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Hi all...

I have a budget of between R6k - R7k for a PC and a guy helped me with the following setup:

Intel® Core™ i3 540 - 3.06GHz Dual Core, Socket 1156, 4MB L3, DMI Bus, 32nm, x64 Support, Intel VT, Intel HD Graphics @ 733MHz, 3 Year
INTEL® "Media Series" "Hunter Cove" H55 - Socket LGA1156 @ DMI 2.0Gb/s - For Pentium, Core i3 and Core i5 LGA 1156 Series CPU's
GIGABYTE® nVidia® GeForce GTX260 - 896MB GDDR3, 448-Bit Memory Bus, PCI Express 2.0, 1x D-SUB, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDCP Compliant
Transcend® JetRam™ High-Performance 2GB DDR3-1333 240-Pin Module : CL9, 6-Layer PC Board, Life-Time Warranty
Transcend® JetRam™ High-Performance 2GB DDR3-1333 240-Pin Module : CL9, 6-Layer PC Board, Life-Time Warranty
GIGABYTE® X9 ATX Chassis - Black - Side Vented Panel - 4x 5.25" & 6x 3.5" Bays - Tool Free Design - 1x 120mm Fan - No PSU
GIGABYTE® ODIN 585W 24-Pin Power Supply, 4 Molex & 5 SATA Power Connectors, Intel LGA775 Ready & Approved, Includes Power Cable
Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200.12 Series - 500GB Serial ATA II (SATA2) Plus - Serial ATA 300 (3Gbps) With 16MB Cache @ 7200RPM - NCQ
LITEON® 24 Speed DVD Super All-Write SATA, 24x+R/-R, 8x +R/-R DL, 8x +RW, 6x -RW, 12x -RAM, 16x DVD, 48xCDR, 24x RW, Black

Please can you guys have a look at the above and see if it is alright and comment?

Thanks
Snorrie
 
Wow, havent seen such a poor build in a long time. Why did he recommend an intel chip with built in graphics, but then put in a GTX260 as well? Then there is the mobo and ram, that while not bad, are not particularly good either. You may even have problems with the hard drive there depending what firmware version its running (open to correction on this one though).
At the very least, replace that CPU with one that does not have integrated graphics. I'm not quite up to scratch with the Intel options, but most (all?) of the i5 dual cores have integrated graphics, so to stay in budget you may need to switch to AMD. Also, try get a similar performing ATI 5000 series card, for that budget you're probably looking at the 5770.
One note, I assume the main use of the rig is going to be gaming in my comments above.
 
That is why I asked on here...

I do not build PC's or have knowledge about building them.... :o

So if I may ask can the guru's then recommend me a PC for between R6k and R7k? :p
 
Snormossel said:
Hi all...

I have a budget of between R6k - R7k for a PC and a guy helped me with the following setup:

Intel® Core™ i3 540 - 3.06GHz Dual Core, Socket 1156, 4MB L3, DMI Bus, 32nm, x64 Support, Intel VT, Intel HD Graphics @ 733MHz, 3 Year
INTEL® "Media Series" "Hunter Cove" H55 - Socket LGA1156 @ DMI 2.0Gb/s - For Pentium, Core i3 and Core i5 LGA 1156 Series CPU's
GIGABYTE® nVidia® GeForce GTX260 - 896MB GDDR3, 448-Bit Memory Bus, PCI Express 2.0, 1x D-SUB, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDCP Compliant
Transcend® JetRam™ High-Performance 2GB DDR3-1333 240-Pin Module : CL9, 6-Layer PC Board, Life-Time Warranty
Transcend® JetRam™ High-Performance 2GB DDR3-1333 240-Pin Module : CL9, 6-Layer PC Board, Life-Time Warranty
GIGABYTE® X9 ATX Chassis - Black - Side Vented Panel - 4x 5.25" & 6x 3.5" Bays - Tool Free Design - 1x 120mm Fan - No PSU
GIGABYTE® ODIN 585W 24-Pin Power Supply, 4 Molex & 5 SATA Power Connectors, Intel LGA775 Ready & Approved, Includes Power Cable
Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200.12 Series - 500GB Serial ATA II (SATA2) Plus - Serial ATA 300 (3Gbps) With 16MB Cache @ 7200RPM - NCQ
LITEON® 24 Speed DVD Super All-Write SATA, 24x+R/-R, 8x +R/-R DL, 8x +RW, 6x -RW, 12x -RAM, 16x DVD, 48xCDR, 24x RW, Black

Please can you guys have a look at the above and see if it is alright and comment?

Thanks
Snorrie
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Firstly, for your budget go AMD.

An Athlon II 630 is prescribed.

Also rather get a DX11 graphics card like the 5770 instead of the gtx260. The 5770 also consumes way less power.

That power supply is actually a 460watt unit. 585watt is the peak rating which it can only do for 1minute. I'd recommend a coolermaster 550watt.
 
Snormossel said:
Gaming PC for my little nephew....
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It looks a little 'light' for a gaming PC. Check out the latest issue of Computer Shopper and see what they recommend. Maybe an I5 750 would be a better bet.
 
OK for an AMD platform i'd say think of the following:

Amd socket AM3 Phenom2 x4 , Quad-core 945 ( 3.0Ghz ) @ R1,537.08

ASUS M4A77TD - AMD 770/SB710 Chipset, Socket AM3 @ R887.68

Club 3D Radeon HD 5770 1GB - 128-bit, 850MHz Clock @ R1,602.65

2 x Kingston ValueRam KVR1333D3N9/2G , 2Gb/2048mb ddr3-1333 , CL9 @R576.95 each = R1,153.90

Coolermaster RP/RS-550-PCAR eXtreme power plus 550w , ATX 12V V2 @ R585.41

Gigabyte X9 ATX Chassis - Black - Side Vented Panel - 4x 5.25" @ R332.63

Western Digital caviar Green WD3200AVVS 320gb, Sata3G @ R446.32

LITEON 24 Speed DVD Super All-Write SATA, 24x+R/-R, 8x +R/-R DL @ R216.51

Total = R6,762.18 from rebeltech.co.za

Mobo might be weak? i dunno? any comments on it?
I think the PSU should be good enough.
And took you from a 500GB to 320GB HDD... prices are dropping quite quick.. If he needs extra space you could always get a 1TB later...
just my 2c :)
 
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