Help buying hardware @ Take 2

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BigBear

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Help buying hardware

I am looking @ getting :
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce 8500GT Silencer - 512MB - PCI-E
GV-NX85T512HP R1021.00
OR
XFX nVidia GeForce 8500GT Turbo Cache - 256MB + 256MB - PCI-E
Price: R 805
AND
Corsair ValueSelect Memory - DDR400 - 1024MB
VS1GB400C3 Price: R 439
AND
Seagate 320/160GB S-ATA

What do you guys think?
Anyone have any experience with Take 2?
I need it today or tommorrow @ the latest!
 
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Rather buy the 8600GT 512MB from PCInternational (I think it's R789 excluding VAT) :)
 
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Apart from rather buying the 8600GT instead of the 8500GT (I hear it's pretty crap), why DDR400? I'd rather get 667/800. Except of course if you have a PCI-E x16 slot and a motherboard with DDR400.
 
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froot said:
Apart from rather buying the 8600GT instead of the 8500GT (I hear it's pretty crap), why DDR400? I'd rather get 667/800. Except of course if you have a PCI-E x16 slot and a motherboard with DDR400.
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Unfortunately i have A MB with DDR400 and PCI-E
What 8600GT should i go for my budget is about R1000?
How is the service @ PC Int?
What about Cyberdyne/Prophecy?
 
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BigBear said:
Unfortunately i have A MB with DDR400 and PCI-E
What 8600GT should i go for my budget is about R1000?
How is the service @ PC Int?
What about Cyberdyne/Prophecy?
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Well DDR400 it is then. the price is fine for that. Both Cyberdyne and Prophecy are leading stores with decent prices and good service.
What 8600GT you buy is really dependant on what you want. 256/512MB...
 
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There is this 1 how does it look?
ASUS EN8600GT/HTDP/256M , geforce 8600GT , SLi support , Pci-E 16
[A2_SC-A86GT] R1038.38 (inc VAT)
 
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Are you serious about gaming? Because if you are then stay away from the 86xx series...
 
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Take 2 are ok, but be prepared to wait. They're not called Take 2(months) for nothing.
 
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BigBear said:
I play mostly COD1,COD4,Unreal..
What is wrong with the 8600 series?
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They don't offer the same price/performance that the previous cards (read 6600GT, 7600GT) and newer cards (read 9600GT, 8800GT) offer. But if you're not too serious about gaming it should be just fine :)
 
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Not that serious then. have lost some sleep @ friends LAN stayed up till 4am.
 
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Is this one any good?
MSI-8500GT/512 MSI NX8500GT 512Mb PCI EXPRESS + TV Out + DVI 1 ZAR 675.00 ZAR 675.00
 
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Can anyone give some good prices on the following:
Geforce 8500 512mb PCI-E
320GB SATA HDD
DDR400 1GB

What shops can i get these PTA/JHB area?
 
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