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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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

YPGM!!!!LOL!!! YGPM

jPm wrote:YPGM

Sorry, what?

You've Got Private Message

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

maybe your box is full

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

YGPM