After a few weeks I decided to re-think building a new machine and came with the following specs: (I'm Canadian, so newegg isn't an option, and the prices listed below are next to lowest you can find in a CND store):
Unless I'm mistaken, the mobo I chose can support any of the above options. But feel free to suggest another one if you have a particular suggestion about videocard as well.
So which videocard should I choose? Also, is there anything you think I should add/remove/change? I plan the system to last 2-3 years. Already have monitor and other periphs.
The mobo you chosed is p45 so it would support crossfire but only at 8x/8x. You would need a x38 or x48 motherboard to use full power of the cards. Take a look at gigabyte x48-ds4 motherboard . Your build would be solid with a x48 mobo and 2x 4870 (i'm sold for ATI). Even one 4870 would do depending of your screen/games. I'm canadian also... you can take a look at ncix.com and directcanada.com they have nice prices (for exampleQ9450 OEM @ 324$). I also read something about nvidia lowering prices soon.. you might want to wait and see.
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