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Hi,a friend of mine's PC was recently stolen. Insurance company is paying out 6K. What would be the best possible PC for that amount. This will now ofcourse only be the CPU,Mobo,GPU,PSU,Case,Ram and HDD.

Help will be appreciated.
 
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do you want a gaming, office etc pc?

Geez why can't people provide more info when they want assistance.
 
ponder said:
do you want a gaming, office etc pc?

Geez why can't people provide more info when they want assistance.
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I would guess gaming Pc.


This isn't the best but it's not bad either:

Case: R484.00
Cooler Master Elite 430

PSU: R701.00
Corsair CX500 V2

Power Cable: R35.00
Unbranded Dedicated Power Cable, 2M

Mobo: R459.00
MSI H61M-P31 (G3)

CPU: R1,286.00
Intel Core i3-3220

GPU: R1,577.00
GIGABYTE GV-R777OC-1GD, HD7770 OC

Ram: R273.00 x 2 = R546.00
Transcend JM1333KLN-4G, JetRam

HDD: R715.00
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX

Optical Drive: R171.00
LG GH24NS90, 24x SATA


Total: R5974.00 + R75.00(shipping) = R6049.00


If you decide to go for this, you must ask Rebel Tech to update the Motherboard BIOS for you before shipping it.
Latest version is 2.7: http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H61M-P31--G3-.html#/?div=BIOS
 
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Well, I assume you are going for a gaming rig. If you require a screen, mouse, speakers & keyboard, then save up around R1000 and grab yourself those items or get it somewhere cheap, you can always upgrade that easily later. Also, I'll assume your not going to overclock (you'll need a bigger budget for that), and if you want to go AMD, look at a AM3+ mobo and the FX6300 CPU.

Here is my specs for the budget gaming case:

CPU: G2120 - R885
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=7610
Great value budget CPU. Will need to upgrade it in the near future though.

RAM: GSkill Ares 1600mhz 8GB (kit) - R511
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=6331
Good value for money Gaming RAM. Don't need anything more, or less, and you don't have to upgrade this in the near future.

Mobo: MSI H77MA-G43 - R888
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=6561
Standard, good value for money, mobo. No overclocking though.

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB (64MB cache) - R796
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=26&products_id=1255

GPU: PowerColor HD7850 (2GB) - R2099
http://www.wootware.co.za/powercolo...ci-express-3-0-x16-desktop-graphics-card.html
Wootware has all the Radeon 7000 series cards for INSANE prices!!! Don't have to look anywhere else for a GPU. I asked Rebeltech if they could stock it but they can't. This is by far the best budget card available in SA!! For everyone else reading this: HD7950 R3200.... AWESOME!!

Case + CPU: Ask at Rebeltech for the SuperChannel 711 Gaming case (includes 750 Watt PSU). -R795 (email for quote)
It's a bargain! I have one! :) It comes standard with a 750 Watt PSU, 2x USB3.0, fan speed control, 1x 140mm blue LED side fan, 1x front 120mm blue LED fan, and 1x rear 120mm fan. It also has a tool-less setup and looks amazing!
http://www.superchannel.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38

Total: R6080 <-- For all the above? I couldn't believe it when I was building on a budget...


Get the PowerColor HD 7770 - R1399 if you still need to budget for the Screen, Keyboard + Mouse, and Speakers.
http://www.wootware.co.za/powercolo...ci-express-3-0-x16-desktop-graphics-card.html

Your CPU will be the bottleneck. If you can save up R400 more get the i3-3220 CPU. It will get you a few more FPS in games.
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=7590

For the future: I'll recommend upgrading the CPU first, then the Mobo. Your RAM will be fine for the next 2 years until the DDR4 release (and availability + affordability). Your Graphics card will have you set for at least 2 years as well.

Hope it helps!
 
EmileS said:
Well, I assume you are going for a gaming rig. If you require a screen, mouse, speakers & keyboard, then save up around R1000 and grab yourself those items or get it somewhere cheap, you can always upgrade that easily later. Also, I'll assume your not going to overclock (you'll need a bigger budget for that), and if you want to go AMD, look at a AM3+ mobo and the FX6300 CPU.

Here is my specs for the budget gaming case:

CPU: G2120 - R885
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=7610
Great value budget CPU. Will need to upgrade it in the near future though.

RAM: GSkill Ares 1600mhz 8GB (kit) - R511
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=6331
Good value for money Gaming RAM. Don't need anything more, or less, and you don't have to upgrade this in the near future.

Mobo: MSI H77MA-G43 - R888
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=6561
Standard, good value for money, mobo. No overclocking though.

