New computer build, worried about compatibility

[makkunbakkun]

Ok this is the setup im lookin at right now:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz FSB 1MB L2 Cache
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX
SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series SP2014N 200GB 7200 RPM 8MB
SAPPHIRE 100106-RD Radeon X850XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16
2x mushkin XP4400 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 550

I was really into building computers back in the day of old school amd, but lately I havent had time to research into all this 64bit pci express and such.... My friend told me that Asus mobo and ati video cards didnt go well together but i found that hard to believe.... and im not really set on asus mobo either. do you guys think this setup is straight?

 

[gwai lo]

I haven't heard that...most of the time..if it fits, it'll work

now..why the fast RAM?

 

[Boozer]

it will work. i had an asus mobo with 3 generations of ATI video cards. all worked great.

 

[brom42]

It'll work no problem. Maybe your friend was thinking that since that board uses a Nvidia chipset that it would be somehow not work with an ATI card?

 

[makkunbakkun]

thanks for your help guys...I also used to think that with dual channel ram you needed to fill all the slots....but I just need to fill each channel's first slot correct?

 

[Keyser0804]

It will tell you which 2 or 4 slots match up with eachother in the manual, cause I dont think its the same with all motherboards.

Quick question, why get an sli board if you going to go with an ati card? I dont believe it works with another ati card. Why not get an nforce4 ultra and save a few bucks?