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    PC build (SA edition)

    Hi every1 , ive been looking to build a new pc (tower mostly) for a little while now, and have been searching many sites,i live in Southern Africa and our prices can differ greatly we work in currency of rands which is almost 1$=R8, my overall budget is around R7K but can go up to R7.5K if really needed, i stumbled across this site http://www.dynacor.co.za/ and there prices seem (on some things) better than other places, just wanted some build advice also, also i am not interested at all in OC , just general gaming, games i play are WoW , Natural Selection2 and dota 2 , currently but that is because of mainly my current pc limitations, i also watch movies and Anime on my pc, the parts that i picked , are these, (i do want it to last me atleast 3 years maybe with some small upgrades)

    http://www.dynacor.co.za/products/gz-odin-585-c2
    http://www.dynacor.co.za/products/bx80637i53570
    http://www.dynacor.co.za/products/cml4g1x1600c9
    http://www.dynacor.co.za/products/gv-n65toc-2gi
    http://www.dynacor.co.za/products/h77ma-g43
    http://www.dynacor.co.za/products/tt-commander-3

    the general website for comparing prices is www.uprice.co.za , i know i do not have an HDD listed ,was thinking of getting the WD caviar blue 500gb as it does have a 3 year warrenty,

    i know this is a tough order for you guys , but please try my best

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    1) That PSU is actually fairly good quality 500W unit (FSP Blue StormII) so it's pretty far from 585W but good enough for your computer.
    2) Did you pick non-overclockable processor and motherboard on purpose? If yes, you can go for even cheaper non-OC-able board in H67 series instead of H77 and i5-3470 CPU isntead of 3570 which is better value for price in OC locked models.
    3) It looks like you linked ONE RAM stick, should always have those in pairs.
    4) make sure to check also bigger size options of the HDD, usually price differences are tiny when going up from 500GB to 1TB. Otherwise Caviar Blue is fine.
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    Something must be wrong with the price on the graphics cards. There is no way that a GTX650 Ti is going to cost R2270. I just checked the current exchange rate and it seems to be that $1 = R8.7, which would put this video card at a whopping $260. The price on newegg is about $100 less...
    I know, you can't accurately compare the prices like that, because in countries around the world, computer parts tend to be a little bit more expensive than in the US. But if you look at the i5-3570k, which is at R2115 = $243, it is only slightly more expensive than newegg's $215.


    EDIT
    Correction: I overlooked that it was the i5-3570 for R2115, the i5-3570k goes for R2326 (= $267). But still, this i only a 20% increase.


    EDIT 2
    I just had a look at other video cards (also on the mentioned price comparison site), and there seems to be a massive increase on graphics cards. Like the GTX660 Ti goes for about $300 dollar in the US, and for like $450-500 in SA. That is 50% more!
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