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For browsing, general apps, movies, music, mild gaming...

Gigabyte EP43-UD3L $102.26
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 $208.88
G.SKILL F2-6400CL4D-4GBPK $55.84
Western Digital Caviar 640GB (WD6400AAKS) $76.99
Gigabyte Radeon HD 4850 $183.71-$15MIR
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBN $22.99
Coolermaster Elite RC-330 $43.74
OCZ StealthXStream 500W $71.99-$30MIR
Cooler Master Neon Blue LED 120MM Fan $6.99
 
Please answer the questions in the sticky "ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FIRST" so that we can help you better.

Also, stop factoring in after rebate prices since rebates are not a guaranteed discount.
 
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc

For browsing, general apps, movies, music, mild gaming...

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?

$800 incl. tax in CANADIAN

3) Where do you live?

Canada

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.

Case, maybe CPU / video

6) Will you be overclocking?

No...stock cooler / OC only

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?

Dell 24"

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?

Less than 5 days

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.

None

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?

Yes, XP 32-bit
 
Looks ok. Where are you buying these from?

The PSU is still FSP Epsilon based, but your system won't come close to 500W, so no worries. If you can find a better quality PSU for around the same cash or less, go for that instead (not counting rebates).
 
enginurd said:
Looks ok. Where are you buying these from?

The PSU is still FSP Epsilon based, but your system won't come close to 500W, so no worries. If you can find a better quality PSU for around the same cash or less, go for that instead (not counting rebates).
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NCIX.com
Canadacomputers.com
DirectCanada.com
Infonec.com

I don't think it's possible to find a cheaper PSU. Everything is at least double the price.
 
from the newegg deal thread

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory
$49.99 - $5.00IR - $5.00 promo code "HARDOCP3165" = $39.99 with $2.99 shipping

SAPPHIRE 100258-1GL Radeon HD 4850 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
$154.99 - $5.00IR - $10.00 promo code "HARDOCP316010" = $139.99 with $7.00 shipping

not sure how those deal work in canada
 
master noran said:
What's wrong with your current PSU? There are some pretty good prices here http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProdList&cmd=pl&id=PS.808.978 , I have the 535 watt enermax that's listed there for 50 bucks, it's quite good.
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OOS :(

MattLaFleur said:
from the newegg deal thread

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory
$49.99 - $5.00IR - $5.00 promo code "HARDOCP3165" = $39.99 with $2.99 shipping

SAPPHIRE 100258-1GL Radeon HD 4850 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
$154.99 - $5.00IR - $10.00 promo code "HARDOCP316010" = $139.99 with $7.00 shipping

not sure how those deal work in canada
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No shipping to Canada.....though there's newegg.ca but they suck :(
 
FSP Epsilon based PSUs are notorious for out of spec ripple at high loads, especially on the 600W and higher models. Such voltage fluctuations can kill components over time (latent effect). However, since your system won't come close to peak output, don't worry about it. Just know that in the future, you can't push your PSU to its max, or it will start to kill stuff over time. FSP supposedly fixed this issue, though. /shrug
 
Alright, no gaming...so I was thinking of downgrading CPU to an E5200 and Video to a 8800/9800GT in the sub-$100?
 
Those are good choices... the middle ground for CPU would be the E7300 or E7400, the cheaper of the two.
 
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