A New Build

[simmsa]

Hey, basically my first time building a system from scratch and was wondering if anyone could give me some advice if I chose the right parts and at what price they should be available at. I found these items on NewEgg but I live in Canada and they don't ship there... If anyone knows a good store that would be great, I tired ncix and Tigerdirect and they were both more expensive especially with the Canadian dollar being 1 usd. Are there any cheap stores in the states that ship to canada???? Anyways heres my parts list:


Case

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811129021
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$10.00 Instant
$30.00 Mail-in Rebate
Price:$99.00

Will this case fit 2 GTX SLI because i heard its a tight case.... Does anyone own this case and like it???


Video Card

EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814130072
Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy

$20.00 Mail-in Rebate
$529.99

Should I save money and get the GTS instead of the GTX, im wondering if the high price of the card will make it a worthwhile investment compared to the cheaper gts....


Power Supply

Antec True Power Trio TP3-650 ATX12V 650W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails - Retail
Item #: N82E16817371001
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

-$20.00 Instant
$129.99
$109.99

Is this power supply sufficient for 2 GTX in SLI or not enough juice for an upgrade????????

Motherboard

EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813188013
Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy

$20.00 Mail-in Rebate
$219.99

Is DDR3 support necessary for a new board????
Does this board give you full 16x for SLI???


Processor

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail
Item #: N82E16819115017
Return Policy: Processors (CPUs) Return Policy

$279.99

To overclock this Cpu do i need a cpu cooler???

Hard Drive

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822136131
Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy

$189.99


Ram

Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (4 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PDC22G6400LLK - Retail
Item #: N82E16820220144
Return Policy: Memory (Modules, USB) Return Policy

-$10.00 Instant
$40.00 Mail-in Rebate
$197.98
$177.98
($88.99 each)

Is this ram the right choice? Is it worth it to get 4gb of ram????/

Drive

SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S203B - OEM
Item #: N82E16827151153
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$31.99


Subtotal: $1,669.91


Am I missing something??? Are my parts compatible with each other? Do you have any suggestions. Any info would help me out. Thanks Guys!!!!!!!! ?

 

[Madrox]

if your gonna Overclock that CPU you better get a new heatsink before running it...

Zalman 9700LED
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118019

Thermaltake Big Typhoon
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106061

Themralright Ultra 120
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835109140

 

[akhilles]

I don't know if you read the news from CBC about the dollar parity, but you can't get your dollar's worth regardless. The only way is to shop in the u.s, but then the border/custom will charge you import fee on top of taxes. That's a deal breaker. Walk in any Best Buy or Future Shop & look at the video game/computer price tags. The SAME AS BEFORE!!!

So the cheapest way is still shop locally. I'd order it from ncix.com & price-match as many items as possible to

http://www.directcanada.com/

which has lower prices on most items.

The evga 680i supports true x16 sli:

http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce_600i_tech_specs.html
http://evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=122-CK-NF68-A1&family=20

$350 for 2 gigs? Might as well charge $3000. Average PC2-6400 2x1gb price is $65 US after rebate. This is very good ram:

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=24641&vpn=BL2KIT12864AA804&manufacture=CRUCIAL%20TECHNOLOGY

I have no idea if that 650w will power 2 gtx cards. Any of these psu's is guaranteed to work with sli:

http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_build_psu.html

You haven't listed a hard disk. At least a 320gb sataii.

Oh yea, by the way, what's your monitor resolution? That'll help determine what video card to get. And what games do you play?

 

[simmsa]

My monitor is a Dell 22" Flat Panel at 1680x1050

I love Hl2 series, Bioshock, Total War,
Games I'm looking forward too... Crisis, Spore, Tabula Rasa, ut3 etc

 

[simmsa]

So the cheapest way is still shop locally. I'd order it from ncix.com & price-match as many items as possible to

http://www.directcanada.com/

which has lower prices on most items.

If directcanada has lower prices then why dont i skip ncix and buy off them?????

Another thing is should i get 64bit vista for the future or just get the 32bit??????

 

[akhilles]

ncix has better stock. DC says only in stock or not. Also, I registered with DC, but they said my address is "wrong" which narrows down to the spelling of my city. I used the same address to register with ncix, it was fine. I've been ordering from ncix since. The only beef I have with ncix is prices - usually higher than dc's.

ncix, dc & nxsource are supposedly the same company. why? Best Buy owns Future Shop & keeps it running. Choices, I think. The point is to price match. ncix will price match.

http://www.ncix.com/contact/
http://www.directcanada.com/contact/
http://www.nxsource.com/contact/

ncix has a "forum" for each product. you can ask questions before buying.

32-bit is better supported in terms of drivers & software. most apps are non-64-bit. 32-bit sees up to 3.5gb of ram. 64-bit sees more than 4gigs.

If you can the 64-bit from ms, but I don't know the extra cost for shipping. Vista Ultimate has both 32 & 64 bit.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/64bit.mspx