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Blind Man

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He will be using it for gaming only.. already has a corsair 520HX PSU in an antec sonata.. doesnt really feel like getting a new case. all prices in CDN dollars.

RAM:OCZ 2GB Dual Channel Kit DDR2 PC2-6400 Platinum Revision 2 Dual Channel $54.00 x2 - $30 rebate on one = $78.00
MOBO:GIGABYTE MB GA-EP45-DS3L $118.99
CPU:INTEL BOX CORE 2 DUO E8400 $199.99
HD:Western Digital HD WD6400AAKS 3.5" 640GB $89.99
MONITOR:BenQ E2200HD (1920X1080) $208.00
VID CARD:Sapphire HD 4870 512M GDDR5 $308.99 <- yeah this is a pretty bad deal.. and I have heard sapphire support is pretty bad.. probably my only concern in this build.

total = $1003.96
everything look good?
 
Looks good, just overpriced though hehe. Where are you ordering these parts from?
 
I agree, those prices are crap, especially for the CPU, where hell are you ordering?
 
heres my 2 cents

Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz LGA 775 65W $138.49
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P45 $120.99
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 $51.99
MSI N260GTX-T2D896 OC GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 $276.24
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AACS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s $86.49

Total: $674.20 + shipping + your monitor(newegg.ca didnt have a benq 22`)

Notes:
- all my pricing is CDN$
- for a 4 gig, 2 x 2gig kit is faster than 4 x 1 gig sticks hence my 2 x 2gig gskill kit plus they are very overclockable
- since the rig is for gaming the E7200 is more than enough for that as wel as being one helluva good overclocker (almost 4 ghz on air!)

check out this monitor available at Canada Computers,
LG W2242TQ-BF, 22" Widescreen LCD, 2ms (G to G), 8000:1 $214.99

GL!
 
HardwareGuru said:
Looks good, just overpriced though hehe. Where are you ordering these parts from?
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colinstu said:
Wow, some of that stuff is waay over priced..
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Freezebyte said:
I agree, those prices are crap, especially for the CPU, where hell are you ordering?
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Guys read this part carefully:

Blind Man said:
He will be using it for gaming only.. already has a corsair 520HX PSU in an antec sonata.. doesnt really feel like getting a new case. all prices in CDN dollars.
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Hence the higher prices
 
Blind Man said:
He will be using it for gaming only.. already has a corsair 520HX PSU in an antec sonata.. doesnt really feel like getting a new case. all prices in CDN dollars.

RAM:OCZ 2GB Dual Channel Kit DDR2 PC2-6400 Platinum Revision 2 Dual Channel $54.00 x2 - $30 rebate on one = $78.00
MOBO:GIGABYTE MB GA-EP45-DS3L $118.99
CPU:INTEL BOX CORE 2 DUO E8400 $199.99
HD:Western Digital HD WD6400AAKS 3.5" 640GB $89.99
MONITOR:BenQ E2200HD (1920X1080) $208.00
VID CARD:Sapphire HD 4870 512M GDDR5 $308.99 <- yeah this is a pretty bad deal.. and I have heard sapphire support is pretty bad.. probably my only concern in this build.

total = $1003.96
everything look good?
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Not sure what the budget looks like but my first two thoughts are:
1] Step up to 4gb of ram. You didn't mention an OS, going with V64 is your best move if he's really into gaming.
2] Since your bro will be at 1920x1080 you might do well with a card which has a full gb of ram. At this res the performance numbers really start to reward 1gb over 512mg
 
The GA-EP43-DS3L should save you some cash. Stick with the WD6400AAKS and avoid the WD6400AACS, lol.
 
was ordering the parts from infonec (local store so no shipping) they are usually pretty good with new stuff I just find they very rarely drop base prices on stuff when not on sale.. forgot about newegg.ca actually - so

cpu - E8400 - $199 thing about the E7200 is that my bro will problably not overclock, he's 15 = "im not overclocking, it will probably blow up" :p
mobo - ga-ep45 - $119
hd - WD6400AAKS - $85
ram - OCZ 2x 2gb PC2-8000 4GB Platinum Edition - $50
video card - EVGA gtx 260 superclocked free fc2 - $260 after mir w/ free shipping - ncix.. <- sale just popped up
same monitor E2200HD - $208
total = $921.. since the video card is coming from ncix w/ free shipping just getting the 9$ off on the e8400 from newegg isn't worth it because shipping breaks the deal.. looked around infonec's site and found cheaper/better ram.. they are always like that with the pricing :p
 
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