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Diesel_Power

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I have $1100 Cdn or $900 US and I'm looking to build my first budget gaming rig. Can you guys suggest some builds for me? I don't need a monitor, keyboard or mouse but I will need a pair of speakers to be included in the price.

Since I'm Canadian, I'm looking at tigerdirect or NCIX to buy my stuff.

Preferably tigerdirect because I can head over there this weekend and pick up everything I need. No shipping charges and no waiting.

I would like to be able to play Crysis if possible. But I'm mainly going to be playing Valve, source games.

I'm okay with a difference of +$100 or -$100.
 
HardwareGuru said:
What 30" lcd monitor do you have? Naw, hehe seriously what size LCD do you have?
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Actually when I get my new desktop I'm planning to use an old flat screen 19inch Metro monitor until my next paycheck. I'll then by myself a new $300-$400 dollar lcd monitor.
 
www.directcanada.com

$ 57.84 Case: Antec 300
$ 98.88 Power Supply: OCZ GameZStream 600W (-$30 rebate)
$146.37 Motherboard: Asus P5Q
$226.88 CPU: Q6600
$101.35 Ram: OCZ Reaper 2x2GB Kit (-$20 rebate)
$336.66 Video card: HIS Radeon HD 4870 512MB (-$20 rebate)
$118.88 Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB
$ 25.99 DVD Drive: LG 22x DVD+-RW

Subtotal $1112.85
Free Ground Shipping, or $9.99 Air Shipping
only 5% tax because they are BC based. (assuming your not in BC)

Not to mention the subtotal doesn't include the $70 in MIR.

Just add a better heatsink if you want to overclock the q6600 well (esp for gaming, 3.0ghz+ is no problem), and your speakers. Logitech Z2300 are nice, but speakers are really a preference.

*edit* I know you dont want to wait, but the $9.99 air shipping is still cheaper than buying locally with the tax savings, and if you buy this weekend / monday morning, you will have it tuesday. I find they ship very quickly. Also, directcanada.com is just a spinoff company ncix runs to get different customers. you can easily pricematch ncix parts to directcanada.com (or tddirect.ca or nxsource.com, all ncix companies)
 
deaddawg said:
$ 98.88 Power Supply: OCZ GameZStream 600W (-$30 rebate)
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Your list was good up until this part. It's based off the FSP Episilon PSU design which has out of spec ripple, or voltage fluctuations, at high loads that can damage or kill your system. Granted, you may not reach such high loads but why pay for a PSU that can kill your system?

Here's an alternative build:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU - $228 CAD
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L Intel P45 Motherboard - $127 CAD
G.Skill F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ 2 x 2GB DDR2 800 RAM - $56 CAD
MSI N260GTX-T2D896 OC GeForce GTX 260 896MB PCI-E Video Card - $282 CAD
Western Digital WD6400AALS 640GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $105 CAD
Samsung SH-223Q 22X DVD±R SATA DVD Burner - $33 CAD
Antec Earthwatts 650W PSU - $80 CAD
Cooler Master RC-590-KKN1-GP ATX Case - $62 CAD
Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit SP1 OEM - $134 CAD
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Total: $1107 CAD plus tax and shipping.

The GTX260 trades blows with the HD4870 1GB. The WD6400AALS is a little bit faster than the Samsung F1 1TB drives while the Earthwatts EA650 PSU is of significantly better quality than the StealthXStream PSU. The Coolermaster RC-590 case is also a better case in terms of layout and cable management than the Antec 300. Also, OP didn't mention it but I'm going to also assume that he needs a new OS license as well.
 
Danny Bui said:
Your list was good up until this part. It's based off the FSP Episilon PSU design which has out of spec ripple, or voltage fluctuations, at high loads that can damage or kill your system. Granted, you may not reach such high loads but why pay for a PSU that can kill your system?

Here's an alternative build:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU - $228 CAD
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L Intel P45 Motherboard - $127 CAD
G.Skill F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ 2 x 2GB DDR2 800 RAM - $56 CAD
MSI N260GTX-T2D896 OC GeForce GTX 260 896MB PCI-E Video Card - $282 CAD
Western Digital WD6400AALS 640GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $105 CAD
Samsung SH-223Q 22X DVD±R SATA DVD Burner - $33 CAD
Antec Earthwatts 650W PSU - $80 CAD
Cooler Master RC-590-KKN1-GP ATX Case - $62 CAD
Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit SP1 OEM - $134 CAD
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Total: $1107 CAD plus tax and shipping.

The GTX260 trades blows with the HD4870 1GB. The WD6400AALS is a little bit faster than the Samsung F1 1TB drives while the Earthwatts EA650 PSU is of significantly better quality than the StealthXStream PSU. The Coolermaster RC-590 case is also a better case in terms of layout and cable management than the Antec 300. Also, OP didn't mention it but I'm going to also assume that he needs a new OS license as well.
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What the!? When did they get a Canadian newegg???
 
Danny Bui said:
In September. Prices and parts availability are much better than some of the other Canadian sites.
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I am surprised you didn't hear, since the launch was biggest failure ever, they dropped the ball big time, but newegg turned it around astoundingly fast ( had something to do with customs fees) and now newegg.ca has the best or at least some of the best prices in Canada.

Go subscribe right away:D
 
etherone said:
I am surprised you didn't hear, since the launch was biggest failure ever, they dropped the ball big time, but newegg turned it around astoundingly fast ( had something to do with customs fees) and now newegg.ca has the best or at least some of the best prices in Canada.
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No, I saw the huge price hikes when it first launched. Was doing research for another Canadian [H]'er when I saw the ridiculously high prices. But now its prices are pretty good.
 
Exchange rate of .8/1.2X means WE GO SPENDIN'! Bought my e84 at NCIX when I was up there for around $179 during the Summer, now it's at $199.
 
i meant to quote both Danny Bui and diesel_power in case some one missed that ^ ^ sorry was sleepy
 
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