I need a new system before xmas. My Dell is crapping up.

My budget is $1000 cdn, so around $800 US. Can I build a decent system capable of playing World of Warcraft and HL2 with that much money? If not, I can spend a bit more. The budget includes a Samsung LCD though. I have one now but I want one for my room. Can I have specs on:

motherboard, hd, video card, case, fan, ram...everything. I will go out and grab it and ask a friend to put it together.

THANKS!

 

www.newegg.com is your non stop spot for online part buying. I usually get my stuff from computer shows. Ill try to get some specs and prices for ya

 

Thanks Jae! I was going to go through canadacomputers.com haha

 

Are these cases/boards good?

http://us.shuttle.com/specs2.asp?pro_id=486

 

vga: pci-xpress look for that and get a compatible video card and u'll get incredible frames

 

shuttles dont leave room for much uprgrading in the future

 

I built my girlfriend a shuttle system about 4 months ago that I plan to eventually steal back and turn into a PVR box with my ATI TV wonder when we move. Her system wasn't the most cutting edge but it's actually nice to work on.

Nforce2 MB, Integrated graphics (she doesn't play games) and audio
AthlonXP Barton core, 2500+ 333FSB
512M of Cruicial DDR400 (DDR333 was $2 less)
WD 80G 7200rpm 8mb HD
Liteon CDRW (from old machine)
Linksys 11b PCI card (from old machine)

I think the grand total was around $500 for all the parts. I could have built it a little cheaper not using the shuttle but a regular ATX box but these SFF systems are actually pretty cool. Her's has one of the later SilentX power supplies (I think they all do now) and when the machines running, you can't even tell it's one except for the lights. I'm probably going to yank the Wifi card (she gets free internet from her neighbors) and put my TV tuner card and maybe a decent $150ish AGP card in it someday and probably stuff a big HD in it to record shows. Anyway, long story short, I like shuttle but it's a little more expensvie.