Couple of build questions before I hit buy

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I'm just about 3 seconds away from hitting buy and finalizing my build. I've only got a couple of questions.

#1 - Should I SLI or not? Which would you choose? 7950GT or 2x7600GTs?

#2 - Can people review the rest of my build?

Mobo - P5B Deluxe (no SLI) or P5N-SLI E (SLI, 650i chipset)
RAM - 2x1GB G.Skill
HD - 320GB WD Caviar SE
CPU - Core 2 Duo E6600
Video Card(s) - like I said above, 2x7600GT or 7950GT
Cooler - Zalman CNPS9500
 
2 7600gt's are about as fast as a single 7900gt, and a 7950gt is clocked a little higher than a 7900gt so i would stick with getting a single 7950gt.
 
Don't forget a power supply.

Corsair HX 520 or 620.
 
1) IMO, SLI is not worth it. It's much cheaper and less of a hassle to buy a single high end card then to buy two mid end cards to SLI. Beside, a 7950GT is a lot faster than 2 7600GT in SLI.
2) Don't bother with those motherboards. I'd say get a Gigabyte GA-965P DS3 motherboard or if you have the money for it, a Gigabyte GA-965P DQ6 motherboard. Both motherboards are fantastic overclockers. Oh and don't forget a power supply. A Corsair CMPSU-520HX would be my recommendation.
 
SLI is only worth it for extremely high resolution gaming, like 24"+ ... as games improve, so will hardware, so I don't believe SLI will ever be worth it unless you need to play at a high res.
 
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