Build Review Please

I am a first time builder and have been studying this forum (great contributors here) for guidance on building a CS5 Premiere compatible system.  The components (my proposed system below)  are familiar as much has been gleaned from proposed systems from others.
I initially ran eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Pro v 2.5 using a 750W power supply but was right up against the limit.  I wanted to leave a bit of room for an additional hard drive or two in the future as well as another 12Gb of memory so it put me up to an 850W PSU.
In addition to the advice given on this board I read “Building the Perfect PC” (O’Reilly) 2011 edition and their editing system build is similar to suggested builds on this board.  It seems like a good resource – especially for a first timer like me.
A couple questions – it looks like the i7 comes with a heat sink and fan, yet builders are including aftermarket CPU fans in their builds – are the included fans inadequate/noisy/problematic?  Also, I see several competing brands for the video card, is MSI a better build than others?
Please look over the list below and advise if you see any incompatibilities (like does the PSU fit in the case).
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window
CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W Power Supply
ASUS Sabertooth X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7-950 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
Noctua NF-P12-1300 CPU Cooler and Case Fan
(3) CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) N470GTX Twin Frozr II Video Card
Boot - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 320GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
(3) SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
SAMSUNG Black Blu-ray Drive SATA Model SH-B123L LightScribe Support
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders
Comments are appreciated, Thanks!

Almost finished - need some help!
I bought the components, put it all together and it works.  I ran it through a burn in using BurnIn Test and all seemed well.  I did clean installations of all my application software (all programs run perfectly).  I then began to transfer the data from my old PC using a USB External hard drive.  I was able to transfer part of my data.
I am able to connect the USB External hard drive to my old Vista PC - it sees the drive and all contents.  I can add to it , delete, whathever (full functionality).
The problem is when I plug the USB External hard drive into the USB port on the the Win 7 Pro build, Win 7 does not see it (initially, I it did and I was able to transfer files).  At first, when I plugged in the USB Ext HD, autoplay detected it, it opened in windows Explorer and I was able to drag and drop files to my new system.
Now when I plug in the USB Ext HD, I see the indicator light go on that it is being accessed but autoplay does not start.  If I wait a 10 minutes or so, then start windows Explorer, the drive letter appears but when I click on it, windows Explorer stops responding.  the only way out is to disconnect the USB Ext HD - this frees windows explorer and I get a message that the drive (now no longer connected) needs to be formatted (when I check it on my Vista system, it reads fine, all files intact).
I experimented with a 1Gb USB thumb drive, same thing happened - not visible, hangs windows explorer.
I tried to unistalling the "mass storage device" USB drive (successfully) then reconnecting the USB Ext HD.  Win 7 re-installed the driver and indicated the device was ready for use.  However, when trying to access it, I have the problem described above.
So it seems I have some kind of USB problem - not sure if it is hardware or Windows 7 related.  It worked for a while but now it does not.  I could really use some help diagnosing my problem.
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  • EA6900 Review Please

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  • "Hot Folder to FTP" script review please

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  • Database DAO - JDBC Query Class - Code review please

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    import java.io.Writer;
    import java.io.StringReader;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.util.Vector;
    import java.util.Hashtable;
    import java.sql.Connection;
    import java.sql.Statement;
    import java.sql.ResultSet;
    import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
    import java.sql.Clob;
    import javax.sql.DataSource;
    import javax.naming.InitialContext;
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    * Manages database connections.
    * @author jetcat33
    * @version 2.0, 2006-07-09
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            }else{
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            errors.append("\n"+e);
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        public void setSql(java.lang.String givenSql) {
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        public void setDbName(java.lang.String givenDbName) {
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         * @param givenSql
         * @param givenDbName
         * @return String Number of rows affected
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                InitialContext initContext = null;
                DataSource source = null;
                Statement stmt = null;
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                    try{
                        stmt.close();
                    }catch(Exception e){
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                    try{
                        conn.close();
                    }catch(Exception e){
                       e.printStackTrace();
                    try{
                        initContext.close();
                    }catch(Exception e){
                        e.printStackTrace();
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         * Processes Insert requests for SQL containing CLOBS
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         * @param givenDbName
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         * @param identifierSql Contains SQL to identify the just entered SQL so the clobs can be filled in.
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            dbName = givenDbName;
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                DataSource source = null;
                Statement stmt = null;
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                    initContext = new InitialContext();
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                        ResultSetMetaData rsmd = lobDetails.getMetaData();
                        if(lobDetails.next()){
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                                    }finally{
                                        try{
                                            returnValue+=" Writing: "+rsmd.getColumnName(i);
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                                        }catch(IOException ioe2){
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                        conn.commit();
                }catch (Exception e){
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                    setErrors(e.toString());
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                    try{
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                    }catch(Exception e){
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                    }catch(Exception e){
                       e.printStackTrace();
                    try{
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                    }catch(Exception e){
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                returnValue=rv+" "+returnValue;
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         * Takes care of Select statements.
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                Statement stmt = null;
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                    initContext = new InitialContext();
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                    Email.sendMail(PropertiesReader.getValue("statusEmail"),null,"MelibLibraryError","melib error: [Database.getSelect]","getSelect Exception: "+e.toString()+"\nWith: "+sql);
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                    try{
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                        e.printStackTrace();
                        setErrors(e.toString());
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                    }catch(Exception e){
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        setErrors(e.toString());
                    try{
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                       e.printStackTrace();
                       setErrors(e.toString());
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                        initContext.close();
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                        e.printStackTrace();
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    dailysun

    too much code that's repeated. refactor all the code you have for closing resources into a utility class and simply call its methods.
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    http://www.springframework.org
    You return a Vector of Hashtables for queries? Two old-school data structures. You understand the implication of choosing those, right? I'd recommend that you change that to a List of Maps. Let the concrete types be ArrayList and HashMap. Interfaces are preferred, because they let you change the implementation without affecting clients. Vector and Hashtable are synchronized by default; ArrayList and HashMap are not. Synchronization is thread safe but slower.
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