New Build - Curious about space

[nerdvernacular]

Putting this together for work (graphics, web, etc) and plenty of multitasking (possibly some gaming and media center use as well).. I'm curious as to if spacing for my Ninja heatsink/fan would be an issue and what you thought about the overall airflow, noise, and performance of what I'm putting together. Thanks!
Shawn

NZXT LEXA-NP Black/ Silver Aluminum Construction Plastic Front Panel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Model #: LEXA-NP
Item #: N82E16811146018

ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: A8N-SLI
Item #: N82E16813131524

eVGA 256-P2-N553-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Model #: 256-P2-N553-AX
Item #: N82E16814130283

RAIDMAX AURORA RX-580F ATX 580Watts Power Supply - Retail
Model #: RX-580F
Item #: N82E16817152022

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200BVBOX - Retail
Model #: ADA4200BVBOX
Item #: N82E16819103547

CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model Twinx2048-3200c2pt - Retail
Model #: Twinx2048-3200c2pt
Item #: N82E16820145575

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3300822AS 300GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: ST3300822AS
Item #: N82E16822148131

SAMSUNG 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Write Black IDE Model SH-S162A/BEBN - OEM
Model #: SH-S162A/BEBN
Item #: N82E16827151121

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
Model #: ARCTIC SILVER 5
Item #: N82E16835100007

Scythe SCNJ-1000P 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink - Retail
Model #: SCNJ-1000P
Item #: N82E16835185001

Comes to $1195.. and there are a few rebates which drop the cost $100 or so to right around 1100 bones. I might wait till June for the new AMD's to hit so the CPU price drops.

[nerdvernacular]

here are links to the parts

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16811146018
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131524
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814130283
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817152022
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819103547
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820145575
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822148131
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827151121
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16835100007
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16835185001

[freakitchen]

Welcome to the forums.

For a multitasking system, you're right to go dual core, but I'd question the need for an SLI capable motherboard for "some gaming". Running two Video cards in SLI mode is only really necessary for committed gamers, since the gains don't really match the cost. I'd recommend the Asus A8N5X as a cheaper, quality alternative.

The video card you chose is a good mid-range card, and your hard drive, processor and case are fine also.

You'll need to change the power supply for a higher quality model that conforms to ATX2 standards. I'd recommend the Antec Truepower 550w, a quality unit that will power your build well, and leave room for future expansion.

Corsair XMS memory is considered unnecessary unless you're into overclocking. Corsair Value Select memory will do the job on a system at stock speeds just as well, and for less money. However, some specials and mail-in-rebates from online vendors have brought the price of XMS to below that of Value Select recently. Check the prices.

I'd swap the Samsung Optical drive for a Lite-on, I find Samsungs to be noisy and of low-ish quality. Lite-ons are no more expensive.

Finally, your retail box processor comes with a perfectly adequate heatsink/fan and thermal compound. Not using these would invalidate the warrenty on the chip, so no need for AS5 or the Scythe Cooler.

FK

[nerdvernacular]

thanks for the tips.. that motherboard doesn't work for me since there's only one pci express x16 slot. I'm hoping down the road to add a HD Tuner card with HDMI/HDCP support and dual tuners once that sort of thing gets cheaper and more robust in features. Slim pickens at the moment. I'm considering overclocking down the line, depending on how many resources I require. When I do game, its usually very resource intensive. I don't need SLI per se, but from what I've seen, non SLI or Crossfire boards are short on other features I will need (like more than one pci express 16 connector)

[Staren]

TV Tuners don't use a x16 slot. That is only for graphics cards. A TV tuner will either use a standard PCI slot, or newer ones will use a PCI-E x1 slot. The combo cards that are both a video card and tv tuner like ATIs All In Wonder cards are pretty middle of the road. For best results you want a tv tuner and seprate video card. A non SLI or Crossfire motherboard will work just fine.