Building my First PC - Help!

[shredability]

I'm not sure if this is in the right section but here goes.

I would like to build up a mid-range PC for some light gaming and CAD. I have looked at a few pre-built PC's and they look so-so for the price I would be paying. This one in particular:

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product...spx?path=dfa2605344928dce619fb7823c8bb650en02

From what I can tell from this is everything seems pretty good except the video card. Would it be worth it to buy this, and if I'm not happy with the performance of the video card upgrade it. Or to build something like this:

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/alanhenry/saved/1x6N

I live in Canada, so I can't get all those parts for that cheep. I ended up picking out some similar parts on Tiger direct, like this motherboard:

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://...&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29x36DUAxfRUiQYANoMRG6yYb4LpQ

And this power supply:

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://...&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-ga3EFV0osje3nbrAFwxqtx8Jsgg

Other then that most of the other parts were the same.

 

[EliteRetard]

No.
Lame MOBO, NO. 2GB DIMM, NOO. Crap PSU, NOOO.

Under $600 for CAD/light gaming?

I'd vote:

AMD FX-6xxx AM3+ (~125$)
Quality mid range AM3+ MOBO (~100$)
1x8GB DDR3 1600+ CAS9 (~70$)
NO LESS THAN 1x4GB DIMM
1TB 7200RPM HDD is fine (~60$)
Any ODD is fine (~20$)
Name brand PSU like Antec/Corsair ~400w (~40$)
Basic case (~35$)
At ~130$ you can find 2GB 7850's, much faster than 77xx
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/536?vs=549

Even in Canada that should get you under $600 with a good quality PC.

 

[EliteRetard]

Just threw together a list at newegg.ca:

http://secure.newegg.ca/Shopping/ShoppingCart.aspx?submit=ChangeItem
http://secure.newegg.ca/WishList/TemporaryWishList.aspx

Individual items (in case the lists don't work):
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16819113286 CPU (10$ code)
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813131873 MOBO
There are a few other options, even an LE version of this MOBO for $20 less.
I chose this particular one as a good midrange option, and it has heatsinks on all the important bits (good for OC/FX CPUs)
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16820211796 RAM
Again other options, but this is the cheapest 8GB, 1600MHz, CAS 9, 1.5v
You could look for a 2x4GB kit, but future option for 16GB may be useful for CAD.
I would get no less than a 1x 4GB DIMM, so you can easily upgrade to 8GB later.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16822148840 HDD
Again lots of options, but pretty much anything works and this is cheapest.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16827151266 ODD
Again lots of options, but pretty much anything works and this is cheapest.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16817139026 PSU
Decent quality name brand PSU for a good price after rebate.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16811129187 Case
Lots of options here too, but this is a decent option for super cheap (w/ 10$ code)

$607 - 20$ (CPU/case code) - 40$ MIR = $557
Don't know shipping/tax.

Could also shop around, TigerDirect etc to find the best deals on specific parts.