Price?

[RVFmal]

What should the price of this system be?

1 of Unbranded Midi Chassis, Black, 450W PSU, Side panel Air-guide, USB/Snd

2 of Kingston Value RAM Memory 2GB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 DIMM

1 ofASUS Intel G43, LGA775, 1333FSB, 2xDual DDR2 1066(O.C), 1xPCI-x16, Onboard VGA, 1xPCI-x1, 1xPCI, 1xATA133, 6xSATAII, Gbe Lan, 8ch-Sound, Max 12xUSB, Micro ATX

1 of Intel CPU Q8400 Core 2 Quad LGA775 2.66GHz 1333Mhz FSB 4MB Cache 45nm

1 of LG OptDrive 22x DVDRW SATA Lightscribe

1 ofSeagate Barracuda*500GB Hard Drive SATA 3.0Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache

1 of Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64bit SP2c 1pack (DSP)

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Well at PCZone that is about R4800 if I'm not mistaken ...........

 

[ponder]

Well at PCZone that is about R4800 if I'm not mistaken ...........

Nah, it will be less than R4000 taking into consideration a MB upgrade to G43.

 

[RVFmal]

Well at PCZone that is about R4800 if I'm not mistaken ...........

But they in Cape Town are they not?

 

[ponder]

But they in Cape Town are they not?

No, Pinetown & Ballito in KZN.
www.zones.co.za

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Nah, it will be less than R4000 taking into consideration a MB upgrade to G43.

Just going by their online advert thingy .......

 

[chickenbeef]

Well at PCZone that is about R4800 if I'm not mistaken ...........

bear in mind it includes a legit copy of windows. The pcs Pc zone advertise don't include an os.

for a pc of this spec brand new i would say ~R5200 is fair

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

If you look at the ad and add on what XP Pro costs (about), you get roughly R4800 ..... but I don't know exactly how much XP Pro is these days .......

 

[Shred]

Its not a good idea to buy 667 ram, rather go for 800

 

[RVFmal]

Its not a good idea to buy 667 ram, rather go for 800

Thanks. Just pulled these components out of the price list. There was no 800. Would 1066 not be better though?

 

[chickenbeef]

1066 would be useless if you don't overclock.

800 will also be useless if you don't oc, imo just stick with the 667. I doubt you're going to oc (judging from choice of mobo) so your ram will be running at 1:1 from the word go

/if you do plan on overclocking THEN get 1066 or 800mhz ram. 800mhz will be enough. 1066 is going a BIT overkill...

 

[RVFmal]

1066 would be useless if you don't overclock.

800 will also be useless if you don't oc, imo just stick with the 667. I doubt you're going to oc (judging from choice of mobo) so your ram will be running at 1:1 from the word go

Nope, no OC'ing here

Just need a decent PC for admin and some graphics work (no 3D animation, just photo chopping etc)

 

[chickenbeef]

Nope, no OC'ing here

Just need a decent PC for admin and some graphics work (no 3D animation, just photo chopping etc)

i would save the money. 667mhz ram is enough

 

[killadoob]

No get ddr 800 ram it costs about the same at 667.

I am surprised people still sell 667 must be old stock or something.

 

[Drake2007]

I'm suprised you can still buy XP

 

[RVFmal]

Thanks for all the replies. Best price I got to with those specific components was R 5600 ex VAT.