Config Questions

Hi all. Been struggling lately to decide whether or not I really need a new computer, and getting linked here by a friend certainly hasn't helped in the least... in the end, I think Black November is probably too worth it to pass up.  :)

Anyway, here's my proposed config. I'm looking at a budget of no more than $2000, with the catch being that this has to include shipping to Canada and the slight markup when the price gets converted to the CAD. I've already got all the peripherals, just looking at the tower here.
It'll mostly be a gaming/multi-purpose PC, with the most common games being Blizzard ones. Then again, I've never really owned a computer worth playing much else on, so who knows what else I'll get up to? I'm currently using a 32" TV as my monitor, in 1900x1080, if that makes any difference.
Ideally, I'd like this to last reasonably well for a good amount of time (say 3-4 years?).

I'm pretty confident with most of what I've got here, gained from browsing around the forums. My major question revolves around the video card: Is it worth the $200-some jump to get to the 480? Is there a dual-card solution that I'd be better off with?

Also, I'd like to briefly ask if there's anything weird with the international shipping I have to do. Any notes I have to make anywhere, or something?


Thanks in advance for your time!

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build looks pretty good to me, you may bump up to a 1000w psu since the price of 470s seems to be coming down pretty quick no idea how much shipping/customs/cad conversion would make it, but for under $2000 USD you can get up to a 580 if you are interested http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=459975

 

worth mentioning though that 470 sli is still stronger than a single 580

personally i don't' think the gtx 580 is worth $200 markup due to high demand. it would be more worth it to do sli 470 and that would be better than a gtx 580 but you would need a 1000w psu.

yea it sucks but in a month or two the price will level back up...
The corsair psus are more expensive because they will last longer than the ds certified one and also have a bit less ripple noise.

well with a single 470 you probably won't be able to run things with max settings now and in the future it will get worse so you will probably get a second but heres the problem with that. If you got a single 480 and then upgraded it to the 780 or something in the future the 780 would last another 4 years or so. But if you get a 470 and in the future upgrade to sli 470 it will probably last much less time than upgrading a 480 to the newest card.
with 2 470s you have something that is better than a single 480. So that should last a while. The only problem with that is that a few games don't support sli so therefore your stuck with a single 470 in a few games. also some games for high graphics require more oncard memory than the 470 has and the memory from the 2 cards doesn't add up so that might be a bigger problem in the future.
A 580 is of course off the table for now at least.

I think you are best going with the gtx 480 right now because it will last you almost as long as sli 470s and has more memory on the card. Plus you can save and get a smaller psu and it costs half the price (almost) of sli 470s.
Thats just my 2 cents.

Yeah, that makes sense. With my budget constraints, there're no real silver bullet solutions here. Best to just go for value and upgradability, and be content that even so it blows my current setup out of the water.

Thanks for the input, guys.

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