Approximate Purchase Date: Within 2 weeks
Budget Range: 1500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming
Parts Not Required: Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor, sound card
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.ca or tigerdirect.ca
Country of Origin: Canada
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Yes (future)
Monitor Resolution: (1920x1200)
Additional Comments: I don't want to wait for Sandy Bridge to fix their chipset so this is it. My main concern is the memory, I am not familiar with how to match it with the motherboard.
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ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
Item #: N82E16827135204
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-850HX 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Item #: N82E16817139011
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel ...
Item #: N82E16835103065
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #: N82E16822136533
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533
EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Item #: N82E16814130593
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130593
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ
Item #: N82E16820231225
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231225
ASUS Sabertooth X58 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813131665
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131665
Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950
Item #: N82E16819115211
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211
Grand Total:* $1,282.42
Budget Range: 1500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming
Parts Not Required: Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor, sound card
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.ca or tigerdirect.ca
Country of Origin: Canada
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Yes (future)
Monitor Resolution: (1920x1200)
Additional Comments: I don't want to wait for Sandy Bridge to fix their chipset so this is it. My main concern is the memory, I am not familiar with how to match it with the motherboard.
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ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
Item #: N82E16827135204
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-850HX 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Item #: N82E16817139011
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel ...
Item #: N82E16835103065
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #: N82E16822136533
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533
EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Item #: N82E16814130593
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130593
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ
Item #: N82E16820231225
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231225
ASUS Sabertooth X58 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813131665
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131665
Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950
Item #: N82E16819115211
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211
Grand Total:* $1,282.42