Yeah, but SSDs aren't worth the espense for the low capacity IMO.  I am plenty happy with any increase in boot up time, and launching time, so the velociraptor will do me just fine.  I was considering a 32gb SSD for a while, but decided against it, as I didn't find the space vs price to be a good enough ratio.

As far as the case, I got it on sale for $110, and the 900 goes for only a little less. I like having the extra air circulation.  I don't think I'll end up getting a 2nd 295 for a while, as it depends on how games utilize GPU technology in years to come. For me to SLI a 2nd one, it'd have to be for a much lowered price, a couple years from now, and the tech would still need to be good enough to warrant such a move.

You are right about it not being even worthy of being called a low end PC in 5 years, but as I said, I will be upgrading parts when necessary, but nothing too big.  It should get me by quite easily till then.  I am using an 800mhz computer that was actually an upgrade from my older computer a year ago (lol).  So, really, I can deal with old tech quite well.  This is just meant to keep me satisfied until I end up spilling for another entirely new build in like 5 years.