Building New Rig, Need help, $700 Budget

Hey All,

I posted a little while back about upgrading my PC, but it turns out that it would be worth my while to just build a new one. I Also didn't have a budget really before, but figured that I gotta start somewhere right! heh. But as the title says, I going to be playing with around 700 bucks, and thats including shipping. I'm currently pricing stuff out on newegg.ca, as I'm in Canada. This is also what I'm planning on keeping from my old system, as I think they are still valid.

300gig Seagate Barricuda 7200rpm HD

then my DVD drive, its like a year old, can't quiet remember anything abotu it, except that its LG.

Other then that everything much be new. Though, if its too much, I can just keep my old case, its a huge Server case that has like 7-8 fan slots, but if a deal was right, I could raise my budget to help.

Thanks!

hey, this is one that I've made up, what you guys think?

SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

Antec EA650 650W ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

AMD Phenom 9850 2.5GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor Model HD985ZXAJ4BGH - OEM

Foxconn A7DA-S AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

this comes to 725.71 after taxes/shipping

Any comments?

or, if I"m going with intel, I've thought this setup.

SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

Antec EA650 650W ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail

GIGABYTE GA-P31-ES3G LGA 775 Intel P31 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E5200 - Retail

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

with shipping and taxes its 644.28

if u are building a RIG for gaming than i recomend it to be an AMD platform heres my specs maybe u can choose something from here

CPU: AMD phenom 9000+ X4

PSU: chieftech 400W

GPU: ati radeon 4850 GDDR3 512MB

mother board: gigabyte .................. (forgot the numbers)

HDD: seagate barracuda 500GB

RAM: 4GB 800MHZ

i installed crysis and i can run it on VERY high with 30FPS 2AA 2AF i love my rig and built it 4 only 400$

I do live in the lower mainland, though I have checked with the prices online at both stores, and newegg.ca seems to have the cheaper deals/equipment, though I didn't know ncix had instore deals only..I'd have to check that out...but I'd still liek some peoples opinion on what to choose :Dkleebomber

I do live in the lower mainland, though I have checked with the prices online at both stores, and newegg.ca seems to have the cheaper deals/equipment, though I didn't know ncix had instore deals only..I'd have to check that out...but I'd still liek some peoples opinion on what to choose :Dkleebomber

You said you already have the hard drive so I put together this list: Coolermaster 690 = $79.99 GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R = $119.99 Sapphire 100259L Rdaeon HD 4870 = $189.99 Corsair 550W PSU = $84.99 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 = $169.99 G.Skill 4GB(2x2GB) DRR2-800 = $44.99 Total = 689.95nintendog66

This one looks nice, but i think you should get http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3318082 as the CPU and get some better ram.