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Alright, I've come across a large sum of money so I want to do somthing that I've been puting away for years. I want to purchase parts and build a computer, I've read the faqs on how to do it myself but i've been out of loop of whats good and whats not. I belive ati is leading in price+performance gpu area, but like I said i'm not sure.

What I want is....

- To be able to play games, mostly cs and whatever catches my eye (I just want a good bang for the buck gpu)
-music, I listen to alot of music
-General internet usage
-best bang for the buck

I can't think of anything else that I would need exept a large ?HD for my music/Movies

My budget is 500-600 Canadian (not including the taxes)

I have a...

dvd burner
Lcd monitor
keyboard
mouse
audio stuff (5 speaker setup from logitech)

I hope I provided enough info, if not feel free to ask


Thanks in advance everyone
 
Agreed with the above.
You may be able to vary a bit depending on price, especially as they change daily almost.

Some things worth considering.
If you ever intend on SLI, you need an SLI capable board.
Only NVidia make these apart from the new X58 boards but they will cost.
The older SLI boards can be tricky to get stable and little is known of X58.

If you intend on using Crossfire (not x2 cards) you will really want an X38 / X48 motherboard as the others dont have enough bandwidth on dual PCI-E slots to get the best from 2 cards.

For single cards (including x2 cards), P35 or P45 is cheaper and just as capable.

ps as NVidia have just released the 216SP GTX260, the older 192SP cards will drop in price.
There isnt much difference between them in performance and with a little clocking you can get very decent performance.
 
suggestion from a noob :p

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L - $110
CPU: Intel E7300 - $160
RAM: G.SKILL DDR2-800 2x2GB - $80
GPU: ATi HD 4850 - $200
HDD: WD WD6400AAKS - $75
PSU: Corsair TX650W - $90
Case: Antec 300 - $65

Total: 780$ CAD + Tax

this is a P45 board from Gigabyte... best bang for the buck... if u dont plan to SLI/CF...
found the CPU at NCIX Canada... the cheapest C2D u can get and itz pretty nice too
i suggested this set of RAM because it is widely recommended in this forum
and i assuming u r gaming at 1680x1050 and that is why i choose this card... and i can tell u that this card rocks :D because i m using it to game at that rez too... :D if u r gaming lower than 1680x1050 then u can wait for the HD 4670/4650... it should be released already but if not it will be out any time ( maybe this week? or something? these are only my guess ) and u would save $100... but i believe ppl would perfer 4850 because it would be better and it will last longer but in the end itz ur choice and i know u have a budget to keep
the HDD itz big, itz fast, itz quiet and itz cheap! what else do u want? lol
This is only assume u dont have a case and a power supply, otherwise u can take the case and power supply off and u can save urself $155

HD 4850 -> HD 4670/4650 = $680
u already have a case and a power supply = $625
HD 4670/4650 with no case nor power supply = $525

hope this helps!

KeymaN
 
I can get most of that stuff cheaper on pcvonline so that looks like a good setup so far, I'll wait for that new gpu, just so i'm not disapointed later.
 
i m just curious
is pcvonline.com has good shipping? and is it even cheaper to get it from them after shipping and stuff? i do buy some stuff online sometimes... but i find it annoying that i have to wait for it for a week or more and sometimes after the shipping and handling it cost even more :(

btw what OS are u using? XP or Vista? 32 or 64 bit?
 
I'll be using xp, I'm not sure about they're shipping seeing as I only buy directly from one of the stores, shipping rates are from 6 bucks last I checked, there shouldent be any customs if you are located in canada, so it would just be 6 bucks and it would be shipped fast if you're in canada.
 
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