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Another "Rate My Setup" Q

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I'm on a bit of a budget and this is pretty much breaking the seams of it,:
(Canadian Prices)

EVGA Geforce 6600GT PCI-E..............................$255|
Corsair Value Select 1GB (2x512MB)...................$197|
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI s939.............................$229|
Athlon 64+ 3000 RETAIL BOX.............................$189|
Thermaltake Tsunami Aluminum (Black)...............$149|
Enermax 485W EG495P-VE.................................$88|
.......................................................................$1274|* Total

Hard Drive:........................................................$115|*

DUAL 12" UV COLD CATHODE KIT........................$9.95|
Blue UV Reactive Fan..........................................$13.90|
Thermalright XP-90 P4/A64+Fan...........................$56.95|
CableSleeving Kit FULLY UV Reactive BLUE.........$15.95|
........................................................................$105.17|* Total+Shipping

.......................................$1495|** Full Total
 
looks good, for the hard drive if u dont need space i would go with the WD 36.7gig raptor, the speed is quite nice. If u need space shoot for the WD 120 gig or 200gig. or the best of both worlds would be like 2 x WD 120 gig and put them in RAID 0
 
The HD is a seagate 160 GIG.

So' im set on space.

Plus today I picked up an old P2 system someone was throwing out (I grabbed it of there edge where teh Garbage man would have got it) and it still works, plus it has 30 gigs of HD space on it, Ill use that to install My OS, and various anti-virus software, and use the 160 GIG to install my games and such...
 
You may be aware that overall a single 6800GT gives better performance than 2x6600GT, which I'm guessing you see as your upgrade path. There are times when the 6600GTs win out, but overall the single 6800GT seems to be a better buy. With that in mind, would you consider getting a cheaper motherboard and putting that saved money towards just getting a 6800GT outright?

It's something to consider.
 
2 6600GTs cost around 510 dollars while a single PCI-E 6800GT cost 650 dollars.

and the single 6800GT only gives around 5 FPS boost.

And f ou have any game that arnt supported, you can just makeyour own profile for the game (takes 3 minutes)

plus Nvidia is releasing a new driver that will support more games with SLI.
 
Those are some very good prices! I just ordered my system yesterday and I was only able to PM my PSU (exact same as yours) to $93. My 120 GIG Seagate SATA was $109. I should have looked a bit harder on my PMs.

That's a very good system for a budget. :D
 
Wow thanks for the link! I guess it's kind of late to pricematch it to that price but I'll be sure to remember that site!

Since we in the mood of exchanging links, here's a GREAT site for price matches. It's called Price Network I guess you could call it the Canadian Pricewatch.com :D
 
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