BUDGET GAMING RIG (15-18k)

[cacklebolt]

can anyone suggest me a budget gaming rig under 15k (flexible upto 18)???
Use:Gaming like FIFA 10 and later,NFS Most Wanted and later,COD,Max Payne,CS,GTA....

Eclipse projects and maybe Android app development too...

P.S : I won't be replacing my monitor,keyboard - mouse and speakers ... I may not replace my cabinet too...I just need an upgrade from my Intel dual core @ 1.8 ghz,gigabyte MoBo 945G chipset 2 x 1 gb Kingston ram and without gpu rig...,
also I will play these games at medium to low settings...I will rarely play @ high settings ...

 

[RiGOD]

^^Welcome to TDF. Fill this and post here.

 

[cacklebolt]

1. What is the purpose of the
computer? What all applications
and games are you going to run?
Ans:FIFA 10 and later,NFS MW and later,COD,CS,GTA,Max Payne,Age of Empires, Dirt series for son
Office work

2. What is your overall budget?
If you can extend a bit for a
more balanced configuration,
then mention this too.
Ans:15k max 18k to 19k


3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:No


4. Which Operating System are
you planning to use?
Ans:Windows 7 and windows 8 later ...


5. How much hard drive space is
needed?
Ans:atleast 250 gb preferably 500 gb speed is not a concern


6. Do you want to buy a
monitor? If yes, please mention
which screen size and resolution
do you want. If you already
have a monitor and want to
reuse it, again mention the size
and resolution of monitor you
have.
Ans:No


7. Which components you DON'T
want to buy or which
components you already have
and plan on reusing?
Ans:keyboard,mouse,speakers, monitor


8. When are you planning to buy
the system?
Ans:by October


9. Have you ever built a desktop
before or will this be done by an
assembler?
Ans:no... I m not sure whether I will build one or get it built...


10. Where do you live? Are you
buying locally? Are you open to
buying stuff from online shops if
you don't get locally?
Ans:Mumbai .... to an extent I can buy from flipkart...


11. Anything else which you
would like to say?
Ans: BRANDS DONT MATTER.
..THE PRODUCT SHOULD BE GOOD..

 

[Minion]

Get these
Processor:AMD 3650-5,600
Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-A55M-S2H-4,500
RAM:Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4 GB-1,500
HDD:Seagate 500 GB-3,700
DVD Writer:HP-900
PSU:Corsair CX430v2-2,300
Total:18,000(Approx)

 

[cacklebolt]

GPU???

 

[zyberon]

gpu could b saphire amd radeon 5450 whch is arnd 2k in flipkart
processor could be AMD 3.2 GHz AM3 Athlon II 260 Processor_3k
nd choose a mobo am3+ undr 3k
hdd rs4200 for 500gb

 

[zyberon]

if u rnt a hardcore gamer then go 4 this
amd athlon IIx3 450 for 4.5k
asus m5a78l-m lx for 2.9k
gskill f3-10600cl9s-4gbnt for 1.2k
sapphire amd radeon hd5450 1gb for 2k
500gb seagate for 4.2k
corsair cx430 for 2.4k
dvd writer for 0.9k


TOTAL: 18.1k jst 100 rs off target

 

[cacklebolt]

gpu could b saphire amd radeon 5450 whch is arnd 2k in flipkart
processor could be AMD 3.2 GHz AM3 Athlon II 260 Processor_3k
nd choose a mobo am3+ undr 3k
hdd rs4200 for 500gb

but I hv heard Phenom II performs better ....

 

[saswat23]

Get this:
* Intel i3-2100 -- 6k
* MSI H61M P21 -- 2.8k
* Corsair 4GB DDR3 Value RAM -- 1.2k
* Corsair CX-430v2 -- 2.3k
* HD 6770/ HD 7750 1GB DDR5 -- 6.5k
Total ---- 18.8k

For under your budget, HD 6670 1GB DDR5 for 5.2k seems to be the only option. Better to get the HD 6770/HD 7750 for 1.3k more.

Use your old HDD for now, else a new one will cost 4k more.

 

[iittopper]

Get this:
* Intel i3-2100 -- 6k
* MSI H61M P21 -- 2.8k
* Corsair 4GB DDR3 Value RAM -- 1.2k
* Corsair CX-430v2 -- 2.3k
* HD 6770/ HD 7750 1GB DDR5 -- 6.5k
Total ---- 18.8k

For under your budget, HD 6670 1GB DDR5 for 5.2k seems to be the only option. Better to get the HD 6770/HD 7750 for 1.3k more.

