New build - R4900 budget excl. screen,kb,mouse

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Hi all,

A friend's pc was damaged by lightning/power surge and he is getting R4900 from the insurance company to replace the hardware.

He is looking at getting the following:

Case and PSU
MB
CPU
RAM
HD
DVD-Rom
GFX card

The old machine was a P4 S478 so basically none of the old hardware is going to be used on the new rig.

He is going to be doing a bit of video editing and also game on the machine using a 19" LCD.

Any help and suggestions appreciated thanks.
 
He doesn't want to add anything out of his own pocket? He's very lucky to be getting that much for a p4...maybe i'll build a p4 and burn it out to collect insurance lol :p
 
My P4 3.0ghz went for R1200.00 :(
 
E5300
Gigabyte G31/41
HD 4850
4gb ram
500gb hdd
dvdrw
Gigabyte chassis with 550w

Probably something like that.
 
Keeper said:
did you send him a list of your Hi-Fi Corporation "PC Specials" ?
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ha ha ha... nah? Lucky I didn't buy anything from HI FI Corruption. After that stunt they pulled I won't even buy a power cable from them!
:D
 
thanks for the replies and suggestions everyone. I am seeing the guy again tomorrow at work. Will let him know.
 
how bout this from PCInt:

Power Pro IV
Intel Core2 Duo 2.8Ghz E7400(3MB) CPU
4GB DDR2 RAM
320GB SATA II -7200RPM HDD
Foxconn Professional Chassis- TSA 156
DVD Writer +/_ ( 22x) DL (8.5GB)
Onboard sound w/ speakers
19" Samsung Wide LCD Monitor
Optical Mouse + Keyboard
No OS Included

R 4673 INC. VAT

and then let him save a few 100 bucks for something like this:

ATI Radeon HD4830
1GB GDDR3 HDMI/DVI/TVO (ROHS) PCIE
R 999 excl. R 1,138 incl.

if he can't add a few extra bucks then get this :D
HD 3450 256MB DDR2 PCI-E VGA
R 289 excl. R 329 incl.
 
not a huge diff between e5xxx and e7xxx. Also, he said that he has a monitor.
 
if he already has a monitor he can maybe get a 4850...

i'm just too lazy, but wanted to try and help since nobody has really posted suggestions for him....
 
Keeper said:
if he already has a monitor he can maybe get a 4850...

i'm just too lazy, but wanted to try and help since nobody has really posted suggestions for him....
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Thanks for the suggestions. :-) I will let him know. Looks like he can get a fairly decent machine for the money.
 
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