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So how big is too big a profit?
Qty Stock Code Stock Description Unit Sell Total
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1 MB-GB85MHD3 Gigabyte ga-B85M-HD3 869.00 869.00
1 CH-CE311RU3+400 Cm Elite 311 blk/Red Usb3+400w 659.00 659.00
1 HD-S500S6B16 St500dm002 500G SATA6G 16mb 559.00 559.00
1 DW-L24R !LG GH24NS 24x Retail pack 159.00 159.00
1 KM-M800WD Ms desktop 800 Wireless Dsp 229.00 229.00
1 CP-IH4440 Intel Haswell i5-4440 quad 1,955.00 1,955.00
1 LC-L20M35A LG 20M35A 20" led 999.00 999.00
6,189.06
I'll be charging R8500.
The other guy quoted
MECER 19.5'' LED MONITOR - BLACK
Wireless Desktop 800 for Business
SAMSUNG 24X SATA SUPERMULTI DVDRW
SEAGATE SATA III 6Gb/s 500GB 7200RPM 16MB HDD
4GB PC1600 240PIN DDR3 MODULE
CORE i3/i5/i7 SOCKET LGA1155/1150 CPU FAN
INTEL HASWELL CORE i5-4570 3.2GHz/3.6GHz W/6M CACH
INTEL H81 CHIPSET 4TH GENERATION CORE i7 ATX M/B
Please load Windows 7 Pro
WINDOWS 8.1 64BIT PROFESSIONAL OEM
MECER PRELUDE MICRO ATX TOWER W/ATX2.0 250W PSU R9615.00
Qty Stock Code Stock Description Unit Sell Total
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1 MB-GB85MHD3 Gigabyte ga-B85M-HD3 869.00 869.00
1 CH-CE311RU3+400 Cm Elite 311 blk/Red Usb3+400w 659.00 659.00
1 HD-S500S6B16 St500dm002 500G SATA6G 16mb 559.00 559.00
1 DW-L24R !LG GH24NS 24x Retail pack 159.00 159.00
1 KM-M800WD Ms desktop 800 Wireless Dsp 229.00 229.00
1 CP-IH4440 Intel Haswell i5-4440 quad 1,955.00 1,955.00
1 LC-L20M35A LG 20M35A 20" led 999.00 999.00
6,189.06
I'll be charging R8500.
The other guy quoted
MECER 19.5'' LED MONITOR - BLACK
Wireless Desktop 800 for Business
SAMSUNG 24X SATA SUPERMULTI DVDRW
SEAGATE SATA III 6Gb/s 500GB 7200RPM 16MB HDD
4GB PC1600 240PIN DDR3 MODULE
CORE i3/i5/i7 SOCKET LGA1155/1150 CPU FAN
INTEL HASWELL CORE i5-4570 3.2GHz/3.6GHz W/6M CACH
INTEL H81 CHIPSET 4TH GENERATION CORE i7 ATX M/B
Please load Windows 7 Pro
WINDOWS 8.1 64BIT PROFESSIONAL OEM
MECER PRELUDE MICRO ATX TOWER W/ATX2.0 250W PSU R9615.00
Electric
Honorary Master
Just add a mark-up on every item.
If it's not enough then add more.
Compare it to a similar specced machine from a computer store and undercut them.
If it's not enough then add more.
Compare it to a similar specced machine from a computer store and undercut them.
I undercut this guy by R1100, and still manage to make a R2500 profit (feeling a bit guilty cos R2500 is what i'll pay for this machine in all honesty
)But im after references so I am fine with that.
You undercut that guy by R1100, yes. But, rather try and undercut some companies like Matrix, IC, or Evetech. Which are more expensive than your normal online/physical retailer.I undercut this guy by R1100, and still manage to make a R2500 profit (feeling a bit guilty cos R2500 is what i'll pay for this machine in all honesty
But im after references so I am fine with that.
Just go with R8k or 8.5k with the 1TB.
Electric
Honorary Master
Nothing wrong with your mark up.
Take into account he'd pay more for less from a pc store.
But as emiles says, undercut the guys that charge loads not someone that you know is actually cheap.
Take into account he'd pay more for less from a pc store.
