New PC build, advice & recommendations welcome!

faniedry said:
Or this one: http://www.wootware.co.za/review/product/list/id/16979/category/108/ Don't really know this Galax brand, but reviews on wootware sounds good.
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I've got the galax 960.

You might not know the name galax but I suspect you know the galaxy & kfa2 brands? Galaxy & KFA2 merged and were gonna operate under the Galaxy brand name but they hit a trademark dispute in the EU where they cannot use the Galaxy name so they switched to Galax (think samsung had a finger in this). So nothing to worry about the brand, very reputable. Once you get the card register it online for an aditional years waranty which I still need to do.

Their cards have been receiving very good reviews and they run really cool.
 
ponder said:
I've got the galax 960.

You might not know the name galax but I suspect you know the galaxy & kfa2 brands? Galaxy & KFA2 merged and were gonna operate under the Galaxy brand name but they hit a trademark dispute in the EU where they cannot use the Galaxy name so they switched to Galax (think samsung had a finger in this). So nothing to worry about the brand, very reputable. Once you get the card register it online for an aditional years waranty which I still need to do.

Their cards have been receiving very good reviews and they run really cool.
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So maybe the Galax 970 over the Gigabyte 970? R500 difference, and will be free delivery if I get it from Takealot with the rest of my stuff. Probably not worth the R500???
 
faniedry said:
So maybe the Galax 970 over the Gigabyte 970? R500 difference, and will be free delivery if I get it from Takealot with the rest of my stuff. Probably not worth the R500???
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Up to you, I doubt delivery will be more than R70. Think mt gpu & cpu were R96.
 
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faniedry said:
What do you think about the powersupply? Enough?
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The gtx970 has about a 170W TDP, the cpu about 84W I think so yes you have enough power there.
Not the best of brands but it will do.
 
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Your build looks fine. Can't comment on the ssd as I'm not familiar with them yet, will do research on them when I order mine later.
 
So, updated the list with some new hardware, this is what I got so far:

MoBo - R 606 - Takealot
CPU - R 2 200 - Intel Core i7 4790 - Carbonite
HSF - R 217 Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler - CoolerMaster - Takealot (because cpu doesn't come with one)
GPU - R 4 200 - Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970 - Carbonite
RAM - R 1 500 - Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) - Carbonite http://www.corsair.com/en-us/vengea...ual-channel-ddr3-memory-kit-cml16gx3m4a1600c9
Case - R 681 - Takealot
PSU - R 0 - Already have this
SSD - R 1 559 - Crucial 256GB SSD - Takealot

Total - R 10 963

Opinions?
 
faniedry said:
So, updated the list with some new hardware, this is what I got so far:

MoBo - R 795 - Takealot
CPU - R 2 200 - Intel Core i7 4790 - Carbonite
HSF - R 217 Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler - CoolerMaster - Takealot (because cpu doesn't come with one)
GPU - R 4 200 - Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970 - Carbonite
RAM - R 1 500 - Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) - Carbonite http://www.corsair.com/en-us/vengea...ual-channel-ddr3-memory-kit-cml16gx3m4a1600c9
Case - R 681 - Takealot
PSU - R 0 - Already have this
SSD - R 1 559 - Crucial 256GB SSD - Takealot

Total - R 11 152

Opinions?
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Updated MoBo

Reason: More USB 3.0 and just better overall
 
bokka1 said:
I went with the OCZ ssd from Takealot, slightly smaller and slightly cheaper. http://www.takealot.com/ocz-arc-100-2-5-ssd-240gb/PLID33054507


BUT whichever one you go for it is a MUST in any system, I am building a new work PC with an SSD because I can't work without it any more.

(I come do a lot of my work at home now) :O
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Did a compare:

OCZ ARC 100 240GB vs Crucial MX100 256GB
Average User Bench
Read: 425 vs 483 MB/s
Write: 396 vs 318 MB/s
4K Read: 21.3 vs 24.2 MB/s
4K Write: 74.1 vs 76.3 MB/s
Mixed: 397 vs 345 MB/s
4K Mixed: 18.9 vs 23.5 MB/s

Peak Lab Bench
Read: 464 vs 522 MB/s
Write: 421 vs 332 MB/s
4K Read: 27.8 vs 31.1 MB/s
4K Write: 127 vs 124 MB/s
Mixed: 438 vs 397 MB/s
4K Mixed: 27.8 vs 33.8 MB/s

Speed Rank: 101/581 (132 samples) vs 132/581 (830 samples)
User Rating: 59% (784 votes) vs 71% (7,034 votes)

Sources:
OCZ ARC 100 240GB ARC100-25SAT3-240G
Crucial MX100 256GB CT256MX100SSD1
 
So I was asked nicely by a bastid to just update my build, as it's now complete... well, for now in any case.

MoBo - R 950 - ASRock Z97 Anniversary - Carbonite
CPU - R 2 200 - Intel Core i7 4790 - Carbonite
HSF - R 217 Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler - CoolerMaster - Takealot (because cpu doesn't come with one)
GPU - R 4 899 - Galax GTX 970 from Rebeltech
RAM - R 2 010 - Kingston HyperX Genesis, 16GB Kit, DDR3-1866, CL11, Black from Rebeltech
Case - R 681 - Takealot
PSU - R 0 - Already have this
SSD - R 1 400 - Crucial 256GB SSD - New from Carbonite
HDD - R 500 - 1TB Seagate 7200rpm - Carbonite

/glares @ponder
 
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