building a new computer, need a little help

[kman86]

I'll probably be adding more ram and another gfx card in about a year, and I've pretty much maxed out my budget, so I would have to downgrade something to upgrade another right now. I'm a bit of a newb at this so any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

AMD Athlon 64 3500+

eVGA e-GeForce 6800 GT

Enermax Noisetaker - EG701AX-VE(SFMA) 168
600W

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe

1 GB PC3200 Corsair Value Select Dual Channel Kit

2x Seagate Barracuda 80 GB SATA w/NCQ set up in raid 0

benq dw1620 16x dvd-rw

Cooler Master Cavalier 3

 

[krcat1]

Welcome.

What are you using this machine for? Gaming, work?

Are you going to overclock?

we can help more with a little move info.

 

[kman86]

I'll be using it mostly for gaming, but little bit of photoshop as well. I don't plan on overclocking at all. Hopefully that helps

 

[Silversierra]

Is your cpu a winchester or venice core? If you want to be able to keep your current ram and add more later(use all 4 slots), then get a venice, they work better with 4 dimms.

Make sure your 6800gt is pci-e, not agp.

You wouldn't need that powerful of a psu, IMO, but bigger is always better, a decent 520w would probably be acceptable(that's figuring in 4 ram sticks, and a second 6800gt for sli, which will probably be future upgrades).

Be aware that sli requires 2 exactly same cards. Same make, model, and revision.

 

[Chosonman]

You'll be crying after a year if you spend all that money on an SLI system and how obsolete it is then. If this is your first build you might be crying sooner than that trying to figure out how to work your computer.

 

[RussianSensation]

get rid of SLI
downgrade to x800xl, and save money for G70 or R520 instead.
that PSU is overkill
i'd rather get a dfi, msi or an abit motherboard.
downgrade cpu to 3200+ venice.