R10 000 gaming PC

phoenix

phoenix

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Anyone can build a superlative gaming rig given a bottomless budget:
Getting as much oomph as possible out of what today passes as a fairly modest budget takes more thought.

A colleague has asked me to spec a R10 000 gaming PC for her son
as a reward for him should he get an A aggregate.

I think that the choice of CPU and graphics card are pretty important.
The case should be large enough to house something the size of an HD 4850, but doesn't need to look flash. I don't think it s necessary to get anothing more than a 500W PSU.I may opt for a 19" LCD to save some money and the mouse and keyboard will definitely be generics.I am considering Windows 7 Home Basic [32 bit] as an operating system and
therefore will not be considering more than 2Gb of RAM.

What are your thoughts and recommendations on this?

Thank you

//What I was thinking of last night was
CPU: Intel E7400
GPU:Radeon HD 4850
RAM:2Gb DDR2-800
Optical:DVD-ROM Drive
Hard Disk:500Gb Seagate Barracuda
Case:Anything reasonable which will accomodate a 4850
Monitor: 19 inch widescreen LCD
Speakers:Stereo speakers
Mouse and keyboard:Logitech OEM
Motherboard:Intel P43TF
OS:Windows 7 Basic
 
Terrible spec for R10k...

Give me a couple mins will arrange a better spec.

Edit:

Intel Core2 Duo E7600 3.06GHz LGA755 Processor
R1428.26 (inc VAT)
ASUS P5Q SE2
R1089.06 (inc VAT)
Asus EAH4850/HTDI/512M , HD4850 chipset , HDMi ready , support cr
R1603.71 (inc VAT)
Corsair 2x1Gb/1024mb kit - TWIN2X2048-6400
R640.70 (inc VAT)
seagate barracuda 7200.12 st3500418as , 500gb, s-ata2 , 7200rpm,
R493.85 (inc VAT)
Antec 900 (Nine Hundred) with windowed side panel , black , no ps
R1282.71 (inc VAT)
Samsung T220 , rose black + Touch of Colorâ„¢ design , 22" Wide + M
R2362.67 (inc VAT)
Microsoft Dsp windows Vista Home Premium 32bit - support 2 cpu ,
R1089.06

Total: 9990.02
 
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Thank you, Blaze.
When I did it last night, it came to around R7000, so I guess I do have
some room in which to grow it.
 
If you are quick enough, you can grab that 500GB cheaply from take2 : R 459 (free shipping for today only!)
 
phoenix said:
Thank you, Blaze.
When I did it last night, it came to around R7000, so I guess I do have
some room in which to grow it.
Click to expand...

No worries I also just searched one site and never looked for the best price etc but I can build a pretty decent rig for 10k let me know if you want me to help :)
 
Here are some more virtual builds I did:

[Prices from The Prophecy Shop]

OPTION 1

Case: Huntkey H-201 R 383.38
PSU: Coolermaster RS 500 eXtreme Power R 564.03
Motherboard: MSI 790GX G65 R 1 298.30
CPU: AMD Phenom 2 X4 945 R 1 816.84
RAM: Transcend JetRam DDR3 1333 2Gb stick R 531.54
Graphics Card: ASUS EA4890 HTDI R 2 727.86
DVD-ROM Drive: LG GH22NS30 R 256.02
Hard Disk Drive: Seagate Barracuda st3500418as 500Gb R 493.85
Speakers: Labtec Spin 85 R 163.75
Monitor: Samsung 933SN R 1 293.10
Keyboard and mouse: Microsoft Basic Value pack R 178.05
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium DSP R 1 090.36
Total: R 10 797.08

OPTION 2

Case: Huntkey H-201 R 383.38
PSU: Coolermaster RS 500 eXtreme Power R 564.03
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q SE2 R 1 089.06
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 R 1 176.14
RAM: Kingmax DDR2 800 RAM 2x2Gb R 969.50
Graphics Card: ASUS EA4890 HTDI R 2 727.86
DVD-ROM Drive: LG GH22NS30 R 256.02
Hard Disk Drive: Seagate Barracuda st3500418as 500Gb R 493.85
Speakers: Labtec Spin 85 R 163.75
Monitor Samsung 933SN: R 1 293.10
Keyboard and mouse: Microsoft Basic Value pack R 178.05
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium DSP R 1 090.36
Total R 10 385.10

OPTION 3

Case: Huntkey H-201 R 383.38
PSU: Coolermaster RS 500 eXtreme Power R 564.03
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q SE2 R 1 089.06
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 R 1 176.14
RAM: Kingmax DDR2 800 RAM 2x2Gb R 969.50
Graphics Card: Mushkin nVidia GTX 260 OCII R 2 318.90
DVD-ROM Drive: LG GH22NS30 R 256.02
Hard Disk Drive: Seagate Barracuda st3500418as 500Gb R 493.85
Speakers: Labtec Spin 85 R 163.75
Monitor: Samsung 933SN R 1 293.10
Keyboard and mouse: Microsoft Basic Value pack R 178.05
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium DSP R 1 090.36
Total R 9 976.14
 
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Case:
PSU: Coolermaster 500w R 522
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus II Formula - Republic of Gamers R 2000
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66Ghz (1333FSB 4MB) R 1569
RAM:1GB DDRII-1066 Hyper X (Kingston) X 2 R452
Graphics Card: HD 4870 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E DUAL DVI-I / TVO – Asus R1613
DVD-ROM Drive: DVD Writer SATA R200
Hard Disk Drive: 500GB-7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA II (Seagate) R473
Speakers: Creative 2.1 R267
Monitor: LG 19 TFT LCD - 1024x768, 5ms response time R1385
Keyboard and mouse: Microsoft Basic Value pack R 164
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium
Total R 10138 :cool:
 
Tsk....not only did he not get an A, he also failed.

Some people just don't know how to take advantage of incentives.
 
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