But as emiles says, undercut the guys that charge loads not someone that you know is actually cheap.
Qty Stock Code Stock Description Unit Sell Total
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1 MB-GB85MHD3 Gigabyte ga-B85M-HD3 869.00
1 CH-CE311RU3+400 Cm Elite 311 blk/Red Usb3+400w 659.00
1 HD-S1000S6B64 seagate ST1000DM003 , 1000gb/1Tb 633.00
1 DW-L24R !LG GH24NS 24x Retail pack 159.00
1 KM-M800WD Ms desktop 800 Wireless Dsp 229.00
1 CP-IH4440 Intel Haswell i5-4440 quad 1,955.00
1 LC-L20M35A LG 20M35A 20" led 999.00
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ex. vat 5503
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6273.42
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Ok here goes, my 8 gig Kingston Beast + 1TB Seagate.
Selling for R9000, profit of R2726.58
Think I can make a living off this.
Such good ram being wasted on such a mobo. lol
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1 MB-GB85MHD3 Gigabyte ga-B85M-HD3 869.00
1 CH-CE311RU3+400 Cm Elite 311 blk/Red Usb3+400w 659.00
1 HD-S1000S6B64 seagate ST1000DM003 , 1000gb/1Tb 633.00
1 DW-L24R !LG GH24NS 24x Retail pack 159.00
1 KM-M800WD Ms desktop 800 Wireless Dsp 229.00
1 CP-IH4440 Intel Haswell i5-4440 quad 1,955.00
1 LC-L20M35A LG 20M35A 20" led 999.00
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ex. vat 5503
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6273.42
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Ok here goes, my 8 gig Kingston Beast + 1TB Seagate.
Selling for R9000, profit of R2726.58
Think I can make a living off this.
Such good ram being wasted on such a mobo. lol
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Hahaha, the price goes up by the hour. Like I said before, no way to make a living. But, you can score here and there.
lol greed is playing a part now...would you do the same or...
Make it R8.5k and you won't feel that greedy
Make it R8.5k and you won't feel that greedy
My final list. Sorry for all these lists, getting my post count up as well
.This is by far the best office machine.
1 CP-IH4440 Intel Haswell i5-4440 quad 1,973.00
1 MB-GB85MHD3 Gigabyte ga-B85M-HD3 869.00
1 ME-K4T16B9x2 Kingston hyper-x Beast series 1055.00 (My Ram)
1 HD-S1000S6B64 seagate ST1000DM003 , 1000gb/1Tb 633.00
1 DW-L24R !LG GH24NS 24x Retail pack 159.00
1 CH-CE311RU3+400 Cm Elite 311 blk/Red Usb3+400w 659.00
1 SP-LLS21 Logitech 980-000058 LS21 288.00
1 KM-M800WD Ms desktop 800 Wireless Dsp 229.00
1 LC-L20M35A LG 20M35A 20" led 999.00
1 NA-DWA140 D-Link DWA-140 208.00
1 SF-MW81D64S Microsoft windows 8 Pro 64bit 1599.00 (My Copy)
incl. vat 6859.38
Price R 9000, Profit 2140. I did not factor in the labour.
Delivery of these products to my house will be free, says supplier.
Electric
Honorary Master
How old is your ram?
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His budget is only R7500, after talking to his wife. Customers....
Threw this thing together for him. He gets what he pays for...
Intel Haswell lga1150 i3-4130
Gigabyte ga-B85M-HD3
4 GB Kingston hyper-x Beast series (Mine)
Seagate 500Gig
LG GH24NS 24x Retail pack
Cm Elite 311 blk/Red Usb3+400w
Logitech 980-000058 LS21
Ms desktop 800 Wireless Dsp
LG 20M35A 19.5" led
D-Link DWA-140
Microsoft windows 8 Pro 64bit (Mine)
5916.60 incl. vat
Going to charge him R7300.00
Threw this thing together for him. He gets what he pays for...
