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weelzSA

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Soul Assassin said:
Yes, no BIOS flash required for that board.
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OK well then the R400 price difference is a no brainer then especially for future upgrades.

I am hoping this PC will last for at least 5 years - literally only used for emails and quotes (word and excel) so im sure it should be able to last for min 5 years?
 
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weelzSA said:
OK well then the R400 price difference is a no brainer then especially for future upgrades.

I am hoping this PC will last for at least 5 years - literally only used for emails and quotes (word and excel) so im sure it should be able to last for min 5 years?
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No doubt in my mind, I would just add more RAM later or maybe go 8GB now seeing as the board only has two slots.
 
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No doubt in my mind, I would just add more RAM later or maybe go 8GB now seeing as the board only has two slots.
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Yeah still considering whether I add more RAM now or only later. But even if I just add an extra 4GB in next couple of years it should still be more than OK.
 
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I'm looking at building a PC in the next month or so but stock of the i7 8700 (not k) seems scarce. Does anyone in the PC trade have any info on when it will be available?
 
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Thanks. I've seen the i7 8700 on Rebeltech and Mineaway but am wondering when this part will be more widely available so I don't end up ordering from too many places and spending more on delivery.
 
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Andre said:
Thanks. I've seen the i7 8700 on Rebeltech and Mineaway but am wondering when this part will be more widely available so I don't end up ordering from too many places and spending more on delivery.
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Just order from Rebeltech then, they have great service and their prices are usually lower than the other vendors.
 
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Just order from Rebeltech then, they have great service and their prices are usually lower than the other vendors.
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Thanks for the info. I'm going to sign up at Rebeltech. Just wish their site had better filters for parts - their list of memory list is huge for example and it's hard to navigate on my tablet.

I received feedback from Evetech that they are expecting stock of the i7 8700 in 2 to 4 weeks. The same for the cheap GTX 1080 that I was looking at.
 
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Andre said:
Thanks for the info. I'm going to sign up at Rebeltech. Just wish their site had better filters for parts - their list of memory list is huge for example and it's hard to navigate on my tablet.

I received feedback from Evetech that they are expecting stock of the i7 8700 in 2 to 4 weeks. The same for the cheap GTX 1080 that I was looking at.
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I just sort by price, low to high.

Wrt Evetech I'll just leave this here https://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showth...orrible-service-and-unfair-business-practices
 
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Andre said:
How about Wootware? They are within driving distance from me if I want to collect parts and they sell Phanteks cases that I'm considering.
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110% legit, I would rate them #1 in the country.
 
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It turns out I could hardly find anything on the Rebeltech site because their site lumps parts together without subcategories on Mobile - much better now that I'm borrowing a PC to look.
 
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Just the box. I have a keyboard, mouse and monitor, but the old box was stolen during a late 2017 robbery so I have nothing to carry over from that unfortunately.
 
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Advice / tips needed, please!

I've decided to upgrade my 8 year old PC due to things just starting to fall apart (USB ports dead / broken), old IDE HDD's breaking, my SSD just suddenly dying without warning).

Components that can be carried over:
GTX 970
Corsair TX 750W PSU (worth it to keep it? Especially as I'm looking for some retailer to prebuild)

New components required:
Case - Not much preference. Nothing flashy required. Maybe easy to reach USB ports.
Motherboard - No idea. There are so many. Z370 what?
CPU - I believe the I5-8400 is good if it can be found. Other recommendations failing me finding one for sale?
RAM - 8GB, DDR4
O/S Drive - NVME for speed? I like my O/S to feel really snappy.
Keyboard / Mouse combo. My Razer DeathAdder and Lycosa are at their end.

What I don't need:
Monitor(s)
Speakers

I don't have a need for a new GPU right now. The 970 caters well for what I play. I just want to have a very fast general usage experience. I'd like for it to be prebuilt as well.

Willing to spend 10k-15k. Looking forward to your advice / tips. Thanks guys.
 
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^, are you sure your PSU is okay? Those other parts failing might be PSU-related.
 
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Think it's okay. Anyway to check? Had a few power failures that last few weeks. Think that's what killed off my components.
 
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