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I revently wen to Matrix and looking for a budget PC the guy gave me the following specs for R9500.

Raidmax 730W PSU
GIGABYTE SKTM-ATX MB
INTEL CORE I5 4460 HASWELL
500GB INTERNAL HARD DRIVE
4 GB DDR3 1333MHz
NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 640 2GB PCIE

I'm probably going to play some older games like BF3 and Skyrim. I'm also going to be playing some F2P games like LOL maybe DOTA 2 and Warthunder.

Will these specs do? I was obviously hoping to get an AMD APU but Matrix seems to only sell Intel branded products.
 
That seems a bit pricey to me, but those games will work without a hitch.
 
supervegeta41 said:
BTW the GPU costs R1400 but I can upgrade to a GTX 650 1GB if I have to, the only reason I took the 640 was because it's a 2GB.

PS: My screen is 1400x900 res
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The 1GB 650 will better for you than the 640 2GB.
 
I think you can get better specs than that for that money. And that psu is a ticking time bomb. Matrix are generally very pricey, you should try wootware for graphics cards and rebeltech for components
 
Holy goddamn Matrix is ripping people off these days. A GT640 2GB DDR3 for R1400? You have to be kidding me. Not even Evetech makes a build as unbalanced as that one for that price range.
 
I just build a PC for a friend, well waiting on the motherboard because Kalahari screwed up. For R10 000.

550w Gigabyte Greenmax Bronze efficiency.
Raidmax Viper GX
8 Gig 1600mhz ram
i5 4460
R9 270x
3tb Hard-drive
H81M-P32 (Waiting for this...)
Normal Mouse and Keyboard + a power cable with the red plug since I don't trust the power cables coming with the PSU.

That graphics card simply not gonna do.
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GT+640
 
supervegeta41 said:
I revently wen to Matrix and looking for a budget PC the guy gave me the following specs for R9500.

Raidmax 730W PSU
GIGABYTE SKTM-ATX MB
INTEL CORE I5 4460 HASWELL
500GB INTERNAL HARD DRIVE
4 GB DDR3 1333MHz
NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 640 2GB PCIE

I'm probably going to play some older games like BF3 and Skyrim. I'm also going to be playing some F2P games like LOL maybe DOTA 2 and Warthunder.

Will these specs do? I was obviously hoping to get an AMD APU but Matrix seems to only sell Intel branded products.
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Why on earth you want to get an AMD APU, and then mention BF3
Anyways I would at least budget 2k-3k for a graphics card when going new.


If you have R1500 only, it's better just to go secondhand. You can get a 560ti graphics card for less than R1400. They already two times faster than what you can get for new at that price.
 
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HideInLight said:
Why on earth you want to get an AMD APU, and then mention BF3
Anyways I would at least budget 2k-3k for a graphics card when going new.


If you have R1500 only, it's better just to go secondhand. You can get a 560ti graphics card for less than R1400. They already two times faster than what you can get for new at that price.
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I'm budgeting for around 9-10k so I should probably be able to get a 2k graphics card right? Maybe I should build somethin like Hideinlight mentioned
 
supervegeta41 said:
I revently wen to Matrix and looking for a budget PC the guy gave me the following specs for R9500.

Raidmax 730W PSU
GIGABYTE SKTM-ATX MB
INTEL CORE I5 4460 HASWELL
500GB INTERNAL HARD DRIVE
4 GB DDR3 1333MHz
NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 640 2GB PCIE

I'm probably going to play some older games like BF3 and Skyrim. I'm also going to be playing some F2P games like LOL maybe DOTA 2 and Warthunder.

Will these specs do? I was obviously hoping to get an AMD APU but Matrix seems to only sell Intel branded products.
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Doesn't feel like a good buy to me. Get alternatives builds/quotes elsewhere.
 
supervegeta41 said:
I'm budgeting for around 9-10k so I should probably be able to get a 2k graphics card right? Maybe I should build somethin like Hideinlight mentioned
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Yes, shop around, that build seems expensive, I bet you can get the pieces cheaper somewhere else. You could even look for specials and buy parts from all around and build it yourself, it's easy to do and will save you some money in order to spend more on your build.
 
You can do better.

Drop the PSU a bit...go for a medium spec corsair
Switch the i5 for an i3
Increase mem to 8gb 1600
GFX...not 100% confident I can answer...but I managed much better years ago on a similar budget so I'm sure there are options...esp since I just cut PSU and CPU.

Buy from Wootware and rebeltech. Prophecy too if you need something funky. PCInt also worked for me but they have been quiet lately...

Also...have a look at the builds joker is posting @mygaming...those are always good so useful for inspiration.

supervegeta41 said:
some older games like BF3 and Skyrim. I'm also going to be playing some F2P games like LOL maybe DOTA 2 and Warthunder.
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LoL & DotA aren't that intense...will be fine. Skyrim...see the thread I created on mygaming about reducing lag. BF3...little bit fussy but your gear should be fine....don't stress. Warthunder...no idea wtf that is.

At that price class you might want to take a good look at 2nd hand too...thats right about the level where the hardcore people will be dumping gear that is still very respectable.
 
supervegeta41 said:
I revently wen to Matrix and looking for a budget PC the guy gave me the following specs for R9500.

Raidmax 730W PSU
GIGABYTE SKTM-ATX MB
INTEL CORE I5 4460 HASWELL
500GB INTERNAL HARD DRIVE
4 GB DDR3 1333MHz
NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 640 2GB PCIE
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My take:

Intel Core i5-4460 3.2-3.4GHz LGA1150 @ R2485
ASRock H97-PRO4 ATX @ R1281
Samsung DDR3-1600 CL9 2x4GB @ R1146
PowerColor Radeon HD7950 3GB GDDR5 @ R2499
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM @ R749
Antec Neo Eco 520C 520W @ R749 (Made by Seasonic)
Coolermaster Centurion 6 @ R703
Total: R9612

The final total does exclude shipping, but it's a much better and more capable rig than the one Matrix wanted to sell you. The GPU alone is almost a 5x improvement in performance. Bide your time for another three days and then see what Takealot, Wootware and possibly Raru will be putting on special for Black Friday.

Are you buying new peripherals to go along with your new hardware?
 
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NAG - Wesley said:
Garish, but functional if no-one cares what it looks like inside. I'm surprised that there's one removable drive bay.

Edit: I suppose that if we're getting really ugly, the Vortex 402 is also an option. Gah, so much plastic. At least its spray painted black inside and not green.
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I think it looks pretty cool, all it's missing is another green fan I the back, but the glow is awesome. If you look through the windows you will only see the motherboard anyways, and whatever light comes from it.
There's also limited plastic, it's spacious, well featured, cannot really fault it any way. It's really good and well priced.
Also PSU is mounted at bottom, and rests on rubber, so it's silent too.

It's a bit out there though, people might want something less "vibrant".
 
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