Use your old HDD for now, else a new one will cost 4k more.

this is best for your budget

 

[Bodhisatwa]

Cpu-amd athlon x2 260 3.2ghz..3.3k
ram-kingston ddr3 4gb..1.2k
mobo-ga78lmt-s2p..2.6k
hdd-wd 320gb..3.9k
gpu-sapphire ati radeon hd 5670 1gb ddr5..5k
psu-corsair cx430..2.3k
dvd drive-samsung dvd-rw ..0.9k

total-19200..
A balanced config for your need..5670 will run all games at med..at decent resolutions..

 

[zyberon]

pheoms do perfrm bttr,but since u are on a ti8 budget

go 4 bodisatwa’s configure or change the mobo nd gpu in my config

 

[cacklebolt]

please comment on this config...

Processor:AMD 2.6 GHz FM1 uPGA A6 3650 - 5936
MoBo:ASUS M5A78L-M LX - 2719
GPU:Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT240 1 GB GDDR5 - 3441
RAM:Transcend DDR3-1333 DDR3 4 GB - 1187
HDD:Seagate SV 35.5 1 TB HDD (SATA 3.0) - 3664 [Q] Diff. betwenn SATA 3.0 and 6.0???/

Please suugest compatible Cabinet and Psu...

 

[Cilus]

One of the worst configuration and it is basically is not going to run.

The processor and the Motherboard are incompatible, A6-3600's graphics which is more powerful than that of GT 240 will not work when GT 240 will be plugged. And 1 TB HDD is around 5K, not 3.5K

Better get This:-

Intel G620 @ 3.3K
Gigabyte GA-H61D2H @ 3.3K
Corsair 4GB 1333 MHz Value Ram @ 1.1K
Corsair CX430 V2 @ 2.2K
MSI HD 6850 1 GB GDDR5 @ 8.6K

Total 18.5K

 

[cacklebolt]

One of the worst configuration and it is basically is not going to run.

The processor and the Motherboard are incompatible, A6-3600's graphics which is more powerful than that of GT 240 will not work when GT 240 will be plugged. And 1 TB HDD is around 5K, not 3.5K

Better get This:-

Intel G620 @ 3.3K
Gigabyte GA-H61D2H @ 3.3K
Corsair 4GB 1333 MHz Value Ram @ 1.1K
Corsair CX430 V2 @ 2.2K
MSI HD 6850 1 GB GDDR5 @ 8.6K

Total 18.5K

is the cpu socket type 775 ???
coz if it is so...I can save the price of d Mobo

:

 

[Cilus]

No, it is not. Use little bit of your brain. Look at the motherboard I've suggested with it...it is a H61 motherboard hence the Socket type is LGA1155. This processor is a Dual Core based on Sandybridge architecture, same architecture powering the high end 2nd gen i3, i5 and i7 processors.

intel has stopped manufacturing LGA 775 based proessors long back and you'll get only Dual Core E5600 or E6600 processors, priced same as the G620. But their performance are miles behind G620.

 

[cacklebolt]

No, it is not. Use little bit of your brain. Look at the motherboard I've suggested with it...it is a H61 motherboard hence the Socket type is LGA1155. This processor is a Dual Core based on Sandybridge architecture, same architecture powering the high end 2nd gen i3, i5 and i7 processors.

intel has stopped manufacturing LGA 775 based proessors long back and you'll get only Dual Core E5600 or E6600 processors, priced same as the G620. But their performance are miles behind G620.

so its an i3 rite??? can u mention its clock speed too???

 

[Cilus]

No, it is not i3, it's G series.

Let me explain a bit. From the release of Intel I series, the nomenclature is little different.

The costliest one will be Core i7. They are for the pure performance segment and priced really higher. Apart from gaming they also provide very good multi-threaded performance. Examples are i7 2600, i7 2700K. They range from Quad core to Hex Core.

Then comes the Core i5 series which are targeted for the mainstream performance segment. i5 2300, i5 2400 are examples of it. They are very good for day to day work, best for gaming. These are quad core CPus

Now we have Core i3 series which are targeted for budget oriented performance segment. These processors are Dual Core processors with Hyper-Threading enabled, resulting four logical cores. They are best for day to work, gaming and also suitable for CPU intensive workload. i3 2100, i3 2120 are examples of it.

After that we have Pentium G series. They are nothing but stripped down I3 processors with lesser amount of L3 cache and HT disabled.

Currently we are mainly having Sandybridge based processors and from i7 to Pentium G, all are based on same architecture. Due to the superior architecture, even the Pentium Dual Core G620 can beat the AMD quad core processors in terms of gaming performance. Their performance is far ahead of Athlon II X2 260 3 GHz.

 

[zyberon]

+1 cilus.

 

[Minion]

GPU???

that processor is having a GPU.which is enough for games you have mentioned.you can even play some latest games with medium to low settings.