How's this build?

GVX

Gawd
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I would just like to get some second opinions on whether or not this is a "well balanced" system. Don't worry too much about the prices because I'm in Canada and there's a ton of price gouging (so even though I'm posting the prices in American they will still be high).

I will be using this system mainly for gaming (Doom3, Halo, UT2K4, NFSU, and probably NFS:MW), plus regular day-to-day use.

(things that I already have are in green)

Samsung SyncMaster997DF 19 Inch CRT

Zalman CNPS7000-AlCu HSF


Asus A8NE nforce4 ultra..........$120.89

OCZ 2x512MB PC3200 Premier Series Dual channel..........$112.25

Athlon X2 3800+ ..........$328.20

Tt Tsunami Dream mid-ATX case

LG Black DVD Writer (OEM)..........$39.69

WinXP Pro (OEM)..........$129.53

Seagate 250GB Barracuda 7200.8 SATA..........$103.61

ATI Radeon X1800XL(retail)..........$405.94

Enermax EG565P-VE 535W SLI..........$94.97

Logitech V900 optical/cordless mouse

1.44MB Black Floppy Drive (OEM)..........$12.91

Black OEM keyboard..........$17.23

I'm mainly concerned with the RAM/mobo/CPU combo:

1)How is the RAM that I'm buying? (ie. will it be compatible with mobo? Can I expect any OC out of it?)

2)Because my CPU is a San Diego will I have to worry about the latency problem if I decide to add another 2x512MB of OCZ down the road (ie. having 4 dimms occupied)?

3)I've heard certain people claim that ATI cards will perform worse on Nvidia chipsets (my past experience with a nf2+9600XT has shown me that there can be driver conflicts). Can I expect any difficulties with a nf4 and a X1800XL?

Also, while I'm in Canada, feel free to link me to Newegg.com links (I can just find the Canadian equivalent either locally or on NCIX ;) ).

Any other recomendations are welcome (even if I've already bought the particular product).

Thanks for your help.
 
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