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Hi!

I'm planning on getting myself a new GAMING computer. I just need some advice on what one would be able to get for R8000. We're only talking about the box....Keyboard, mouse and monitor are excluded here.

Suggestions for what CPU, Graphics card etc. are welcome!

Thanks!
 
Rectron:

BX80562Q6600 R 1,999 Q6600 Intel® Boxed Core2™Quad Q6600 Processor - 2.40GHz Dual Core, Socket 775, 8MB, 1066MHz FSB, 65nm, 64-Bit Ready, 3 Year

GA-P35-DS3L R 999 DUAL DDR2-1066 GIGABYTE® "S Series" P35 & ICH9R Express Chipset - Socket LGA775 @ FSB1333 - For Pentium®, Pentium®D & Core™2 Duo & Quad
4x PCI Express Slots (1 x16 , 3 x1), 3x PCI, 4x DDR2-1066 (Dual), 6x SATA2, 1x ATA100, 10x USB 2.0, SPDIF Port, Marvel Gigabit LAN
Ultra Durable 2 Quad core ready Durability 2 Series - All Solid Capacitors, 8 Channel High Definition Audio, Features Gigabyte SPEED, SMART and SAFE Technology

GE-R460-V1 R 250 GIGABYTE® 460W 24 Pin Power Supply , 4x Molex Connectors, 4x SATA Connectors, Intel LGA775 Ready & Approved, Includes Power Cable

JM800QLJ-1G R 169 Transcend® JetRam™ High-Performance 1GB DDR2-800 240-Pin Module : CL5, 4-Layer PC Board, Life-Time Warranty

JM800QLJ-1G R 169 Transcend® JetRam™ High-Performance 1GB DDR2-800 240-Pin Module : CL5, 4-Layer PC Board, Life-Time Warranty

DH-20A1S R 199 LITEON® DVD Multi-Writer SATA, 20x+R/-R, 8x +R/-R DL, 8x +RW, 6x -RW, 12x -RAM, 16x DVD, 48xCDR, 24x RW, White & Black

ST3250310AS R 529 PERPENDICULAR Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200.10 Series - 250GB Serial ATA II (SATA2) Plus - Serial ATA 300 (3Gbps) With 8MB Cache @ 7200RPM - NCQ

GV-NX88T512H-B R 2,999 NEW Gigabyte® NVIDIA® GeForce 8800GT, 512MB 256Bit GDDR3, PCI-E 2.0, Dual DVI, HDTV, DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.0, SLI Ready, Vista Premium

R7313 excl. VAT.
 
Intel Box E6750 Core2 Duo 2.66GHz CPU-775
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz dual core box cpu (Conroe), with VT ( Virtual Technology ) , 65nm , Lga775 , 1333mhz fsb - 16k L1+ shared 4mb L2 cache - with EDB , EiST
R 1,816.00


MSI Intel P35 Neo-F Motherboard LGA 775
FSB 1333,P35/ICH9R, 4xDual
DDR2 800, 2xPCI-E 16x,2xPCI-E 1x, 4xSATA2, Gigabyte LAN,1xATA 3xUSB2.0
connectors, Realtek 8 channel Audio,2xeSATA,6xUSB2.0 Ports
R 1,267.11


A-Open 400W ATX Power Supply
AOPEN® 400Watt ATX 12V (Rev 1.1) with Intel P4 outlet connector Power Supply (SABS) -Also works with P-III and AMD
R 258.62

KingMax 2GB DDR2-800 Special (2x1GB)
2GB KingMax DDR2-800 delivered in two dual channel compatible 1GB Memory sticks with CL5 timing.
KLDD48F-A8KB5
R 589.00

Sony DVD Dual Layer Writer DRU170C
Sony’s new DRU170C DVD burner incorporates new 8.5GB DVD-R Dual Layer, DVD+R Double Layer burning and dual format 4.7GB DVD burning.
Ultra fast CD burning
18X max DVD+R/+RW and double layer DVD burning
Nero7 Express DVD/CD mastering software and InCD packet writing software
Easy to install EIDE/ATAPI interface drive for Windows 2000/XP/Vista
R 376.00

