Welcome to this week’s edition of the System Builders guide boys and girls. Today we’re into the mainstream segment where most people are buying and saving up for and this is the sweet spot. At this level you’re getting some bang for your buck and there’s even some overclocking to sweeten the deal. We can also afford to shove in niceties like USB 3.0 ports, SSD drives and monster graphics cards. Unfortunately for this week, a higher exchange rate with the US Dollar does result in a few price upsets. Prices don’t change that much in South Africa on a daily basis, but the new Haswell CPU family definitely is affected by it. As such, recommending Intel’s latest and greatest chips necessitates some compromises on other parts of the system. If you’re buying your rig this week or this month, hit the jump to see what you’d be able to afford.
