Approximate Purchase Date: March 18th-20th (sometime next weekend)
Budget Range: $1200
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, movies, internet
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Windows 7 Ultimate Edition, DVD Burner (LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer Black SATA Model iHAS-324-98B) Monitor (pair of 24" Acer Widescreens)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.ca
Country of Origin: Canada
Parts Preferences: AMD CPU and RADEON Video card
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: Crossfire, yes
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: I think I've got the parts selected for building my first computer, however I wanted to run it through people here and get any opinions on things to change, add, remove, etc before I commit to it and order the parts.
OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V
Thermaltake Element G VL10001W2Z Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
SAPPHIRE 100314SR Radeon HD 6870 1GB x2 for Crossfire
Kingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX
Budget Range: $1200
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, movies, internet
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Windows 7 Ultimate Edition, DVD Burner (LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer Black SATA Model iHAS-324-98B) Monitor (pair of 24" Acer Widescreens)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.ca
Country of Origin: Canada
Parts Preferences: AMD CPU and RADEON Video card
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: Crossfire, yes
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: I think I've got the parts selected for building my first computer, however I wanted to run it through people here and get any opinions on things to change, add, remove, etc before I commit to it and order the parts.
OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V
Thermaltake Element G VL10001W2Z Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
SAPPHIRE 100314SR Radeon HD 6870 1GB x2 for Crossfire
Kingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX