Ordering Monday morning - Please Comment!

[VMoura]

Hi all:

The computer I've made below is in Canadian dollars built off PCCanada.com.

I intend to use it to mainly play World of Warcraft at the highest settings and resolution, as well as any future games. While I understand that WoW isn't demanding, I am building this computer this week for the next few years.

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Antec® Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Mid Tower w/ Power Supply, Black (Invis: 4830) $134.99

Intel® Core?2 Duo E6400, 2.13-GHz @ 1066Mhz w/ 2Mb Cache (Socket 775) (Retail Box) w/ Heat Sink & Fan (Invis: 6132) $264.99

Heat Sink and Fan included with CPU (Invis: 3) $0.00

Asus® P5L-MX, Socket 775, Intel® 945G Chipset w/ PCI Express x16 (mATX) (Invis: 6471) $89.99

OCZ 1Gb PC2-5400 DDR2 Dual Channel Special Ops Edition (OCZ2SOE6671GK) (Invis: 6016) $179.99

160GB Western Digital® Caviar® SE SATAII-300 7200RPM 8Mb OEM (Invis: 4775) $69.99

Mitsumi 3½ in (1.44Mb) Floppy Disk Drive, Black (Invis: 2436) $9.99

BFG Tech GeForce? 7900 GS OC? - GeForce? 7900 GPU w/256Mb GDDR3 & PCI Express x16 Retail Box (Invis: 6452) $259.99

Sony 16X DVD-ROM Drive OEM, Black (Invis: 2437) $24.99

On-Board PCI Sound built-into motherboard (Invis: 5) $0.00

On-Board 10/100Mb Lan built-into motherboard (Invis: 7) $0.00

Samsung SyncMaster? 997MB 19in SVGA CRT (Retail Box), Silver/Black (Invis: 4816) $249.99

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Regular Price: $1284.91 Canadian dollars ($1000 American, give or take?)
Best Price: $1277.92 Canadian dollars ($1000 American, give or take?)

Please let me know your thoughts, I really appreciate your insight on everything and anything.

From one gamer to another,

VMoura

 

[kuqdew]

with that budget, you should get 2gig memory

 

[Bobthelost]

You're not overclocking are you?

I'd consider going for a 6300 and 2GB of RAM.

 

[Operandi]

Welcome to the forums :thumbsup:.

Antec PSUs are not the best so I would stay away from their case and PSU bundles.

Something like this Asus case and Enermax PSU would be a better choice.

 

[VMoura]

Hey guys:

Thank you for all your comments so far.

Some things to keep aware of:

1. I am definitely ordering Monday from PCCanada

2. These are the customization options I have:

http://www.pccanada.com/quote.asp?action=form&ID=7

3. I will now remove the monitor, as I have one already and will use the $250 to apply elsewhere.

4. I want to spend $1000, give or take 100, before taxes.


Go wild, go free, let me know what you think is best for me!

From one gamer to the other,

VMoura

 

[VMoura]

/bump for good measure

 

[JEDIYoda]

Welcome to the forums!!!

 

[Evilhomer99]

I would take the extra money and step up the mobo and the video card, maybe 1900xt or 7950. Just a thought though..............

Your'e already spending 270 on a GPU, might as well spend 30 more and get a 512

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: Operandi
Welcome to the forums :thumbsup:.

Antec PSUs are not the best so I would stay away from their case and PSU bundles.

Something like this Asus case and Enermax PSU would be a better choice.

Quote for good measure.

33% of all PC problems are PSU related and Antec SmartPower/TruePower units lead the parade.


...Galvanized

 

[dBTelos]

That PSU won't last you long. A 500W Silverstone Element is a better choise.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: dBTelos
That PSU won't last you long. A 500W Silverstone Element is a better choise.

He is buying from a Canadian vendor.

 

[dBTelos]

Originally posted by: GalvanizedYankee

Originally posted by: dBTelos
That PSU won't last you long. A 500W Silverstone Element is a better choise.

He is buying from a Canadian vendor.

No Canadian Vendors have the Silverstone Element?

 

[markrb38]

There are other choices for PSU's that are on that list.
I think the Thermaltakes are ok from that list.
I like the Seasonics, but they are costly.

 

[VMoura]

Here is my revised list, revisions in bold.

