if you had to build a system tomorrow...

[shmadz]

I guess I shouldn't suggest a SR2?

Hello Movieman Absolutely loved your SR2 review/saga

unfortunately, it's a little beyond my sub 2000 limit

EDIT ----
Thanks for all the replies and input, no flames but solid arguments for both AMD and intel sides.

Here's what I came up with, bought bits and pieces here and there over the past week, plan to build it this long weekend

• CPU = i7-920 D0 <- under $300 CDN - stepping 3916B089 - looks like good results from most of the late model 920's
  
• MB = Gigabyte X58A-UD3R <-has USB 3 and SATA 3
  
• RAM = Patriot Viper 1600 6G set <- low end ram, but the price was right, and the color scheme matches the board
  
• HD = Patriot Torqx 64G <- not the best, but I'm cheap
  
• PSU = Corsair HX1000 <- I cheaped out on a lot of parts but after a few bad experiences, I refuse to cheap out on PSU.
  
• GPU = ASUS 5850 DirectCU TOP <- bang for buck? I hope? maybe a second one down the road?

came to $1682 CDN total, including OS (win7 pro) and tax - not including $40 bucks worth of mail-in rebates, which I hate, but hey, it's a couple cases of beer to keep me going while I OC this mutha

Thanks again for all the support and tips