Buying a R10 000 gaming system

KeybotUltra · Post by **KeybotUltra** » 23 Jun 2007, 13:48

I'm looking to buy a gaming PC in the range R10 000 - R12 000 excluding peripherals, e.g. monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc.

I've never had to buy a PC before . I just want to know where's the best place to start looking.

I want a good graphics card and 2 megs of ram. It doesn't matter if the machine is an AMD- or Intel- based PC.

I've seen some good ads from Ragetech, are their systems any good?

Judas · Post by **Judas** » 23 Jun 2007, 13:53

I'd suggest checking out http://www.sybaritic.co.za, and picking out the parts that you want from there. Their prices are very decent, and in my experience their service has been great.

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 23 Jun 2007, 14:23

KeybotUltra wrote:2 megs of ram

Please tell me this is a typo...

OK, lets see, 12K....

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz - about R 2100 incl
BioStar TForce 965PT - about R 1200 incl
2 GB Team Elite DDR2-800 - about R 1300 incl
XFX 8800GTS 640MB XXX Edition - about R 4500 incl
320 GB Seagate SATA Drive - about R 800 incl
antec NEO HE 500w EPS12V , SLi certrified - about R 1200 incl

This comes up to about: R 11100.00 excl shipping.

then the only thing you'll still have to buy is a case, and you got about R900 spare for that.

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 23 Jun 2007, 14:28

DarkRanger wrote:
KeybotUltra wrote:2 megs of ram
Please tell me this is a typo...

OK, lets see, 12K....

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz - about R 2100 incl
BioStar TForce 965PT - about R 1200 incl
2 GB Team Elite DDR2-800 - about R 1300 incl
XFX 8800GTS 640MB XXX Edition - about R 4500 incl
320 GB Seagate SATA Drive - about R 800 incl
antec NEO HE 500w EPS12V , SLi certrified - about R 1200 incl

This comes up to about: R 11100.00 excl shipping.

then the only thing you'll still have to buy is a case, and you got about R900 spare for that.

Make the GFX a 320MB and the PSU an iOmega 6XXW PSU and you've saved a few bucks.

KeybotUltra · Post by **KeybotUltra** » 23 Jun 2007, 14:30

Thanks Judas. Sybaritic is really great.

Thanks DarkRanger and WiK1d. I'll definitely get everything you guys recommended.

All I need to do now is figure out how I'm going to put it all together.

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 23 Jun 2007, 14:54

Where do you stay? Because I can buy and build it for you if you stay in PTA.

Judas · Post by **Judas** » 23 Jun 2007, 15:09

Sybaritic offers a system building service for R200 - just add it to your cart from the "services" menu, and they'll build your PC for you before they ship it.

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 23 Jun 2007, 15:15

Take the exact same products from sybaritic, and you'll see it works out more expensive

KeybotUltra · Post by **KeybotUltra** » 23 Jun 2007, 15:26

DarkRanger wrote:Where do you stay? Because I can buy and build it for you if you stay in PTA.

I stay in Cape Town, so no luck there.

Also, I just found out that The Prophecy Shop (http://www.prophecy.co.za/) offers some of the same products as Sybaritic but at a cheaper price. I'm just not sure if they have a system building service.

KeybotUltra · Post by **KeybotUltra** » 23 Jun 2007, 17:01

So here's what I'm getting:

Intel Core2 Duo E6600 dual core 2.4ghz box cpu R2148.07 (inc VAT)
Biostar TForce P965 socket 775 motherboard -R1103.36 (inc VAT)
Team Elite DDR2-800 2GB (2 * 1GB) Kit - R1299.00 (inc VAT)
seagate barracuda 7200.10 st3320620as with NCQ , 320gb, s-ata2 -R832.29 (inc VAT)
Sparkle Nvidia® GeForce™ 8800GTS 640MB DDR3 320BIT PCI-E 16x - R4807.22 (inc VAT)
antec NEO HE 500w EPS12V , SLi certrified - R1138.45 (inc VAT)
Aerocool AeroEngine II (Aluminum door) USB+Audio, Black, No PSU - R675.79 (inc VAT)

Total = R12004.18

Is this a good deal?

Monitor - SAMSUNG 22" Wide TFT LCD, 1680X1050, 2ms Response time
Mouse - Logitech G7
Keyboard - Logitech G15

psYChowIt · Post by **psYChowIt** » 23 Jun 2007, 17:17

get the 8800gts 320!!! 640 seems like a waste to me

ADV4NCED · Post by **ADV4NCED** » 23 Jun 2007, 18:03

640 is actually more useful if he's going to game on that 22".

Thats why I found myself upgrading from GTS 320mb to GTX, so that the higher resolutions (the screens native) are playable (high FPS all the time)with all the extra goodies enabled.

jPm · Post by **jPm** » 23 Jun 2007, 18:56

YPGM!!!!LOL!!! YGPM

KeybotUltra · Post by **KeybotUltra** » 23 Jun 2007, 19:20

jPm wrote:YPGM

Sorry, what?

feo · Post by **feo** » 23 Jun 2007, 19:33

You've Got Private Message

jPm · Post by **jPm** » 23 Jun 2007, 19:36

Seems that my msgs are not getting through. Please PM me your Email address. Thnx

haja · Post by **haja** » 23 Jun 2007, 19:53

maybe your box is full

jPm · Post by **jPm** » 23 Jun 2007, 20:30

Well its permantly full for the last couple years, but still usually sends.

But I took a look now and it seems that I have those 2 in the outbox rather than sent mail

KeybotUltra · Post by **KeybotUltra** » 23 Jun 2007, 20:36

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