Need suggestions

[Gillette]

I've got a small-ish budget to help out a friend with a build he wants to do... He's currently got a 3 year old HP with a 9800 pro and 2.4A w/ 1024MB PC-2700

Anyway, the build I'm looking at is as follows:

A64 3500+
Asus A8N-SLI-Premium
Corsair TwinX PC-3200 C2 1024MB
*insert brand here* 6800GT
Thermaltake Kandalf case (his request)
OCZ Modstream 450W PSU
Zalman 7700-Cu CPU cooler
Current HD

A new HD and a sound card will be added at a later date.

I'd like any suggestions you can make that are within that price range (and that can be picked up in the Ottawa area!), however keep in mind that I want to keep everything under warranty, so dropping to a different video card and doing a BIOS flash is out of the question.

Thanks

 

[Ruffian998]

I say ditch the sli board....I dont really see any since in it unless you plan on doing it right off the bat. I like the Abit AN8-Ultra board. Has a heatpipe on the chipset and I think its just a great motherboard. Also, if you're not going to be overclocking, I recommend the Corsair Value Select. Thats all I use and it works great. Use the money you've saved for a 7800GT. I like eVGA.

 

[Gillette]

Nah, there will definitley be overclocking, I just didn't want a bunch of tools to tell me to buy the 6800gs and flash it or something like that. As for the SLI, it's for future upgradability.