I'm copying this from another website where i got no answer because im too lazy to rewrite it all for the 6th time.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: December-January
BUDGET RANGE: $1500 CAD with more money for upgrades later
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Internet, maybe some photo editing
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, Mouse
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg.ca
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
PARTS PREFERENCES: Doesnt matter except for the case, that has to be antec
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe leaning towards no
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Most likely no, i've heard that its better to buy a better card than it is to crossfire/SLI
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080, one right now but im for sure going to get a second one later
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: i want to have something that i wont have to upgrade anytime in the near future after im done with it, it has to be the best bang for my money. im a high school student so i dont have a ton of free time to be working.
PARTS:
Antec 902 Case
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6811129058
2x WD 500GB 7200 RPM hard drives in RAID 0
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6822136320
ASUS AM3 785G motherboard
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6813131398
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4 GHz
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6819103692
OCZ StealthxStream 700W 12V PSU
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6817341019
3x2GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 MHz
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6820145222
I'm undecided about the graphics card, the motherboard comes with a decent graphics card so i'll be ok with that for a while during which i'll save up for a better graphics card. i was reading about the case im getting and one review said that i'd have to remove a fan if i wanted to put an nvidia 2xx series card into it. the ATI radeons are smaller and i saw a picture of a 4870 x2 in the case im getting. so here are the ones that im debating between:
Nvidia GTX 275
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6814125279
ATI HD 4870 x2
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6814129114
ATI HD 5870
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6814102856
I know that the ATI's cost more than the nvidia but i feel that it's worth it, i dont want one of the really high end nvidia cards because they get extremely expensive. i was looking at prices and i noticed that i would get a GTX 285 for the price of the new ATI card. im almost certainly going for the 5870 but i want opinions about it. I'm just wondering if my system will bottleneck because of the processor, im hoping that it wont because thats the highest end CPU that AMD makes and i dont want to spend the extra money on an intel i7. i'm getting windows 7 ultimate OEM once it comes out, im using the RC right now and im never going back to vista. i have a 23 inch screen chosen as well.
Thanks to anyone who reads all of this and replies!!
