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First build

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SoulHunter

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
2000 (Canadian taxes and shipping in)
3) Where do you live?
Canada
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
everything
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
None
6) Will you be overclocking?
Probably a bit, maybe more as time continues
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
around 25"... it needs to have component imput
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
when I find the right price
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
raid, Crossfire, USB 3, just to be on the safe side
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
Nope

I would prefer an AMD build..

current findings (all from Newegg.ca):

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail ... 119.99
Samsung F3 500gb. (x2) 56.95 each 113.98 total
ASUS VK266H Black 25.5" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail... 309.99
GIGABYTE GA-790XTA-UD4 AM3 AMD 790X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD ...159.99
CORSAIR CMPSU-750HX 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire ...179.99
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL - Retail ...94.99
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core ...179.00
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM ... 114.99
ZALMAN CNPS9900ALED 120mm 2 Ball Low-noise Blue LED CPU Cooler - Retail 74.99
Plus Readeon 5850 wenever I find an Asus brand one in stock... around 300

Total: around 2100 (tax, and shipping included)

I would appreciate any impute, advice or help, thanks
 
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I like my antec 900, but its not quiet, its not good with dust, and it has bright flashy led's. I would say spend a little extra and get the 902, or look elsewhere for cases (not to rag on the original 900, just not great by today's standards).

Go with the Samsung F3 500gb if you want more speed over an extra 140gb. Scrap that zalman 9900 and stick with the stock cooler until you need it. Use that $75 you save to buy a 5870 instead of the 5850.
Otherwise ram good, motherboard good, monitor good, processor good, psu good.
 
Thank you for your thoughts, I have changed the hard drives, although cheaper and well worth it since I shouldn't use that much space anyways (probably should not say that watch me fill it up). I might change cases, will see with the prices, same goes for the rest, especially since the price difference in between an 5850 and 5870 is over 100$. If anyone else has same/differing opinions don't be shy;).
 
Well my reasoning is, with overclocking you might get up to maybe 4.0 (maybe) and thats only 800mhz faster and you would be spending $75 on a cooler where as you could just keep the cpu stock and spend that $75 on a more powerful gpu. This is especially relevant if you only use it for gaming.
 
ya, I might just take out the cooler altogether and keep the rest... save me 75, my long term plan is to crossfire two 5850 when the games get more demanding and the price goes way down, since both are unavoidable.
 
Get one drive now, it's simple enough to add another when you're getting full, besides, you could probably get a 1TB for $55ish when the time comes. Wait till you're ready to oc, then get a new hsf. Those savings alone will free up the cash for a 5870 easily. Btw, you may want to budget for speakers if you don't already have them.
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Ya, speakers are already a done deal, don't trust intergrated speakers... My plan was to go raid 0 with the two hard drives, and about the 5870, in most of the test on 1920-1200 wasn't the 5850 already maxing out almost everything anyways... is the extra 100$ rely worth it
 
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