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Approximate Purchase Date: 1-3 days from now

Budget Range: 1200$, includes tax, shipping and rebates

System Usage: Witcher 2, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3 (when it comes out)

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: www.newegg.ca

Country of Origin: Canada

Parts Preferences: None

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: I've made a list of what I am looking to buy due to me overclocking my whole system take a look at it and let me know if my system build is ready enough for those previously named games I'll be playing.

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514

CPU: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&Tpk=AMD%20phenom%20II%20x4%20955%20black

PowerSupply: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817553003

Graphic Card: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127594

Memory: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

Solid State Drive: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227728

Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

Chassis: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197

Blue-ray Drive: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151222
 
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These two sites (Best Direct and Direct Canada) are affiliated and both use the same shipping addy out of Richmond, BC and both offer free shipping.

http://www.bestdirect.ca
http://www.bestdirect.ca/contact/

http://www.directcanada.com
http://www.directcanada.com/contact/


http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/216224/RC-922M-KKN1-GP/COOLERMASTER/ $89.68
Coolermaster Haf 922 Mid Tower ATX Case Black 5X5.25 5X3.5INT Front Audio USB eSATA No PSU

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/233768/P1750SNLB9/XFX/ $97.67
XFX 750W PRO750W Core Edition Single Rail ATX 12V 62A 24PIN ATX Power Supply 80PLUS Bronze PSU

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11830BD1817&vpn=GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3&manufacture=GIGABYTE $163.64
Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 ATX LGA1155 Z68 DDR3 1PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 2PCI HDMI SLI SATA3 USB3.0 Motherboard

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/232639/BX80623I52500K/Intel/ $208.79
Intel Core i5 2500K Quad Core Unlocked Processor LGA1155 3.3GHZ Sandy Bridge 6MB

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/218427/RR-B10-212P-G1/COOLERMASTER/ $24.20
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366 LGA1155 LGA1156 120MM

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/232563/F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL/G.SKILL/ $52.05
G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Memory

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/234806/CT064M4SSD2/CRUCIAL%20TECHNOLOGY/ $116.54
Crucial M4 SSD Micron C400 64GB 2.5IN Solid State Disk Flash Drive SATA3 6Gbps

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/233111/ST31000524AS/Seagate/ $53.74
Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 7200.12 1TB SATA 32MB Cache 3.5IN Internal Hard Drive OEM

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/225965/DRW-24B1ST%20Bulk/ASUS/ $16.79
ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer OEM Black

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11830BD9294&vpn=GV-N560OC-1GI&manufacture=GIGABYTE $233.92 MIR $203.92
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti Fermi 900MHZ 1GB 4.0GHZ GDDR5 2XDVI Mini HDMI DIRECTX11 PCI-E Video Card

Total: $1.057.42 *not including mail in rebates


http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/222137/GFC-00599/MICROSOFT/ $93.79
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT DVD OEM

Fan for the side of that CM 922 HAF

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/228326/R4-LUS-07AR-GP/COOLERMASTER/ $11.00
Coolermaster Megaflow 200MM Red LED Case Fan 700RPM for HAF932 922 Cosmos S Atcs 840 Storm Sniper
 
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http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/ [...] 00K/Intel/ $208.79
Intel Core i5 2500K Quad Core Unlocked Processor LGA1155 3.3GHZ Sandy Bridge 6MB

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/ [...] LERMASTER/ $24.20
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366 LGA1155 LGA1156 120MM

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/ [...] MICROSOFT/ $93.79
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT DVD OEM

$208.79+$24.20+93.79=$327.00

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148701
(39.99 time two $79.98) Seagate Barracuda ST3500413AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB
(raid 0) currently this cheap drive is also reasonably fast, its a single platter drive that is quiet and runs cool. http://dyski.cdrinfo.pl/benchmark/Seagate-ST3500413AS-1371/

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151222
$64.99 SAMSUNG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Combo

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131781
$129.99 ASUS P8Z68-V LX LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220570
$57.99 Free Shipping $15.00 mail-in rebate Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory with heatshield

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121069
$74.99 KINGWIN ABT-850MM 850W ATX 12V v2.2 / EPS 12V v2.91 / SSI EPS 12V v2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811322020
$44.99 Sentey Black Box Series 4284 Mid Tower Case w/ HD Audio/ SECC .7mm 2x USB/ 4x 120mm Fans (3x w/LED)/ ATX-MATX

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125385
$479.98($239.99 each) GIGABYTE GV-R695OC-1GD Radeon HD 6950 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 Core Clock 870MHz

$327+$932.91=$1260. ($1245 with mail in rebates)
 
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That Asus board isn't meant for dual cards. It runs dual cards @ x4 and I wouldn't trust that Kingwin psu to power my electric razor.
 
