Building awesome gaming pc under AU$2,000

Hi guys!, I have NEVER built a pc before so I would really appreciate your help.

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Next week

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies, photoshop, sony vegas

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS, Optical drive, hard drives

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: msy.com.au, centrecom.com.au

PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel CPU, Nvidia GPU

OVERCLOCKING: Not for the first few months, in future maybe

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: In the future, the MOBO im looking at has 2x PCIE slots so I can do it later.

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1440x900

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Doesn't need to be quite, I want the best stuff, on a budget .

Here's the parts list I've been working on.
1GB GTX 285 ASUS(GPU)
Q9650(CPU)
ASUS U-65GA 650W(PSU)
Antec 900(CASE)
ASUS P5Q3 DDR3(MOBO)
Corsair DDR3 4GB(RAM)
Which comes to about $1,700(AUSTRALIAN), prices are from my local pc shop. I like the CPU and GPU choice, I've heard that Corsair ram is good, but everything else I'm not too sure about.

I forgot to add those to PARTS NOT REQUIRED, but I already have an optical drive, and a few hard drives. I'm glad my setup is good , just a question tho, will the graphics card fit inside the Antec 900?. And just to make sure does the ASUS P5Q3 DDR3 support SLI?

definitely go with i7 since its in your budget .

Probably worth installing a 3 x2 gb memory kit . i7 can use triple channel ram

Corsair DDR3 4GB:$115 centrecom
Thats the ram kit, I would think about doing SLI, but I've heard that the Antec 900 can be a tight fit for SLI.

As long as I can FIT it in there with out too much problems I'm fine with it, and I like the look of the Antec more tbh.
My current parts list is:

I don't think I will be revising it, unless too replace the parts with something cheaper, what do you guys think?, do all these parts work well with each other?.

I can't wait, because I'm a Student, the government is giving back half the money, but the dead line is about a week.

Thanks for the info, and yeah getting to MSY can be a hassle. Here's a site you might not know about http://staticice.com.au/.

Cheers!, I really appreciate you putting time into helping me out. I think the 1333mhz
3x 1gb corsair 1333mhz cl9 $91.30
http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalo [...] s_id=35314 should be fine, I use Windows XP Pro 32bit, and I'm not planning on upgrading 'till Windows 7, so 3gb of memory is the most I can have anyway.

I'm not sure if that MOBO is any good, can someone please help me out with that, I'm already pretty over budget hehe, I'll see if my dad will let me make the budget up to 2,000, that should give me some better choices for the Mobo(I just picked the cheapest), btw Helloworld_98, do you have the Corsair 750W or have you just read reviews about it?. One more question guys, 1GB GTX 285 Inno3D /Gainward /Gigabyte /ASUS-515/515/529/559
I have no idea which brand is the best, anyone have personal experience, good or bad, or read good reviews on any of these cards?.
EDIT:Is 750W overkill?, or maybe not enough, should I go for the 850W?.

Awesome!, I'm not interested in 3 way SLI, 2 way SLI possibly, not for a LOONG time hehe, off topic question, does 2x SLI with the GTX 285 increase performance by much?, anyway I think I'm all set now I have the a-ok for the MOBO, thanks.

Thanks, I haven't purchased yet, but I'm running out of time, so I need to find the best prices soon, and avoid ebay etc, need a receipt and stuff.

A fellow Aussie . A new question, ram speeds, 1333mhz or 1600mhz, the price difference is only 14 dollars.
http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalo [...] s_id=35314
vs
http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalo [...] s_id=35594
btw wtf is so good about this ram haha http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalo [...] _id=38261. Thanks alot guys, it really helps.

Mostly gaming, internet browsing etc, light use basically, occasionally I use Photoshop, Sony vegas and things like that, but mostly gaming. I am planning to OC my CPU eventually, I aim to reach 3.0 ghz, the speed of the Q9650 which was my first choice in CPU , btw, do you have some form of IM we can chat on?, Gtalk, Xfire, msn etc, it would make things easier I think.

Well, if I go over 3.3ghz would I need better than stock cooling?, I'm assuming yes, if so, probably not, unless there are HUGE performance increases if I OC that much I have no reason to go that far, but its only 14 dollars, so why not keep my options open and get the 1600?

Hey,
I think the two GTX260's would be good within your budget, as I have ASUS GTX260's and they are great. I only got them about a week ago, along with about 6 other comp parts, but didn't know about this computer "money back" thing. How can i find out about getting money back, as i have just spent a tonne. >_<

P.S. I mentioned the GTX260's because you will probably have enough money left over from this, and performance, to last until you can swap them out for some 300 series GPUs etc.