Building my first Gaming Computer in Africa
I am NOT OP. OOP is u/Passion_Gamer
Originally posted to r/pcmasterrace
trigger warnings: >!prejudice!<
mood spoilers: >!happy!<
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Building my first Gaming Computer in Africa..
Original Post - December 22, 2019
OOP proudly standing before boxes of unassembled PC parts. Picture Here
RELEVANT COMMENTS:
NinerVictor
Congratulations on your new PC! How much did it cost you?
OOP
It cost about $500 dollars in my country. But thats like 3million in my local Currency. All the parts are from The US though so shipping was quite costly. You could get this for $400 if you are in the US.
OOP
Well the Currency is Shillings or UGX.... I also have to mention that black Friday helped a ton
House_of_ill_fame
Oh shit my fellow Ugandan brother. My mum's back out there at the minute, holla at me if you need anything sent from the UK
OOP
Those wondering about the specs
I got
AMD Ryzen 2600 CPU |Gigabyte DS3H micro ATX MOBO |16gb of Gskill Aegis 3000mhz (Used) |Radeon RX 580 4gb |500gb SSD |500w EVGA PSU |Deepcool MATREXX 30 TG MicroATX case (Budget King)
In answer to what he wants to play:
Minecraft. Of course.... Can't wait for Hytale beta Fifa.... Rainbow Six Seige... COD Halo Basically all the good stuff. Besides I have to make up for lost time. Will go back to the old stuff also...I'm just going to indulge.
Note: The conversation branches into discussions on Ugandan film, methods for shipping PC parts to various African countries, and the pain of import tariffs worldwide.
Relevant info: In 2019, Uganda's average Gross National Income (GNI) per capita was $810
OOP updated in the comments
Okay this post blew up really fast.... but i want to say i am thankful to the P.C.M.R community cause you guys are really supportive. i want to clarify on somethings and quench the curiosity of some.
- This PC is built with parts shipped from the US and usually shipping is 1 to 1.5 months so i bought a lot of these parts during black Friday. The other thing is i don't use DHL to ship rather a company called Bazebo.com which has premises in the US and once i place an order with them they take care of the purchasing form the online retailer and shipping it to there warehouse in Uganda where i go to pick them up. So i am able to pay less for shipping as compared to DHL cause these guys ship in bulk weekly from the US to UG.
- We do have electricity in Uganda in fact my country exports electricity to nations like Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya
- We do have internet here in fact you can get all the way from 10mbps to 100mbps. it all depends on the ISP and how much you are willing to cash out. And when playing we usually connect to other servers not necessarily African Servers.
- The specs are Ryzen5 2600/Gigabyte Ds3h MOBO/ Rx580 4g/ 16gb of Ram/ 500w psu/ 500g ssd
- lastly you all must know that this isn't the first computer in Africa but i probably am the first to post to Reddit while disclosing my location. most of the people that built computer in my country love single player and aren't into online gaming mostly cause it cost a pretty penny to have internet.
alright i guess i am done... thanks for the karma and the coins fellow members of the PCMR. i consider this a worthy Initiation
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African PC build Update the RAM never came so it took a While to find a replacement but it is Finally done? Original Post - January 20, 2020
Another Picture of OOP in front of his (mostly) assembled PC
OOP:
For those that are Curious I got a Score of 2665 in CineBench and 96fps in Unigine Heaven on Ultra setting.
I am very thankful to all those that upvoted and all those that sent me game keys etc I was blessed by you all. You can never know how much you helped but it's was way more than I expected. Of which I never expected a thing. Thanks to the moderators for handling the bad comments..too PCMR has left a mark and I can attest to the fact that you really Good Souls.
MAY FRAMES BE WITH YOU.
Lucem1:
Seeing y'all here made my day. I was finally able to build my Pc when I got to Europe. It's been one hell of a journey, not being able to buy games or get a good gaming pc because of costs.
I live in Ukraine though, originally from Nigeria.
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Note: Between these two updates OOP made several more posts detailing the growth of his Minecraft world.
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Update on the "African" PC years later. This is how far I've come; the PC master race helped a lot.
Original Post - January 9, 2023
Picture of new setup, and the picture from the original post.
OOP:
Well here are the upgrades
32GB Lexar DDR4
Added 512GB Nvme SSD
Got a new MONTECH AIR PC case
Because of content creation and graphic design work, I added a condenser microphone, a second monitor and a new keyboard and mouse from Razor. Plus, a monitor arm to hold up the second monitor. Still rocking the same CPU, GPU PSU and MOBO because, well, GPUs are millions where I live in Uganda, and CPUs are cheap either, but I'm working my way to getting upgrades.
At that same time, I actually got married and had to move houses, so all my savings went to that.
OOP:
Forgive the horrible cable management. The Table is still here from the very first post.
AsianPotato77:
It's really been 3 years? damn time flies. man good for you honestly i hope it only goes uphill from here for you and your setup.
OOP
Yes, it will; fingers crossed. What is Interesting is that my surname means uphill/ High hill.
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