800-1300$ multitask computer

The new computer will be bought somewhere between 22th october and christmas. My budget is about 800-1300$

Usage: Listening movie, playing mmo like S4 league and Aion, doing resaerch for litterature homework, surfing the internet.

I am buying a complete new computer so i need everything except a mouse but i might buy at my local electronics shop the monitor,keyboard and speaker.

I dont really have preference for the make of the part but i am looking for a full size tower with a 22"-24" lcd monitor, 4-6gb ddr3 ram with a decent processor and a good video card to go with the lcd screen.For hard drive, something between 500gb to 1tb should do the job. Media card reader is a must and for optical drive a good old cd/dvd burner will be enough.

I might give a try at overclocking and i dont think i will need sli or crossfire

monitor resolution will be about 1920x1200 or more.

This will be my first custom built computer so i have no idea what part except for the cpu and the video card. For the processor it would be either AMD Phenom II X4 945 or Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 and for the video card, i think the ati radeon hd4870 1gb would be good.

Also, for the part, i will mostly buy them at newegg.ca and i am canadian( well a Quebecois to be more precise)

since the cdn exchange rate is pretty good at the moment versus usd should i try buy at newegg.com since the price are usually 10$ lower and some also have free shipping ?

nevermind, j just checked on their website and the .com version dosent ship to canada

also if i wanted to go the phenom x11 way, what would be a good choice for my mobo that wont necessarily have sli or crossfire

Ok here is a list of what the build will surely look like

Intel Core i5 750 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.66GHZ 8MB Cache Retail Box 218.88$
http://www.directcanada.com/produc [...] ture=INTEL

Gigabyte P55M-UD2 mATX LGA1156 P55 DDR3 2PCI-E 2PCI SATA2 RAID Sound GLAN Motherboard 113.89$
http://www.directcanada.com/produc [...] e=GIGABYTE

XFX Radeon HD 5850 725MHZ 1GB GDDR5 4.0GHZ 2XDVI HDMI Display Port DIRECTX11 PCI-E Video Card 299.99$
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku= [...] acture=XFX

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro REV.2 CPU Heatsink Cooler LGA1366 LGA1156 LGA775 AM2 AM3 W/ 92MM Fan 21.99$
http://www.directcanada.com/produc [...] %20COOLING

RAIDMAX Hurricane ATX-248WB Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail 39.99$
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6811156237

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA2 3.5IN 8.5MS 7200RPM 16MB Hard Drive Oem *3YR Mfr Warranty* 51.88$
http://www.directcanada.com/produc [...] re=SEAGATE

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ - Retail 91.94$
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6820231193
SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 22X DVD±R DVD Burner 34.99$
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6827151175

Media card reader
SUPER TALENT INTAIN1MCR All-in-one Card Reader 10.99$
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6820609298

BenQ - Moniteur ACL G2220HD 149.99$
http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/ [...] ode=WW&=&=

Go with a 5850, the reviews on tom's as well as on anandtech really say that the HD 5770 does not offer much more than the 4870, and is not a good value at it's current price point. Spend the extra cash on a 5850 now, and it will keep you from needing an early graphics card upgrade down the road. Also, if you can find an XFX brand 5850, it's a great choice since they have a pretty much unbeatable double lifetime warranty.

Other suggestion I'd make for your build is to not use a Caviar Green for a primary hard drive. They are wonderful as secondary storage, but you don't want your apps and scratch disk space held back by the much slower access times. A Samsung F3 1TB should be similarly priced, and if that one is unavailable, I'd go with a Seagate 7200.12 1TB next.

if you know for sure that you will never do dual cards, going for a cheaper board is a great idea. I think board manufacturers have to pay about $20 per board to NVIDIA for SLI certification, and ultimately the manufacturers pass this cost on to you. Some of the other pointless features that higher tier boards sometimes have are dual NICs, or 2 host controllers. Most people will never need these features, and it just drives the cost of the boards up. I will say that boards featuring solid capacitors and larger heatsinks are worth the extra money, but I'd say 80% of popular boards include these already. As for the XFX card, they are popular because of the great warranty, hence out of stock in many places, or over priced by some retailers. The sapphire will be fine, though I'd make one last look for the XFX 5850 right before you commit to the purchase in case it comes in stock somewhere.

Where abouts are you living? If you're near Ottawa or Montreal there's a place called PC Cyber (www.pccyber.com) which has great prices (generally lower than newegg) and if you pick up from the the store there's no shipping. Might be something worth looking into.

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