1 TB hard drive (wished SSD came down in price much quicker).

A few components still give me headache:
1. the CPU cooler (Zalman CNPS 8700-NT ?)
2. the Memory (2 x 2GB)
3. the Graphics card (GeForce 8800 GT or 9600 GT ?)
4. Monitor either Dell 2408WFP or Samsung ???