SEAGATE BARRACUDA 250GB SATA2 16MB HDD
Seagate Barracuda Sata2 250GB HDD 7200Rpm NCQ3gb/s with 16mb Cache / 8.5ms ... Product Page
R 769.00

Chaintech GeForce 8800GT 512MB DDR3 PCI-e
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT
Core Clock : 600 MHz
Memory: 1.8GHz (Dual 400MHz)
Memory Type : 512MB GDDR3
Memory Interface : 256-Bit
Bus Type : PCI-Express 16x
SLi Support, HDTV Ready, TV OUT
Direct X10 & Shader Model 4.0
R 2,999.00

Total:
R 8074.73 VAT INCL.


Set this one up myself....What do you think?
 
Go for a Q6600. A little cheaper, but most I think most will agree that it's worth it.

That hard drive seems a bit expensive for that size. Get a 500GB drive, uh best price/capacity ratio at the moment.

If you look around I'm sure you can find an 8800GT for cheaper than that if you look around. What about the case?
 
Then these are the other options regarding Graphics cards:

ASUS ATi Radeon HD3870 512MB DDR4 PCI-E 2.0
ASIC RV670PRO (55nm)
Core Clock 775MHz
Memory Clock 2252MHz
512MB DDR4 Memory
256-bit Ring Bus Memory
320 Stream Processors
Supports DirectX 10.1
Shader Model 4.1 & OpenGL
Native ATi CrossFireX Ready
HDCP, Double Dual-link DVI,
AVIVO, PCI-E 2.0

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=2&l2=8&l3=603&l4=0&model=1967&modelmenu=1

R 2,727.86


GeCube ATi Radeon HD2900PRO 512MB GDDR3
ATi Radeon HD2900PRO
ASIC: R600(80nm) PCI-E 16x
Memory Type : 512MB GDDR3
(1024-bit memory Ring Bus)
Memory Interface : 512-Bit
DX10, SmartShader 4.0
DVI, VGA & Full HDTV
HDTV 1080p, 5.1 S.Sound
Requires

http://www.gecube.com/products-detail.php?prod_cat=3&prod_id=68118

R 2,999.00


GeCube ATi Radeon HD3850OC 512MB PCI-E 2.0
ASIC RV670PRO (55nm)
PCI-E 2.0
Core Clock 720MHz
Memory Clock 1900MHz
512MB DDR3 Memory
256-bit Ring Bus Memory
320 Stream Processors
Supports DirectX 10.1
Shader Model 4.1 & OpenGL
Native ATi CrossFireX Ready
HDCP, Double Dual-link DVI,
AVIVO

http://www.gecube.com/products-detail.php?prod_cat=6&prod_id=68856

R 2,299.00



Just one question. I see two of these cards are PCI-E 2.0. Will this work with the motherboard that I've selected?
 
Thanks for the input!

Intel Box Q6600 Core2 Quad Core 2.4GHz CPU-775
Intel Core2 Quad Core Q6600 2.4GHz quad core box cpu , with VT ( V irtual Technology ) , 65nm , Lga775 , 1066mhz fsb - 4x64k L1+ 2 x shared 4mb L2 cache

R 2,598.00
A little cheaper? Please explain!



R699 is the best that I can come up with as regards to a 250 GB HDD. Maybe if I could cut the price by selecting one of the cheaper ATI cards above, I could go with a 500GB, which costs just over the 1K mark.

Standing by for your reply!
 
Prowler said:
Thanks for the input!

Intel Box Q6600 Core2 Quad Core 2.4GHz CPU-775
Intel Core2 Quad Core Q6600 2.4GHz quad core box cpu , with VT ( V irtual Technology ) , 65nm , Lga775 , 1066mhz fsb - 4x64k L1+ 2 x shared 4mb L2 cache

R 2,598.00
A little cheaper? Please explain!



R699 is the best that I can come up with as regards to a 250 GB HDD. Maybe if I could cut the price by selecting one of the cheaper ATI cards above, I could go with a 500GB, which costs just over the 1K mark.

