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Anything in the Gigabyte GA-EP45 series or Asus P5Q series will work great for you, but there is very little need to go with the top of the line which would be Gigabytes DQ6 or or Asus' premium board.
Do you already have the q6600 (B3)? They are fine cpu's (I've got a couple G0's and a B3) but unless you already own the B3 stepping or are getting a deal you can't refuse, there's no reason not to get the G0 version, it runs slightly cooler.
Since the q6600 is a 1066Mhz bus CPU you will be just fine with any of the more common brands of 800Mhz DDR2 (PC6400). This would be enough to take your cpu to 3.6Ghz with a 1:1 divider and that's more than the B3 stepping can do consistently on air. The G0's make it to 3.6Ghz on air more often, but it's still not the norm.
Jason has a good videocard recommendation and would know better than me which ones would work best on the 32" lcd. What type of connections does your TV have? HDMI, DVI, VGA some of each? Anyway the 4830 is a solid card and since your talking about a resolution of 1280x720 (it may need to be slightly different to fit your screen properly) it should work for most games, but if your into the more demanding gaming releases you might want to consider something in the 4850 range.
A solid 650w-750w psu is more than enough for your needs and would even support your system if you decided to get one 4830 or 4850 gpu now and add another card later to take advantage of CrossFire.
There are several coolers that should meet your needs. The Arctic Cooling Freezer 7, Tuniq Tower 120 or Zalman 9700 are just a few of them. If you don't plan to overclock, you could probably get away with stock cooling initially and upgrade later, unless it's an OEM chip that doesn't come with a heatsink and fan.
I hope this helps. Post back if you have anymore questions.
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