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Please have a look at the specs of the rig I am intending on building.
Any suggestions , and advice on a better deal are welcome.
The rig is from NIVO. I have no experience with them so if anyone can comment on the store I would appreciate it.
Thanks

CPU - R 2,059.87
Intel E8400 Boxed Core 2 Duo Processor
(3.0GHZ, 6MB Cache, 1333Mhz FSB, 45nm, x64 Support)

Motherboard - R 778.46
Gigabyte GA-EG31M-S2L - Series Motherboard
(G31 & ICH7 Express Chipset - Socket LGA775, FSB1333, 2x Dual DDR2-800, 1x PCI Express x16, 1x PCI Express x1, 2x PCI, 4x SATA2, 1x ATA100, 8x USB 2.0, Realtek Gigabit LAN, 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio)

RAM - R 1,025.00
OCZ DDR2 4GB - 2x2GB Kit
(OCZ2RPR10664GK - PC2-8500 DDR2 4GB Reaper Heat-Pipe HS 2x2GB Kit - CL 5-5-5-18 EPP, 2.3 Volts, Reaper Heat Pipe Heatsink)

Graphics card - R 2,507.84
XFX NVIDIA GeForce GTX260 896MB GDDR3, 448 bit, PCI Express

PSU - R 605.34
GIGABYTE ODIN 585W 24-Pin Power Supply
(4 Molex & 5 SATA Power Connectors, Intel LGA775 Ready & Approved, Includes Power Cable)

Case - R 816.05
Cooler Master Centurion RC-590 Case

Total:R 7,792.56 (Incl VAT)
 
Seems a waste to go i-7 with DDR2, look around for a DDR3 motherboard
 
Fenix_SA said:
Motherboard - R 778.46
Gigabyte GA-EG31M-S2L - Series Motherboard
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Get the GA-EG31M-S2, not the S2L, it's a newer board and it costs the same. It's the same board the one is just Rev1.0 and the other Rev2.0. Not a biggie though.
 
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For slightly cheaper you can get a phenom2 720 which will last you a lot longer when it comes to gaming.

Gta4, far cry 2, Crysis and supreme commander all love the extra core. Future games will only make more use of the extra core.
 
Why a E8400? For the same price you can get a Quad Core Q8200 OR for almost R600 cheaper get a similar spec'd Dual Core albeit with a 1066 FSB, and less cache. Also the RAM seems overkill (price for four GB). The pricing is also a little high, could get it cheaper somewhere else; PM me for details....
 
You should look at amd for gaming hey, could get yourself a tri core like quik says and a better vga card, personally i think a 260 for 2.6k is crazy when a 4890 costs 100 bucks more.
AMD Phenom II 920 , 8MB, 2.8GHZ L2 Cache Quad Core (Black Edition) R 1,774 excl. R 2,022 incl. qaudcore for the same price as a dual core.
AMD Phenom 8650, 3.5MB, 2.3Ghz , L2 Triple Core , 2.7Ghz R 746 excl. R 850 incl.
HD 4890 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E DVI-I / TVO R 2,399 excl. R 2,734 incl.
M3N78-CM Asus M3N78-CM , support new upcoming 140W Powered CPU , support hybrid SLi , support hypertransport 3.0 , all-in-one ; socket AM2+ , nVidia 8200 chipset , 4 x dual channel DDR2-1066 ( upto 2.5v ) , 6 x s-ata2 with raid 0/1/0+1/5/10 , 1 x parallel ata133 , on-board directX10 vga ( with DVi + D-SUB / 1080i HDCP compliant ) , VT1708B 7.1 audio + gigabit lan ; 1x pci-e (1x) , 1x pci-e 2.0 (16x) , 2 x pci , with com/serial port - micro atx , 1 x PS2 only for kb R 935 excl. R 1,065 incl.


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killadoob said:
You should look at amd for gaming hey, could get yourself a tri core like quik says and a better vga card, personally i think a 260 for 2.6k is crazy when a 4890 costs 100 bucks more.
AMD Phenom II 920 , 8MB, 2.8GHZ L2 Cache Quad Core (Black Edition) R 1,774 excl. R 2,022 incl. qaudcore for the same price as a dual core.
AMD Phenom 8650, 3.5MB, 2.3Ghz , L2 Triple Core , 2.7Ghz R 746 excl. R 850 incl.
HD 4890 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E DVI-I / TVO R 2,399 excl. R 2,734 incl.
M3N78-CM Asus M3N78-CM , support new upcoming 140W Powered CPU , support hybrid SLi , support hypertransport 3.0 , all-in-one ; socket AM2+ , nVidia 8200 chipset , 4 x dual channel DDR2-1066 ( upto 2.5v ) , 6 x s-ata2 with raid 0/1/0+1/5/10 , 1 x parallel ata133 , on-board directX10 vga ( with DVi + D-SUB / 1080i HDCP compliant ) , VT1708B 7.1 audio + gigabit lan ; 1x pci-e (1x) , 1x pci-e 2.0 (16x) , 2 x pci , with com/serial port - micro atx , 1 x PS2 only for kb R 935 excl. R 1,065 incl.


www.pcint.co.za
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What about a Q8400 for R 2,247.01
Q8400 Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66GHz Processor - Socket 775, L2 Cache 4MB, 1333MHz FSB, 45nm, x64 Support

I'm not an AMD fan, I've had bad experiences with AMD.

And the Sapphire HD 4890 1GB looks like a better deal than the Nvidia
 
Nivo is a cool shop. Have bought from them before and they got excellent service..
Even use to work there at some stage...:)
 
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