{"id":395,"date":"2017-02-09T13:52:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T13:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mm.up.ac.za\/blog\/?p=395"},"modified":"2022-07-14T13:38:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T13:38:46","slug":"recommended-pc-spec-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mm.up.ac.za\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"Recommended PC spec 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone<\/p>\n<p>We have set up a recommended specification for a desktop PC for 2017. The PC will cost an estimate of R 18 000 (based on sources like Takealot) and will last you for the 3 years of your studies.<\/p>\n<p>I recommend you search for the best price from various sources.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeltech.co.za\/\">Rebeltech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evetech.co.za\/\">Evetech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The specification can be found below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intel Core i5-7500 CPU (1151)<\/li>\n<li>Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 Motherboard<\/li>\n<li>Kingston Value 8GB DDR4-2133 Kit &#8211; CL15, 1.2V x2<\/li>\n<li>MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OC<\/li>\n<li>Seagate Barracuda 3.5&#8243; 1TB SATA6G (64MB)<\/li>\n<li>Cooler Master Elite 311 Chassis &#8211; Black\/Silver (ATX,USB3.0,Win)<\/li>\n<li>Cooler Master B Series V2 500W<\/li>\n<li>LG 22&#8243; 22MP58VQ IPS Monitor<\/li>\n<li>standard mouse &amp; keyboard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CPU:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 physical cores<\/li>\n<li>4 threads<\/li>\n<li>3.5GHz clock speed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Motherboard:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>SATA slots x4<\/li>\n<li>4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory<\/li>\n<li>Support for DDR4 3200(O.C.) \/3000(O.C.) \/2800(O.C.) \/2666(O.C.) \/2400(O.C.) \/2133 MHz memory modules<\/li>\n<li>1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x16 mode) (for the graphics card)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Memory: 16GB DDR4 RAM<br \/>\nStorage: 1TB SATA6G Hard drive<\/p>\n<p>Display: 22&#8243; full HD monitor<\/p>\n<p>Mouse &amp; keyboard: standard<\/p>\n<h6>Graphics card:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Boost \/ Base Core Clock: 1759 MHz \/ 1544 MHz<\/li>\n<li>Memory Clock Speed: 8008 MHz<\/li>\n<li>Memory: 3GB GDDR5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Power supply:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>500w<\/li>\n<li>Connectors<\/li>\n<li>CPU 4+4 Pin x 1<\/li>\n<li>PCI-e 6+2 Pin x 2 (for the graphics card)<\/li>\n<li>SATA x4 (for hdd)<\/li>\n<li>Peripheral 4 Pin x 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Case:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>length: 250mm+ (to fit graphics card)<\/li>\n<li>120mm fan placements x2 (1 for front, 1 for rear)<\/li>\n<li>Must fit accompanying power supply<\/li>\n<li>Must fit accompanying motherboard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone We have set up a recommended specification for a desktop PC for 2017. The PC will cost an estimate of R 18 000 (based on sources like Takealot) and will last you for the 3 years of your studies. I recommend you search for the best price from various sources. Rebeltech Evetech The &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mm.up.ac.za\/?p=395\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Recommended PC spec 2017&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,124],"tags":[68],"class_list":["post-395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pc-spec","tag-pc-specs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Recommended PC spec 2017 - BIS Multimedia Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/mm.up.ac.za\/?p=395\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Recommended PC spec 2017 - BIS Multimedia Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi everyone We have set up a recommended specification for a desktop PC for 2017. 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