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ponder said:
Nothing wrong with Galax (I own one) but wait a bit is what I'm gonna say. The AMD RX480 will be out end of this month I think and it should be at a lower price with expected performance in the same ballpark.
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My daughters modified old case so far. What must still be done is memory card reader and DVD Writer. Almost finished.

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Hi guys I've been contemplating whether I should build a new PC for school and gaming,
I have a budget of R6000 and already have a 1TB WD Blue a Gtx 750Ti 2gb + Deepcool Tesseract SW (white) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811853004

I took a look at www.gtxgaming.co.za and found a i7 4790 and but seem more interested in their bundle option here.
http://www.gtxgaming.co.za/index.php?route=product/product&path=63&product_id=109

I only have one requirement no AMD pls pls pls :)
Please advise if you have anything to share
 
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syndicate1804 said:
Hi guys I've been contemplating whether I should build a new PC for school and gaming,
I have a budget of R6000 and already have a 1TB WD Blue a Gtx 750Ti 2gb + Deepcool Tesseract SW (white) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811853004

I took a look at www.gtxgaming.co.za and found a i7 4790 and but seem more interested in their bundle option here.
http://www.gtxgaming.co.za/index.php?route=product/product&path=63&product_id=109

I only have one requirement no AMD pls pls pls :)
Please advise if you have anything to share
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You don't really need an i7 for gaming (with a few exceptions) as an i5 will be fine. You can pick up i5-4590+MB+8GB RAM on carbonite for R2800-R3200. See what PotterH has on offer. With the savings flog your GPU and get a better GPU.
 
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^^, yeah. Also need to budget for a PSU...if he can find someone flogging a pre-Skylake build on carbonite, he'd be fine for budget.
 
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Can someone recommend me a new chassis and power supply for around R1000? Nothing too big, chassis doesn't have to be fancy, can be plain black, USB 3 up front would be nice. PSU around 400W.
 
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Neoprod said:
^^, yeah. Also need to budget for a PSU...if he can find someone flogging a pre-Skylake build on carbonite, he'd be fine for budget.
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Age: New
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djbrendan said:
Hi guys, is it worth going for and i5 6500 and ddr4 compared to my 3570k and ddr3 1600mhz
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Nope. The 3570k is better at stock and you have the option of overclocking it to get even further ahead of the 6500.
 
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^^, Even longer possibly...single thread performance improvements in the CPU space are pretty slow the last few years (Sandy Bridge onward). I realise I didn't ask you're using the PC for...is it something that benefits from more threads?
 
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Evening ppl. I need some advice on a new build. Old setup was an I3 with DDR2 800mhz ram. It served me well but I need to move on. Main uses would be for Autocad, Photoshop & Vmware. I am considering M.2 NVMe ssd. What do you think of this? Not sure if I should start a new thread for my questions.
 
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Neoprod said:
^^, Even longer possibly...single thread performance improvements in the CPU space are pretty slow the last few years (Sandy Bridge onward). I realise I didn't ask you're using the PC for...is it something that benefits from more threads?
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Mainly gaming and normal use ,I5 3570k,8gb hyperx ,Gtx680(old i know),250gb ssd ,1TB hdd
 
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joesoap2.0 said:
Evening ppl. I need some advice on a new build. Old setup was an I3 with DDR2 800mhz ram. It served me well but I need to move on. Main uses would be for Autocad, Photoshop & Vmware. I am considering M.2 NVMe ssd. What do you think of this? Not sure if I should start a new thread for my questions.
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Budget?
 
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