Building my first rig: any suggestions?

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reddog360q

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I already have a monitor, cd drive, and 2 650 gig sata hard drives. Here is what I am thinking about getting- any comments, or areas where I could cut corners would be appreciated. Thanks for any feedback!

1. XCLIO Windtunnel Fully Black Finish 1.0 mm SECC Chassis ATX Full Tower C

2. GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P AM3 DDR3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard

3. EVGA 512-P3-N841-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

4. CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 ... - Retail

5. G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9T-6GBNQ - Retail

6. AMD Phenom II X4 920 2.8GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor
 
You cannot use that memory in that motherboard, you need dual channel(2 sticks), not triple channel(3 sticks):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231189

GPU, go for an ati card as that board you chose supports crossfire, not sli:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102824

You need an AM3 cpu to use ddr3, am2+ will only work with ddr2:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103675
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103650
 
One more question: what kind of gaming performance do you think I can expect? I also hope to run video editing software efficiently.
 
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