Price Performance Challange / Rig Help

[SuicidalGnome]

Good day,

 

So I'm applying to a new job and as a requirement i had to answer a questionnaire and that went fairly well as they contacted me for a follow up and also sent me a second one to complete,

 

The first question is to build a price to performance rig on a budget using only their store for a client, i think I've come up with a pretty decent one for the purpose of the exercise but would also like to see what someone else could come up with, so I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post a link to their website here, so if you are keen to help me, send me a pm and I'll give you a link to the website.

 

The challenge is that it has to Run at Full HD and the build needs to include peripherals too. (Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor, Headset) OS doesn't need to be included and shipping is also not included in the challenge.

 

Please note that this is set in Rand which is the South African Currency. The budget is R14 000.

 

 

[wojtepanik]

no link, no info, weird ass currency, how you want us to help you ?

[SuicidalGnome]

Linky Link

[GoldenLag]

what is the purpose of this build? are there any unusual price trends in your country? (like i5 8400 costing 50% more than it should(compared to USD))

[SuicidalGnome]

The purpose is price to performance for a potential client, Sadly i'm restricted to using the prices on their website, and it has to include everything for the potential client.

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, SuicidalGnome said:

The purpose is price to performance for a potential client, Sadly i'm restricted to using the prices on their website, and it has to include everything for the potential client.

what will the client be using his build for? without this it is very difficult to optimize price to performance

[SuicidalGnome]

Gaming at full HD.

[GoldenLag]

a good baseline that should fit the budget:

 

r3 1200 with an rx 580. not to mention 8GB of 2*4GB ddr4 3000/3200mhz.

 

some random monitor and keyboard and mice. 

 

again, we dont know what the client will be using his pc for. 

 

edit: also, you should be doing this yourself. 

Edited August 28, 2018 by GoldenLag

[SuicidalGnome]

That's so far out of budget, this needs to be a complete build. Once i get a chance ill give you a link to what i've cooked up so far

[SuicidalGnome]

Here is what i've come up with thats within the R14000 budget. Please also note that the budget is incl VAT

14 k pc.docx

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, SuicidalGnome said:

Here is what i've come up with thats within the R14000 budget. Please also note that the budget is incl VAT

14 k pc.docx

2600 costs the same.

 

also the 1050ti sucks. drop the cpu to a 1200 or 2200g.

 

the A series boards are allways bad value, get a B350 PRO4 from asrock. get a rx 570/rx580 instead of the 1050ti. maybe the get the gtx 1060 3GB, but it should be avoided. 

 

in gaming it is all about maximizing the GPU without loosing too much in terms of CPU. 

[SuicidalGnome]

I'm not really stuck on team blue or red for this, i've done two builds but if i follow your advice i can get a 570 for team red as opposed to a 1060 3gb for team blue.

[SuicidalGnome]

Here is what i cooked up in the end. 

 

I created a build for AMD and Intel.

 

 

Question 1 Compontents.docx