new member.. new pc question

[dinkd]

thanks Techie i will give them a look.. do i need to have a dealership with pc international? or can any joe soap buy from them?

 

[The_Techie]

thanks Techie i will give them a look.. do i need to have a dealership with pc international? or can any joe soap buy from them?

They sell to the public

 

[.Froot.]

Yeah but they will still go up a lot more.
Mustek shot up their prices by 18% last week Monday, I think it was.

 

[The_Techie]

Yeah but they will still go up a lot more.
Mustek shot up their prices by 18% last week Monday, I think it was.

I'm expecting about a 30% - 50% price increase, personally

 

[.Froot.]

Yeah well from ~R7 to R11.... 57% increase, so we can expect something like that

 

[dinkd]

hmmm so basically i better place my order this weekend? lol

 

[Plasticmonkey]

Hi Guys.. i've been watching these forums for quite some time.... lots of good help that comes here...

i'm looking at building a new machine.. i have a fairly decent budget and am looking for a decent machine for gaming and that will last...

what you think of the following spec? i based the prices off sybaritic...

thanks!

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 8MB 1066Mhz FSB LGA775 Processor R2,131.00

Liteon DH-20A3S SATA Combo Drive - White / Black R313.00

Cooler Master eXtreme Power RP-550-PCAR Power Supply - 550W R712.00

Seagate 500GB Barracuda SATA300 32MB 7200RPM Hard Drive R777.00

Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 3000 R433.00

XFX PV-T88P-YDD XXX Edition GeForce 8800GT 16xPCIE 256-bit 512MB DDR3 w/HDTV + 2DVI R2,256.00

Kingston DDR2-800 4GB (2x2GB) Memory Module Kit R1,002.00

Asus P5Q Deluxe IP45 Motherboard w/A8 + 2LK + FWa + SATA2 RAID R2,209.00

Samsung 22" 2232GW 300cdm 3000:1 2ms LCD Monitor R2,507.00

Rather get the HD4850 or the HD4870...
look at my sig

 

[Jase]

You guys are the bomb! I been taking notes ... pity I only get home on the 13th Nov and the prices would have most likely skyrocketed by then.

 

[Chevron]

Only saw this thread now

Yes, the 9800GTX+ is a lot better than the 8800GT

You do know that the 9800gt is just an 8800gt with a new sticker right?
And that the 9800gt+ is just a 55nm version of the 9800gt(8800gt) with slightly higher clocks right?

 

[dinkd]

wow.. ok after looking at PC international, their prices are much better...

lets hope they stay the same till i order in monday

so i now have this...

Case:
Coolermaster Tower Case - RC 590- ATX - No PSU R648.66

PSU
Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus RS-500-PCAR Power Supply - 500W R561

Motherboard
P5Q-DLX ASUS Intel P45, LGA775, 1600FSB, 4xDual DDR2 1200, 2x PCI-x16(CrossFire), 1xPCI-x4, 2xPCI-x1, 2xPCI, 1xATA133, 6xSATAII, 1x eSATA, 2xGbe Lan, 8ch-Sound, Max 10xUSB, 2x IEEE1394, ATX R1971.06

CPU
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz (1066FSB 8MB) R2164.86

RAM

2 x 2GB DDRII-800 (Kingston - KVR800D2N5/2G) R359.10 each

HDD
500GB-7200RPM 32MB Cache SATA II (Seagate) R842.46

Graphics
Radeon 4850 512MB DDR4 PCI-E Dual DVI /TVO (Sapphire) R1936.86

Keyboard
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 3000 R433

DVD Drive
DVD Writer 20/12x DL (LG/SAMSUNG) IDE R272.46

Screen
2253GW 22 WIDE TFT, 1680 X 1050, 2 Millisecond, .282mm dot pitch, 10000:1 Contrast Ratio, Analogue/DVI, Tilt, Swivel Stand, MagicBright3, Glare Model - NEW R2677.86

Fans
Pentium 4 Cooling Fan (LGA775) - Up to Prescott / Extreme 4GHz on 800MHz FSB R75.24

OS
Windows Vista Ultimate - 32/64 Bit / DVD Only R2034.9


Total price of R14336.56

Judging from other posts.. i would need to go for Vista 64 bit with the 4gb ram? Also, what is the difference between the corsair and kingston ram?

Thanks for all your help guys!

 

[The_Techie]

You do know that the 9800gt is just an 8800gt with a new sticker right?

Yes I do, in fact I commented on that in one of the threads. Though apprently you do get 55nm 9800GTs that aren't branded as 9800GT+.

Actually the Geforce 9800 GT is identical to the Geforce 8800 GT, it has the same specifications except HybridPower support on 9800 GT 55nm cards.

And that the 9800gt+ is just a 55nm version of the 9800gt(8800gt) with slightly higher clocks right?

I can't seem to find a 9800GT+ on any South African etailer's site. However, the 9800GT+ that I've seen on some of the Australian websites seem to have the exact same clockspeeds as the vanilla 9800GT. Maybe I'm missing something here.