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB (64MB cache) - R796
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=26&products_id=1255

GPU: PowerColor HD7850 (2GB) - R2099
http://www.wootware.co.za/powercolo...ci-express-3-0-x16-desktop-graphics-card.html
Wootware has all the Radeon 7000 series cards for INSANE prices!!! Don't have to look anywhere else for a GPU. I asked Rebeltech if they could stock it but they can't. This is by far the best budget card available in SA!! For everyone else reading this: HD7950 R3200.... AWESOME!!

Case + CPU: Ask at Rebeltech for the SuperChannel 711 Gaming case (includes 750 Watt PSU). -R795 (email for quote)
It's a bargain! I have one! :) It comes standard with a 750 Watt PSU, 2x USB3.0, fan speed control, 1x 140mm blue LED side fan, 1x front 120mm blue LED fan, and 1x rear 120mm fan. It also has a tool-less setup and looks amazing!
http://www.superchannel.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38

Total: R6080 <-- For all the above? I couldn't believe it when I was building on a budget...


Get the PowerColor HD 7770 - R1399 if you still need to budget for the Screen, Keyboard + Mouse, and Speakers.
http://www.wootware.co.za/powercolo...ci-express-3-0-x16-desktop-graphics-card.html

Your CPU will be the bottleneck. If you can save up R400 more get the i3-3220 CPU. It will get you a few more FPS in games.
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=7590

For the future: I'll recommend upgrading the CPU first, then the Mobo. Your RAM will be fine for the next 2 years until the DDR4 release (and availability + affordability). Your Graphics card will have you set for at least 2 years as well.

Hope it helps!
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This looks good. I prefer MSI to gigabite. ASUS still the top.
 
Jesus, a 750W Superchannel PSU? You must be joking. I wouldn't even plug that thing in, let alone turn it on. Resolve, I recommended this to my readers a while ago:

Intel Core i3-3220 @ R1286
Gigabyte B75M-D3H @ R902
Transcend JetRAM DDR3-1333 8GB @ R511
PowerColor HD7770 1GB DDR5 @ R1399
Seagate Barracuda ST1 1TB SATA @ R796
LG GH24NS90 24X DVD-RW @ R171
GIGABYTE PoweRock 400W @ R363
Cooler Master Elite 311 Plus @ R404
Total: R5832

If the PC is going to be used primarily for work rather than gaming, let us know. For a work-orientated build, a few things do change.

Edit: Ooh, what do we have here?

AMD Trinity A8-5600K @ R1292
ASRock FM2A75M-ITX @ R949
ADATA Value DDR3-1600 8GB @ R532
Crucial M4 128GB SSD @ R1349
Seagate Barracuda ST1 1TB SATA @ R796
LG GH24NS90 24X DVD-RW @ R171
GIGABYTE PoweRock 400W @ R363
Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced @ R419
Total: R5871

Just an idea, but at least we're getting better AMD Trinity support. If the aim of the PC is to be used for work purposes and almost no gaming, this is what I'd go with.
 
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NAG - Wesley said:
Jesus, a 750W Superchannel PSU? You must be joking. I wouldn't even plug that thing in, let alone turn it on.
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I have had no problems with this PSU? I know it is cheap, but hey, this guy is on a budget and he could upgrade that later. I'm trying to save him money for his GPU, which is a whole lot better than the one you recommended when it comes to pushing FPS. And why buy JetRAM @ 1333 when you can buy GSkill Ares for the same price?
 
EmileS said:
I have had no problems with this PSU? I know it is cheap, but hey, this guy is on a budget and he could upgrade that later. I'm trying to save him money for his GPU, which is a whole lot better than the one you recommended when it comes to pushing FPS. And why buy JetRAM @ 1333 when you can buy GSkill Ares for the same price?
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Do you know what happens when you mix cheap PSU's and big, power hungry graphics cards? It starts with B and ends with OOM.
 
crysis said:
Do you know what happens when you mix cheap PSU's and big, power hungry graphics cards? It starts with B and ends with OOM.
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LOL! I know, I know... My HD7870, luckily, hasn't gone BOOM yet. Touch wood! Go read a few reviews of that case from around the world, no one has any issues with the PSU. BTW, the brand (SuperChannel) has 3 different names around the world (SuperChannel, Yama, PowerCool (UK), and I think there is another one for US). Will that 400W PSU handle a HD7850? And a future upgrade to a, say, 3570k and AR Extreme 4 mobo, with a added HDD?

It's up to Resolve's friend and what he prefers. I just don't see a good gaming PC with JetRam and HD7770, although the CPU gives a lot better performance, which I also recommended.
 
