Hardware Bargains - Open Thine Wallet

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The thread name should be "open thin wallet" . Cause we either use our cards nowadays, or have no money.
 
GAD said:
I want to buy a gaming pc. Where to get the best deals in Sa. Plz help. Been waiting two days now for a local supplier just to give me a qoute. Jeez.... is the economy in such a boom that you dont need my money. This really is a SA problem. Poor service everywhere. Oh well. Bye then. Never to see me again...
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Gaming Laptop for R9999
 
GAD said:
I want to buy a gaming pc. Where to get the best deals in Sa. Plz help. Been waiting two days now for a local supplier just to give me a qoute. Jeez.... is the economy in such a boom that you dont need my money. This really is a SA problem. Poor service everywhere. Oh well. Bye then. Never to see me again...
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Gaming Laptop for R9999 dion wired
 
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https://www.dionwired.co.za/dionwir...ooks/INTEL-CORE-I7-GAMING-NOTEBOOK/p/00742400
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Ntel core i7-6700hq processor 2.6 GHz
8GB RAM
1TB HDD
15.6'//led back-lit//slim 200nits
Nvidia GeForce GTX 950m ( n16p-gt)
Windows 10 (64bit)
3 year onsite warranty
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- no SSD
- only 8Gb RAM
- 200nits display
- not full HD
- 950m

Unfortunately not really a bargain. I wonder how many people believe that this laptop 'was' R20k. From our trusted Guzzle it shows that it was R16k in December 2017, so ja. IC are using Takealot's fake discount tactics to fool people. I still wouldn't buy it cause the display is probably a washed out dim TN panel with poor viewing angles, similar to my ROG G551JW that I have now. I can't live with that, and when you want to get a battery or charger for ASUS, you wait 4-6 weeks as they special import it from Holland for you (thanks Rectron). Also on my current ROG it was a mid-high end laptop at the time (4700HQ, 16Gb, 960M) but only came with 2.4Ghz wifi card and an unaccessible mSATA slot unless you take the whole laptop apart. So if you are in a congested 2.4Ghz area you struggle to connect and couldn't easily upgrade with an SSD. I ended up getting a nifty optical drive to 2.5" drive convertor and installing an SSD in there since I don't use optical drives.

I would stick with Dell even if second hand, but that's just me.

https://www.guzzle.co.za/specials/view/1606935/
 
Even a modern Core i3/Ryzen 3 Desktop PC with a 1050ti will do modern gaming.
 
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