question about buying a new gaming rig..?

[DaveMustaine]

sorry if i shouldnt post this here i wasnt sure where to post a question like this but here it goes. So i want to build my own gaming pc because it interests me and it would be so much cheaper to do so. I was thinking of buying a bare bone comp and upgrading from there but because of where i live i might not be able to find them and because i cant purchase off the internet right now i thought of checking some bareback comps and buying the peices seperate and building it myself, because i could order the peices and not have to pay for them right away. So my question is what should i do and what peices should i buy im willing to spend maybe 800-1000 canadian dollars and be able to play games like company of heroes, world in conflict and stuff like that. How should i proceed to building my comp?

thx in advance:)

[BaneNWN]

Pretty much any duo or quad core proccesor is a must.Graphics card 8800 GT or better.2 gigs of ram.Tower is up to you id really have to know if you even have a parts store by you and what all they offered before i could really help you.If you could order off the internet it would be easier and cheaper

[DaveMustaine]

I was thinking about getting this barebone kit
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3905991&Sku=E145-2014%20A

what do you guys think? what graphix card should i use with this and what is sli ready and crossfire ready?

thx in advance

[DaveMustaine]

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3905991&Sku=E145-2014%20A

[DaveMustaine]

here we go, now the link should work...

[BaneNWN]

sli and crossfire ready just means you can add more then one graphics card which to me is overkill and your not getting much performance for a 2nd card.That does seem like a really reasonable deal for that barebones setup.Im going to wait a year or so then upgrade to a quad core i dont see the need for one right now.My duo core will kill any quad in gaming since games dont utilize 4 cores yet and my dual is a 3.0 gigaherts compared to the 6600 Q which runs at 2.4 gigaherts.thats a good rig and will deffinetly play everything nicely but considering u can get a duo core e8400 for about 80$ cheaper then the Q6600 quad plus play games faster i think its not a smart idea for a quad at this time.when we do need the quads lateron down the road were going to want 3 gigs or faster quads anyways and by that time they will be cheap.But i will say again that is a decent price for that setup and as far as graphics cards go the radeon 4850 price per performance is the best out there