The PC Build Thread

[Krypt0n1te]

The bracket costs around R80, just request one when ordering. Alternatively, Corsair drives do have these brackets in their boxes

Got one thx! R62 bucks unbranded one from RT.

[sArge_sF]

Will the Intel Base i3 rig be able to handle BF3 on low settings?

Intel Base Rigs

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i3 :
CPU : i3 2100 @R1160
Motherboard : ASRock H61M-VS @R490
GPU : AMD Radeon 6770 @R1200
HDD : Seagate Barracuda 1TB @R630
RAM : Kingston HyperX Blue - 1600MHz 4GB Kit @R245
Power Supply : Corsair VS450 @R400
Case : Gigabyte X2 @R275
Optical Drive : Asus DVD-RW 24X @R150

Total = R 4470

Thanks

[Pada]

Pretty much all SSD's include a 2,5" to 3,5" bracket for these issues, you should be fine

None of the SSD's that I've bought so far came with brackets:
OCZ Vertex 30GB
G.Skill Phoenix 120GB
OCZ Agility 4 128GB

I don't care about the brackets, since I just screw the SSD's onto the 1 side of a 3.5" bay.

[Duff-Man]

Will the Intel Base i3 rig be able to handle BF3 on low settings?



Thanks

Sure that rig would be able to handle BF3 at medium settings with playable frame rates.

[Vercogen]

Replying to get some help building a PC [Quote].

Your Current Specs: Duel Core 2200, 4GB DDR2, Radeon 4890, MB P5Q ASUS, PSU Coolermaster 600w

Budget: R8000 - R10000 (excluding a monitor)

Main Use: Gaming [Guild Wars 2, RIFT Bit of FPS here and there.]/General Usage.

Monitor Resolution: 1600x1200 looking to buy a 27"


Are you going to re-use any parts?: PSU, HDD and Chassis

When do you need your build by? : N/A

Are you going to overclock? : Probably

This is more or less what I had in mind

[Vercogen]

Edit on previous post, will switch to ivy bridge

[pleb12]

Get some help building a PC

Your Current Specs:

useless laptop. about to kick the bucket.

Budget:

R10 000 (excluding a monitor and PSU. Also would preferably have a 120GB SSD as I have External Hard drives for everything else and will buy an internal when I have the money )

Main Use:

Gaming [ WOW MOP, D3, Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3. Skyrim. All games really ]/General Usage.

Monitor Resolution:

1920X1080. http://www.lg.com/za/it-product/monitor/LG-D2342P.jsp

Are you going to re-use any parts?:

PSU 800W. http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=2493#kf

When do you need your build by? :

I want to have it built by the end of next week.

Are you going to overclock? :

Probably

Thanks for the help.

[Duff-Man]

[QUOTE=Vercogen;8589729]Replying to get some help building a PC

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Your Current Specs: Duel Core 2200, 4GB DDR2, Radeon 4890, MB P5Q ASUS, PSU Coolermaster 600w

Budget: R8000 - R10000 (excluding a monitor)

Main Use: Gaming [Guild Wars 2, RIFT Bit of FPS here and there.]/General Usage.

Monitor Resolution: 1600x1200 looking to buy a 27"


Are you going to re-use any parts?: PSU, HDD and Chassis

When do you need your build by? : N/A

Are you going to overclock? : Probably

This is more or less what I had in mind

Hey Vercogen

Sorry for the late reply, here's my quote :

CPU : i5 3570K @R2210
Motherboard : @R2805 / ASUS Maximus V Gene @R2545
GPU : Sapphire Radeon HD7850 @R2660
SSD : OCZ Vertex 4 - 120GB @R1400
RAM : Kingston Hyper X 8GB - 1600MHz @R455
CPU Cooler : Corsair H60@R710



Total = R10 240 / R9 980

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*For your motherboard, I've given you 2 options, the P8Z77-V Pro and the Maximus V Gene. The V-Pro while still offering very good overclocking performance is more suited to general use and has more useful features for day-to-day use whereas the Maximus V Gene offers similar if not better overclocking performance than the V-Pro and is more suited towards enthusiasts with features such as LN2 cooling support.

*I've dropped the amount of RAM from your suggestion from 16GB to 8GB as you don't really need anything more than 8GB for gaming, however if you are doing tasks such as video editing then 16GB of RAM would be of better use than 8GB.

*For the GPU I've put in a Radeon HD7850 for now, will run every game currently at 1080P, but I highly recommend that you wait for the GTX 660Ti to release (possibly) on August 25 as rumours suggest. It should offer improved performance for the same price as the 7850.

*I've also dropped an OCZ Vertex 4 in there for faster read/write times and a Corsair H60 to allow you overclock your i5 and keep the temperatures at a safe level.

