My first build

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I will soon be building a PC for downloading / listening to music, browsing the net and playing games. It will be my first build and this is the component list so far.

Asus A8N SLI SE Mobo
Dual Core Athlon 3800+
Gainward Bliss nVidia 6800GS
2GB Geil value RAM
250GB SATA Maxtor
LG DVD Writer
Samsung SM913N Monitor
XP Home

I have not decided on a case and PSU yet, mostly because of lack of knowledge / confidence. Of course to a newbie like me the whole buying process is a bit of a minefield so I am hoping you might be able to offer some advice and tips for be to be going along with. My total budget is £1000.

Edit - I just know that the above system will probably be laughable. I am a total novice, so what would you buy for gaming for £1000 and why?
 
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OK, this is what I have decided on...

Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue (CA-006-HP) £52.95

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (CA-038-LL) £47.95

Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS) £64.95

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM) £169.95

Zalman CNPS7700-ALCU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler - Retail (HS-011-ZA) £18.95

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) £89.95

Gainward BLISS GeForce 6800 GS "Goes Like Hell" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-027-GW) £139.95

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC) £5.50

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 NCQ 160GB ST3160812AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-050-SE) £45.95

NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE) £24.95

OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK) £5.95

Will be buying XP and a monitor later in the week. Could anyone please tell me what cables I will need to buy also? Sorry to be a pain.
 
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