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Hi all,
The last machine I built was a 500Mhz PIII 8 years ago. So yeah, please look at these parts I have chosen and tell me if I am brewing the right recipe that will overclock with ease and will last a few years.
Here is my wish list from Newegg.
Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000SWA Silver All aluminum made Modern Dream Tower Chassis Computer Case - Retail
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce SPP 100 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
eVGA 256-P2-N563-AX Geforce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Sunbeam NUUO SUNNU550-US-SV ATX12V/ EPS12V 550W Power Supply - Retail
AMD Opteron 165 Denmark 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model OSA165CDBOX - Retail
G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 500 (PC 4000) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ - Retail
MITSUMI Beige 2.0MB 3.5" Internal USB 2.0 digital card reader and Floppy Drive Model FA404M BG - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
ZALMAN CNPS7700-CU 120mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan with Copper Heatsink - Retail
Logitech X-530 70 Watts 5.1 Speaker - Retail
Please let me know if I am missing something critical.
The thing that I am worried about is the power supply, after reading the article on tomshardware about how power supplies don't live up to their claims. Can you guys suggest a good power supply ? The Sunbeam really does not have 2 power sockets for SLI, if I am not mistaken.
Eagerly awaiting your suggestions 
Pras
Kudos to you, you've done some great research for your parts. 
Asus is a great motherboard company for stability and has good overclocking options, not as many as DFI, but still a good many.
I would suggest the Antec TruePower 550W psu.
Are you going to get anothe reVGA 7900GT to put in SLI?
I personally haven't had any experience with G. Skill RAM, but I know OCZ is great for overclocking.
Check this out before you make your final decision: http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2676
What's your budget, and how much does it currently come out to now?
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