Great post !! Tell me would a gaming PC be ok to run multi media apps like photoshop and dreamweaver ? I need a new pc for my webdesign business but it would be really cool if I can play games on it as well , I prefer games like COD etc
 
EmileS said:
I have had no problems with this PSU? I know it is cheap, but hey, this guy is on a budget and he could upgrade that later.
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I know, but we have no idea what kind of cuts were made to get that PSU to its wattage and price point. Some places are selling it for R700 which suggests that it's halfway okay, but it doesn't list any protection or over-current fail-safes. If you can actually post up a picture of the sticker on the side of the PSU, then I could tell you more about what's inside it.

EmileS said:
And why buy JetRAM @ 1333 when you can buy GSkill Ares for the same price?
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Mostly because the Ares RAM will still be limited to DDR3-1333 speeds in the board I suggested. We still don't know if Resolve's friend requires this PC for work or games. It'll be hard to notice any performance increases due to the better RAM anyway, as most of the time it'll only show up in the WEI and in synthetic benchmarks.

EmileS said:
Will that 400W PSU handle a HD7850? And a future upgrade to a, say, 3570k and AR Extreme 4 mobo, with a added HDD?
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Probably not overclocking with a K-series chip, but a Core i5-3470 clocks up to 3.8GHz using Turbo Boost and consumes, at 100% duty cycle, around 100W in games. With the HD7850 at stock speeds hovering at around 120W, the PoweRock is more than enough to power everything. Its also an FSP design similar to the one that Antec used to use for the Earthwatts Green 380W PSU, so the quality's there.

sparticus said:
Great post !! Tell me would a gaming PC be ok to run multi media apps like photoshop and dreamweaver ? I need a new pc for my webdesign business but it would be really cool if I can play games on it as well , I prefer games like COD etc
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For things like Photoshop and Dreamweaver, they both work pretty well with a quad-core chip. Any PC can double as both a work and a gaming rig, the requirements for the latter just need a fast enough processor, enough RAM to run the game and a GPU that can meet or exceed the minimum requirements. Quite a few forumites here have work machines that they also play games on, mine included. There's nothing really special about a "gaming" PC - almost any computer can fulfill that role.
 
NAG - Wesley said:
I know, but we have no idea what kind of cuts were made to get that PSU to its wattage and price point. Some places are selling it for R700 which suggests that it's halfway okay, but it doesn't list any protection or over-current fail-safes. If you can actually post up a picture of the sticker on the side of the PSU, then I could tell you more about what's inside it.
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That's a good idea! I'll try and get a pic later.

NAG - Wesley said:
Mostly because the Ares RAM will still be limited to DDR3-1333 speeds in the board I suggested. We still don't know if Resolve's friend requires this PC for work or games. It'll be hard to notice any performance increases due to the better RAM anyway, as most of the time it'll only show up in the WEI and in synthetic benchmarks.
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I see... My board was capable of handling DDR3-1600. Still, for the same price I would get the Ares, if I was thinking of a mobo and CPU upgrade in the future. But, I agree you won't see any difference with your specs.
 
Doodler said:
Is there anything wrong with this psu ?
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/730

It has a good review and is only R240 at rebeltech, and please don't yell slaai or eggfire, no one has money for that crap.

Honest opinion please.
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I also looked at it for an alternative for a budget PC. Can't seem to find the exact specs for it on the Thermaltake website.
Although, I found this http://www.comx-computers.co.za/TT-LT450C-specifications-58089.htm
The review you posted was in 2009. I think they could have made a few changes on the PSU by now. Looking at the global sites for the Thermaltake LitePower PSU, it seems they come in black and have better specs than the one you found. But, I'm not sure about that, you'll have to confirm with Rebeltech (and come back to us with the answer, since I would also like to know) It seems like a good value for money PSU, and I'll take it if I was planning on building something small on a real tight budget with no near future upgrades.
 
Doodler said:
Is there anything wrong with this psu ?
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/730

It has a good review and is only R240 at rebeltech, and please don't yell slaai or eggfire, no one has money for that crap.

Honest opinion please.
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Its okay. The OCP and OVP protection at least means that if it blows up, it won't take everything with it. The ratings for the individual components are a little low, though. Above ambient temperatures of 25 degrees, there would be a drop in the PSU's ability to distribute load properly and it won't be as efficient.

Its not bad, it's just something I wouldn't buy or recommend. Plenty of people to buy and use these power supplies, but I wouldn't trust them to keep operating beyond two years.
 
Thanks for all the help so far. Yeap this will be a "gaming" PC. He already has a laptop that will be used only for work.
 
Resolve said:
Thanks for all the help so far. Yeap this will be a "gaming" PC. He already has a laptop that will be used only for work.
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Any other information that you can provide?

What games does he want to be able to play and at what settings?
What features does he want on the motherboard?
What size hard drive does he want?
How much RAM does he want?
Does he prefer AMD or Nvidia graphics cards?
 
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