making a gaming pc

[winterfreshpwnz]

Yeah the only canadian site I know of is Tigerdirect so I guess you gotta order from there. But trust me, building it isn't hard at all. All it is is reading manuals and paying attention to what you're doing. You should also maybe google for some guides as to how to do it just so you get a better understanding. We can help you order the right parts to incase you don't know if certain parts will be compatible.

 

[Dishdog]

here is what i have come up with:

MOBO:MSI K8NNeo4 Platinum SLI Socket 939 ATX Motherboard (256.99)
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1218400&sku=M452-2806

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ CPU Retail Boxed w/Fan (737.99)
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1240163&sku=CP1-A64-4000

graphic card:MSI GeForce 6800 Ultra / 256MB DDR3 / PCI Express (742.99*2= 1485.98)
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1289197&sku=M452-7028

RAM:Corsair Value Select Dual Channel 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory ( 2 x 512MB ) (134.99)
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=669365&sku=C13-4911

HDD:Maxtor / DiamondMax 10 / 200GB / 7200 / 8MB / ATA-133 / EIDE / OEM / Hard Drive (152.99)
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1107152

OS:Microsoft Windows XP Professional Upg. Serv. Pack 2 (256.99)

DVD Drive:Samsung 16x DVD-ROM OEM Drive Black with Software (33.99)
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1226534&CatId=88

Caseick what you like

All that come to $3,077.92 without tax and shipping. Plus if you alreay own a computer you can probaly use some old parts.

 

[winterfreshpwnz]

I suggest you get an SATA hdd, much faster than IDE. IDE is also getting old as they already have SATA 2 drives out. Everything is compatible though so far. Are you gonna need mouse, keyboard, speakers, monitor, etc.?

 

[mighty_chick]

sata is good but you wont really notice a difference. although if ur spending that much money you should get sata instead

 

[winterfreshpwnz]

I also just remembered. You're gonna need a case and good PSU. The PSU should be nothing more than 500W and even that's kinda pushing it. Some credible brands are OCZ, Antec, and Thermaltake, but there are a few others that are good.

 

[mighty_chick]

ALIEN-X ASPIRE! 500W i thinkthey are like $66.00 from tigerdirect. and they are very good and will light up ur case.

 

[Dishdog]

I would just buy a case/PSU combo

 

[mighty_chick]

nah psu's that come with cases arent usually that good

 

[winterfreshpwnz]

Unless of course he buys the case from a company that makes good PSU's, but even then I'd still suggest just getting them seperate.

 

[mighty_chick]

exactly. if it comes with the alien-x aspire psu's they are good but not as good as if you just bought them seperate