I don't know much about case + PSU combos, so I would like some guidance on that as I am afraid the Sonata II with SmartPower 450W might not be enough --> LINK TO PSU DETAILS http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=15139

The options I have for CASES and PSU are at: http://www.pccanada.com/quote.asp?action=form&ID=7

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Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Mid Tower w/ Power Supply, Black (Invis: 4830) $134.99

Intel Core2 Duo E6400, 2.13-GHz @ 1066Mhz w/ 2Mb Cache (Socket 775) (Retail Box) w/ Heat Sink & Fan (Invis: 6132) $264.99

Heat Sink and Fan included with CPU (Invis: 3) $0.00

Asus P5B, Socket 775, Intel? P965 Chipset w/ PCI Express x16 (ATX) (Invis: 6172) $169.99

OCZ 2Gb PC4200 DDR2 EL Dual Channel Gold Edition
(OCZ25332048ELDCGE-K) (Invis: 4791) $254.99

250GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 SATAII-300 7200RPM 16Mb OEM (Invis: 4786) $89.99

Mitsumi 3 in (1.44Mb) Floppy Disk Drive, Black (Invis: 2436) $9.99

BFG Tech GeForce 7900 GS OC - GeForce? 7900 GPU w/256Mb GDDR3 & PCI Express x16 Retail Box (Invis: 6452) $259.99

On-Board PCI Sound built-into motherboard (Invis: 5) $0.00

On-Board 10/100Mb Lan built-into motherboard (Invis: 7) $0.00

Sony DW-Q120A Dual Layer DVDR/RW Drive (IDE) OEM, Black (Invis: 6002) $39.99


Regular Price: $1224.92 CANADIAN DOLLARS

 

[Hanpan]

Originally posted by: VMoura
Hi all:

The computer I've made below is in Canadian dollars built off PCCanada.com.

I intend to use it to mainly play World of Warcraft at the highest settings and resolution, as well as any future games. While I understand that WoW isn't demanding, I am building this computer this week for the next few years.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Antec® Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Mid Tower w/ Power Supply, Black (Invis: 4830) $134.99

Intel® Core?2 Duo E6400, 2.13-GHz @ 1066Mhz w/ 2Mb Cache (Socket 775) (Retail Box) w/ Heat Sink & Fan (Invis: 6132) $264.99

Heat Sink and Fan included with CPU (Invis: 3) $0.00

Asus® P5L-MX, Socket 775, Intel® 945G Chipset w/ PCI Express x16 (mATX) (Invis: 6471) $89.99

OCZ 1Gb PC2-5400 DDR2 Dual Channel Special Ops Edition (OCZ2SOE6671GK) (Invis: 6016) $179.99

160GB Western Digital® Caviar® SE SATAII-300 7200RPM 8Mb OEM (Invis: 4775) $69.99

Mitsumi 3½ in (1.44Mb) Floppy Disk Drive, Black (Invis: 2436) $9.99

BFG Tech GeForce? 7900 GS OC? - GeForce? 7900 GPU w/256Mb GDDR3 & PCI Express x16 Retail Box (Invis: 6452) $259.99

Sony 16X DVD-ROM Drive OEM, Black (Invis: 2437) $24.99

On-Board PCI Sound built-into motherboard (Invis: 5) $0.00

On-Board 10/100Mb Lan built-into motherboard (Invis: 7) $0.00

Samsung SyncMaster? 997MB 19in SVGA CRT (Retail Box), Silver/Black (Invis: 4816) $249.99

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Regular Price: $1284.91 Canadian dollars ($1000 American, give or take?)
Best Price: $1277.92 Canadian dollars ($1000 American, give or take?)

Please let me know your thoughts, I really appreciate your insight on everything and anything.

From one gamer to another,

VMoura

Some thoughts:


Core 2 Duo E6300 @199.99 free shipping.

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?s...282&vpn=BX80557E6300&manufacture=INTEL

Cheaper and you can overclock to make up the difference.

2gb > 1gb even it means dealing with tigerdirect. Use the above savings to get http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/...m-details.asp?EdpNo=1882393&CatId=2366

Much better video card (essentially a slight lower clocked 7900GTX)
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?...90&vpn=512-P2-N573-AR&manufacture=eVGA

since you are ordering a cpu from them anyway might as well spend $7 more for a dvd burner

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?s...0DR9062&vpn=GSA-H10N-BK&manufacture=LG

and the case is cheaper too again all shipped free

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?s...8007&vpn=SONATA%20II&manufacture=ANTEC

That is all I have time for. I would re-eval the other parts as well but this should give you a start.

 

[Tyrant222]

i would step up to the 320gig wd se16 for 114.99.

I think han made good suggestions for the video card, and memory. 2gig is essential!

 

[VMoura]

Any last comments or suggestions guys?

I will be ordering this tomorrow.

 

[larry20082]

the best place for price i've seen is LU COMPUTERS check them out might save you some cash