Whats a good system for games?

[Yin]

I would to purchase a system for gaming with AMD processor which I can get it under $1000CDN??? Any suggestions
Please recommend everything on this list or more if you like:
Processor
Motherboard
Memory
Video Card
Case
Hard Drive

 

[Johanthegnarler]

1000 canadian is roughly what in us?
I would get(and I did) exactly what is in my sig, in the aquamarks.
abit nf7-s
mushkin lvl2 pc3500 512MB
9800pro no side companies.
barton 2500+XP
Thermalright 900a or u.. whichever one it is. with a nice fan.
Descent air flow mid case 70-90us dollars.
7200rpm hard drive.. Seagate or Western Digital.
It's oced to a 3200xp completely stable, it ran prime95 3 days straight at 41c.
Right now oddly it's at 30c which i'm not trusting it really.. but it woke up from sleep about an hour ago.


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Figured i'd do it too..reality my ass.

 

[endyen]

$1000Cad is about $750us.
I would suggest the following, prices from anitec.ca These prices are in Cad $ not $us
Proc - xp2500+ $120
mob - Abit NF7-S ver 2 $130
mem -Kingston hyper X pc3200 2- 256meg $224
Video - Saphire 9600xt $209
hdd - Seagate 80 gig $86
Case - to your taste
Case and taxes for $230 should be doable.

 

[endyen]

Found the geil at ncix.com. They also have the Kingston cheaper and the ocz in between. They have a lot more selection and the prices (on ram) are very good. Been to the shop though, prices are usually higher than anitec ( cpu + $10 Mobo +$15 Video + $15 hdd + $10) and the service is hard to come by. Did rma an 8500Le there, no problem after the 45 minute wait to talk to someone. Waiting always tees me off.

 

[addiarmadar]

Well for gamming then your focus should be on your choice of a graphics card in this case either the 9800 pro or the 9600XT.

Barton 2500+ @ 2200mhz (10x220 vcore @ 1.8)
Asus A7N8X Dlx 440 FSB
1gb Geil GD pc3500 Dual Channel (2-3-3-6)
Segata 80gb SATA 8.5ms seek
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro(420/720)

 

[silverpig]

I got my geil at ncix too. It's working well in my nforce2. Yeah the waits suck sometimes, but it's no matter. You can pricematch at ncix so you'll always get a lower price there.

Some day I'll be rich and famous for inventing a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet.