New build in a while will it work & recommendations

hey guys this will be a new build after about 6-7 years keep in mind its a budget build and canadian prices:

cpu
q6600 - 218.88
q9300 - 291.20

mobo
asus p5k - 136.62
gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L - 90.25

ram
4gb patriot extreme viper pc2-8500 - 129.99
2gb gskill pcs-8500 - 66.96

vc
bfg 8800gt - 190.94

HDD
SAMSUNG HD501LJ 500gb - 75.88

dvdrw
SAMSUNG SH-S203B/BEBN - 24.88

case+psu
antec sonata iii - 98.88

my config is

q9300
gigabyte mobo
4gb ram
vc
hdd
dvdrw
case+psu
for 902

i would like to know if this seems like a good build or not and what you would change.

Also i would like to verify that the earthwatts psu with the case is enough for the system i have seen builds with 600-1000 W psu but assume they were planning to do sli.

thnx

ps i would not like to go above $1000 as i plan on buying a 24" lcd around $500

I agree with everything except the bold statement. I have that exact hard drive, and it's great. It's not the fastest on the market, but it just might be the quietest. I can honestly say I have never heard my hard drive. It's fast enough for every day use, and I'm even planning on buying the Samsung 1T drive soon.

You'd be fine with DDR2 800 for the Q6600. If you're only overclocking to ~3ghz that would be 9x333 which would run the ram at 667 speeds using a 1:1 ratio. You could also drop the multiplier to 8 and run 8x400 (=3200mhz), allowing the ram to run at its native 800mhz speed using a 1:1 ratio.

The problem with the Q9300 is that it has a low multiplier so in order to go over the 3 ghz you'd need your ram to run faster than 800mhz.

4gb seems to be the sweet spot right now. A 32-bit OS will still see and use about 3.2gb so you're not wasting a whole lot. A 64-bit OS (which I've been running and haven't found any driver problems at all) will use all 4gb of RAM, but it uses more with its 64-bit addresses so you're really not gaining too much when you're sitting at 4gb.