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Approximate Purchase Date: This week

Budget Range: 1800-2000 CAD with tax (%13 in Ontario)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Whatever is trusted and cheap

Country of Origin: Canada, Toronto

Parts Preferences:

- Intel Core i5-2500K Processor 3.3GHz 6 MB Cache Socket LGA1155 208$

- G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (pc3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL 45$

- Corsair Force 3 Series 120GB 2.5IN SATA3 6GB/S Solid State Disk Flash Drive SSD Sandforce SF-2200 170$

- Coolermaster Haf X EATX Tower Case Black 6X5.25 5X3.5INT No PS Front USB3.0 167$ It says EATX? Is that a problem?

( http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/229568/RC-942-KKN1/CO... )

- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 Fermi Windforce 795MHZ 1536MB 4.0GHZ GDDR5 2XDVI Mini-HDMI PCI-E Video Card 457$

- Asus DRW-24B1ST 24X Internal DVD Burner 17$

- Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler - 140x140x25mm, i5, i7, 775, AM2 75$

-Enermax ERV920EWT REVOLUTION85+ 920W ATX12V 24PIN & PCI-E Power Supply 168$

MB and HDD cant really decide...

Totat with %13 tax 1476 CAD without MB and 2X HDD for RAID 0

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Yes.. gonna add one in the future.

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments:

For the MB i cant really decide since there are PCI-E 3 motherboards available. However im not gonna update my cpu and GPU probably for 2-3 years, so im not really sure to go with PCI-E 3. The mb should also support SLI and USB 3.

I was gonna go with Samsung F3 1tb but its 74 CAD in neweggs.ca. I guess its kind of expensive. any suggestions or should i still go with samsung?

Also how does the system look?

Thats all my friends. I will start to get parts this week.

Thank you.

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intimate said:
Approximate Purchase Date: This week

Budget Range: 1800-2000 CAD with tax (%13 in Ontario)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Whatever is trusted and cheap

Country of Origin: Canada, Toronto

Parts Preferences:

- Intel Core i5-2500K Processor 3.3GHz 6 MB Cache Socket LGA1155 208$

- G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (pc3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL 45$

- Corsair Force 3 Series 120GB 2.5IN SATA3 6GB/S Solid State Disk Flash Drive SSD Sandforce SF-2200 170$

- Coolermaster Haf X EATX Tower Case Black 6X5.25 5X3.5INT No PS Front USB3.0 167$ It says EATX? Is that a problem?

( http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/229568/RC-942-KKN1/CO... )

- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 Fermi Windforce 795MHZ 1536MB 4.0GHZ GDDR5 2XDVI Mini-HDMI PCI-E Video Card 457$

- Asus DRW-24B1ST 24X Internal DVD Burner 17$

- Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler - 140x140x25mm, i5, i7, 775, AM2 75$

-Enermax ERV920EWT REVOLUTION85+ 920W ATX12V 24PIN & PCI-E Power Supply 168$

MB and HDD cant really decide...

Totat with %13 tax 1476 CAD without MB and 2X HDD for RAID 0

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Yes.. gonna add one in the future.

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments:

For the MB i cant really decide since there are PCI-E 3 motherboards available now. However im not gonna update my cpu and GPU probably for 2-3 years, so im not really sure to go with PCI-E 3. The mb should also support SLI and USB 3.

I was gonna go with Samsung F3 1tb but its 74 CAD in neweggs.ca. I guess its kind of expensive. any suggestions or should i still go with samsung?

Also how does the system look?

Thats all my friends. I will start to get parts this week.

Thank you.



System looks good as long as the price is right. If you want to save a few bucks I have a Coolmaster 1000w Silent Pro and 4x2G Gskill Eco 1600mhz CL7(does 6-8-6-20-24-1T), I"ll let you have for $160. Shoot me an email at ht_addict at yahoo.ca

Thanks Why_Me,

Canadacomputers has only ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3.. the ones im looking for z68 extreme4 gen3 or extreme7 gen3. I've been searching and searching and still couldnt find those models in Canada yet. Only newegg sells them and they're really overpriced. :( 
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I'm using a Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA III 1TB as my gaming drive. I also have Seagate Barracuda SATA II 2 x 250GB and 1 x 750GB drives for progams, my docs, media, backups, etc. The Seagate 250GB drives are ~5 years and 750GB drive ~3 years. WD Caviar Blue is around $60 Cdn.

Another retail/online store you might consider is NCIX. I shop there because they are best at price matching. Every price match I've done in-store have been hassle free.

Thanks for the hdd suggestions my friend. i will consider 1TB WD .

Yes i use ncix too but there are no ASrock gen3 motherboards there... Other then PCI-E 3 motherboards, what are good motherboards that works great with SLI?

neograndizer said:
I'm using a Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA III 1TB as my gaming drive. I also have Seagate Barracuda SATA II 2 x 250GB and 1 x 750GB drives for progams, my docs, media, backups, etc. The Seagate 250GB drives are ~5 years and 750GB drive ~3 years. WD Caviar Blue is around $60 Cdn.

Another retail/online store you might consider is NCIX. I shop there because they are best at price matching. Every price match I've done in-store have been hassle free.

NCIX should price match seeing how their prices are nothing short of rape. The Canadian dollar is beating the crap out of the US dollar yet NCIX prices their products like it's the other way around.

http://ncix.com/products/?sku=63945&vpn=Z68%20Extreme3%... <---- one of several examples. That board can be picked up at newegg for $124 USD. Now look what NCIX is charging for that board. Go do direct canada or best direct and compare their prices vs NCIX.

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11830BD1817&v... @ the OP...this board is priced decent. Just check to see if it has a front USB 3.0 header.

All right, I will get the MSI. Thanks mate.

Only 1 piece left to get. HDD. Do you have any suggestions other then Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA III 1TB?

One more question i want to ask,

the case im getting is CoolerMaster HAF X EATX. Would that EATX be a problem..

Thank again :) 
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