Opinions/Suggestion on future new rig!

[Chemical]

Hey everyone it's that time again to build a new comp. This system will be for games. I have what i think would be good without costing to much. So here it is.


Processor:
Intel® Core™2 Duo E6400, 2.13-GHz @ 1066Mhz w/ 2Mb Cache (Socket 775) (Retail Box) w/ Heat Sink & Fan $279.99 x1

Hard Drive:
74GB Western Digital® Raptor™ SATA-150 10,000RPM 16Mb OEM
$179.99 x1

Memory:
OCZ 2Gb PC4200 DDR2 EL Dual Channel Gold Edition (OCZ25332048ELDCGE-K) *Special Order* $254.99 x1

Motherboard:
Asus® P5N32-SLI Deluxe, Socket 775, NVIDIA® nForce™4 SLI Chipset w/ PCI Express x16 (ATX)*Special Order* $219.99 x1

Video Card:
BFG Tech GeForce™ 7900GTX OC™ - GeForce™ 7900 GPU w/512Mb GDDR3 & PCI Express x16 Retail Box *Special Order* $544.99 x1

Sub Total:
$1479.95

GST (6%) / HST: (14%)
$88.80

PST (8%):
$118.40

Total:
$1687.15 (Without Shipping)
I got these prices from http://www.pccanada.com
they seemed to have the cheapets prices from the canadian sites i've been too.

I'm not too sure on the performance increase on the Mobo from SLI 32 vs SLI 16. I will be adding another 7900GTX some time in the future so i figured instead of having them run at 8x each in a mobo that has 16x might as well go with the 32 for 16x each.

I'm open to any suggestions and opinions. My budget is around $1,800 CDN after all taxes and shipping

 

[shadowduck]

74GB is not enough storage for you. Get the Raptor and another drive, or drop the Raptor alltogether and look at Seagate 7200.10 drives. They are probably the fastest SATA drives available right now.

You can get away with dropping the CPU to a 6300 and overclocking it to E6400 levels and beyond.


I would drop the video card to a X1900XT 256 and spend the money when DX10 cards come out. No current card supports DX10, so it seems of little value to sepnd $544.99 on a video card that cannot even fully support Vista.

Don't you just love Canadian taxes? At least GST went down 1%!

 

[muffins]

PST (8%):
$118.40

tehehe you pay PST

 

[fredgiblet]

I would drop the video card to a X1900XT 256 and spend the money when DX10 cards come out. No current card supports DX10, so it seems of little value to sepnd $544.99 on a video card that cannot even fully support Vista.

If you plan on going DX10 when Vista comes out, you might as well get a 7600GT or similar, save a LOT of money for the new card.

 

[shadowduck]

I would drop the video card to a X1900XT 256 and spend the money when DX10 cards come out. No current card supports DX10, so it seems of little value to sepnd $544.99 on a video card that cannot even fully support Vista.

If you plan on going DX10 when Vista comes out, you might as well get a 7600GT or similar, save a LOT of money for the new card.


The X1900XT 256 is $230 USD (around $70 more than a 7600GT) but can complete with a 7900GTX in some benchmarks. It is the best value out there. Plus, he wants to play Oblivion, which works better on ATI card anyway.

 

[Doughbuy]

I would suggest the P5W-DH and then X1950XTX, that would be better than the P5N32-SLI + 2 7900GTX...

Also, the e6300 is a good idea... but...

no PSU, Optical? Or do you already have them... if you do, list them so we can see if they'll work, especially the PSU

 

[Chemical]

This is my current system spec

Athlon 2500+ clocked to 3200+
1gig Crucial Ram
120 Maxtor HDD
ATI Sapphire X800 XT PE
Sound Blaster Audigy LS
Samsung CD Burner
Floppy Drive
PSU is a Turbolink 420watt came with my case

i'm just getting a feel for stuff now. I won't be purchasing anything till close to christmas. When is DX10 cards suppose to make an appearence?

Thanks

 

[Coops07]

Try www.NCIX.com and www.canadacomputers.com they usually have some of the best combined prices in all of canada.