Suggestions on New Build

Milos94

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Hi all :)

I posted recently about building or buying a gaming rig. I've decided with building my own. However, I do live in South Africa and components are a little more expensive over here. I'm looking at a budget around $950 to $1200. Im looking to save atleast $100 for certain accessories etc but not a priority.

Also like to add that I'm looking to mainly play games (Skyrim, COD Ghosts, Rome TW2 etc) from high settings. Also surfing the internet and work as well.

To put things into perspective I was looking to buy a i5 4670K processor and R9 290x graphics card which puts me at about $663.

Any input on other compatible components or changes would help.

Thank you! :)
 
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Components are world wide yes however stores places to shop places to compare.

Marcopolo123

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south africa... sounds exotic !

would go for fx 8320/ i5-4570/-4430, overclocking isn't realy worth it and temperatures in africa are high...

R9 280x would be a good value, can handle every game high->max. settings smoothly.
would not suggest a r9 290x because the r9 290 performse very similar (~5% difference) and cost much less.
 

Milos94

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Haha hardly exotic mate. And to be honest Africa isnt South Africa :D (its a country).
But thanks for the input anyway.

@bigshootr8 We have the components that you guys in the states have (Ive been there) just its a tad more expensive.
 


Components are world wide yes however stores places to shop places to compare.
 
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