Approximate Purchase Date: Before jan 2nd 2011 (Purchase not delivery)
Budget Range: 1150$ Please don't subtract mail in rebates can not cost more than 1150 now.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Surfing, Office
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers (I DO Need a monitor (21.5 inch) and OEM Os.)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Direct Canada/NCIX/Newegg.ca/Tigerdirect.ca (don't mind ordering from multiple places.)
Country: Canada
Parts Preferences: Best performance for the dollar, USB 3.0 would be nice, 500GB is plenty of space (preferably 2 x 250GB in raid 0)
Overclocking: Definitely NOT
SLI or Crossfire: Not Important
Monitor Resolution: 720/1080P Hdmi is not necessary
Additional Comments: Aesthetics is really NOT important so long as the case is functional and sturdy. I want the best possible performance without sacrificing quality (ie PSU/MOBO while I don't care about features modular/Sata 3 etc, they must be good quality components), Upgradability is really minimal so long as the case leaves room for changing the graphics card.
Thanks for your valuable input guys, this is for a friend of mine as her Christmas present from a bunch of us since her apartment burned down and she is living with her rents but only has a netbook to work with. Since I'm the only one out of all of us who is tech inclined I'm doing the browsing.
Budget Range: 1150$ Please don't subtract mail in rebates can not cost more than 1150 now.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Surfing, Office
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers (I DO Need a monitor (21.5 inch) and OEM Os.)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Direct Canada/NCIX/Newegg.ca/Tigerdirect.ca (don't mind ordering from multiple places.)
Country: Canada
Parts Preferences: Best performance for the dollar, USB 3.0 would be nice, 500GB is plenty of space (preferably 2 x 250GB in raid 0)
Overclocking: Definitely NOT
SLI or Crossfire: Not Important
Monitor Resolution: 720/1080P Hdmi is not necessary
Additional Comments: Aesthetics is really NOT important so long as the case is functional and sturdy. I want the best possible performance without sacrificing quality (ie PSU/MOBO while I don't care about features modular/Sata 3 etc, they must be good quality components), Upgradability is really minimal so long as the case leaves room for changing the graphics card.
Thanks for your valuable input guys, this is for a friend of mine as her Christmas present from a bunch of us since her apartment burned down and she is living with her rents but only has a netbook to work with. Since I'm the only one out of all of us who is tech inclined I'm doing the browsing.