Standing by for your reply!
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Intel Core2Quad Q6600 R2273.16 (VAT included) from PC International :)
 
It's still more expensive!

The Intel E6750 Core2 Duo 2.66GHz (R 1,816.00), has a higher clock speed and a higher fsb clock speed (1333mhz fsb).....

....as apposed to the cpu you are recommending. This leaves me to the conclusion that quad core cpu's play a very big role in gaming, hence the reason it being more expensive.

Can anyone confirm this?
 
My bad. Meant to write a little more expensive. Ya, get the Q6600 from PCint.

It seems the 8800GT is prob the way to go, but I've heard of them being sold for about R2300 but expect to pay R2500. And don't worry about manufacturer (asus, gigabyte etc) because they're all the same. The HD3850 isn't a bad idea either (R1750 at prophecy.co.za) but it won't provide the same performance as the 8800GT.

I'd say rather save on the hard drive than on the graphics card, as you can always buy another hard drive later. PCint has good prices for WD hard drives as well. Otherwise look up SlicK on the Prophecy Classifieds. He has great prices for hard drives (bought a 320GB WD drive from him a few months ago) if he still has stock.
 
Prowler said:
It's still more expensive!

The Intel E6750 Core2 Duo 2.66GHz (R 1,816.00), has a higher clock speed and a higher fsb clock speed (1333mhz fsb).....

....as apposed to the cpu you are recommending. This leaves me to the conclusion that quad core cpu's play a very big role in gaming, hence the reason it being more expensive.

Can anyone confirm this?
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More and more games are becoming multi-threaded which means multiple cores are becoming more and more useful :D Games such as Supreme Commander and Crysis already use all 4 cores. If you're worried about the stock clock and FSB, just overclock the Q6600 to 3GHz (333 x 9) then you have a 3GHz quad core also running on a 1,333MHz FSB ;)

But it's still a beast, whether you overclock it or not... And I think the extra two cores are the reason why it's more expensive :p
 
Thanks for clearing that out!

That leaves me with one last question!

IS IT A GOOD TIME TO UPGRADE? Considering upcoming hardware releases etc.
 
Prowler said:
Thanks for clearing that out!

That leaves me with one last question!

IS IT A GOOD TIME TO UPGRADE? Considering upcoming hardware releases etc.
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I upgraded recently, can't see any reason for you not to (unless you really want/can afford a 45nm CPU and DDR3 RAM :p)
 
Intel Box Q6600 Core2 Quad Core 2.4GHz CPU-775
Intel Core2 Quad Core Q6600 2.4GHz quad core box cpu , with VT ( V irtual Technology ) , 65nm , Lga775 , 1066mhz fsb - 4x64k L1+ 2 x shared 4mb L2 cache


MSI Intel P35 Neo-F Motherboard LGA 775
FSB 1333,P35/ICH9R, 4xDual
DDR2 800, 2xPCI-E 16x,2xPCI-E 1x, 4xSATA2, Gigabyte LAN,1xATA 3xUSB2.0
connectors, Realtek 8 channel Audio,2xeSATA,6xUSB2.0 Ports

I see the FSB frequencies don't match. Is this a problem?
 
Prowler said:
Intel Box Q6600 Core2 Quad Core 2.4GHz CPU-775
Intel Core2 Quad Core Q6600 2.4GHz quad core box cpu , with VT ( V irtual Technology ) , 65nm , Lga775 , 1066mhz fsb - 4x64k L1+ 2 x shared 4mb L2 cache


MSI Intel P35 Neo-F Motherboard LGA 775
FSB 1333,P35/ICH9R, 4xDual
DDR2 800, 2xPCI-E 16x,2xPCI-E 1x, 4xSATA2, Gigabyte LAN,1xATA 3xUSB2.0
connectors, Realtek 8 channel Audio,2xeSATA,6xUSB2.0 Ports

I see the FSB frequencies don't match. Is this a problem?
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No it will still run at 1,066MHz. It's only a problem when you put a 1,333MHz CPU into a motherboard that only supports 1,066MHz :)
 
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