Looking for recommendations on $800 PC (b4 monitor)

[grither]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: within a month

BUDGET RANGE: $US 800

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: running multiple programs, watching media, gaming not that important

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: speakers, keyboard, mouse, optical drives, hard drives (have a few but no sata drives- perhaps I should get a new one as primary drive (faster?) and use my other ones for storage/archive)-opinions welcome!

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.ca, ncix.com

PARTS PREFERENCES: Interested an Antec case for quiet operation and lots of optical/hard drive bays. love the 1200 or the cosmos but might be out of price range

OVERCLOCKING: not really interested

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: unknown

MONITOR RESOLUTION: would love a 30 inch display of some sort (obviously for additional price beyond stated budget), recommendations welcome!

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I would like a quiet PC, with lots of room for additional drives. I currently have 3 optical drives (IDE) that I would like to move to new system, also 3 IDE hard drives. I currently have an IDE expansion card- I suppose this will be needed as I assume new motherboards no longer have IDE slots? Forgive a newbie!!!

Thanks for checking out my thread, all feedback welcome!!!

 

[xthekidx]

Look at the P182 or NZXT Hush for quiet cases.

 

[Proximon]

Does your current PC work? If so, put it in a closet or something and access the old drives that way.
Antec Sonata III w/500W Earthwatts PSU 163

Gigabyte X58 and i7 920 combo $600
6GB OCZ 1333Mhz DDR3 125
HIS 4670 100
Vista 64-bit 150

That's probably around 1200 CAD before GST, but you should compare with NCIX.

 

[Shadow703793]

^+1 Good set up. Not sure if the OP really needs the power of the i7 920.

 

[batuchka]

Err dun think u even need a discrete so the current best IGP solution paired off with a nice quad would suffice for me

Edit: Those are in $USD

 

[MykC]

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129032 Pioneer DVD Drive (sata) $25
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319 WD 640GB AALS (sata) $100

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119150 Cosmos 1000 $250
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341022 OCZ Fatal1ty 550W (modular) $90

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.170961 Phenom II 720 with Xigma SD1283 cooler $200
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131340 Asus 770v ATX $100
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146731 2x2GB DDR2 800 5-4-4-12 Mushkin RAM $60 - $10MIR

$830 + tax ~$100 + shipping ~$70 = $990, whatever is leftover for your GPU, 4670 or 4830. $80-$115
You can upgrade to the Phenom II 940 quad core for $100.
If you can get the case locally you can save $45 on shipping.

 

[MykC]

I currently have 3 optical drives (IDE) that I would like to move to new system

Why would you want to hold onto these?

 

[grither]

thanks for all the terrific input. As for why I would want to hang on to the IDE drives, I guess I was just thinking that I have a burner and a plextor that work pretty well and are pretty fast, so why re-buy them. Do you think if I am running them off IDE it will slow the system down?

 

[MykC]

Well any sata $25 dvd burner will out there will surely be equal (probably better) than those IDE drives you have.

 

[techgeek]

You may want to have a look at www.memoryexpress.com. Their prices are very competitive.

 

[Proximon]

I actually made like 3 different builds for you before settling on the i7, and one of them was a 790GX + Deneb. I would say it all comes down to what your "multiple programs" are.

The fact is, i7 or PII or C2Q are probably all going to work for you. It's just a question of how robust you want it and what the final price tag is.