[Vercogen]

[QUOTE=Duff-Man;8616565]

[B]Replying to get some help building a PC

Hey Vercogen

Sorry for the late reply, here's my quote :

CPU : i5 3570K @R2210
Motherboard : @R2805 / ASUS Maximus V Gene @R2545
GPU : Sapphire Radeon HD7850 @R2660
SSD : OCZ Vertex 4 - 120GB @R1400
RAM : Kingston Hyper X 8GB - 1600MHz @R455
CPU Cooler : Corsair H60@R710



Total = R10 240 / R9 980

_____________________________________

*For your motherboard, I've given you 2 options, the P8Z77-V Pro and the Maximus V Gene. The V-Pro while still offering very good overclocking performance is more suited to general use and has more useful features for day-to-day use whereas the Maximus V Gene offers similar if not better overclocking performance than the V-Pro and is more suited towards enthusiasts with features such as LN2 cooling support.

*I've dropped the amount of RAM from your suggestion from 16GB to 8GB as you don't really need anything more than 8GB for gaming, however if you are doing tasks such as video editing then 16GB of RAM would be of better use than 8GB.

*For the GPU I've put in a Radeon HD7850 for now, will run every game currently at 1080P, but I highly recommend that you wait for the GTX 660Ti to release (possibly) on August 25 as rumours suggest. It should offer improved performance for the same price as the 7850.

*I've also dropped an OCZ Vertex 4 in there for faster read/write times and a Corsair H60 to allow you overclock your i5 and keep the temperatures at a safe level.

Thanks D- man

I am leaning more to the 7850, but they are very close together according to this, so now i really don't know which one to get. Is there any performance loss with AMD radeon and Intel?


I want to wait for the 660ti, but don't know if I can wait that long

This is what I have in mind atm, I know the 16 gig ram is a overkill, but thinking ahead if I want to upgrade again


MSI Intel Z77M-G80, R2 274.30

Intel CPU, Core i5 Range, Ivybridge LGA1155, i5 3570K R2 364.36

2 x Apacer ARES 8GB DDR3 1600 Mhz R1 012.32

MSI R7850 Power Edt 2GD5/OC 2GB ATI 16x PCI-E R2 734.86

[Duff-Man]

[QUOTE=Vercogen;8617239]

Thanks D- man

I am leaning more to the 7850, but they are very close together according to this, so now i really don't know which one to get. Is there any performance loss with AMD radeon and Intel?


I want to wait for the 660ti, but don't know if I can wait that long

This is what I have in mind atm, I know the 16 gig ram is a overkill, but thinking ahead if I want to upgrade again


MSI Intel , R2 274.30

Intel CPU, Core i5 Range, Ivybridge LGA1155, i5 3570K R2 364.36

2 x Apacer ARES 8GB DDR3 1600 Mhz R1 012.32

MSI R7850 Power Edt 2GD5/OC 2GB ATI 16x PCI-E R2 734.86

At stock clocks the Radeon 7850 and GTX 570 are very close, but the 7850 has far more overclocking potential than the 570. Many people are hitting 1300Mhz on the core, that's performance similar if not slightly better than a 7950. Probably the "best equipped" 7850 to overclock would be the ASUS HD7850-DC2 with its DirectCU II cooler which keeps the GPU cooler and operates quieter than most other coolers.

Just out of curiosity why pick the MSI Z77M-G80 over the ASUS motherboards, considering that ASUS are arguably the leading motherboard manufacturer currently?

Also if you want to save a bit on RAM you could get 2x Axtrom 8GB DDR3-1333Mhz for a total of R819 incl. VAT

[Vercogen]

[QUOTE=Duff-Man;8623619]

At stock clocks the Radeon 7850 and GTX 570 are very close, but the 7850 has far more overclocking potential than the 570. Many people are hitting 1300Mhz on the core, that's performance similar if not slightly better than a 7950. Probably the "best equipped" 7850 to overclock would be the ASUS HD7850-DC2 with its DirectCU II cooler which keeps the GPU cooler and operates quieter than most other coolers.

Just out of curiosity why pick the MSI Z77M-G80 over the ASUS motherboards, considering that ASUS are arguably the leading motherboard manufacturer currently?

Also if you want to save a bit on RAM you could get 2x Axtrom 8GB DDR3-1333Mhz for a total of R819 incl. VAT

I am buying from Pinnacle and they only have MSI, should I rather look for Asus?

LOL, I am switching from 7850 to 570 and now back to 7850, I hate choices grrrrrr

Thanks for the input

[Vercogen]

No supplier has stock on the ASUS HD7850-DC2

[hermansteyn]

Been waiting for a month allready for my ASUS GTX680...atleast another 2 weeks before they *might* have stock, so I feel your pain!

[Vercogen]

Been waiting for a month allready for my ASUS GTX680...atleast another 2 weeks before they *might* have stock, so I feel your pain!

And it is only the Asus display cards that is not in stock

[Duff-Man]

[QUOTE=Vercogen;8624451]

I am buying from Pinnacle and they only have MSI, should I rather look for Asus?

LOL, I am switching from 7850 to 570 and now back to 7850, I hate choices grrrrrr

Thanks for the input

For your GPU it wouldn't be such a big deal, but for your motherboard I would highly recommend ASUS or Gigabyte/ASRock over MSI mainly due to the fact that their Z77 motherboards performed nowhere near as good as other major brands when overclocking, but its not that their a bad brand, for the X79 chipset (Socket R/LGA 2011) ASUS and MSI are really the only brands to consider and now possibly ASRock's Extreme11, its just that MSI haven't produced their "best" motherboards for the Z77 chipset.