Need a new PC for development

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Hi Guys,

So my Desktop PC fried (lightning) over the weekend, and now I'm in need of a new one.

My budget is around R7000 - What would be best (Hoping for atleast an i5 CPU & 16GB RAM).

Thanks in advance.
 
What you gonna use it for exactly. For instance games only need 8 Gig, so if you not gonna use specialized software and are 100% that you gonna use more than 8 Gig than that would be the first place to cut.

If you gonna play new games, I would suggest this as core:
R3000
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/298-nvidia-gtx-960

A secondhand i5
This should be sufficient.
http://carbonite.co.za/f39/intel-core-i5-3330s-i5-2310-celeron-g1610-93636/
The 3330s for R1000, should be enough for the GTX960

A cheapish motherboard to go with it, R650 m-atx, R850 atx for ones without bells and whistles.

Of course if you don't play games you gonna want the fastest CPU as possible, and sacrifice on the GPU.

R7000 a bit of tight budget so you gonna have to go secondhand if your in it for gaming.
The cheapest i5 4th gen I could buy was R2300, now R2600.

With the money you save by going secondhand on the CPU, you can already get that odd additional 8Gig ram.
 
I will be using it predominantly for programming and running VM's. I won't be using the machine for gaming.
 
Antec 450W PSU - R655.00
http://www.wootware.co.za/antec-450c-neo-eco-450w-atx12v-v2-3-eps12v-80-plus-bronze-certified-power-supply.html

Gigabyte H81 mobo - R869.00
http://www.wootware.co.za/gigabyte-ga-h81m-s2ph-lga1150-haswell-micro-atx-motherboard.html

16Gb GSkill Trident DDR3-2400MHz - R2 199.00
http://www.wootware.co.za/g-skill-f3-2400c10d-16gtx-trident-x-16gb-2x8gb-ddr3-2400mhz-1-65v-cl10-dual-channel-desktop-memory.html

i5-4690K - R3 199.00
http://www.wootware.co.za/intel-i5-4690k-3-5-ghz-bx80646i54690k-quad-core-unlocked-22nm-haswell-devil-s-canyon-socket-lga1150-desktop-cpu.html

I was wanting to shove an i7 in but your budget prohibits it and Parallels (Mountain Lion) runs fine on my i5-2500k. Motherboard supports overclocking so getting a K-series cpu makes sense. You could probably trim the memory down to 8Gb but I like having the extra mem (I still use Firefox cos' I'm so used to all my addons :o).
 
Neoprod said:
Antec 450W PSU - R655.00
http://www.wootware.co.za/antec-450c-neo-eco-450w-atx12v-v2-3-eps12v-80-plus-bronze-certified-power-supply.html

Gigabyte H81 mobo - R869.00
http://www.wootware.co.za/gigabyte-ga-h81m-s2ph-lga1150-haswell-micro-atx-motherboard.html

16Gb GSkill Trident DDR3-2400MHz - R2 199.00
http://www.wootware.co.za/g-skill-f3-2400c10d-16gtx-trident-x-16gb-2x8gb-ddr3-2400mhz-1-65v-cl10-dual-channel-desktop-memory.html

i5-4690K - R3 199.00
http://www.wootware.co.za/intel-i5-4690k-3-5-ghz-bx80646i54690k-quad-core-unlocked-22nm-haswell-devil-s-canyon-socket-lga1150-desktop-cpu.html

I was wanting to shove an i7 in but your budget prohibits it and Parallels (Mountain Lion) runs fine on my i5-2500k. Motherboard supports overclocking so getting a K-series cpu makes sense. You could probably trim the memory down to 8Gb but I like having the extra mem (I still use Firefox cos' I'm so used to all my addons :o).
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With carbonite, you can shove in a tray i7 that's basically new
R2600
http://carbonite.co.za/f39/i7-4790-cpu-93827/

i7-4790

And you'll save R600.
I know it's sad how fast things lose value, and if you buy it as a tray instead of box.
 
I would take this power supply rather though.
http://www.wootware.co.za/super-flo...plus-gold-certified-desktop-power-supply.html

Super flower produces some of the highest quality power supplies in the world.
On 20% 50% 100% loading, with 88.43% 90.44% 88.05% Transform Efficiency

5 year warranty and it's cheaper than the above one posted. If you not gonna use it for gaming, which you can do anyways, might as well buy for efficiency and the warranty.
 
Suppose it also depends on what development you're doing. If you're doing php there would be no need for a beefy CPU.

So unless you're compiling large applications I would probably get a cheaper CPU and spend more on another display (or more memory).
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
Suppose it also depends on what development you're doing. If you're doing php there would be no need for a beefy CPU.

So unless you're compiling large applications I would probably get a cheaper CPU and spend more on another display (or more memory).
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Since the PC got strike by lightning, and is planning on using the same software.
He can just ask himself the question if there's any time consuming task he wished that could of been done faster and if he could live with things taking a few seconds longer.

The cheapest i5 4th gen already slightly faster than the i5-2500k and a R800-R900 less than the 5-4690K

Could use that saving for something else.

But yeah there's many options for R7000 when you ignore the graphics card and just go with the onboard.
 
Vohligh said:
Thermaltake Chassis with 350 PSU - R485

Should I get an SSD? Or Should I get a second hand i7 4790 CPU for an extra R800?
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If you get that chassis make sure to check the voltage selector switch on the PSU is set to 230V and not 110V, someone got one the other day and the PSU let it's magic smoke out as it was shipped set to 110V.

I would go for the i7 4790 CPU.
 
Vohligh said:
So I've settled for:

Intel Core i3 4160 - R1470

MSI Intel h81m motherboard - R606

2 X Samsung 8GB DDR3 RAM - R1782

Thermaltake Chassis with 350 PSU - R485

Optical drive - R169

WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM - R758

So that means I still have R1730 left.

Should I get an SSD? Or Should I get a second hand i7 4790 CPU for an extra R800?
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Drop Ram to 8GB for now, get another 8GB end of the month.

Rather get i5 if you have to go intel:
http://www.wootware.co.za/intel-bx8...intel-hd-graphics-4600-desktop-processor.html

Then you definitely want the SSD.
http://www.takealot.com/crucial-mx100-256gb-2-5-inch-ssd/PLID32844312
 
Awesome guys, thanks.

One last thing, which cooler do I get for the i7 4790?
 
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