So temm's been buggin' me to build him a comp for like 3 months, finally got him a part list tonight. Isn't a perfect list but I wouldn't call it bad, will perform well and that's all that counts.
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13 GHz (1066MHz) 2MB L2 Cache Socket 775 Processor $285.59
MSI P965 Platinum Socket 775 Intel P965 + ICH 8R Chipset Dual-Channel DDR2 533/667/800 8-Channel Intel High Definition Audio Gigabit Lan Firewire Dual PCI-Express Graphics Slots Support Core 2 Duo Processor $173.39
Corsair XMS 2 TWIN2X Matched Pairs 1024MB Xtreme Memory DDR2 1066Mhz PC8500 240-pin Unbuffered (TWIN2X1024-8500) $311.10
Asus EN7900GS/2DHT/256M nVidia GeForce 7900GS Chipset (450MHz) 256MB GDDR3 (1.32GHz) Dual DVI-D PCI-Express Graphic Card $254.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA NCQ 3.0Gb/s 500GB 16MB Cache (OEM) $244.79
Antec NeoHE 550W Power Supply $132.59
Antec P180 Innovative three-layer side panel case (aluminum, plastic, aluminum) $158.09
Zalman CNPS7000B-CU-LED Copper-Core LED Light CPU Cooler Retail $53.04
Total Price $1,612.54 CAD
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=010886&cid=CPU.84
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=011447&cid=MB.157
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=010345&cid=RAM.475
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=011381&cid=999.243
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=010785&cid=HD.96
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=009482&cid=PS.808
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=007333&cid=CS.664
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=008959&cid=FN.349
Feel free to get two of those video cards and an SLI bridge, isn't necessary and the performance boost won't be too large but would still be nice, considering you haven't hit 2k yet. Case can be whatever too, I just saw that was a nice one and already had fans in it. If you make any changes let us know temmmmmmmmmmm :V.