Looking to build a new computer

[wakeforce]

My old P4 just isn't cutting it anymore. I have a budget between 1000 and 1500$, and I mainly run Photoshop and games. Photoshop is for my job, so it needs to run blazingly fast, so I opted to buy 2 extra drives to put in RAID so the scratch disk can be on there. Could also put game installs on there so they load crazy fast.

Unfortunately I am in Canada where computer prices are so much more expensive, so here is the run down list, if someone could just confirm to me everything goes together and if you can make suggestions on what could be replaced with something else for cheaper/better, that would be much appreciated!

XFX GeForce 8800 GT Video Card - Alpha Dog Edition, FREE Company of Heroes PC Game, 512MB DDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDCP

$268.99

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...&sku=P450-8812



XFX nForce 680i LT SLI Motherboard CPU Bundle - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor 2.40GHz OEM, Corsair TWINX 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 Memory (2 x 1024MB)

$389.97

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...&sku=P450-8812




Lite-On DH-20A4P-04 SuperAllwrite OEM DVD Burner - 20x DVD±R Burn, 16x DVD±R Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD±R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 48x32x CD-R/RW, PATA, Black

$30.99

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...L12-1142%20OEM



OCZ SLI-Ready Dual Channel 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (2x2048MB)

$104.97

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...&sku=O261-8038



TSD-200AS3 :: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB Hard Drive - 7200, 8MB, SATA-300, OEM
$49.97 x 2
$99.94

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...sku=TSD-200AS3




TSD-500AAKS :: Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, SATA-300, OEM

$89.97

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...ku=TSD-500AAKS



Ultra / X-Pro / 600-Watt / 135mm Fans / ATX / SATA-Ready / PCI-E-Ready / Active PFC / Energy Efficient Power Supply

$109.99

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...3&sku=ULT40053




Ultra eTorque ULT33180 Mid-Tower ATX Case - Silver, Front USB, FireWire and Clear Side

$73.99

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...4&sku=ULT33180



Masscool - Thermal Gel Resealable Tube 4x Applications

$6.99

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...&sku=S457-4000




Masscool 8W553 / Socket 775 / Aluminum / CPU Cooling Fan

$24.99

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...&sku=S457-1035


Grant total is $1,409.48 taxes and shipping included. Opinions and suggestions welcome =)

[Lgbpop]

Use a copper HSF instead of aluminum for better heat absorption and dispersal, and use ArcticSilver thermal paste instead of the gel stuff - it's a better heat transfer medium. Ultra is TigerDirect's private-label hardware, so I don't know how good that PSU actually is. If you can get some unbiased opinions on it before buying it, do so. OCZ, Thermaltake, XION and Tagan are good PSU brands. Antec used to be, but had problems recently; and some people I know swear by RaidMax.

All things considered, that's a nice collection of parts. Should make quite a nice machine. I know Newegg doesn't ship to Canada, but have you tried MWave.com? Their prices are very similar.

[wakeforce]

Mwave doesn't ship to Canada either =(

As for Ultra, I have external hard drive enclosures made by them and I'm really satisfied, but power supplies are a bit more complicated that's for sure. I could also use a forwarding service if prices were really worth it.

Thanks for the heads up about artic silver and copper base, didn't know that.