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Why not the vacuum cleaner? That is what I use, you are just moving the dust around with the compressed air.
 
ponder said:
Ok I can't really make your R6k budget with what I would suggest unfortunately. You can get a B450 MB for not much more than a A320, R400 difference. With an APU faster RAM helps a lot, actually it helps with Ryzen in general.

Here goes nothing,

R1266 - ASRock B450M-HDV AMD Promontory B450 Ryzen Socket AM4 Micro-ATX Desktop Motherboard
R2949 - AMD Ryzen 5 2400G Quad Core 3.6GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 Desktop APU
R1339 - G.Skill F4-3200C16D-8GVKB Ripjaws V 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4-3200MHz CL16 1.35V Black Desktop Memory
R779 - Western-Digital WD10EZEX Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive
R604 - Corsair VS450 VS Series 450W Desktop Power Supply
R657 - Thermaltake CA-1J4-00S1WN-00 Versa H18 Black Micro ATX Desktop Chassis

R7594 - TOTAL


R1266 - ASRock B450M-HDV AMD Promontory B450 Ryzen Socket AM4 Micro-ATX Desktop Motherboard
R1829 - AMD Ryzen 3 2200G Quad Core 3.5GHz (3.7GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 Desktop APU
R1339 - G.Skill F4-3200C16D-8GVKB Ripjaws V 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4-3200MHz CL16 1.35V Black Desktop Memory
R779 - Western-Digital WD10EZEX Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive
R604 - Corsair VS450 VS Series 450W Desktop Power Supply
R657 - Thermaltake CA-1J4-00S1WN-00 Versa H18 Black Micro ATX Desktop Chassis

R6474 - TOTAL

R869 - ASRock A320M-HDV AMD Ryzen Socket AM4 Micro-ATX Desktop Motherboard

Also consider used components from Carbonite but restrict yourself to reputable sellers.
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Would this make a good gaming rig? I have a 1060 with a case, PSU and screen I just need a mobo, gpu with memory. I'm keen on this.
 
Solarion said:
Would this make a good gaming rig? I have a 1060 with a case, PSU and screen I just need a mobo, gpu with memory. I'm keen on this.
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You have a gtx 1060 GPU?

If YES then you'll have a decent 1080p gaming pc.

What PSU (make&model) do you have?
Also which case?

So you need MB, CPU & RAM. Budget again?
 
ponder said:
You have a gtx 1060 GPU?

If YES then you'll have a decent 1080p gaming pc.

What PSU (make&model) do you have?
Also which case?

So you need MB, CPU & RAM. Budget again?
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Hi Ponder. I'm not sure what make or model of PSU. It is a 550W. I can get another one if needed.

I do yes. My budget is around 5-6k.

The case I have is a deepcool Tesseract ATX so plenty of room. Actually the case is just sitting empty in my room waiting for some new guts ;)

I have been putting off building a new machine for some time now however now is a good time and I'm able to put aside funds for this :thumbsup:
 
Solarion said:
Hi Ponder. I'm not sure what make or model of PSU. It is a 550W. I can get another one if needed.

I do yes. My budget is around 5-6k.

The case I have is a deepcool Tesseract ATX so plenty of room. Actually the case is just sitting empty in my room waiting for some new guts ;)

I have been putting off building a new machine for some time now however now is a good time and I'm able to put aside funds for this :thumbsup:
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R3449 - AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Hex-Core 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 Desktop CPU
R1529 - MSI B450M Pro-VDH AMD B450 Ryzen Socket AM4 Micro-ATX Desktop Motherboard
R1339 - G.Skill F4-3200C16D-8GVKB Ripjaws V 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4-3200MHz CL16 1.35V Black Desktop Memory
R6317
 
ponder said:
R3449 - AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Hex-Core 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 Desktop CPU
R1529 - MSI B450M Pro-VDH AMD B450 Ryzen Socket AM4 Micro-ATX Desktop Motherboard
R1339 - G.Skill F4-3200C16D-8GVKB Ripjaws V 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4-3200MHz CL16 1.35V Black Desktop Memory
R6317
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That's perfect thanks Ponder. Tempted to order it this afternoon. If I need to go with another PSU is there anything you can suggest? I might get one just to be safe as my one has already seen quite a lot of uptime and been subject to a whole battery of loadshedding.

Edit: That CPU :love:
 
Hi All

Im not into PC building as I was 10 years ago, but Im keen on upgrading.

Currently have a 3770k i7 (from 2012 ish) a smallish Acer board and 16GB DDR3 ram.

IM holding onto my 650w ANTEC PSU, 1080 GTX and all my drives.

Im looking at this deal:

https://www.evetech.co.za/intel-9th...-b360m-mortar-upgrade-kit/best-deal/5475.aspx

From research, the CPU is a reasonable bump in performance. I used to do alot of 3d rendering, but almost do zero these days, so mainly gaming, photoshop, lightroom etc....
 
Solarion said:
That's perfect thanks Ponder. Tempted to order it this afternoon. If I need to go with another PSU is there anything you can suggest? I might get one just to be safe as my one has already seen quite a lot of uptime and been subject to a whole battery of loadshedding.

Edit: That CPU :love:
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I'm quite partial to Super Flower but any higher up model from a good brand will do.
https://www.wootware.co.za/super-fl...fully-modular-black-desktop-power-supply.html
https://www.wootware.co.za/super-fl...ified-fully-modular-desktop-power-supply.html
That 500W one is a new product so I have not seen any reviews on it yet but their products usually get good reviews and you get a 5yr warranty. Just for the record your build as specced has an absolute max power draw of ~250W which it will never reach so 500W is ample.

Yeah that R5 2600 6C/12T is really good value for money compared to the i5 8400 6C/6T which costs R550 more and you can overclock the 2600 ;)

PS Just confirm you can run that RAM at the higher speeds on that MB.
 
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nazmo said:
Interesting. What is interesting, i had the worst service from takealot on returns, on multiple occasions, to such a degree that the head of Client Relations contacted me. Raru skrewed me over once on a graphics card issue, part of the reason why i recently upgraded to a 1080 GTX from my raru card...
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For pc stuff people here generally support the likes of rebeltech & wootware as their reputation & service is impeccable.
 
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