ok, so far I'm thinking about AMD Athlon II X3 455, Kingston HyperX 8gb Memory, HD Radeon 6850, Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB, Asus 24xDvd Rw Internal OEM drive, DiabloTek 600w power suppy, Rosewill DESTROYER Mid Tower, and possibly this motherboard GIGABYTE GA-MA78LMT-S2.
Before I go buying this stuff, is all this going to be compatible while also leaving open some room for future upgrades?
And when I use the HDMI output on the Radeon 6850 will it carry both the display and audio through this single output to my HDTV? I will be passing this through a HD Yamaha Surround Sound receiver. So will I be getting surround sound with this initial set up or will I have to buy a sound card to allow for this?