New budget build need opinions

[variable6k]

Here are the specs for my budget build. I moslty play games such as CD:S BF2/2142. I don't do any editing or decoding/encoding etc.
Note. Whats not listed I have already.


Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822135106

$42.99


ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131013

$139.99

EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130062
$10.00 Mail-in Rebate
$109.99

Patriot eXtreme Performance 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model PEP21G6400LL - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820220142
$80.99

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2.0GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA3800CUBOX - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103735

$79.99

Subtotal: $453.95


My plan is to over clock and upgrade the parts that don't cut it. Tell me what you think... Thanks

 

[g-paw]

Nice set up for the money. The board seems kind of pricey. If you want the 570 you could check out either of these.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128014
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136019

I go with 2GB of RAM

 

[variable6k]

I chose the 570 because of the reviews and since I will be over clocking I didn't wanna skimp on the motherboard.

 

[Cybercraig]

Can't beat ASUS for stability. You'll even hear it talking if you have a problem.

 

[alcattle]

The 7600 will be the first thing you need to upgrade. Probably ok for the games you play now but for the newer stuff, it will stuggle.
Rest of the parts hit a nice balance of price to performance

 

[skyguy]

That board is good, but 1) you don't need an SLI board; 2) there are other boards that overclock well and are cheaper; 3) the performance increase on your CPU from a modest overclock won't help your framerates in your games. You're better off getting Value RAM (2 gigs) and a cheap A$$ mobo, and a 7900GS graphics card. That combination will be alot better. You said yourself.....no encoding, etc....just games.....so then sink your money into RAM and graphics card. No need for an expensive mobo or RAM, that's a waste of your cash.