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I made my own researches and looked up prices and all I compared prices with a local dealer Pccyber and Newegg.ca and im saving around 150$ in total (shipping taxes) only from ordering via Newegg.ca and as far as the build I had... is it not ok? haha or do I have to buy more expensive stuff cmon guys :p It's costing me a total of 930$ so far for a good system
 
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I am actually going to buy some items you suggested like the chassis and the hard drives possibly and also the Memory thanks
 
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Whats so good of a diffrence between the Sapphire and the Graphic card I choose? Would you actually really recommend me going for the Sapphire more than the Twin Frozr?
 
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I'm not sure what you want? As far as benchmarks are concerned, google can do that. As far as a gaming build, AMD doesn't have anything out atm that's worth spending money on in regards to gaming...or most anything for that matter.

If you into over clock, then the Intel Sandy Bridge is pretty much a no brainer seeing how peeps are hitting 5.0Ghz on air with it.
 
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So.. now would you recommend me staying with AMD due to me loving them? Or going for the Intel Core i5 2500k .. dont forget the diffrence in price too! The AMD Phenom II x4 is a lot cheaper for the specs its got too compared to the Intel who's almost 100$ more expensive
 
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I am looking for Pure gaming and Over clocking so Intel it is then!
 
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The kingwin 850 tested out ok on jonnyguru, It gets a bronze 78% efficiency rating,
it got a 7/10 rating. or a pass c+. I am not claiming it's beating the antec or corsair 850's. But it does at least match the antec and corsair 750's.

After seeing the ratings, and people's comments on it, i would take the chance on the kingwin.

I know there are bad brands like hec, sunbeam, ect, that will fry your system or burn up as soon as you load a game but people are saying the kingwin is pretty good for a cheaper brand.

"Whats so good of a diffrence between the Sapphire and the Graphic card I choose? Would you actually really recommend me going for the Sapphire more than the Twin Frozr?"

-The Twin Frozr is fine, but it wont work on a crossfire only board.

The cheaper asus crossfire board is only 4x pcie, and doesn't support sli, also the hd-6950's use a bit less power so that kingwin850 watt will still work ok.
You could opt for a antec or corsair 750 watt to run the pair of 6950's if you don't like the kingwin brand.
-A pair of 560ti's uses more power so the power supply needed costs more.
 
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MSI and Sapphire are great brands and I recommend mostly all of their cards ^_^

I own the Twin Forzr III 6950 and that thing is a beast, why_me is silly saying no gfx card is worth buying atm from amd.

There is not better time to shop like the present and telling someone to stay away from AMD out of pure opinionated bias is more than counterproductive towards this thread and so fourth ;P
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Please show me where I made any reference to an AMD graphics card on this thread. I was making reference to AMD cpu's hence my two post up above and the link to the benchmarks. In the future, please actually take time to read the post before posting. Thank you.
 
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haha P07H34D :p I like your post and hmm I love your card lol its just a bit more expensive though I could afford it. so.. hmm now ill stick with my Gigabyte GA-990 Mobo due to the Crossfire and the SLI support
 
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Haha your right :p And P07H34D would it be too much to ask if we could actually chat only me and you I have questions to ask hence I can't reach my Computer tech friend lol if we can use MSN or even Facebook I could care less
 
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AMD doesn't have anything out atm that's worth spending money on in regards to gaming...or most anything for that matter.


Reading that over again, I still get the same conclusion.

Your statement says that all AMD products are garbage for gaming without stating CPU or w/e

So how am I suppoed to figure out what you are talking about if you don't even mention it yourself.

Maybe you should learn to type what you mean before telling people to learn to read behind the invisible words that you decided to not post to make a clearer statement all around ;) then again I guess that would be asking too much.
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Don't try to figure it out. If you can't figure out the obvious, then don't post. Iv'e read your post on this thread, Iv'e seen another poster recommend a single card board along with that Kingwin psu and it's getting old.



Both the board you posted and the board I posted support SLI and Crossfire. The difference is the 2500K mops the floor with that 955. In gaming, power consumption, heat, and over clocking. You have google search, I recommend using it and looking up the benchmarks hence the reason well over 90+% of the gaming builds on this forum include a 2500K cpu. Try looking at some other threads, use google search, and don't listen to peeps on here who would have you blow your money on something that's second rate.
 
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http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum-31-322.html <---- Click on the threads that are close to your budget. Take a look at them and see what people are recommending.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-llano-processor,2989.html <---- click this link


http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/203?vs=288 <----- AMD Phenom II X6 1100T BE vs Intel Core i5 2500K benchmarks

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/203?vs=287 <----- AMD Phenom II X6 1100T BE vs Intel Core i7 2600K benchmarks

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-990x-extreme-edition-gulftown,2874.html <----- $1,000 Intel Core i7-990X Extreme vs $330 Intel Core i7 2600K Sandy Bridge

*Sandy Bridge reviews down below

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sandy-bridge-core-i7-2600k-core-i5-2500k,2833.html

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i5-2600k-i5-2500k-and-core-i3-2100-tested

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1501/1/

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=622&Itemid=63

http://www.guru3d.com/article/core-i5-2500k-and-core-i7-2600k-review/

 
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