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sliu64

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Hi guys, i built my last computer 8 years ago, and this will be my first upgrade since then. Thanks alot in advance for all the suggestions i'll be getting.

1) What will you be doing with this PC?
A: Gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
A: $1500 without tax and shipping, but includes monitor
3) Where do you live?
A: Toronto, Canada
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
A: Everything
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
A: optical drive, HDD, mouse, keyboard, speakers, case (but I need to get new PSU)
6) Will you be overclocking?
A: not at first, but later when my demand of performance increases
7) What size monitor do you have or plan to have?
A: 24 inch
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
A: comming Christmas
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
A: I haven't gone raid before, but would like the option. Definately need xfire or sli support.
 
Is Monitor included in that $1500?

There is an edit button to the bottom left of your post boxes so that you can update your post the the build progresses btw.
 
Antec Three Hundred $55
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W $120
Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz $300
Thermaltake CL-P0508 V1 AX $60
EVGA LGA 1366 Intel X58 $340
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 3GB (3 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 $180
3 x WD 640GB SATA HDD $225
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB 192 $220

Total $1425, all parts from newegg...
 
He needs it from Canada. I'm gonna say it very simply, an i7 build in CAD with your shitty as hell currency (1USD:1.27CAD! Guess who's gonna have a shit load of fun up north this Thanksgiving ;)) with a 24" monitor nonetheless(!) is impossible. You need to reassess your budget and play with something that's within it, dreams never come true unfortunately.
 
i7, budget, monitor within budget....... does not compute.

Anyway, if you looked at NCIX's prices, cpu, mobo, ram will cost you $850+ alone. Add a 260/4870, monitor and everything else and that would blow that budget

i7 920 $385.99
Gigabyte EX58-UD5 $369.99
G.SKILL F3-10666CL9T-3GBNQ 3GB $114.14

EVGA E-GEFORCE GTX 260 Core 216 $308.88
Samsung Spinpoint F1 Series HD642JJ 640GB $69.99
BFG 550LS 550W $82.34
Pioneer DVR-216DBK $31.98

Subtotal: $1363.31
This leaves you with $139.69 for a case, monitor, OS. :)
 
Don't forget there is nationwide GST of 5% as well, guess that's better than the suckers (I love you guys!) in Vancouver who have to spit out 13% in GST and PST. Canada blows :D
 
1500 dollars is my budget but this is my budget w/o tax and shipping. Is it possible to still build it under this budge? Can you guys play around w/ it so it'll fit hte budget? I stopped following computers stuff after 2004, so i'm really out of the loop. However, i know i do want an i7 system.
 
No we cannot build an i7 system with a 24" monitor in CAD with 1500CAD. Maybe if you take out the graphics card rofl. Stop dreaming already.

NCIX mobo and CPU deal = $700
Cheapest 3x1 ddr3 = $114
24" Monitor = $330
OS = $135
PSU = ~$100-150

That's ~$1400.
Which means you're missing
1. Hard drive
2. Graphics card
3. Case
4. Keyboard
5. Speakers
6. Optical Drive
7. Heatsink

See where this is going?
 
If you want Core i7 I think you budget will need to be more like $1750-2000 CAD otherwise your just going to have to use Core 2.
Man you guys just have the short end of the stick up there in Canada.
 
No sympathy.. they were LOLing their butts off during the summer when the CAD went head to head w/ the Dollar. Looking at the builds (and I did piece them with the cheapest stuff I could find), you're looking more at $2k minimum than $1.75k. ~$300 for a 4870/GTX260 already. Not anything lower since the OP wants a 24"er.
 
Maybe you can use the cardboard box that NCIX ships their stuff to put your rig in so you save $100 on a case :D

But seriously, a new i7 rig with a 24" monitor cannot be done with $1500 pre-tax. I spent $1100 alone on an EX58-UD5, 6GB ram, and i7 920. You need to either revise what you want or up that budget if you want the latest and greatest.
 
purchase i7 cpu, mb, ram and video card off ebay and use the 25 percent live cashback, save you 200ish right there. Unless cashback does not work in canada? can get all that stuff through mwave (techtreasure on ebay) they ship to canada.

**appears live cashback is only good for u.s.
 
Since it's a new plarform Core i7 is ridiculously overpriced. Within 6 months a $2K system will be worth $1K or less. Wait till the AMD Deneb desktop processor parts come out for competitive pricing to kick in till it's all over except the crying. And you can drop a Deneb in a DDR2 board anyway and demos have shown these processors to scale to 4Ghz on air.
 
I don't want to bother configuring a Core I Savin builds. People who jump on this is like jumping on the first Core 2 Duo CPUs when it first came out. Now, people can get a 45nm Dual core or Quad core for the same price or lower.
 
Since you're budget is quite low, wait for the mainstream Core i7 parts to hit the market around Q2'09. When I say mainstream, I'm mainly referring to the motherboards. The only ones out right now are X58, which are enthusiast level boards. DDR3 prices are also high right now. Hopefully, by Q2'09, there will be much more affordable, mainstream chipset boards, and DDR3 prices will come down. Until then, your budget isn't high enough for the first-kid-on-the-block stuff with your requirements.

You do know that Core i7 is only slightly faster than Core2 for todays games, right?

EDIT: A Core2Duo build with a 22" monitor is only $1200. A Core2Duo build with a 24" monitor is $1500. A Core i7 build (3GB & GTX280), without monitor, is $1500. A Core i7 build with a 22" monitor is $1520.

$90 - WD Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA300
$193 - Hanns·G Hi-221DPB Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD
$200 - Sapphire 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB
$320 - Corsair XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 (PC3-10666) Model TR3X6G1333C9
$116 - COMBO: Antec Three Hundred + Antec Neo Power 500
$601 - COMBO: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz Quad Core + MSI X58 Platinum LGA 1366
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$1520 + tax and shipping

You said you had an optical drive, case, and HDD, but you did not list the make/models of each; therefore, I do not know if they can/should be used for this build. Upgrading to a 24" monitor and at least an HD4870 would cost $283 more. Ideally, though, you'd want a GTX280 instead.

$296 - Sapphire 100257L Radeon HD 4870 512MB
$380 - BenQ G2400WD 24IN Widescreen Black LCD
$527 - BFG Tech BFGEGTX2801024OCE GeForce GTX 280
 
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