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This a good rig?
- Thread starter RokSwaab
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Sigh guys my friend just gave me some bad news now. See he lives with his Grandma and she's not keen on online purchasing (rolls eyes) so it seems we just gonna go with takealot because of the cash on delivery. Does Wootware and Rebeltech do cash on delivery?
To be honest I struggle to see how you can fit a R4000 GPU into a R10000 PC. Maybe if he dropped his CPU down to a Pentium instead of an i5 or i7.
Just find out about what TakeAlot's maximum cash on delivery policy is, because they might not be so keen on you handing over R10000 to them. I don't know but I would check it out before you assume it will work.
Wootware more than likely will not offer cash on delivery. But depending on where you live, you can just go to their offices instead.
Is his grandma paying for it?
Trust me it can be done with that i7 from PotterH/mineaway
See my other builds in this forum for detailed build guides.
supersunbird
Honorary Master
I'd get a i3 7100 and up the graphics card, if it was me.
Nah he is paying for it himself. His grandma just won't allow it because she's old school. The two of us are like 21 so living with our family, there's still some ground rules you know.
I wanted to initially go i3 and a 1060 but games we are already at that point where games make good use of quad cores.
Those deals are a steal but yeah he definitely won't be allowed to buy from some guy selling those components. Sigh, that dependant liewe.
Pitbull
Verboten
Jirre, that price for a haswell CPU?
You can get a newer one for about R 1k less brand new, even more if buying from PoderH something something on Cabonite.
Pitbull
Verboten
But at that price?
Geesus, that's like buying a Ford Figo for the price of a brand new Ranger Bakkie
Pitbull
Verboten
@OP
Listen to this guy, he knows his hardware and will sort you with the best machine your money can buy.
At 21, aren't you old enough to make decisions like this? About what to do with your own money?
Look its his family and his business. The problem here is that, while the grandma has good intentions (she wants to keep her grandson from being scammed), she doesn't actually know enough to evaluate whether TakeAlot is safe to buy from or if Wootware is safe to buy from. No offense to her, but she just has no idea. By being dogmatic about it, her grandson will probably get a worse deal.
supersunbird
Honorary Master
It's got hyper-threading (which the i5 doesn't), so it can run 4 threads, so it's got that going for it...
Performance is near enough for half the price, 25% less or better depending on benchmark.
http://www.technikaffe.de/cpu_vergleich-intel_core_i3_7100-677-vs-intel_core_i5_4690-356
Pitbull
Verboten
Why is this the second time now we have a thread with hugely inflated prices from Takealot and the poster saying: "But they will only allow buying from Takealot"
I recall a similar thread not too long ago with a guy who's brother is paying and will only pay if it's takealot.
That is utterly retarded... Why would anyone pay through their neck for something they can get from a legitimate source for WAAAAAY Less?
Wootware is by far the best PC online store in SA (personal opinion) and I know I'm not the only one on here who thinks so. By far, 1000x better than Takealot
I recall a similar thread not too long ago with a guy who's brother is paying and will only pay if it's takealot.
That is utterly retarded... Why would anyone pay through their neck for something they can get from a legitimate source for WAAAAAY Less?
Wootware is by far the best PC online store in SA (personal opinion) and I know I'm not the only one on here who thinks so. By far, 1000x better than Takealot
Sl8er
Executive Member
Why is this the second time now we have a thread with hugely inflated prices from Takealot and the poster saying: "But they will only allow buying from Takealot"
I recall a similar thread not too long ago with a guy who's brother is paying and will only pay if it's takealot.
That is utterly retarded... Why would anyone pay through their neck for something they can get from a legitimate source for WAAAAAY Less?
Wootware is by far the best PC online store in SA (personal opinion) and I know I'm not the only one on here who thinks so. By far, 1000x better than Takealot
People who ask for advice and then end up doing their own thing anyway...they're called "Askholes."
Why is this the second time now we have a thread with hugely inflated prices from Takealot and the poster saying: "But they will only allow buying from Takealot"
I recall a similar thread not too long ago with a guy who's brother is paying and will only pay if it's takealot.
That is utterly retarded... Why would anyone pay through their neck for something they can get from a legitimate source for WAAAAAY Less?
Wootware is by far the best PC online store in SA (personal opinion) and I know I'm not the only one on here who thinks so. By far, 1000x better than Takealot
I also remember that thread and I also remember it didn't work out too well for the purchaser.
Here is the thread.
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Why is this the second time now we have a thread with hugely inflated prices from Takealot and the poster saying: "But they will only allow buying from Takealot"
I recall a similar thread not too long ago with a guy who's brother is paying and will only pay if it's takealot.
That is utterly retarded... Why would anyone pay through their neck for something they can get from a legitimate source for WAAAAAY Less?
Wootware is by far the best PC online store in SA (personal opinion) and I know I'm not the only one on here who thinks so. By far, 1000x better than Takealot
If you read the thread properly, you would have seen that I was in fact going to go for wootware. I literally just found out last night about this issue on my friend's side.
People who ask for advice and then end up doing their own thing anyway...they're called "Askholes."
I know what you mean. I hate it when people do that. This however, is a different case.
supersunbird
Honorary Master
Why is this the second time now we have a thread with hugely inflated prices from Takealot and the poster saying: "But they will only allow buying from Takealot"
I recall a similar thread not too long ago with a guy who's brother is paying and will only pay if it's takealot.
That is utterly retarded... Why would anyone pay through their neck for something they can get from a legitimate source for WAAAAAY Less?
Wootware is by far the best PC online store in SA (personal opinion) and I know I'm not the only one on here who thinks so. By far, 1000x better than Takealot
Well, then you give them the money and let them buy where they want... or you can convince the payee to change their terms...
I don't know but what I do know is his Grandma is really stubborn.