Desktop help

[Burne]

Hi

Living in Durban and need advice on buying a desktop for gaming. Budget approx 10K. I know pre-built is crap but I dont know all the specs required.

Thanks in advance

 

[Slaught3r]

This is a difficult one Burne, you are not giving us a lot to work with and I don't really see a question in your post...

If you want to build your own you need to get the following:
Chassis/Case
Motherboard
Powersupply
Hard Drive
Processor
Memory
Graphics card
Keyboard
Screen
Mouse

If you are looking for certain specs then visit Computersonly.co.za (I think they are situated in Durbs) and browse through there. Make a list of components you are thinking of getting and post it here. People will comment and give you sage advise.

Welcome to the forums BTW.

 

[EasyUp Web Hosting]

Also, you would be better of asking in the Hardware section.

 

[Slaught3r]

Also, you would be better of asking in the Hardware section.

Ahem, what he said!

 

[DCBloodHound]

Budget AMD Rig

CPU :AMD Athlon III x4 640 3ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte 880G UD3h
Graphics Card:Club 3d Ati Radeon HD5770
Ram:Mushkin Silverline 4GB DDR3 1600MHz
PSU: Coolermaster Extreme Power plus 550W
HD:Seagate Barracuda 500GB ST3500418AS
Optical Drive:Samsung 22x Fosh-S223C
Case :Antec VSK2000
Monitor: BenQ G2220HDA 21.5'' LCD
Total : R7,291

Budget Intel Rig

CPU:Core i5 760
Motherboard7G55-M/USB3
Graphics Card:HD5750
Ram:Mushkin Silverline 4GB DDR3 1333 CL9-9-9-24
PSU:GIGABYTE Odin 585W
HD:Samsung 1TB F3
Optical Drive:LG Duel Layer DVD Writer
Case:GIGABYTE x8
Monitor:LGW1943 15.5''

Total: R7,047.60


You should have enough left for a mouse,keyboard and Headphones/speakers with either rig.

 

[theor]

Budget AMD Rig

CPU :AMD Athlon III x4 640 3ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte 880G UD3h
Graphics Card:Club 3d Ati Radeon HD5770
Ram:Mushkin Silverline 4GB DDR3 1600MHz
PSU: Coolermaster Extreme Power plus 550W
HD:Seagate Barracuda 500GB ST3500418AS
Optical Drive:Samsung 22x Fosh-S223C
Case :Antec VSK2000
Monitor: BenQ G2220HDA 21.5'' LCD
Total : R7,291

Budget Intel Rig

CPU:Core i5 760
Motherboard7G55-M/USB3
Graphics Card:HD5750
Ram:Mushkin Silverline 4GB DDR3 1333 CL9-9-9-24
PSU:GIGABYTE Odin 585W
HD:Samsung 1TB F3
Optical Drive:LG Duel Layer DVD Writer
Case:GIGABYTE x8
Monitor:LGW1943 15.5''

Total: R7,047.60


You should have enough left for a mouse,keyboard and Headphones/speakers with either rig.

Add another R 1000 odd for the OS (win 7 home premium), unless he will be running linux but since this is for a gaming rig that is doubtful.

 

[EasyUp Web Hosting]

Budget AMD Rig

CPU :AMD Athlon III x4 640 3ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte 880G UD3h
Graphics Card:Club 3d Ati Radeon HD5770
Ram:Mushkin Silverline 4GB DDR3 1600MHz
PSU: Coolermaster Extreme Power plus 550W
HD:Seagate Barracuda 500GB ST3500418AS
Optical Drive:Samsung 22x Fosh-S223C
Case :Antec VSK2000
Monitor: BenQ G2220HDA 21.5'' LCD
Total : R7,291

Budget Intel Rig

CPU:Core i5 760
Motherboard7G55-M/USB3
Graphics Card:HD5750
Ram:Mushkin Silverline 4GB DDR3 1333 CL9-9-9-24
PSU:GIGABYTE Odin 585W
HD:Samsung 1TB F3
Optical Drive:LG Duel Layer DVD Writer
Case:GIGABYTE x8
Monitor:LGW1943 15.5''

Total: R7,047.60


You should have enough left for a mouse,keyboard and Headphones/speakers with either rig.

Nice rigs, but I wouldn't call them budget.

Add another R 1000 odd for the OS (win 7 home premium), unless he will be running linux but since this is for a gaming rig that is doubtful.

LoL!!!

 

[SirFooK'nG]

Nice setups there for Roughly 7K + the additional R1K for Win7. Just built a similar system for the Mother inlaw (i5) actually almost identical to that, same CPU, & GFX (HIS HD 5770). Just didnt take the case or monitor. My total was just under 7K with Win7. The PC runs lovely! Much better than the old 775 P4 3.2ghz with a useles GeForce 6600 ...

 

[Burne]

Thanks alot!

 

[Draconia2]

Budget AMD Rig

CPU :AMD Athlon III x4 640 3ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte 880G UD3h
Graphics Card:Club 3d Ati Radeon HD5770
Ram:Mushkin Silverline 4GB DDR3 1600MHz
PSU: Coolermaster Extreme Power plus 550W
HD:Seagate Barracuda 500GB ST3500418AS
Optical Drive:Samsung 22x Fosh-S223C
Case :Antec VSK2000
Monitor: BenQ G2220HDA 21.5'' LCD
Total : R7,291

lol its almost the exact same rig than mine except for cpu /case / hdd / mobo. the rest of the goodies i do approve ! there's a lot of cases out there as well to pick from that are sexy and spacious so its kinda hard to pick a case for somebody

solid rig build this !

 

[Burne]

Much appreciated.