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KillerBug
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_ 		13. March 2009 @ 05:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Try newegg...most everything on your list is 50% more expensive than the same stuff at newegg. You can get a 1500GB version of the same harddrive for less money than that 750GB costs!

Personaly, I think the build is a very poor one; especialy for the price.
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Remember Killerbug, this is Canada. Newegg probably still would be cheaper, but Canadian prices for hardware are far higher than in the US.

Hard drive: OKish - this is a much better drive if you can stretch to it:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284
Motherboard: Good. Not sure how well the P5Q Pros hold up in the long term though. Haven't heard too many problems yet.

CPU: HOW MUCH?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115207

Graphics card: Excellent.

DVD drive: OK

RAM: Incompatible with that motherboard. Also terrible memory.
Get this instead:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145197

Case: Ugh. Raidmax cases, ridiculously styled, poorly made, and most of all, dangerous power supplies.
Try again:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146041
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004

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yea i wasnt sure about the case my friend recommended it... does newegg ship to canada? and what do you prefer ddr2 or ddr3 RAM? i have a friend that works for ms and he says ddr3.
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sammorris
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It's Newegg.ca (Canada) and Newegg.com - separate websites. I've linked you to newegg.ca

Only certain boards will take any more than 2 slots of DDR3, and most of them are expensive and rubbish. Generally, DDR2 is fine, you rarely see much of a performance benefit using DDR3 over DDR2, and DDR2 is much cheaper to boot.
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sorry about the double post but i just noticed that

this card is comparable to the radeon 4870
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?s...anufacture=eVGA
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Lol, if only. The HD4870 1GB is a much better card than the GTS250. The HD4850 1GB is the GTS250's rival.
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