Finally decided to upgrade after 3-4 years

After owning the same computer for 3 to 4 years, I have finally decided to upgrade, once again!

Supreme Commander, Company of Heroes and Gothic 3 have been collecting dust on my desk because I cannot currently run them well enough for them to be truly enjoyable.

I have researched the components for this computer toroughtly with reviews and such and came up with the following specs; Comments/Critiques are welcome...

1 x NCIX Heavy Duty Shipping Box 1 $5.99 $
1 x Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.40GHZ 1066FSB 4MB Retail
1 x ASUS P5K DELUXE/WIFI-AP ATX LGA775 P35 DDR2 1333FSB 2PCI-E16 3PCI 2PCI-E1 SATA2 Sound Motherboard
1 x Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory
1 x Sapphire Radeon HD 2900XT 740MHZ 512MB 1650MHZ GDDR3 Dual DVI-I HDCP VIVO Video Card
1 x Western Digital Raptor 150GB SATA 10KRPM 16MB NCQ 5YR MFR Warranty Hard Drive
1 x Thermaltake Aguila Black Mid Tower Case 5X5.25 2X3.5 4X3.5INT No PS W/ Window
1 x Enermax Infinity EIN720AWT 720W ATX Power Supply EPS12V V2.0 20/24PIN Crossfire Modular 135MM Fan
1 x Pioneer DVR-212D Black DVD-RW 18X6X18 DVD+RW 18X8X18 DL 10X SATA 2MB OEM DVD Burner No Software
Shipping & Handling:$78.50 
Shipping Insurance:$30.00 
SUBTOTAL:$2,108.80 GST (6%):$126.53 
TOTAL:$2,235.33
ALL PRICES IN CANADIAN DOLLARS  

everything looks awesome and will be a great gaming machine

one thing though, you might want to consider a geforce brand card because your motherboad is sli ready and if that is your thing then you can always get another card later on.  But if you plan on sticking with one card the 2900 is a good choice, well when they release better drivers from what i hear 

everything looks awesome and will be a great gaming machine

one thing though, you might want to consider a geforce brand card because your motherboad is sli ready and if that is your thing then you can always get another card later on.  But if you plan on sticking with one card the 2900 is a good choice, well when they release better drivers from what i hear 

j3ninja10

That's true, many could say "Why not go with the 8800 GTS? It offers similar performance, for the same price or less" my answer to that is the 8800 line of cards has had 6months+ for drivers to mature, while the ATI is brand new. For all we know the 2900 XT could be right behind the heels of the GTX once it's drivers mature. I'm willing to be ATI's guinea pig in the meantime (and will openly admit that I am a wee bit of an ATI fan vs Nvidia.)

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everything looks awesome and will be a great gaming machine

one thing though, you might want to consider a geforce brand card because your motherboad is sli ready and if that is your thing then you can always get another card later on. But if you plan on sticking with one card the 2900 is a good choice, well when they release better drivers from what i hear

FTemplar

That's true, many could say "Why not go with the 8800 GTS? It offers similar performance, for the same price or less" my answer to that is the 8800 line of cards has had 6months+ for drivers to mature, while the ATI is brand new. For all we know the 2900 XT could be right behind the heels of the GTX once it's drivers mature. I'm willing to be ATI's guinea pig in the meantime (and will openly admit that I am a wee bit of an ATI fan vs Nvidia.)

i think if i had $400 i would have got one, because my mobo doesnt have sli and that card is cool.  

i just mentioned geforce becasue you have a sli mobo, but sli is overrated and you probably know that 

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everything looks awesome and will be a great gaming machine

one thing though, you might want to consider a geforce brand card because your motherboad is sli ready and if that is your thing then you can always get another card later on.  But if you plan on sticking with one card the 2900 is a good choice, well when they release better drivers from what i hear 

FTemplar

That's true, many could say "Why not go with the 8800 GTS? It offers similar performance, for the same price or less" my answer to that is the 8800 line of cards has had 6months+ for drivers to mature, while the ATI is brand new. For all we know the 2900 XT could be right behind the heels of the GTX once it's drivers mature. I'm willing to be ATI's guinea pig in the meantime (and will openly admit that I am a wee bit of an ATI fan vs Nvidia.)

That's a bit expensive for this type of configuration. Gog

[QUOTE="Gog"]That's a bit expensive for this type of configuration. cell_dweller

Prices are in canadian dollars.

[QUOTE="cell_dweller"][QUOTE="Gog"]That's a bit expensive for this type of configuration. FTemplar

Prices are in canadian dollars.

I know. It's still over 2000 american dollars.

I just bought a similar config with a 8800GTS and a Antec NSK6500 case for about  1100 euro (+/- 1500$ and taxes are 21% here).

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[QUOTE="cell_dweller"][QUOTE="Gog"]That's a bit expensive for this type of configuration. cell_dweller

Prices are in canadian dollars.

Well.. you do a direct conversion, but take into account that things here (electronics and such anyway) are usually a bit more expensive here, maybe by 10% higher.

Take for example the Playstation 3:
US $599.99
CA $699.99
The PS3 in canada is 1.15 of the price of the US one, but the USD to CAD conversion as of right now is 1.06.

CPU 289$
MB 268$ P5K Deluxe Brand newP35 chipset Compatible with Penryn
RAM 200$ (DDR2-800 4-4-4-12)
Video 479.99$
HD 294$ (Fastest desktop HD)
PSU 249$
DVD-R 61$ (arguably one of the best dvd-r on the market)

At any rate.......... it might look pricey to you guys, but here in Canada you will be hard pressed to find better prices AND service than at NCIX.com.