Help needed with specs for gaming pc please

rudils

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Hi everyone

My son wants to get a gaming pc and he's been getting all sorts of "technical" advice from his school buddies (17 year olds).

Budget would be at most about R25k, all incl. No software required.

Please help, he's driving me nuts.

Thanks!
 
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rudils said:
Budget would be at most about R25k, all incl. No software required.
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Would that be for a complete pc which includes monitor, keyboard, mouse or just the 'box' as people say?
Do you have any existing components that can be used in this build?
Which games would he be playing?
 
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ponder said:
Would that be for a complete pc which includes monitor, keyboard, mouse or just the 'box' as people say?
Do you have any existing components that can be used in this build?
Which games would he be playing?
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Yes, complete pc including keyboard, mouse & monitor
It's a brand new build, no equipment yet

The games would mostly be FPS, I'm guessing
 
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Stock & pricing are real issues currently.

R4399 - AMD 100-100000031BOX Ryzen 5 3600 Hexa Core 3.6GHz (4.2GHz Boost) Socket AM4 Desktop CPU
R2449 - MSI B450M Mortar Max Motherboard
R1539 - G.Skill F4-3200C16D-16GVKB Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200MHz CL16 1.35V Black Desktop Memory
R2949 - Sabrent SB-RKTQ-1TB ROCKET Q 1TB M.2 (2280) NVMe PCI-E 3.0 Solid State Drive
R8099 - Palit GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Dual NE6206S018P2-1160A 8GB GDDR6 256-bit PCI-E 3.0 Desktop Graphics Card
R1479 - Phanteks PH-EC400ATG_BK01 Eclipse P400A Tempered Glass Satin Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Desktop Chassis
R1249 - Antec NEO Eco 550W PSU
R2000 - Xceed 144Hz Monitor with HDR from Checkers
R24 163

The monitor is on special so buy it now.

Does not leave much for a mouse & keyboard, we can go for a cheaper ssd & case. Let me first check what mouse I can squeeze in, that's more important than a keyboard.
 
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ponder said:
Mouse options, how big are his hands?

www.titan-ice.co.za

Logitech G102 Prodigy Gaming Mouse

910-004939 Logitech G102 Prodigy Gaming Mouse
www.titan-ice.co.za www.titan-ice.co.za
www.titan-ice.co.za

Cooler Master MasterMouse MM530 Optical Gaming Mouse

Cooler Master MasterMouse MM530 Optical Gaming Mouse
www.titan-ice.co.za www.titan-ice.co.za
www.titan-ice.co.za

SteelSeries Rival 100 Gaming Mouse - Purple

SteelSeries Rival 100 Gaming Mouse - Purple
www.titan-ice.co.za www.titan-ice.co.za
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Normal size hands.
Had a look at the monitor, but not sure about the brand though.. looks iffy
 
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rudils said:
Normal size hands.
Had a look at the monitor, but not sure about the brand though.. looks iffy
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Then go for the MM530 then.
Read the thread & comments from those that got one, uses a 144Hz samsung panel. It's still better & cheaper than a budget monitor I would have selected normally.
 
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ponder said:
Then go for the MM530 then.
Read the thread & comments from those that got one, uses a 144Hz samsung panel. It's still better & cheaper than a budget monitor I would have selected normally.
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Cool stuff, thanks very much for your help, much appreciated!!
 
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