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Is this a good Gaming PC?
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Luke7777
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Not quite...7800GTX paired with an XP1600 or Celeron plus 256mb ram is not gonna cut itwillirob said:
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I can sell products to the public at below Rectron Dealer priceneio said:
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Direct import, or it depends on what my guys find while driving behind the Rectron Truck.rburley said:
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Shame the guy asked a Question and did not get a direct answer.
The Pc is ok for gaming, but you could be much better at about the same price. i.e shop around dont buy everything from Rectron.
The Pc is ok for gaming, but you could be much better at about the same price. i.e shop around dont buy everything from Rectron.
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He did...2nd post of the thread.Person said:
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well ok. I'll give you that.Luke7777 said:
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hmmm, pity about the Sony DVD burner
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I think this system in this thread would be the same AMD Eq of your intel. I would take the Intel Pc over this one anyday.
Ok, here are the prices that each component will cost me, tell me if you can get it cheaper.
CPU
ADAX2-44BX939 R 3,795 AMD® Athlon™ 64-X2 4400+ SOCKET 939 Dual Core 64-Bit With HyperTransport Technology, L1 128K, L2 2x1024K Cache - Boxed
Chassis
PC61166-BL R 295 20 PIN CHENBRO® BLUE Gaming Bomb - 300W PSU 20-pin - See-Through Side Panel - Front USB / Audio - Air filter - Screwless Cardholder Metal mesh construction on front bezel - Rear 80mm FAN, Rear 120mm Fan holder (Optional) - Detachable internal drive cage
Power supply
ATX-Z400 R 185 24 PIN AOpen® 400Watt 20/24-Pin ATX 2.0 12V Power Supply : Intel Prescott LGA775 Ready & Approved - Includes Split Power Cable
CPU cooler
CPU Cooler
HYPER48 R 295 Cooler Master™ Hype48 Cooler - 4 Way Heatpipe Solid Copper Universal Cooler For Intel P4 (478 / 775) & AMD K8 (754 / 939) - High Performance
Ram
C512XMSX R 800 DDR400 Corsair® 512MB XMS Series Extreme Desktop DDR Memory: 6-Layer PCB, Heat Spreader, CL 2-3-3-6, Retail Packaging - Life Time Warranty
C512XMSX R 800 DDR400 Corsair® 512MB XMS Series Extreme Desktop DDR Memory: 6-Layer PCB, Heat Spreader, CL 2-3-3-6, Retail Packaging - Life Time Warranty
Motherboard
K8NP-SLI R 995 DUAL DDR GIGABYTE® nForce4 SLI Socket 939 AMD K8 FSB1000 Discrete - 2x PCI-Express x16, Realtek 8 Channel Audio, Onboard Gigabit LAN, IEEE1394b
4x DDR400 (Dual Channel), 4x SATA (SATAII Ready) + nVRaid + 2x ATA133, 2 x PCI, 2 x PCI-E 1x, 10 x USB 2.0 (6 By Cable), Dual BIOS, ATX
Graphics card
NX78T256D-ZK R 2,895 Gigabyte® nVidia® GeForce 7800GT, 256MB 256Bit, Dual DVI + HDTV , DirectX 9 + OpenGL, Dual RAMDACs, Zalman Cooler, SLI
Total
R 10060 Ex Vat
CPU
ADAX2-44BX939 R 3,795 AMD® Athlon™ 64-X2 4400+ SOCKET 939 Dual Core 64-Bit With HyperTransport Technology, L1 128K, L2 2x1024K Cache - Boxed
Chassis
PC61166-BL R 295 20 PIN CHENBRO® BLUE Gaming Bomb - 300W PSU 20-pin - See-Through Side Panel - Front USB / Audio - Air filter - Screwless Cardholder Metal mesh construction on front bezel - Rear 80mm FAN, Rear 120mm Fan holder (Optional) - Detachable internal drive cage
Power supply
ATX-Z400 R 185 24 PIN AOpen® 400Watt 20/24-Pin ATX 2.0 12V Power Supply : Intel Prescott LGA775 Ready & Approved - Includes Split Power Cable
CPU cooler
CPU Cooler
HYPER48 R 295 Cooler Master™ Hype48 Cooler - 4 Way Heatpipe Solid Copper Universal Cooler For Intel P4 (478 / 775) & AMD K8 (754 / 939) - High Performance
Ram
C512XMSX R 800 DDR400 Corsair® 512MB XMS Series Extreme Desktop DDR Memory: 6-Layer PCB, Heat Spreader, CL 2-3-3-6, Retail Packaging - Life Time Warranty
C512XMSX R 800 DDR400 Corsair® 512MB XMS Series Extreme Desktop DDR Memory: 6-Layer PCB, Heat Spreader, CL 2-3-3-6, Retail Packaging - Life Time Warranty
Motherboard
K8NP-SLI R 995 DUAL DDR GIGABYTE® nForce4 SLI Socket 939 AMD K8 FSB1000 Discrete - 2x PCI-Express x16, Realtek 8 Channel Audio, Onboard Gigabit LAN, IEEE1394b
4x DDR400 (Dual Channel), 4x SATA (SATAII Ready) + nVRaid + 2x ATA133, 2 x PCI, 2 x PCI-E 1x, 10 x USB 2.0 (6 By Cable), Dual BIOS, ATX
Graphics card
NX78T256D-ZK R 2,895 Gigabyte® nVidia® GeForce 7800GT, 256MB 256Bit, Dual DVI + HDTV , DirectX 9 + OpenGL, Dual RAMDACs, Zalman Cooler, SLI
Total
R 10060 Ex Vat
ettubrute
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Mine totalled out at R9200,- including the import tax paid at the airport! 
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So, what's stopping you from doing the same? Another nail in the coffin of SA greed!
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Ok. But if the stuff you're buying is so unreliable, rather rethink the whole idea!
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PC components seem a lot more reliable these days, but I still think it is risky. If you PC breaks, you are going to be up a bad creek with only a very small paddle. I feel stuff has to be about half price, before it is worth getting it from overseas.
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Well, that's exactly why I decided to bring it in. Couldn't find a similar machine, with the same reputation of reliability, in South Africa for less than R20k!