Need Advice, $1500 Gaming PC

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Looking to build a gaming pc for the first time and would like some help to get the best bang for buck for my allowance which is in Canadian.

Approximate date of purchase: within 1 - 2 weeks

Budget range: Right now, leaning around $1500 Canadian, can go upwards to $2000 max.

System Usage: Gaming, some home photo and video editing, main storage area for movies, pictures, and music, surfing internet.

Parts not required: keyboard, mouse, speakers and monitor

Preferred website for parts: Tigerdirect.ca or newegg.ca

Country of Origin: Canada

Parts Preference: Intel Quad Core CPU unlocked for most overclock, not particular about which gpu brand but have stuck around nvidia, for drive looking to buy a blu-ray burner for backups of my blu-rays.

Overclocking: Yes

SLI: Yes(*)

Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Additional Comments: I will be using this mainly for gaming so want as much performance for that as possible. In terms of SLI, I will SLI if I can get better bang for buck with 2 or 3 graphics cards rather than buying the most expensive single card. I will be working with home videos at 1080p and photos with my Nikon D3100 at RAW.

Thank you very much.

 

[Bigmac80]

Wouldn't NCIX.com be a better choice for you since you live in Canada?

I just built my new intel sandy bridge like 3 days ago and im very pleased with it.
Here are my specs and price.

Lian-li 7FWB $119.99 http://www.mwave.com/mwave/SKUSearch.asp?scriteria=BA25864&pagetitle=LIAN LI PC-7FWB (black) mid tower no power supply 5x5.2
i5 2500k $179.99http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354589
MSI P67A GD65 $179.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130574
corsair veng 4gig $54.99 http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354612
corsair 850hx $149.99 http://www.centralcomputers.com/commerce/ccp71613-corsair-cmpsu-850hx-850w-atx-12v-2-2-eps12v-modul-cmpsu-850hx-powcor850hxr.htm
samsung f3 1tb $59.99 http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0340562
Prolimatech Armageddon $49.99 http://www.svc.com/armageddon.html
LG 24 inch 1920x1080 $179.99 Frys.com

the rest of my components i already had so didn't need to buy a keyboard and mouse and speakers. My friend also gave me his GTX 295 gpu for free since he bought a GTX 580. Hope this gives you an idea of how much i spent. Also i can max out every game so far on High settings with no problem. I think the new i5 sandybridge is helping out alot. Also i did add a 2year warranty on my CPU, Motherboard and Hardrive for an extra $40. So the total that i spent on my new pc was about $1020 before taxes. So if i added a new graphics card this would of been an easy $1500 system.

Also my case is showing $139.99 on there website but i actually bought it like a month or so ago so price went up on it. Same with the Corsair 850hx power supply now it's showing $179.99 when i bought it 3 days ago it was $149.99 with a $15 rebate.

 

[Why_Me]

This build includes dual factory over clocked gtx 560's in SLI, after market cpu h/s, 8 gigs of low voltage RAM, Windows 7, etc..

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=6_112&item_id=023780 $89.99
Cooler Master HAF 922 Mid Tower ATX Case (RC-922M-KKN1-GP)

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=33_441&item_id=034420 $119.99
PC Power & Cooling (PPCMK2S750) Silencer MK II 750W Power Supply

http://ncix.com/products/?sku=59092&vpn=P67A-GD55%20%28B3%29&manufacture=MSI%2FMicroStar $159.98 CAD After Mail In Rebate: $139.98 CAD
MSI P67A-GD55 (B3) P67 ATX LGA1155 DDR3 2PCI-E16 3PCI-E 2PCI SLI CrossFireX SATA3 USB3 Motherboard

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.615273 Combo Discount: -$8.00 Combo Price: $259.98 (Before $20.00 USD Mail-In Rebate)
CORSAIR CAFA70 120mm Dual-Fan CPU Cooler
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.604481 Combo Discount: -$15.00 Combo Price: $329.48
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
GIGABYTE GV-N560OC-1GI GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125363 $247.49
GIGABYTE GV-N560OC-1GI GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185 $59.99
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754 $109.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

Total: $1,376.89 CAD *not including shipping, rebates, etc..

 

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