Another first timer

Howdy folks, Well I just can't take the old 1.5 GHz P4 any longer. I told myself a couple of years ago I'd never buy another PC in a box again so I find myself here at this invaluable website. After many hours of web research (my eyes hurt) I've come up with what I think would be a good system for my needs. I want a good gamer that I can use as a general purpose rig also. I've never done any OC'ing but want to learn. Here we go...

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard

Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-500 ATX12V 500W Power Supply

HITACHI Deskstar T7K250 HDT722525DLA380 (0A31636) 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

XFX PV-T71G-UDD7 GeForce 7900 GT XXX (560MHz) 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 1GHz HT 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor

OCZ Platinum Edition 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 500 (PC 4000) Dual Channel Kit System Memory

Comments and suggestions will be appreciated!

Looks like a sweet setup. Definately go for it. I'm not really an Overclocker so I'll leave that to others.

Antec TruePower supplies are better units for not much more $.

Looks like a solid build. What case are you thinking about because I didnt see one listed...
I would definatly suggest getting a Zalmn hs/fan because in order to reach the DDR500 speeds your FSB needs to be clocked up to 250mhz. And since the speed multiplier on a 4400+ is x11, that's 2.75ghz, which is a nice OC but could generate too much heat without a good hs/fan. (you can also lower the multiplier down to 10.5 or 10). But a suggestion of mine is to get some ddr400 with a cas of 2, seeing as you don't know much about OCing yet. The lower latency still makes it real fast and there will be room for probably a 200 mhz OC (or more with looser timings).

So whatever you want to do with the RAM is fine but those are my suggestions.

Thanks one and all for your feedback. I'm not 100% sold on a particular case but leaning toward a Thermaltake Tsunami. Zalman H/S and fan for sure. I have an Audigy soundcard from my old rig that I'll re-use along with a DVD burner.

Memory is the one issue I'm not very clear on. With my inexperience, I don't mind if my OC'ing capabilty's are limited (due to hardware) if I can start out with a stable system. So if I could get some more advice with regard to memory it would be appreciated. I was looking at CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory, but have heard that Corsair memory and DFI MB's can have compatability issues or has that been resolved.

Thanks in advance!

lol same as me i cant take my AMD 1.2GHz anymore
i'm getting around the same spec as u (well diff motherboard, HD and PSU) but still deciding...... there's many factors to decide. Your motherboard will do just fine but maybe change ur HD to a diff brand might be better and u can get a better PSU with similar price. Or maybe later u'll consider opt 170 like me but it's personal preference, i like 4400 alot too
i just comment base on some of the research i'd done so far so dont blame me if i'm noobish