Well, the first thing I would ask to be able to help better is "Are you planning to overclock?" and if yes, "by how much?".
The memory you picked (for $119.99) has CAS Latency 5. You should get something like this (for $107.99) with CL 4:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231087
If you are not planning to OC past 1350MHz FSB (3.039GHz), you can get DDR2-675 RAM with CL 4 for about $75:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145015
It's your call on the video card, but for an extra $40-$50, I would get the 8800GTS. 20%+ better performance in current games, plus DX10 for future... might delay the next needed upgrade a bit.
If you aren't planning to use SLI, you can save a fair bit on the motherboard.
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