I spent a good while smelling out the best deals and this is my first build that i was truly making the decisions.
I live in Toronto, Canada so I used Canadian online warehouse stores (mostly pricematch off NCIX, newegg.ca) with the assistance of pricecanada.com and shopbot.ca.
NOTE: everything is in CANADIAN DOLLARS (CAD)!
CPU: $200 Intel Core i5-760 OEM
GPU: $220 Palit GeForce GTX 460 1GB Sonic -> regret this, prob return for a MSi or Gigabyte card: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/294655-33-which-gigabyte
MOBO: $155 ASUS P7P55D-E
RAM: $190 8GB (4x2GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600 1.5V 9-9-9-24-2N)
PSU: $40 OCZ ModXStream PRO 600W -> I went a bit cheap here hehe, but NCIX had a $39 bargain!
CASE: $50 NZXT M59 Classic Series -> I dig the sharp edges design, lol
HDD: $88 WD caviar black 1TB SATAIII 6GB/s 7200RPM OEM
DVD: $20 Samsung 24x DVD writer OEM
Sub-total: $963
Shipping: $25 (There's also 13% HST after, welcome to Canada!)
I will probably add two 140mm fans (top) and a 120mm fan (front) and replace the stock CPU cooler in the future.
I live in Toronto, Canada so I used Canadian online warehouse stores (mostly pricematch off NCIX, newegg.ca) with the assistance of pricecanada.com and shopbot.ca.
NOTE: everything is in CANADIAN DOLLARS (CAD)!
CPU: $200 Intel Core i5-760 OEM
GPU: $220 Palit GeForce GTX 460 1GB Sonic -> regret this, prob return for a MSi or Gigabyte card: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/294655-33-which-gigabyte
MOBO: $155 ASUS P7P55D-E
RAM: $190 8GB (4x2GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600 1.5V 9-9-9-24-2N)
PSU: $40 OCZ ModXStream PRO 600W -> I went a bit cheap here hehe, but NCIX had a $39 bargain!
CASE: $50 NZXT M59 Classic Series -> I dig the sharp edges design, lol
HDD: $88 WD caviar black 1TB SATAIII 6GB/s 7200RPM OEM
DVD: $20 Samsung 24x DVD writer OEM
Sub-total: $963
Shipping: $25 (There's also 13% HST after, welcome to Canada!)
I will probably add two 140mm fans (top) and a 120mm fan (front) and replace the stock CPU cooler in the future.