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Hi all,

I will be visiting a friend in the US in Jan and I am considering ordering some PC parts ahead of time for a new PC build. Big items such as the case and monitor will be bought locally from Wootware. I already have a 1070ti which is still good at this stage.

My budget is in the region of R 12.5k for the rest. I'm not sure if it is worth buying everything from there, but I came across a few standouts. What is "safe" to buy and what should I be worried about warranty wise?

R 2800 ($199) - AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler
R 2700 ($185) - ASUS AM4 TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi) ATX Motherboard
R 1400 ($100) - ASUS TUF Gaming Battle Box USB Gaming Keyboard Mouse Set
R 900 ($64) - G.Skill 16GB (2 x 8GB) Ripjaws V Series DDR4 PC4-25600 3200MHz
R 2400 ($168) - Samsung 970 EVO SSD 1TB - M.2 NVMe
Perhaps power supply?

Thanks
 
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Lucky...I want to buy from amazon without paying so much for customs :D ....Looks like a great power tower, Im sure that Mobo will be great , most what ive seen around so far are people recommending the B450 Mobos, but yours seems sweet :D
 
just make sure you dont get searched when you come back to SA. Happened to me a while ago and the intention was to tax me.
 
Yeah just remove the packaging. Everything was your personal items used over there. Also take extra magazines with you that you leave over there so your return luggage weight is less.
 
Or should I perhaps consider getting a gaming laptop, lot easier to bring back.
These are the ones I'm also considering vs a desktop build from Amazon.
  1. R 15K ($1000) - Lenovo Legion Y545 15.6" Gaming Laptop, i7-9750H, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660Ti, 144Hz Screen.
  2. R 15K ($1000) - Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop PC, 15.6 inches Full HD 144Hz 3ms IPS Display, Intel i7-9750H, GTX 1660 Ti 6GB, 16GB DDR4, 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD
  3. R 12K ($839) - 2019 Lenovo Ideapad L340 Gaming Laptop, 15.6" FHD IPS Display, 9th Gen Intel Quad-Core i5-9300H Up to 4.1GHz, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB, Backlit Keyboard, USB-C, Windows 10
  4. R 11.5k ($809) - ASUS TUF FX505GT Laptop, 15.6" FHD Display, Intel Core i5-9300H Upto 4.1GHz, 16GB RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, HDMI, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Windows 10 Pr
Evetech has some good deals as well.
R 15k - Lenovo Ideapad L340 9th Gen Core i5 GTX 1650 Gaming Laptop Deal [81LK00FSSA/16GB/512GB]

Any recommendations as these all fall within my budget still. I'm leaning towards the Acer Predator Helios 300.
 
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Swa said:
Yeah just remove the packaging. Everything was your personal items used over there. Also take extra magazines with you that you leave over there so your return luggage weight is less.
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I fly internationally frequently and I can say that customs don't typically force an inspection based on your outbound/inbound baggage weight difference unless it is substantial usually designated by excess baggage charges. The OP's risk is the random inspection on exiting the baggage area. Whether he has packaged or unpackaged desktop components they will kick up a fuss if his travel was on a tourist visa.
 
quovadis said:
I fly internationally frequently and I can say that customs don't typically force an inspection based on your outbound/inbound baggage weight difference unless it is substantial usually designated by excess baggage charges. The OP's risk is the random inspection on exiting the baggage area. Whether he has packaged or unpackaged desktop components they will kick up a fuss if his travel was on a tourist visa.
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Traveling on a Business Visa. I am considering a laptop option, lot easier then.
 
aquadat0r said:
Traveling on a Business Visa. I am considering a laptop option, lot easier then.
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Small components like memory or nvme drives you can probably get away with - if you want to do an SSD then just install it in a 2.5" enclosure as an external drive. Motherboards/power supplies and graphics cards would definitely be an issue if searched.
 
quovadis said:
I fly internationally frequently and I can say that customs don't typically force an inspection based on your outbound/inbound baggage weight difference unless it is substantial usually designated by excess baggage charges. The OP's risk is the random inspection on exiting the baggage area. Whether he has packaged or unpackaged desktop components they will kick up a fuss if his travel was on a tourist visa.
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True they don't. The reason is more that if your inbound weight is less than your outbound weight it's harder to kick up a fuss and claim that you imported anything. Plausible deniability, you took something for someone and they weren't there. I doubt our customs even knows what graphics cards and memory are.
 
Swa said:
True they don't. The reason is more that if your inbound weight is less than your outbound weight it's harder to kick up a fuss and claim that you imported anything. Plausible deniability, you took something for someone and they weren't there. I doubt our customs even knows what graphics cards and memory are.
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You’d be surprised - they forced me to pay import duties on a couple Mellanox 56gbe Infiniband cables a few months ago.
 
quovadis said:
You’d be surprised - they forced me to pay import duties on a couple Mellanox 56gbe Infiniband cables a few months ago.
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Well this is the smart people we have on the job who as someone on here posted were convinced a laptop is a tv.
 
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