Configure me a system - $1000 Canadian

[andkon]

Help. Im looking to spend about $1000, Canadian, including taxes on my new comp. It'll will be mostly for family related use, with some light gaming thrown in. I need everything but a monitor, which I will be purchasing seperately. I'm pretty sure I will be able to build the comp myself. Not sure what sites are best that ship to Canada, was thinking ncix.com, canadacomputers.com, or tigerdirect.ca Your help is appreciated

 

[Joe_The_Dragon]

Help. Im looking to spend about $1000, Canadian, including taxes on my new comp. It'll will be mostly for family related use, with some light gaming thrown in. I need everything but a monitor, which I will be purchasing seperately. I'm pretty sure I will be able to build the comp myself. Not sure what sites are best that ship to Canada, was thinking ncix.com, canadacomputers.com, or tigerdirect.ca Your help is appreciated

tigerdirect has Outlet Stores in Canada
http://www.tigerdirect.com/retailstores/index.asp?CMP=ILC-CHI

 

[Scribs]

Ive just bought a new computer, so Ive done the research on stores and such. For the most part, Ive found NCIX to be the cheapest, with Canada Computers good for a few items as well. Great part about NCIX, they price match, so you can get deals that they might not normally have. Nice thing about Canada Computers though, $10 flat rate shipping, which might save you some money on a case. Also, depending on your province, you can dodge the provincial sales tax from at least one of the stores, which adds up on a large purchase.

As for the computer itself, Im guessing you want to run it at stock and such, no overclocking? I imagine you could get a C2D 6300, decent motherboard (maybe a gigabyte DS3, or something lower than that), 250GB HD, DVD burner, case w/included PSU and such and a 7600 GT video card for about that budget. Im afraid I cant price it right now, but the NCIX pc builder is good to play around with.

 

[skyguy]

Canada computers has a great deal on a AMD X2 3800 system, $600 including an X800XL video card. I'd suggest getting that system and add more RAM for $65. For your needs and light gaming, it'll do the trick and then some for well under $1000.

If you really wanna spend the full $1000, then do what ^^ says about C2D at Ncix. Canada Computers doesn't have a built system with those specs I think.........they're more geared to the "budget" market.