Computer Upgrade

[Wyrm]

though not SLI - unless someone can be very convincing that it's worth the extra cash

Unless you're crazy and want to go dual 6800 Ultras, the only reason I can think that you would need SLI is so that you can get a decent card now (plain 6800 or a GT are coming down in price) and then later when they're in the bargain bin after NVidia releases the 9999 Ultra GT FX Super whatever and ATi releases its z999, you can pick up a second card and get enough of a performance boost so you won't need to do another major upgrade.

Just my own personal nit: I like on-board audio about as much as I like on-board video. You don't get anywhere near the same number of features and it actually does decrease your FPS in games versus having an actual audio card (only 1-2 fps or something like that, nothing really noticable, but it's still there). There are some really decent 7.1 sound cards out there that are cheap and still have good quality.

$100 CDN is a nice price for a case with a 500Mhz supply. Lucky Canadians.