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Final comnments on build

I'm finally taking the big step and am ordering within the week, so i just wanted to run my system by everyone to make sure i'm not doing something stupid.

Case/power supply-
Antec Sonata w/380w TruePower

Processor-
AMD Athlon64 3200+ 90nm

Mobo-
EPoX EP-9NDA3+ nForce3 Ultra socket 939

RAM-
2x512mb Kingston HyperX if i can find someone else to order the second stick for me
or
2x512mb Corsair CAS 2.5 ValueRAM

Video-
some nVidia 6800gt, not sure which brand yet

Soundcard-
Crative Labs Audigy2 ZS

HDD-
Seagate 200gb 7200.7 ATA100

Optical-
NEC 3500A 16x DVD+-RW
Artec 16x DVD-ROM

Speakers-
Logitech z-5300 5.1 THX

NIC-
Linksys Ultra-G WIFI card

I need suggestions on a heatsink/fan combo for my CPU - i don't wanna spend more than about $30 on it
The machine will be used mostly for gaming, schoolwork, and web-surfing. My budget is at about $1300
Thanks for comments in advace, Sam

 
i have the zalman 7000a Cu. it works well and quiet. but is heavy as hell, more than i imagined. i would recommend the AlCu version instead.
 
bump. I've also heard on other forums (hardocp and ocforums) thet the Thermalright xp-90 is a good headsink. any comments over here?
 
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