Trimming the price

[Cycophant]

All right, after much researching and confusion, I've managed to get my purchase list down to this:

DFI LanParty NF4 Ultra-D
A64 3200 Venice Core
Radeon X800 XL
OCZ 1Gb PC3200 DDR Premier Series Dual Channel
120GB Seagate SATA
LG Dual Layer DVD±R/RW
Samsung 17" LCD
Windows XP Home OEM
Antec SLK3000-B with TruePowerII 480-watt PSU

Problem is, with the best prices I can find in Canada, the total comes to over $2000 with taxes. Can anyone offer some suggestions to either tone down some parts to save some money, or somehow divide up the purchases to ease the pain? Because I tried to go with a "Best Bang for the Buck" mentality, albeit on the performance-edge of it.

I'm planning on oc'ing with it slowly, so that will help make it a little more worthwhile. But as far as I can tell, cutting back many of these components to something cheaper doesn't seem worth the slightly-less cost for the sizeable drop in performance, but maybe I'm wrong. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[imported_Kensai]

Drop that 3200+ to a 3000+. How much are you paying for that XP Home and DVD burner?

 

[Cycophant]

Dropping the CPU will save me about $70 - is it going to be a big hit to performance? It's probably the biggest price drop I've been able to muster yet, though. Good thinking.

XP Home OEM is going to set me back about $116, which is the cheapest I can find it without hoping it'll go on sale. The DVD player is $75, but I'll wait to purchase that until I see something for a good deal, since I'm not too picky about brand at this point.

Keep in mind these are all CDN$, since they probably seem a little high for the average American.

 

[RussianSensation]

If you are planning to overclock get A64 3000+ and you can get to 2.4-2.5 ghz with it just as easily. If you dont plan on overclocking, get a cheaper motherboard and any regular 3000+ (no need for Venice core).
Get value ram if cheaper. Use dividers when overclocking.
Get Antec Sonata with its decent 380 watt PSU.
Other than that, I think it's the videocard that is costing a lot in Canada that makes such a huge difference for you. If you dont plan on cranking to 1280x1024 and using AA/AF with it too often, maybe a 6600GT will suffice for you.