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Hello all,

I'm getting a new desktop PC for my studies next year (haha ;) ) and my dad is willing to pay up to R10k. Not a heavy gamer, although I'd like to play the occasional game (at a LAN or something). What are the best specs I can get for that budget? The only limit is that my storage must be 500GB or bigger and at least 2GB RAM. And preferably an Intel CPU/mobo combination, although I don't mind AMD.

I don't need a screen, KB, mouse or speakers. Already have those :)

Thanks :)
 
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
Asus P5Q SE 4x ddr2-1200, 6 x s-ata, audio, gigabit lan, pci-e2.0 (16x)
2 x Transcend JetRam 2GB DDR2-800 (4GB)
Sapphire ATI HD4850
Western Digital 500GB SATA
DVD R/W
Coolermaster RC-690 CM690
Coolermaster Extreme Power 500watt

R10000.
 
Get a laptop!

seymour7 said:
lol, get an intel core i7 :)
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Dude as a student(I'm assuming), get urself a lappie! Specs are very decent nowadays and the benefits are far better:

1)mobile
2)we all know Eeishcom is going to do a nut again in the early part of the year - want to get the last minute assignment done? u gonna be swearing unless u have a generator and ups at home.
3) some lappies have decent graphics cards for external output - so you can use as a PC should u wish viz connect to an lcd.
etc

my 2 cents worth
 
Unless you're an engineering student, I'd suggest a cheap netbook for study-related stuff. As for the desktop, I'd stick with an Nvidia gpu, primarily because of the PhysX technology. If I'm not mistaken, EA has recently acquired a licence to use it, so expect many more games with the technology. Perhaps a GTX260 could fit in your budget? If need be, drop the cpu to an E8400 if need be. It'll easily overclock to around 3.5GHz on air cooling. Other than that, I agree with the hardware recommended.
 
I'm sorry to say it but atm the 4850 and 4870 does outperform the Nvidia counterparts...
As for the CPU, go for the E8500. There is negligible price difference between the two (and the E8400 can actually be clocked safely up to 4GHz).
The rest of the pc is ample and of a decent nature.
i7 is a joke at the moment. Overpriced and does not conform to a suitable price/performance ratio when compared to the c2d or c2q processors.
 
why go dual core. I will suggest you pay extra and get a quad core. More and more games are that come out now days are core optimized. A 2.66GHz quad is better than a 3.0GHZ dual core.

I've got the Q9450 and it is splendid. overclocked it to 3.5GHz with no temperature increase. if I had better memory (1066 at least) I will be able to get it 2 4GHz (3.8 at least).

If you want to get quad core go for the cheaper Q6600 that will be overclock minimum to 2.8GHz stock cooling (correct me if I'm wrong please)

hope this helps.
 
majikins said:
Dude as a student(I'm assuming), get urself a lappie! Specs are very decent nowadays and the benefits are far better:

1)mobile
2)we all know Eeishcom is going to do a nut again in the early part of the year - want to get the last minute assignment done? u gonna be swearing unless u have a generator and ups at home.
3) some lappies have decent graphics cards for external output - so you can use as a PC should u wish viz connect to an lcd.
etc

my 2 cents worth
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AGREE~
 
Lappie + OS + MS Office. I think that is actually your dad's intentions...
 
What would be so much more beneficial about having a lappie as a student? I'd always rather get a PC unless portability is going to be absolutely key.

For R10,000 without monitor, even with a 500gb hdd you can pretty much get a monster PC. What are you studying? Do you need to do heavy image processing or maths? That might affect the kind of PC you should get.
 
he's not replying :(.

However, I think we need to know what course Rooney is doing... if engineering/graphic art/programming(IT if you will) then a desktop would fit his needs far better :D
 
Yeah - you'll get far more power out of a desktop than a laptop. Plus you might want to go quad core for certain graphics apps, for which you'd obviously want a desktop. I think some of the people recommending him to get a laptop didn't bother to read the first post - in which he said that he would need at least a 500gb HDD and he already has a monitor, plus he wants to do some LAN gaming. A laptop doesn't seem to be appropriate.
 
cerebus said:
Yeah - you'll get far more power out of a desktop than a laptop. Plus you might want to go quad core for certain graphics apps, for which you'd obviously want a desktop. I think some of the people recommending him to get a laptop didn't bother to read the first post - in which he said that he would need at least a 500gb HDD and he already has a monitor, plus he wants to do some LAN gaming. A laptop doesn't seem to be appropriate.
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+1.

I have advised Dominic to go for the PC I posted above, but decide on a E8500 or Q6600.
 
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