700$ First Time built Multi-tasking/casual gaming (Canada)

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PURCHASE DATE: Within a week; BUDGET RANGE: $700 and under

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Multi-tasking, Web Browsing, Gaming (nothing very demanding)

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: OS, Speakers, Keyboard, Mouse, DVD Drive,

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Directcanada.com (Cheap price for canada and free shipping for orders over 300$)

PARTS PREFERENCES: None

OVERCLOCKING: Will probably try at least SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No

MONITOR RESOLUTION: Depends on the Monitor I will buy but 16** X 1050 and up !

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SO FAR WHAT I CAME UP WITH :

OPTION 1

743 - 45$ MIR + 0$ shipping = 698$

OPTION 2

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA2 3.5IN 8.5MS 7200RPM 16MB Hard Drive Oem *3YR Mfr Warranty*
$59.88

Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL 5-5-5-18 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory
$10.00 CAD Mail in Rebate for this item - click here
$41.16

Antec Three Hundred Mini Tower Gaming Case 300 Atx 3X5.25 6X3.5INT No Ps Front Usb & Audio
$62.30

OCZ FATAL1TY 550W ATX12V 20/24PIN Active PFC ATX Modular Power Supply 120MM Fan 80PLUS Black
$25.00 CAD Mail in Rebate for this item - click here
$75.40

(2) ASUS VW192T+ 19IN Widescreen LCD Monitor 1680X1050 4000:1 5ms VGA DVI Speakers
$263.52 For Both

EVGA E-GEFORCE 9600GSO 650MHZ 512MB 1.8GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV Out Video Card
$25.00 CAD Mail in Rebate for this item - click here
$93.32

Amd Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition Dual Core Processor Socket AM2+ 2.7GHZ 3MB 65NM 95W Retail Box
$68.50

Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 ATX AM2+/AM3 AMD770 PCI-E16 2PCI SATA2 RAID 1394 HD Sound GBLAN Motherboard
$10.00 CAD Mail in Rebate for this item - click here
$84,59

Grand Total: 748.67$ - 70$MIR + 0$ Shipping = 678.67$
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Any comment is welcome
This is my first built so I really need your help.

 

[macer1]

video card is beyond playable


try some better sites to buy from, save yourself some cash

www.ncix.ca
www.newegg.com
www.memoryexpress.com

much better

 

[crobar]

Hi Macer1,

Thanks for reply. I did like the mobo, psu and GPU.

And I am trying to stay away from newegg.com/canada because they charge about 200$ for shipping and taxes.

 

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Now have two option. Any comments ?