Computers in South Africa - Computer sales

"Pre-built omputer systems" are built, boxed and sealed at the factory. Oopen and use - out of the box!

Built-to-specifications (or built-to-spec) computers are built from components that have been selected by the customer for a .

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Acer computers (5 products)

Alienware computers

All-In-One computers (105 products)

AMD based computers (8 products)

Apple Computers (47 products)

ASUS Computers (42 products)

Built-to-specification PC

Compute card (5 products)

Dell computers

      Dell Desktop PC / Computer (3 products)

      Dell Inspiron 530 PC / Computer

      Dell Inspiron 560 PC / computer

      Dell Inspiron 580 PC / Computer

      Dell OptiPlex PC / Computer (37 products)

      Dell Vostro PC / Computer (23 products)

      Dell Workstation Computer (6 products)

HP PCs

      HP Compaq 500B Series Computers

      HP Convertible MiniTower PC

      HP MicroTower computers (1 product)

      HP MiniTower computers

      HP SFF Small Form Factor PC (32 products)

      HP Tower computers (40 products)

      HP Ultra-Slim Desktop PC (7 products)

      HP Workstations (4 products)

Intel based computers (6 products)

Intel ready-to-use supplier-built PC

Lenovo PCs / IBM PCs

      Lenovo computers / IBM (27 products)

Mecer computers

Miniature PCs (139 products)

MSI AMD Based Computers

MSI Intel Based Computers

Shuttle XPC build to spec

Thin clients (5 products)

Virtual computing

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For the best prices in South Africa, buy your computer and laptop hardware from ComX computers.

What are the differences between the different version of Microsoft Windows?

To have a comprehensive idea of what each Windows version offers, please visit the Microsoft website.

Home users
Microsoft releases one or more home versions of their operating system, which normally does not include advanced security features or domain networking.

Professional users
Microsoft releases one or more advanced versions of their operating system, which normally does include advanced security features and domain networking.

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Computer Processor (Microprocessor)

The processor is the "brains" of a computer and does all the work in a computer - the faster the processor, the better the computer performs.

Intel
Intel offers top performing processors as well as the budget celeron processors.

AMD
The AMD processors uses comparable technologies to Intel at better prices and has been the gamers choice for several years.

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Memory

Computer memory is the most important component when it comes to system performance.

We recommend a minimum of 1GB memory for Windows XP and 2GB for Microsoft Vista.

The maximum memory that can be used in any 32bit operating system is 4GB in total (this is for addressing the memory, graphics, keyboard, USB, etc), and only (approximately) 3.2GB will be useable, this is a 32 bit limitation. 64 bit systems do not have this limitation.

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Hard drive

Hard drives store the information on magnetic disk. The smallest hard drive you should consider is 120GB (Gigabytes).

Hard drive storage capacity is rated by all manufacturers by the hard drives' decimal storage capacity and not octal, and your computer will always report a smaller drive than expected (as a rule of thumb: 95.367% of the rated value, for example: 95.36 MB for a 100MB).

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Computer cases and PSU (Power supply)

We recommend at least a 300Watt (300W) power supply to ensure reliable performance over a longer period of time, although 250W will do the job for the majority of business computers. Gaming system require higher ratings due to the power consumption of the graphics cards.

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