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Skrewy must have a beastly computer, I would never buy a full-size tower. I wanna take up less space around my desk.

Since the next step will be squeezing performance out of the computer, here's what I suggest:

The following spots of code are BIOS templates, it's stuff that you enter in your BIOS. Before entering settings, always load optimized defaults. The first will test to see if your CPU can do 400MHz FSB. I only thought this was a limitation of the motherboard but after researching, it seems like a lot of people say your CPU (E5200) has a FSB wall of 360-370MHz FSB. I suggest 400 so that your FSB & RAM can be in a 1:1 ratio and run the best that way. So test this code (if it's not listed, leave it default/auto):

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...[AUTO]
CPU Clock Ratio ...........7X
Fine CPU Clock Ratio.......0.0
CPU Frequency .............2.8 GHz (400x7)

Clock Chip Control
>>>Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control.......[Disabled]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ....400
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz). 100

DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance..............[STANDARD]
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ..........800

Motherboard Voltage Control
Voltage Type
>>>CPU
CPU Vcore...............1.3v..[1.25v]

>>>MCH/ICH
MCH Core.........1.100v...[1.200V]

>>> DRAM
DRAM Voltage ........1.800v...[1.900v]
After saving settings, it should reboot. If your screen stays blank, then maybe you don't have a golden CPU. Since it failed, you can most likely aim for 300x10 with a 2.66 memory ratio. This will mean a 3GHz CPU and 800MHz RAM. It's less optimal but limited to your CPU. You might even be able to get away with 310x10 for 3.1GHz CPU and 824MHZ RAM.

How many people bought that because they thought it was a product from Apple?

Killaman, hopefully you can get your hard drive formatted.

These would be the next steps:
Update your BIOS (I forgot which specific model you purchased... also what revision did you get? Once I know these, I'll link to the BIOS download)
Set optimized defaults (again for the new bios)
Disable integrated peripherals (anything you don't need on the integrated peripherals page. This reduces power and possibly Windows boot time. See 4th image below)
Save BIOS profile ("Save CMOS to BIOS" option I'm thinking this should be a feature on your board)

For your reference, here's images of my BIOS settings: (your settings will obviously be different, do not use my settings)