Intel Haswell lga1150 i3-4130
Gigabyte ga-B85M-HD3
4 GB Kingston hyper-x Beast series (Mine)
Seagate 500Gig
LG GH24NS 24x Retail pack
Cm Elite 311 blk/Red Usb3+400w
Logitech 980-000058 LS21
Ms desktop 800 Wireless Dsp
LG 20M35A 19.5" led
D-Link DWA-140
Microsoft windows 8 Pro 64bit (Mine)
5916.60 incl. vat
Going to charge him R7300.00
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I was recently stuck with the same choice. Hard to find deals that offer backup after sales on their products. I eventually bought from Bizcloud suppliers on wabamart.
Reference : http://wabamart.co.za/bizcloud
I do architecture, animations, web development and graphic design. So I needed a gaming spec pc. Boy can they get expensive !!!
Hope that helps.....
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Reference : http://wabamart.co.za/bizcloud
I do architecture, animations, web development and graphic design. So I needed a gaming spec pc. Boy can they get expensive !!!
Hope that helps.....
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KingBel
Expert Member
Got home last night.. pressed the power button on my pc.. and ... 'nothing happens".. no whirring of fans, or reading of harddisks.
PC is quite old though, so I was expecting this to happen sooner or later. Gonna replace the power supply and see if that fixes it, but if that doesn't work, I think it might be time to get myself a new rig.
where's the best place to buy components online? I was in the hardware game many moons ago, but I'm seriously out of touch now... any suggestions?
PC is quite old though, so I was expecting this to happen sooner or later. Gonna replace the power supply and see if that fixes it, but if that doesn't work, I think it might be time to get myself a new rig.
where's the best place to buy components online? I was in the hardware game many moons ago, but I'm seriously out of touch now... any suggestions?
KingBel
Expert Member
Shot.. hope it's not the MB.. coz if i can get away with just replacing the power supply for now.. then I can at least save up some more cash and get a proper gaming rig.
KingBel
Expert Member
ok.. seems like i'm a bit more out of touch than I thought.. getting really confused as to which components to take (brand-wise)
I would like to setup a decent gaming rig (budget of roughly 10k)
It will also serve as a media server, so I need a couple of big hard drives.
minimum i5 or similar amd cpu
appropriate motherboard
a 64 gig ssd is possible
2 x 2tb sata hd (or 3tb of possible)
an optimal amount of dd3 ram
a good graphics card (the r9 270x looks good)
standard chassis (nothing fancy)
a good power supply as I will be plugging in 3 external drives as well.
a cheap dvd writer
Would I be able to get all that within my budget, or am I crazy?
I would like to setup a decent gaming rig (budget of roughly 10k)
It will also serve as a media server, so I need a couple of big hard drives.
minimum i5 or similar amd cpu
appropriate motherboard
a 64 gig ssd is possible
2 x 2tb sata hd (or 3tb of possible)
an optimal amount of dd3 ram
a good graphics card (the r9 270x looks good)
standard chassis (nothing fancy)
a good power supply as I will be plugging in 3 external drives as well.
a cheap dvd writer
Would I be able to get all that within my budget, or am I crazy?
nevadayz
Expert Member
Howzit guys,
Just dipping my toes into the PC Build pool, been out of it for quite a while.
Looking a building a PC mainly for gaming, and also for running a media server, nutn crazy.
Went in to my local PC Shop and this guy gave me an basic build, BUT, he's thinking was as follows,
1. Get a top of the range i3, 4th Gen, 4330 i think
2. Gigabyte MOBO, think it was the H88
3. Peripherals as needed
4. GPU, this is where he said i must kill it, said i should get this Geforce card, was around 5k :wtf: but said i would never need to replace the card for a few years.
Im starting from scratch, so i need almost a full build, can someone give me some pointers?
Budget < 8k
Just dipping my toes into the PC Build pool, been out of it for quite a while.
Looking a building a PC mainly for gaming, and also for running a media server, nutn crazy.
Went in to my local PC Shop and this guy gave me an basic build, BUT, he's thinking was as follows,
1. Get a top of the range i3, 4th Gen, 4330 i think
2. Gigabyte MOBO, think it was the H88
3. Peripherals as needed
4. GPU, this is where he said i must kill it, said i should get this Geforce card, was around 5k :wtf: but said i would never need to replace the card for a few years.
Im starting from scratch, so i need almost a full build, can someone give me some pointers?
Budget < 8k
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