Critique this build please

Roberty

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OK guys - like the title says I want some feedback on this build. I'll be reusing my power supply and 8800GT. Might or might not be doing any overclocking. Let me know what you think. I've looked and looked at Newegg and read all of the reviews on the AM2+ boards and most have a lot of negative reviews so I'm confused as hell on the motherboard choice more than anything else.

1. GIGABYTE GA-MA770-DS3 motherboard. I won't be doing SLI and really don't want to spend $250 on a motherboard and I want something that will accept a Phenom when the clock speed gets up around 3ghz. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128081

2. Patriot Viper 4GB DDR-2 kit. Enough said. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220293

3. AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Black Edition. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103191
 
It does sound pretty good to me. Personally I know that I am interested in the Phenom chips, and with that in mind I would probably get a cheaper CPU (maybe a 5000 BE) and try to OC it enough to get some decent performance out of it, or else I would go ahead and spend the extra $40~$80 to get a Phenom now (Although I am hoping that the Rev B3 will be something more competitive and then I don't have to worry about that bug). Frankly with the bug I am more worried about some bios turning on the fix automatically rather than it crashing my system, but hoping for more performance is always nice as well.

Godo mobo & memory choice though.

Jason
 
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