Man they lowered the prices on those things! Great price. I bought mine for $199 back in Jan but it was with free shipping. That is irrelevant to you though as you live out in the ocean.
YES
you should. You will then need a LCD poster for it though.
http://estore.asus.com/shop/item.asp...4327&catid=615
It comes in handy as it displays different info about your setup as well as lets you do on the fly overclocking within Windows.