Recommend me some hardware please.

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From this website. http://www.prophecy.co.za/

Reason is I've got little brand knowledge.

I'm looking for 4 components.

CPU - Intel Sandy Bridge i5 2500 or anything cheaper that you think will also do the job.
Mobo - Anything +/- R1000
RAM - 4GB worth
GPU - Something R2000 - R2500.
 
Picard said:
From this website. http://www.prophecy.co.za/

Reason is I've got little brand knowledge.

I'm looking for 4 components.

CPU - Intel Sandy Bridge i5 2500 or anything cheaper that you think will also do the job.
Mobo - Anything +/- R1000
RAM - 4GB worth
GPU - Something R2000 - R2500.
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Looks like you want the PC for gaming. That board is a bit cheap. Might be worth it to look at AMD. Let's see what they have:

http://www.prophecy.co.za/phenom-35....html?osCsid=f10397175b5251c96f26521cf8be2f52

http://www.prophecy.co.za/gigabyte-....html?osCsid=f10397175b5251c96f26521cf8be2f52

http://www.prophecy.co.za/mushkin-9....html?osCsid=f10397175b5251c96f26521cf8be2f52

http://www.prophecy.co.za/gigabyte-....html?osCsid=f10397175b5251c96f26521cf8be2f52
 
Picard said:
From this website. http://www.prophecy.co.za/

Reason is I've got little brand knowledge.

I'm looking for 4 components.

CPU - Intel Sandy Bridge i5 2500 or anything cheaper that you think will also do the job.
Mobo - Anything +/- R1000
RAM - 4GB worth
GPU - Something R2000 - R2500.
Click to expand...

Total budget around R6000? For what purpose?

What PSU do you have now? If it's the cheapie that came with your case you need to buy one too
 
Intel Sandybridge lga1155 i5-2500K - Quad core
R2,130.97
In processor at the moment, overclocks like a beast so more future proof than the i5 2500.

Asus P8P67-M (Rev B3) LGA1155 mb with EFi mouse
R1,400.63
As SomeoneEls pointed out you need a P67 chipset motherboard to overclock, slightly over your budget but possibly worth it yes? You will just need to ask when they can get stock again or find an alternative source.

Corsair CML4GX3M1A1600C9 , vengeance LP with black heat sink
R286.36
Decent low profile so you can get a custom heat sink later and not worry about the ram getting the way, get another one later for 8GB.

Gigabyte HD6870 - 1GB GDDR5, 256-Bit Memory Bus
R2,275.27
Check the warranty on this, if it's less than 3 years then rather go for a cheaper Club3D one.

Total: R6093.23 (excluding shipping)

Non CPU overclocking setup:

Intel Sandybridge lga1155 i5-2500 - Quad core
R2,029.01

Asus P8H67-V : all-in-one LGA1155 mb with EFi mouse
R1,292.79

Total: R5883.43 (excluding shipping)
 
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