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are there places that put everything together if i buy from various retailers...
not pc savvy so want it put together once ive accumulated the components
 
Lupus said:
But music and movies you can stream from the internet? The days of people building NAS's are almost over, except for a few dedicated pirates out there.
I built my sons/wives PC for under R10k and it's a 1600af with 16gigs of RAM, 256gb SSD, 1TB normal and a RX580 but last years pricing was a little better on certain things like hdds and ssds. But this will total 9654 you'll need to find a decent chassis though.
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Yes only 4GB but that will be better than an APU
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In fact pay R150 more at takealot and get a 2TB hdd

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OS goes on the 240gb everything else on the 2tb
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can get the WD blue for 999 less 150 takealot voucher
is this ok for 2tb to start with
 
maqs said:
can get the WD blue for 999 less 150 takealot voucher
is this ok for 2tb to start with
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Is it the 5400rpm drive? That's going to be slow for normal day to day work.
 
maqs said:
are there places that put everything together if i buy from various retailers...
not pc savvy so want it put together once ive accumulated the components
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Any PC shop (Matrix etc) should do that for you. It will just be a hassle if there is a faulty component since they won't be responsible then you have to send it back to the supplier. If you buy from one place (like Wootware) they can also assemble and test it for you usually.
 
Lupus said:
Is it the 5400rpm drive? That's going to be slow for normal day to day work.
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Seems like it yes. But I think he is getting a SSD as well. This is just for video and photo storage. I run my PLEX server off a WD blue or green 5400 rpm drive and it works fine.
 
maqs said:
are there places that put everything together if i buy from various retailers...
not pc savvy so want it put together once ive accumulated the components
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I'd personally avoid this, and rather buy it all from one supplier and have them assemble it.

Why? If anything goes wrong, you know who to blame.

Make one person responsible for something and you know who to shout at if it is not done. The same applies to work incidentally.

But yeah, the money you save will not be worth the headache. Imagine if your motherboard and RAM come from different suppliers but don't play well together? The RAM supplier will be like, change your motherboard, and your motherboard supplier will be like, change your RAM.

If one supplier supplies both, then they have to sort it out, and even better, they have to sort it out before they even give it to you. You don't even receive the goods until they have tested them.
 
furpile said:
Any PC shop (Matrix etc) should do that for you. It will just be a hassle if there is a faulty component since they won't be responsible then you have to send it back to the supplier. If you buy from one place (like Wootware) they can also assemble and test it for you usually.
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i was hoping to be price competitive in the sense of buying from whoever was cheapest..
utilising takealot vouchers
ebucks from either takealot,makro, incredible connection
then whatever they dont stock then pc shop like wootware,chaos computer etc

didn't want to be tied down to just wootware
 
furpile said:
Seems like it yes. But I think he is getting a SSD as well. This is just for video and photo storage. I run my PLEX server off a WD blue or green 5400 rpm drive and it works fine.
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exactly
i found a crucial mx500 500gb on offer was going to use that with the 2tb hdd
 
Ancalagon said:
I'd personally avoid this, and rather buy it all from one supplier and have them assemble it.

Why? If anything goes wrong, you know who to blame.

Make one person responsible for something and you know who to shout at if it is not done. The same applies to work incidentally.

But yeah, the money you save will not be worth the headache. Imagine if your motherboard and RAM come from different suppliers but don't play well together? The RAM supplier will be like, change your motherboard, and your motherboard supplier will be like, change your RAM.

If one supplier supplies both, then they have to sort it out, and even better, they have to sort it out before they even give it to you. You don't even receive the goods until they have tested them.
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i hear you and under normal circumstances i would.
but right now money rules a lot of decisions
if i can save few thousand it allows for other things
 
maqs said:
i hear you and under normal circumstances i would.
but right now money rules a lot of decisions
if i can save few thousand it allows for other things
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I'd be amazed if you could save a few thousand Rand doing that.

But up to you, personally I've seen the difference usually comes to like a few hundred Rand at most, and then you have the worry of what happens when things go wrong.

Also, if you order from multiple shops, you pay courier fees multiple times. Remember to include that.

Also contact the shop and ask them before you do this. They might not be willing to take on the risk.
 
Gtx Gaming said:
Computer mania, says they are shipping orders also.

Ordered a power supply for my plex server, lets see how quick it comes. Did not want to pay too much for my plex server and wootware only has superflower in stock.
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Ordered a monitor from them. Will see how long delivery takes to PTA
 
Ancalagon said:
I'd be amazed if you could save a few thousand Rand doing that.

But up to you, personally I've seen the difference usually comes to like a few hundred Rand at most, and then you have the worry of what happens when things go wrong.

Also, if you order from multiple shops, you pay courier fees multiple times. Remember to include that.

Also contact the shop and ask them before you do this. They might not be willing to take on the risk.
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the few thousand rands i was referring to was using my ebucks through
takealot
makro
incredible connection

im stuck spending the full amount if i buy through wootware
 
Computer mania order shipped today. Hopefully here tomorrow, they use the courier guy.

I just noticed computer mania has ryzen cpus for cheaper than wootware, but only list the 3rd gen cpus.
 
Well, ordered my AMD 1600 AF CPU, R54.00 for courier is not bad at all, from Wootware.

So they expect to have the 20th, so the 23rd or possibly 24th, I'll have my CPU.

Just a pity, that money owed to me is still outstanding. Then I could have gotten motherboard and RAM as well.

Hopefully, by the time the CPU arrives, some expected cash will have come in.

But as Yoda, said, patience young one, patience. :)
 
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