i7 Build Need Suggestions

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Hello all, I have been trolling these forums for a couple months now and occasionally posting on a friends account but I finally decided it was time to make my own.
This is my first build, it will mostly be for gaming and photoshop but I want something that will be solid and last me for a couple years. I plan on adding parts down the road but don't want to have to upgrade everything too soon.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming (Crysis, CSS, CoD4, Diablo 3 when it comes out), Photoshop, Web browsing, watching and downloading movies
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Hopefully not much over 1000, shipping included
3) Where do you live?
Pacific NW (Portland, OR)
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU, Ram, Mobo, Gfx Card, HSF, cd/rw, dvd/rw, maybe case
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Kingwin 700w modular psu (abt-700ma1s), Apevia X-Plorer case, 500gb seagate SATAII HDD
6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Samsung 20.1in lcd @ around 1600x1200
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
The next few weeks
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
SLI (for future use), RAID (possibly for future use)
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes, W7 and XP

What I am looking at right now is an i7 920 build... Here are the parts I am considering. Looking for any sort of advice.

CPU: i7 920 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202
Mobo: EVGA x58 SLI LE http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188049
Ram: OCZ Plat DDR3 PC3 12800 (1 or 2 sets) http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10009825
Gfx Card: EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 (regular or super clocked) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130434 (also may add another down the road)
HSF: TRUE 120 Black Edition http://www.xoxide.com/thermalright-...n=FROOG&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Shopping (Need fan suggestions.. Pref blue LED's... looking at 1 or 2 Coolermaster R4's http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103060 )
CD/DVD RW: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151173
Case: Have Apevia X-Plorer http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144102
But I am looking into getting an Antec 900.. Would this be worth the investment?
PSU: Kingwin 700w modular http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121025
Will this PSU power the parts I am looking at? Will it have enough power if I choose to add another GTX 260 down the road or another 6gb of ram?

What is the cost to benefit ratio of another GTX 260 and another 6 gigs of ram (12 total, on 64 bit of course)

Thanks!!
 
Would the corsair powersupply be able to overclock the i7 and power two superclocked gtx 260s?
 
So I should go with the Corsair and not my Kingwin?
Besides the powersupply, how does the rest of the system look? Any other part suggestions?

Thanks for all the help guys!
 
Yes, go with the Corsair over re-using the Kingwin. However, you don't need two GTX260's for 1600x1200. Instead of adding a 2nd one later on, you may be better off selling your current card and using that money towards the latest gen GPU instead. With that said, you can drop down to a 550W or 650W instead.
 
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