New Computer help

Skooga

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I am rebuilding my computer because it is not as nice as I wanted it to be.
Current specs are

Motherboard - P4P800 (regular)
CPU - Pentium 4 2.6c at 3.1 on air
Video Card - Radeon 9600
Memory - 2 x 256, 2 x 512 of pc3200 (ocz and corsiar) works fine together
HD - Maxtor 160GB (133 with ATA adapter)
PSU - Thermaltake 480W Xaser Silent Purepower
Case - Enermax Mid-Tower ATX Case with Clear Window
TV Tuner - TV Leadtek/Deluxe TV2000XP
Sound Card - Santa Cruz Turtle Beach


The speed is alright and everything, but there is a sound issue with it. I bought a sound card to try to remedy the situation, but it still skips sometimes. I believe it is a motherboard problem and am willing to scrap it all and start over if needed.

What I am leaning towards is a Socket T setup. I have heard some good stories with overclocking and such and I might as well get my system up to compatibility with the newer technology coming out (DDR2, pci-x, etc.)

I was thinking about the following, please critique:

Motherboard - Asus P5WD2 Preimium Socket T
CPU - Intel Pentium 4 630 Prescott LGA 775
Memory - OCZ 2x 512MB 240-Pin DDR2 800 (PC6400) <--I don't know if this is overkill or what.
Video Card - Decent, but pci-x compatible. Not top of the line please ;)


As for the rest, I may keep my remaining items or get new, more compatible stuff and sell my old. Any recommendations on making this setup successful would be grately appreciated.
 
I think I have found a worthy video card:
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Many people like it. I currently have an ATI though, but hopefully a Geforce won't disapoint me.
 
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