you dont want a phenom right now, id wait till they release the gen 2 versions and hopefully break the 3GHx barrier.
the AMD 5000 ($99 from new egg) is a failed phenom processor cut in half. the multiplier is unlocked so people are overclocking them to 3.2GHz no problem.
if your not wanting to overclock then the AMD 6400 can be had for $150 and is already clocked to 3.2 GHz Both of these out perform the current Phenoms.
these will both be awsome till AMD fixes the Phenoms and releases the v.2 in early Q3 this year.
which at that point you can just drop in the new phenom and crank it up.

i know you said you get a good discount from memory but i thought id mention that the Corsair 4Gb (2 x 2048) matched pairs are going for $100 right now

if your planning SLI, YOU DO NOT WANT THAT MOTHERBOARD its an ATI X-Fire board and NOT SLI compatable
most of the current AM2+ PCI-E 2.0 boards out there are X-fire boards
for motherboard if you want the best upgrade path avaliable then id wait about a month when ASUS releases there new AM2+ board that has HT 3.0, triple SLI, PCI-e 2.0, supports HDMI and HCCP, and a much better northbridge then anything out there right now.
the Nvidia chipset is the 780a and the ASUS board is the M3N-HT Deluxe.
Good article on the new board: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080107-nvidia-unveils-hybrid-sli-geforce-9600-gt.html



as far as power goes, you can get away with 700 for right now but if you go with SLI or even a bigger video card then you will need AT LEAST a Kilowatt power supply

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