What machine to Buy?

[hj2k_x]

lol unless he feels like getting a E8400 for R2026 +- and oc'ing the puppy to 4GhzThen hed have a monster 10/12 sec Super-Pie 1M Time

Eish, damn gamerz...

 

[Dr.G]

NahJust a nerd
@ postman, isnt it better to get a descent system and then at least he can play new games that are launched for the next years or so?

 

[PostmanPot]

@ postman, isnt it better to get a descent system and then at least he can play new games that are launched for the next years or so?

Depends on his needs, which we need to establish.

HD3650 would be a good budget card, he can save at least R600 going for that one.

Can also get a ~R500 cheaper processor and a ~R500 cheaper motherboard.

 

[Grimspoon]

At the moment i mostly play DOTA (warcraft 3) and Counter Strike Source (Half-life 2). War3 runs on almost anything so thats no real issue, CS however needs a decent machine. Although i havent played any of the newer games such as COD4, Crysis which I am keen as mustard to get into. But yeah my laptop can tide me over until i can afford a decent machine.

 

[Re83L]

What PSU do you have?

If you have an old pc, u'd probably need a new one aswell..

 

[SanchoP]

If you want to try and stick as close to your budget as possible, I'd go for the following:

Asup P5K - about R1150 incl. at PCint
Intel E2180 - about R600 incl. at PCint
2GB DDR2-800 - about R350 incl. at PCint
9600GT - about R1600 incl. at Landmark

About R3700 plus maybe R100 max for all the shipping gives you R3800.

That will be a very nice PC and you'll be able to OC that E2180 quite a bit for a boost.

 

[Ghost02]

What type of psu and case do you have ?

 

[Glordit]

aaarg! that 9600GT from landmark is calling me like the smell of crack call's a addict!

3k PC + 9600GT = good deal IMO get a good mobo and you can get updrades, I went for a MSI G31M2 and not have support for new 45Nm Quads

just upp the GPU & CPU when the prices come down next year!

 

[SanchoP]

The mobo I quoted is P35 based, so will be perfectly capable.