Hi everyone
We have set up a recommended specification for a desktop PC for 2018. The PC will cost an estimate of R 18 000 (based on sources like Takealot) excluding the monitor, speakers, mouse and keyboard, and will last you for the 3 years of your studies.
The specification can be found below:
- Intel Core i5-8400 CPU (1151)
- MSI Z370 SLI PLUS Intel Motherboard
- Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB DDR4-3600 – CL17, 1.35V x2
- MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OC
- Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB HDD/8GB SSD 3.5″ SATA6G
- Cooler Master Elite 311 Chassis – Black/Silver (ATX,USB3.0,Win)
- Cooler Master B Series V2 500W
- LG 22″ 22MP58VQ IPS Monitor
- 120mm fan x2
- standard mouse & keyboard
- 2.1 speakers
CPU:
- 6 physical cores
- 6 threads
- Base frequency: 2.80GHz clock speed
- Max Turbo frequency: 4.00GHz
Motherboard:
- SATA slots x4
- 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory
- DDR4 4000(O.C.)/3866(O.C.)/3733(O.C.)/3600(O.C.)/3466(O.C.)/3400(O.C.)/3333(O.C.)
- DDR4 3300(O.C.)/3200(O.C.)/3000(O.C.)/2800(O.C.)/2666/2400/2133
- 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x16 mode) (for the graphics card)
Memory: 16GB DDR4 RAM
Storage: 1TB HDD/8GB SSD SATA6G Hard drive
Graphics card:
- Boost / Base Core Clock: 1759 MHz / 1544 MHz
- Memory Clock Speed: 8008 MHz
- Memory: 3GB GDDR5
Power supply:
- 500w
- Connectors
- CPU 4+4 Pin x 1
- PCI-e 6+2 Pin x 2 (for the graphics card)
- SATA x4 (for hdd)
- Peripheral 4 Pin x 3
Case:
- length: 250mm+ (to fit graphics card)
- 120mm fan placements x2 (1 for front, 1 for rear)
- Must fit accompanying power supply
- Must fit accompanying motherboard
Cooling: 120mm fan x2
Display: 22″ full HD monitor
Mouse & keyboard: standard
Audio: 2.1 speakers