My First Build i7 *Taking All Suggestions*

SammyLC

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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within the next month

BUDGET RANGE: CAD $800-1250

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Watching Movies, Webdesign, Homework

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, OS

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.ca

PARTS PREFERENCES: No Preference at all, also wondering if downgrading technology from i7 to lets say Quad core a worth while idea, I'm not that well knowledge in the exact specifics of performance but have some knowledge.

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe, probably not.

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes Either one.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Must have extra Ram Slots/PCI-X slots for at least some growth in the future for another GPU and more RAM in next 3-4 years.


This is my first custom PC ever, all my friends are constantly buying xbox 360 and ps3 games/controllers and it comes out to about over $40-100 a month on games and hardware failure and all the systems can really be used for is gaming. So i've decided to build my own PC and i've been surfing this site and newegg constantly for the last 3 days learning insanely about the new processors and video cars.

p.s.: Now I feel ripped off for buying a eVGA 7600GT AGP for $129.99 at Futureshop. :cry: 6 Months ago.


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COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-WW Black/Silver Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

Foxconn FlamingBlade GTI LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor - Retail

CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

SAPPHIRE 100270SR Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB 512-bit (256-bit x 2) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

$1,185.44 CAD
 

tidefan94

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Switch the mobo to either a gigabyte or ASUS
but besides that it looks solid, besides the fact that you don't have a hard drive or optical drive