70 year old's final build

[xerone]

I have a lot of respect for the users of this forum. Am asking for comments on my planned build. I will use it for gaming and some overclocking. Any and all comments will be appreciated. Chances are this might be my final build and I want it to be kinda OK. My specific questions are: should I use 4GB RAM?: should I go step farther and do SLI?; or should I wait for the Nov. NVidea cards? Here is the build: thanks for your input!!

Lian Li PC A71 case
PC Power 750 Silencer
Asus Crosshair
Athlon 64 X2 6400
Asus 8800 GTX 768 MB vid cd
Crucial 2gb DDR2 800 PC2-6400
2 Seagate Baracuda 7200.10 500GB SATA HD
Samsung 18X DVD +rw-rw
Logitech mouse(mXRev) and Keyboard(G15)
Vista Home premium 64bit
Mitsumi floppy
Dell Ultrasharp 24" monitor
Arctic cooling freezer cpu fan
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Lian li PC A70 case
Asus Striker Extreme
Q6600
4GB Crucial Ram BalistixDDR2 8500
Asus 8800 GTX Sli
2x WD Caviar Caviar 750MB (SATA)
750w Silencer
Thermalright 120 Ultra
BenQ FP241W Monitor
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[weasel]

i would go for the second option and don't buy sli its not worth it but on the other hand if you can afford it why not ,4 giga of ram is usefull if you have 64bit vista wich i recommend

[Azrael]

I have to agree with Weasel on this one. Second option is a great rig, powerful and kinda scary . Now the SLI isn't the best Idea and with a GTX the need for it won't be too great. As for the 4gb, if you're getting Vista 64-bitand gaming, you'll want it. (I still have yet to do a test about it, but I have a hunch vista may be better at using the 4bgs than xp 64-bit).

About the new cards, well Nvidia does have some nice cards to offer, but the GTX is still supreme, but the 8800 GTS 512 is rather close to it, so just depends if you want the etra little for the extra cash.

I'm assuming with that motherboard and the cooling you'll be overclocking? If so, this will be a monster.

Happy building .

[weasel]

yeah xerone we can have some 3d mark runs