Building my own PC for the first time

[KohlyKohl]

At least almost all PCI-E video cards will be backwards compatible up to version 3.x so you can upgrade your video card in the far off future without having to worry about that. I did, however, find this 9600 that I really like: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150290