Advice needed on my potential purchase

[tinydancer]

I'm a noob putting together this gaming rig, but I'm not sure if I've thought of everything. Will these components work together? Should I make changes? I'm not sure about RAM. Anyway please help and please comment on my list:

ANTEC Silver Aluminum Performance 1 Series ATX Mid-Tower Case, Model "P160" ?
ASUS "A8N-SLI Deluxe" nForce4 SLI Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU
eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, Seasonic S12 Seasonic S12 Series ATX12V 2.0 600W Power Supply, PCI Express Ready, Model "S12-600"
AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512KB L2 Cache, Socket 939 64-bit Processor
Corsair Value Select (Dual Pack) 184 Pin 512MBx2 DDR PC-3200 ? OEM
Seagate 160GB Barracuda 7200.7 7200RPM SATA with NCQ Hard Drive, Model ST3160827AS, OEM
Logitech Internet Pro BLACK Keyboard PS/2 104keys ? OEM
Dell 2005 LCD widescreen

 

[Promethply]

Good choice of parts

They should all mesh well together.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I don't know if you already have one... or you forgot to add it to the list or something, but what optical drives are you looking at? I'm not sure if you'll need to load SATA drivers off a floppy disk in order to get windows to install on it so that's another thing to look at.... worst case if it needs it you can just borrow a floppy from another computer.

Everything you have selected to far looks like a great system with good balance of parts. Saving up for a second 6800gt later?

 

[wisdomtooth]

to the OP:

Looks excellent.

Are you looking to build a quiet computer by any chance? (the Seasonic usually means someone who is looking for quiet).

If you are, I would suggest the purchase of several more pieces of gear:

- Quiet CPU fan/heatsink. Like a Zalman CNPS7000 (or 7700 if it will fit).

- Quiet video card fan/heatsink. Like a Zalman VF700 or Arctic Silencer. The stock cooler on the vid card will be very loud, I guarantee it.

- Fan controllers like the Zalman Fanmate. Those are used to slow down fans to achieve quietness. I recommend picking up at least 4.

- Aftermarket NB heatsink. The Asus A8N-SLI Northbridge heatsink spins at an insane 8000rpm. VERY loud.

- Quiet case fans like the Panaflo L1A's, Papst, SilenX, Nexus or Yate Loons.

- Rubber washers for mounting the fans, hard disks and DVD drives to dampen vibration.

With all these, you should have a VERY quiet computer.

Good luck!

 

[KoolDrew]

Do you really need an SLI mobo? Slis is basically a waste unles you want the absolute best. If you do not plan on overclocking or anything just get a Chaintech VNF4. If you do want to overclock you could get the DFI non SLI board.

Also that PSU is overkill. Seasonic makes great PSU's, but with that system you won't need 600w's. So you could get a cheaper Seasonic or go with this
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-189-003&depa=0

That is a very good deal.