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ponder said:
What games are you gonna play on it and at what resolution?

Z-series MB's are expensive and if you are not going to overclock (you have a 6500 non-OC CPU) it's a waste of money, money that could be better spent on a GPU which probably makes the biggest impact on a gaming system.

What is your budget for btw?
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Probably mostly WoW and Doom 3. With a better machine I'll see what else is out there. My budget is around 10-12k. Ok so scrap that motherboard then, I know I won't be overclocking.

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8GB DDR4: http://www.wootware.co.za/g-skill-f...-sdram-2400mhz-1-20v-cl15-desktop-memory.html

For a GPU in that price bracket I'd rather go with this: http://www.wootware.co.za/galax-95n...5-128bit-pci-e-3-0-desktop-graphics-card.html
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Oh that is a nice card.
 
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Beerisgood said:
Probably mostly WoW and Doom 3. With a better machine I'll see what else is out there. My budget is around 10-12k. Ok so scrap that motherboard then, I know I won't be overclocking.
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I'm assuming you don't need a monitor, keyboard, mouse, just the 'box' as they say?

Are you allergic to going for previous gen socket 1150 &or slightly used gear? Reason I ask is that you can make that 10-12k stretch quite far.

What are your requirements for the number of sata & usb2/3 ports?
 
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Beerisgood said:
Probably mostly WoW and Doom 3. With a better machine I'll see what else is out there. My budget is around 10-12k. Ok so scrap that motherboard then, I know I won't be overclocking.



Oh that is a nice card.
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If you don't mind buying a second hand GPU you can pick up something even better. You can pick up a 960/280x cards on Carbonite around that price.
 
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ponder said:
I'm assuming you don't need a monitor, keyboard, mouse, just the 'box' as they say?

Are you allergic to going for previous gen socket 1150 &or slightly used gear? Reason I ask is that you can make that 10-12k stretch quite far.

What are your requirements for the number of sata & usb2/3 ports?
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Let me think about it and get back to you. I have a decent screen 24" Samsung, have a case, keyboard etc. I'm not opposed to 1150 really my last machine was a 1150 and it performed dam well.

I need 4 SATA ports and 4 USB.
 
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ponder said:
You mad, you don't need a Z-series MB.

I'm thinking this for R1174,
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5618#ov
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/lga1151/...ipset-lga1151-2x-dual-channel-ddr4-2133-.html

Do you need anything more than the above, look at the specs.
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That's a nice little board, only thing I don't like is only 2 DIMM slots. If you start with a 8GB kit (2x4GB) you've used up all the space.

The one I linked above doesn't have USB 3.1 but does have a M.2 port and space for 4 DIMMS.
 
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I would also highly recommend an SSD for the OS. It's one of the most important things imo, I want to slit my wrists when having to work on spinning disks and Windows 10 seems to be especially hard on them.
 
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ponder said:
Did it break or something like that?
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Two months back I was moving house and the half decent PC I did have fell off the back of the truck. Little pieces lying all over the road. I still don't like to talk about.

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I would also highly recommend an SSD for the OS. It's one of the most important things imo, I want to slit my wrists when having to work on spinning disks and Windows 10 seems to be especially hard on them.
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Ok I forgot to mention, that's one thing I do have in an SSD, a 120gig Patriot Blast. So that's already a grand saved there.

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R3729 - Intel Skylake Core i5-6500
R1174 - GIGABYTE GA-H110M-S2PH DDR4
R657 - 2x Corsair ValueSelect 4GB DDR4-2133
R901 - Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA6G 7200rpm
R786 - SeaSonic S12II 520w 80 PLUS Bronze
R7248 - TOTAL

GPU:
R3699 - Galax GeForce GTX 960 EXOC 4GB
R4199 - PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB
Or there is this GTX 970 in Toti going for R4000

Depending on which GPU you choose that will leave you with R553 - R1053 for a chassis
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That is a perfect set up thanks Ponder. I'll go for that. See I'm clueless about this stuff and would have gone and blown money on stuff I don't need.
 
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Beerisgood said:
That is a perfect set up thanks Ponder. I'll go for that. See I'm clueless about this stuff and would have gone and blown money on stuff I don't need.
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Could most likely done for much cheaper if PotterH from Carbonite has socket 1150 combos availabe, think his MB+CPU+RAM went for about the same price as just the CPU above.

Also keep in mind that new GPUs are on the horizon, don't want you having buyers remorse a few months down the line.

I just pulled prices from one site for convenience sake, maybe compare them to prices from wootware and takealot as well, you never know.
 
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When are the new AMD cards going to be released? I'm so tempted to pull the trigger on an R9 380 but I also want to wait for the new cards so hopefully I can see a price drop on my card.
 
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kang said:
When are the new AMD cards going to be released? I'm so tempted to pull the trigger on an R9 380 but I also want to wait for the new cards so hopefully I can see a price drop on my card.
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We're not sure yet, AMD should announce more info on June 1. I hear some outlets talking about a late July release but I think they're pulling that out their butts.
 
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Hello to all,

Please assist me in building a rig that will be used for gaming, word processing and messing around with photoshop.

I have R6.5k to spend (the price of a ps4/xbone)

This is what I currently have:

CPU - Intel g2020 LGA1155
RAM - 4GB 1333mhz DDR3
Motherboard - AsRock H61M-VS3 (mAtx)
GPU - None
PSU - Thermaltake litepower 450W
Case - Xigmatek Helios mAtx
HDD - 500GB 7200RPM


I will be buying a full HD 1920x1080 monitor in the near future.
I would like to keep the motherboard and psu if possible.
I do not wish to overclock.

Games that i want to play are - GTA V, CS:GO, Guild Wars, Spintires, Team Fortress and Witcher at 60FPS preferably.
 
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Moeyy. said:
Hello to all,

Please assist me in building a rig that will be used for gaming, word processing and messing around with photoshop.

I have R6.5k to spend (the price of a ps4/xbone)

This is what I currently have:

CPU - Intel g2020 LGA1155
RAM - 4GB 1333mhz DDR3
Motherboard - AsRock H61M-VS3 (mAtx)
GPU - None
PSU - Thermaltake litepower 450W
Case - Xigmatek Helios mAtx
HDD - 500GB 7200RPM


I will be buying a full HD 1920x1080 monitor in the near future.
I would like to keep the motherboard and psu if possible.
I do not wish to overclock.

Games that i want to play are - GTA V, CS:GO, Guild Wars, Spintires, Team Fortress and Witcher at 60FPS preferably.
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Firstly, that's a very good post with a decent amount of detail so kudos on that.

The bolded bit is a problem unless you're willing to buy second-hand parts (which may not be a bad idea given your budget constraints). An entry-level system with an i5 quad core is going to eat up most of that budget leaving no room for a graphics card that can manage 60fps*.

That 60fps requirement alone is probably going to cost around 6k in graphics horsepower (GTX 970).

Sad are the times, my friend.
 
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