Help Needed

[j_man]

Hey Guys,

I Have now bought my new $6,000 Pearl Drumkit, and am now looking to buy a new computer in the next few months. I need some help choosing a good kind. Basically, I am looking for something that can handle most multiplayer games, easily upgradeable (more ram, hd's etc), and all around decent. I do plan to have it run 24/7. I live in canada, and what would anyone recommend a manufacturer's model wideley availible please?

software/games I would like to handle:

Bf 1942
Cakewalk audio
Linux parition/dual boot


Basically stuff like that. What do you recommend? (keep price in the ballpark please, I'm using canadian $$$ at my local futureshop or best buy)

Thanks guys

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[DarthInsinuate]

you'll find most people on the board (including me) will recommend you build it yourself. http://www.sharkyextreme.com/ produce various monthly buyer's guides, which are helpful

[Virtualbody1234]

Welcome fellow Canadian.

Yup. Build it yourself. It's the best way to go.

What's your budget?

[j_man]

1,000-1,500 on the machine itself, not including monitor nor router

[clocker]

Well, a purse like that will purchase a pretty nice PC.

Why the limit to Futureshop or BestBuy?

[SingaBoiy]

How about this:

CPU
Athlon 64 3000+ (http://www.pricenetwork.ca/products.php?p=207) - 205
AMD Athlon 64 2800+ and Soyo - CK8 Dragon Plus - nForce3 (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=784562&CatId=1181) - 398*

Harddrive
Western Digital Caviar SE 200GB / 7200 / 8MB (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=423018) - 142*
Samsung 120GB w/ 8mb cache (http://www.pricenetwork.ca/browse.php?c=50&order=price_asc&brand=All%20Brands&page=2) - 109

Graphics Card
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB (http://www.pricenetwork.ca/products.php?p=30) - 159
NVIDIA GeForce FX5900 - 128MB (http://www.pricenetwork.ca/products.php?p=587) - 280

DVD Burner
NEC 2500A 8X Dual Format (http://www.pricenetwork.ca/search.php?search=NEC+2500A&location=Canada) - 93

Memory
Kingston 512MB PC2700 DDR (http://www.pricenetwork.ca/products.php?p=44) 125

Sound Card
M-Audio M-Audio Revolution 7.1 PCI Sound Card (http://www.pricenetwork.ca/products.php?p=101) - 96

Speakers
Creative Inspire T7700 7.1 Speakers (http://www.pricenetwork.ca/products.php?p=384) - 107

Just find yourself a case you like and mouse/keyboard combo.

Here is a list of good Canada sites.
IC Computers (http://www.iccomputers.ca/)
PcCyber (http://pccyber.ca/)
TigerDirect (http://www.tigerdirect.ca)
Price Network (http://www.pricenetwork.ca/index.php)