Gaming rig for R5000

[Tinman]

PC Gaming: Build a Beast on a Budget – R5000

Chris Kemp shows gives you more FPS for less…

[matosha]

Not bad .

Hi,

Very interesting article you have written here. But sadly i do disagree. Why not give the users much better performance for their buck? some of your tech is quite old with todays technology. I have compiled a more suitable build for the budget build:

Intel "Woodworth" DH61WW LGA1155 DDR3 (New B3 Sandybridge) PCI-E x16
R637.40

Intel Core i3-2100 Dual-Core LGA1155 3.1GHz Boxed Processor (SandyBridge)

R1175.61
Club3D CGAX-67924 AMD Radeon HD6790 1GB GDDR5 256-bit PCI-E x16

R1453.32
Coolermaster Extreme Power Plus 460W Power Supply

R393.47
Corsair CMV4GX3M2A1333C9 VALUESELECT 2x2GB DDR3-1333 1.6v CL9 Desktop

R456.23
Seagate ST3500418AS Barracuda 500GB SATA2 7200rpm

R402.21
Gigabyte GZ-X9 Black Chassis with Side Vented Panel - No PSU

R316.12
Sony AD-7260S DVD Writer 24X SATA Dual Layer - OEM

R169.58

TOTAL: 5003.94

Now this is a rough build. I am expecting flaming. But hell why not help the average user

The ultimate goal is to set me up with only a budget of R22.46 XD

[Weasley]

Just to bad the cost of windows was not included and they should have gone for a 2tb drive aren't they the new sweet spot for cheapest per gig price

[OGBuzz]

well this is quiet interesting and really not a bad build at all

this is what i just built in the past few months, i had a thread running for those who wanted to follow my build

My MOBO: asus m4a87td evo Cost: R987.98

CPU: Phenom II 1055T X6 Cost: R1488.05

RAM: Corsair Dominator Cost: R800 +-

GPU: MSI AMD HD 6870 Cost: R2100

Things like the PSU, Chasis, DVD Drive and HD were all re-used

so my total cost was just : R5375

IF your doing a brand new clean build from fresh and i think this is a excellent article however i wouldnt suggest it for those who have an existing machine with components that can be re-used eg PSU and Chasis

Still good article....

[Synaesthesia]

Good build. I picked up a 5830 for R1000 which outperforms the 5770, but if you can, shoot for a 6870.

The Gigabyte H61 motherboard also supports crossfire which is lovely.

[DarthSWNT]

Clean build from fresh with no OS, screen, keyboard, mouse... otherwise great

[DenSweeP]

Software will sadly always be the one purchase that blows your budget out the water.

[DarthSWNT]

Linux FTW!!! unless you actually want to USE software/play games...

[kelevra]

The only thing that scares me about the system is the PSU....Gigabyte Odin 585w ....bleh

[Tank]

a buddy of mine can really use this

good tips guys keep posting and thanks for article Chris