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hey guys...

Im am gonna buy a new gaming pc soon and would like to know if you think R7,500.00 is too much for a comp with the following speccs...

PRESTIGIO Black ATX Midi Tower Chassis (24-Pin, 2 * SATA, 350W PSU, TAC 1.0, 120mm Fan)
Elite Group Micro ATX Motherboard with Support for ALL AMD AM2 Processors
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Dual Core (2.2GHz, 2000MHz, AM2, Cooling Fan) box
PQI DDR-2 1GB Desktop Memory Module (667Mhz, PC-4300, 240-Pin)
SEAGATE Barracuda 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache) ~ New
BTC/EMPREX DRW 2016IM DVD±RW/DVD±R9/DVD-RAM 12x8x16x/12x8x/8x8x/5x5x/48x32x48x, Black, RETAIL
MITSUMI Stiffy Drive 3.5" 1.44MB, Black
Prestigio USB Keyboard, Mouse and Speakers combo
2 year carry in warranty
INNOVISION Inno3D Nvidia GeForce 7600GS PCI-e X16 (512MB / 128bit DDR667, DVI, Video-OUT, VGA Cooler)

If you could place some nice Gaming Computer retail websites in SA (pref CapeTown) it would be quite a help all the sites I have been to, the best appear to be http://www.computersonly.co.za/ and http://PCMall.co.za

Thanx for ur help =)
 
Why a slow poke AMD for gaming as Intel Core 2 Duo kicks major butt.
 
Nothing wrong with AM2 especially since games is about gpu not cpu, seems an alright system as long as no overclocking is done.
 
I would recommend a PSU above 350W, 500W if possible, GPU's are power hungry, so is the CPU

Also a stock cooler for the AM2 is gonna struggle keeping those cores cool,
I can't recommend a Heat Sink right now though
 
Dobee said:
I would recommend a PSU above 350W, 500W if possible, GPU's are power hungry, so is the CPU

Also a stock cooler for the AM2 is gonna struggle keeping those cores cool,
I can't recommend a Heat Sink right now though
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For what the psu has to handle 350W is way enough just stay away from overclocking with budget psu's

p.s. AM2 runs cooler than P4 at stock so no after market cooler needed unless overclocking as it is with any processor anyway (to be safe)
 
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Go for 2Gb DDR2-800 memory
Drop the AMD and get a Core2Duo E6600 (or for cheeper the E6400) CPU
Will have longer livetime with those. All current AMD/Intel CPU is almost obsilete campared to the Core2Duo's.

Ps, What games are you gonna play on the pc?
(/me don't think solitare will see much of a performance from such a machine :D)
 
Seems way too much to pay for those kinda specs!?
Anyone agree?
Get at least a 7600gt (pref. 7900gt/7950gt or higher) if it's gonna b a gaming machine!
Um, also, I believe the ATI x1950pro is quite kewl, and overclocks well..
 
Ancient_Despair said:
PRESTIGIO Black ATX Midi Tower Chassis (24-Pin, 2 * SATA, 350W PSU, TAC 1.0, 120mm Fan)
Elite Group Micro ATX Motherboard with Support for ALL AMD AM2 Processors
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Dual Core (2.2GHz, 2000MHz, AM2, Cooling Fan) box
PQI DDR-2 1GB Desktop Memory Module (667Mhz, PC-4300, 240-Pin)
SEAGATE Barracuda 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache) ~ New
BTC/EMPREX DRW 2016IM DVD±RW/DVD±R9/DVD-RAM 12x8x16x/12x8x/8x8x/5x5x/48x32x48x, Black, RETAIL
MITSUMI Stiffy Drive 3.5" 1.44MB, Black
Prestigio USB Keyboard, Mouse and Speakers combo
2 year carry in warranty
INNOVISION Inno3D Nvidia GeForce 7600GS PCI-e X16 (512MB / 128bit DDR667, DVI, Video-OUT, VGA Cooler)
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Well your PSU is fine...my other PC has similar specs and the PSU runs just fine
and yeah...I had a ECS motherboard and exchanged it for an ASUS ....what a mistake! go with the ECS my friend ;)
P.S. BTC is K@K
 
Thanks for ur feedback guys^^ I Want to play some new high quality games on high/close to highest graphic settings with out the bull****e fps lagg... From what i hear the price is too much apparently =/ soo... I was wondering where u guys bought ur parts/built-pc's??

tnx again^^
 
get all my stuff from Sybaritic or Rectron, Rectron seems to be way cheaper this year last year Sy beat them with most prices
 
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