Prices in CDN, but it comes out to around $1350 US:

Shuttle SB83G5 $399
Athlon 64+ 3000 $189
512 RAM $220
Maxtor 250GB S-ATA w/ 16MB cache OEM $230
Sapphire Radeon™ 9600 Pro Advantage 256MB more info $149
LG GSA-4160B 16x DVD+/-RW, Dual Layer OEM $84.98
Wireless Keyboard + Mouse w/recharger $50
Samsung 17" 710V/713V LCD $305 (going for dual mon)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS $107

A few questions:
-Do I really need a video card? Is the integrated one good enough for now? I just want to play world of warcraft.

-My friend recommends AMD, is it really better than Intel?

-Do I have enough slots for wireless LAN? Video card = 1 AGP slot, sound card = 1 PCI slot. Does that mean I have to get a USB wireless lan card?

thanks!!!

 

512 RAM = 177.754 USD :down:
www.outpost.com for your memory needs.

 

Custom owns me.

 

oops that price is for 1 gig of ram..

 

oh, okay, that sounds more like it.

make sure that's for 1 stick, not 2 512's.

 

Where did you find a 17" at that price?

 

canadacomputers.com

I've seen those monitors for $300-350 MAX lately.

 

You need a lot of video memory for MMORPGs, so the videocard is definitely worth it.
Unless you're a big audiophile and you plan on listening to music all the time, the onboard sound on that shuttle should suffice. The Audigy 2ZS is a great card, but isn't necessary with most setups.

Is that shuttle compatible with AMD? A google search shows that as an Intel 915 platform. Make sure that motherboard is AMD 939/Socket 754 compatible, depending on your CPU. And if all you plan on doing is gaming, I think the AMD 64 is probably a better value than a Pentium.

 

Woah, almost forgot...

If that is an Intel 915 Chipset, that also uses PCI-Express graphics, which changes your video card choices around quite a bit.

Try these for AMD and AGP graphics:

Shuttle SN95G5 XPC (Socket 939)
Shuttle SK83G XPC (Socket 754)
Shuttle SN85G4V2 XPC (Socket 754)

 

Oops, I had the Intel one. Thanks JGordon! The guy who was building my computer laughed when he saw that too. haha...