You did notice that I said that the 9800GTX+ is better than the 8800GT, right?

 

[dinkd]

i did find the 9800GTX+ on pc international.. its going for..

Geforce 9800GTX+ 765Mhz 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI XT Edition -HDMI Ready R 2,423ex

 

[dinkd]

oh wait.. my apologies.. i see now rereading your post that you said you couldnt find the GT+ lol my bad

 

[The_Techie]

i did find the 9800GTX+ on pc international.. its going for..

Geforce 9800GTX+ 765Mhz 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI XT Edition -HDMI Ready R 2,423ex

oh wait.. my apologies.. i see now rereading your post that you said you couldnt find the GT+ lol my bad

No worries

Are you planning on overclocking at all? If you aren't, then don't bother buying the expensive Corsair RAM, the Kingston should suffice

 

[dinkd]

naa i dont think i will overclock... i have an xbox that i use for games atm. i am just after a decent pc that will last lol you would kill yourself laughing if i told you what i currently have!

a 5 year old 2ghz celeron donkey lol at the moment a cellphone seems to operate faster

 

[Plasticmonkey]

No worries

Are you planning on overclocking at all? If you aren't, then don't bother buying the expensive Corsair RAM, the Kingston should suffice

What he said....

Oh, also Im almost sure you will get a standard CPU cooler with your CPU.
If you are planning to Overclock rather get an aftermarket one...

If you can push it a little further go for the Asus P5n-D mobo, its got the newer Nvidia 750i chipset. I bought mine 3days ago, and it was really close to what ur quoting for your p5Q.

Also, if im not mistaken That coolermaster chassis takes up to 8x120mm fans, and you only get 2 with. Maybe buy an extra 2, just to make extra sure everything runs super cool.

Ur basically gonna buy the same system that I got this week. NICE!

 

[dinkd]

ah perfect... let i see that p5n-d mother board is only R200 more.. i'll go for that

i wasnt sure if you got a cpu cooler in the box thats why i added it.. but if you say it has one.. then perfect.. i'll definitely get 2 more of the 8x120mm fans

as for all the problems with the hard drives that everyone else has had.. i currently have a 500gb ide in a removable chassis and *touches wood* no problems.. so i think i will take a chance on the 500gb SATA...

 

[dinkd]

actually.. i see i had specced the P5Q-DLX not the p5Q... which would be a better mobo.. the P5Q-DLX or the P5N-D? sorry for all the questions.. i'm a programmer not a hardware expert lol

 

[PostmanPot]

wow.. ok after looking at PC international, their prices are much better...

lets hope they stay the same till i order in monday

so i now have this...

Case:
Coolermaster Tower Case - RC 590- ATX - No PSU R648.66

PSU
Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus RS-500-PCAR Power Supply - 500W R561

Motherboard
P5Q-DLX ASUS Intel P45, LGA775, 1600FSB, 4xDual DDR2 1200, 2x PCI-x16(CrossFire), 1xPCI-x4, 2xPCI-x1, 2xPCI, 1xATA133, 6xSATAII, 1x eSATA, 2xGbe Lan, 8ch-Sound, Max 10xUSB, 2x IEEE1394, ATX R1971.06

CPU
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz (1066FSB 8MB) R2164.86

RAM

2 x 2GB DDRII-800 (Kingston - KVR800D2N5/2G) R359.10 each

HDD
500GB-7200RPM 32MB Cache SATA II (Seagate) R842.46

Graphics
Radeon 4850 512MB DDR4 PCI-E Dual DVI /TVO (Sapphire) R1936.86

Keyboard
Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 3000 R433

DVD Drive
DVD Writer 20/12x DL (LG/SAMSUNG) IDE R272.46

Screen
2253GW 22 WIDE TFT, 1680 X 1050, 2 Millisecond, .282mm dot pitch, 10000:1 Contrast Ratio, Analogue/DVI, Tilt, Swivel Stand, MagicBright3, Glare Model - NEW R2677.86

Fans
Pentium 4 Cooling Fan (LGA775) - Up to Prescott / Extreme 4GHz on 800MHz FSB R75.24

OS
Windows Vista Ultimate - 32/64 Bit / DVD Only R2034.9


Total price of R14336.56

Judging from other posts.. i would need to go for Vista 64 bit with the 4gb ram? Also, what is the difference between the corsair and kingston ram?

Thanks for all your help guys!

Any reason why you're going for the P5Q-Deluxe? Going to be running two graphics cards at some stage?

How about just the P5Q if you intend on having one graphics card at about R500 less?

Also don't forget to confirm prices with them... I'm wondering just how up to date they are.

 

[dinkd]

ah good point... i never noticed that was the only difference.... the one thing that is leaning me toward the P5Q instead of the P5N-D is that the P5Q has 6 x SATA 2 where has the P5N-D has only 4? and well you never can have enough hard drives?