Price?

[marine1]

Hi guys friend needs

Core i3
2 gig ram
500 gig hdd
Motherboard with on board graphics
Power supply
Case

Thanks
Was quoted on an Acer VM290

 

[AstroTurf]

Under R3K

Built someone a machine with following brand new the other day.

ATX BLACK/SILVER CASE & 450Watt PSU
ASUS P8H61-M LX 2DIMM,SKT1155
INTEL I3 2120-3.30GHZ,SOCKET 1
KINGSTON HYPERX BLU 4GB 1333MH
SEAGATE 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM SAT
LG ODD 24X DVDRW OEM SATA
MANHATTAN KB, MMEDIA 7MM KEYS
ACER S200HLBB 20" LED, DVI MON


Sorry, as above and cost me:
R3991.14

 

[NomNom]

Case: R298
GIGABYTE X3, Midi Tower, Black

PSU: R234
Thermaltake LitePower, 450w

Motherboard: R461
MSI H61M-P31 (G3), LGA1155

CPU: R1,202
Intel Core i3-2120, 3.3GHz, LGA1155

Ram: R104
Transcend JM1333KLN-2G, JetRam, 2GB, DDR3-1333

Hard Drive: R636
Western Digital Caviar Green, WD5000AZRX, 500GB, SATA6G


Total: R2935.00 + R75 (shipping) = R3010.00

 

[Pada]

Should it be a laptop or desktop, because the guys here posted desktops without a Windows license...

 

[marine1]

Thanks guys yes desktop and no licenses needed

 

[CataclysmZA]

I'd go for an APU build in this case (recommendations will change after Oct 2nd)

AMD A6-3670K @ R1191
ASUS M5A78L-M LX @ R645
TEAM Elite DDR3-1600 4GB @ R197
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB @ R650
Samsung SH-S223C @ R176
Cooler Master Elite 311 @ R320
Thermaltake LitePower 450W @ R234

Total: R3413

It will be superior graphics-wise to the Intel rig and will also pull ahead in threaded apps that can make use of four physical cores.