gazza30

Hey guys mate of mine is in the market for a desktop as you can see the budget is $1000 to $1200 Australian dollars including monitor an keyboard.

His main use is for music an vid + the odd game, wants to be able to watch movies via his 50inch lcd

Keen to see what you guys can come up with thanks...

AaronCooper

Think you will need to provide australian online retailers lol, not sure if most of OCN know which companys are reputable there.. (me included).

Chucklez

Yeah that would help

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grahamcrackuh

I don't have a lot of experience with buying AU since I live in US, but if I know anything about the currency exchange,

.85 AUD = 1 USD, and considering probably about 5% more since things in US seem to naturally cost less, I'd say we're talkin about 80% of a 1000 dollar US budget, so 800 - 950 USD budget.

It'd be tough to go i7 on that budget at this time I think, especially if overclocking is a goal because you're looking at another 100 on heatsinks and HSFs. Therefore, my recommendation would be:

Ud3p motherboard
Q9550 (because I love them)
Nvidia 275 or ATI 4890 (if you can get a toxic or vapor)

The rest should be pretty self explanatory and based on his needs.



For anybody posting after me who is US, assume about 800 - 950 budget.

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gazza30

OK cool here's couple.
http://www.gamedude.com.au/
http://www.umart.com.au/newindex2.phtml?bid=2
http://www.mwave.com.au/newAU/mwaveA...9SGRIL3LSO1YFU
http://www.shopbot.com.au/
http://www.ebay.com.au/

AaronCooper

shopbot seem's the best one but it's like a price comparision... Can't order all from one place, others don't even sell processors?

OT : Ouch... Talk about exchange rates... $350+ for i7

Best bet so far:

http://www.mwave.com.au/newAU/mwaveA...HHRTV&sysID=10

Then click upgrade cpu to 955 and upgrade to gpu if it has that option..

Isn't there any sites like newegg in aus?

grahamcrackuh

Yeah, everything I listed is on ebay.au and will fit in your budget.

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gazza30

just checked prices those 3 items come to about 700 aus $

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http://www.fluidtek.com.au/

grahamcrackuh

so add onto that either an antec 300 or cm 690 case, at the cheapest place you can find it. a hard drive for probably about 100 au, 520 or 550 corsair psu for probably another 200 au ddr2 ram @ 1066 / cas 5 for about 80 - 100, and there you go.

Those are all overestimates, keep in mind.

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