{"id":444,"date":"2018-01-08T13:14:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T13:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mm.up.ac.za\/blog\/?p=444"},"modified":"2022-07-14T13:38:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T13:38:19","slug":"recommended-pc-spec-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mm.up.ac.za\/?p=444","title":{"rendered":"Recommended PC spec 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The specification can be found below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intel Core i5-8400 CPU (1151)<\/li>\n<li>MSI Z370 SLI PLUS Intel Motherboard<\/li>\n<li>Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB DDR4-3600 &#8211; CL17, 1.35V x2<\/li>\n<li>MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OC<\/li>\n<li>Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB HDD\/8GB SSD 3.5&#8243; SATA6G<\/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>120mm fan x2<\/li>\n<li>standard mouse &amp; keyboard<\/li>\n<li>2.1 speakers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CPU:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6 physical cores<\/li>\n<li>6 threads<\/li>\n<li>Base frequency: 2.80GHz clock speed<\/li>\n<li>Max Turbo frequency: 4.00GHz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Motherboard:<\/strong><\/p>\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>DDR4 4000(O.C.)\/3866(O.C.)\/3733(O.C.)\/3600(O.C.)\/3466(O.C.)\/3400(O.C.)\/3333(O.C.)<\/li>\n<li>DDR4 3300(O.C.)\/3200(O.C.)\/3000(O.C.)\/2800(O.C.)\/2666\/2400\/2133<\/li>\n<li>1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x16 mode) (for the graphics card)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Memory<\/strong>: 16GB DDR4 RAM<br \/>\n<strong>Storage<\/strong>: 1TB HDD\/8GB SSD SATA6G Hard drive<br \/>\n<strong>Graphics card:<\/strong><\/p>\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<p><strong>Power supply<\/strong>:<\/p>\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<p><strong>Case:<\/strong><\/p>\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<p><strong>Cooling<\/strong>: 120mm fan x2<br \/>\n<strong>Display<\/strong>: 22&#8243; full HD monitor<br \/>\n<strong>Mouse &amp; keyboard<\/strong>: standard<br \/>\n<strong>Audio<\/strong>: 2.1 speakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mm.up.ac.za\/?p=444\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Recommended PC spec 2018&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1,124],"tags":[68],"class_list":["post-444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pc-spec","tag-pc-specs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"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 2018 - 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=444\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Recommended PC spec 2018 - BIS Multimedia Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi everyone We have set up a recommended specification for a desktop PC for 2018. 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