Spec check and some questions

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Hey guys my friend has a spec he would like critiqued and some questions he would like answered too. (Sorry a bit long :p)

DFI Lan Party Extreme Motherboard

4GB OCZ RAM: OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 4x1024MB Dual Channel Platinum XTC
or: OCZ EL DDR PC-4000 / 500MHz Platinum XTC Edition

BFG 7900GTX OC Graphics card (will get another and put in SLI in future).

AMD 4400 Dual Core.

2 x 300GB Maxtor Sata 3.0Gb/s 16MB Buffer hard drives.

Sony DVDRW + Sony Combo Drive + Light Scribe Drive.

Floppy Drive

Soprano/Tsunami Black Case

Wireless network PCI card

TV tuner PCI card

Sound Card PCI - what one?????

Firewire Card

CPU Cooler: Gigabyte G-Power Pro Cooler ????

Power Supply - not too sure yet????

Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor

Is a standard 4400 not overclocked good enough for the latest games at the highest settings? Or do you think it will slow down just running at a 2.2?
I want to get 4GB OCZ Platinium EL XTC ram, is this going to work fine with the DFI Lan Party Extreme motherboard? I really got my heart set on OCZ ram, espeically this one and want to know if 4 x 1gb sticks are going to work fine with this motherboard. Will i be able to overclock with 4gb or is it not very likely. I wana get my 4400 upto about at least 2.6ghz but i've never overclocked before and want everything to be right for it but I am not willing to downgrade to 2gb ram because i really want 4gb!

The Gigabyte G-Power Pro CPU Cooler looks really good! I want a CPU cooler that will do a good job but will look nice too! This one looks really nice but will it a) fit, and b) be good enough?

Do I need a sound card? Or is the onboard sound on the DFI motherboard okay? What sound card would be okay? Nothing too expensive, just a standard sound card will do (only using stereo speakers but want good quality).

WHAT POWER SUPPLY SHOULD I GET?? I'm only running 1 7900GTX 512 OC, but in the future i will be probably getting another in SLI. I want one that will be obviously very reliable, and hopefully look really nice too (I'm having a transparent side). I want to obviously get a good power supply but £100 for one is a bit too expensive, any suggestions? Can i perhaps just get a Hiper (its recommended by NVidia for one 7900GTX 512 but not for 2 in SLI - can i just get a hiper and then when i upgrade add something to give it more power and stability?)... or should i just get a really good one... any suggestions?

Also another little thing, does anyone know any PCI wireless network card that have a little on/off switch too?
 
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