1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Stupid answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work. Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.')
Ans: AAA games like the new DOOM, Dark Souls 3 and The Witcher 3 at 1080p(don't want to go for 1440p or 4K) at ~60 FPS.
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 80K-85K give or take 2-3K
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No.
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 10
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 1 TB
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: Yes. 20-23 inches, 5ms max, 60Hz minimum of course.
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: Nothing in particular
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: A few weeks.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: No. It will probably be assembled from a computer store.
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: Kolkata. Yes I am planning to buy from Chandni Chowk, probably MD Computers. Any suggestion of a reliable store will also be much appreaciated.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Yeah. I have a rough build put down:
Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core, GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AMP! Edition - My Custom Build - PriyankB's Saved Part List - PCPartPicker India
Though any advice on making it better or more cost effective will be greatly appreciated.
**NOTE**: Do not go by costs listed on PCPartPicker, it only references amazon.in which has ridiculously high prices on everything compared to the retail market here.
Some MAJOR doubts I have are:
1.) Right now I have decided on GTX 1060 6GB but I can't decide which AIB to go for. I was thinking of MSI, but I saw a few cases of really poor customer service reported online. Of course, ideally I wouldn't have to bother with customer service for a few years atleast but I don't know how far or close to reality that scenario is
So can anyone tell me which brands are the most reliable, if there is any marked distinction to begin with, in terms of product longetivity and after sale service? Or is there anyone which people here feel is distinctly NOT reliable? Much thanks for reading this, all help with be appreciated.
2.)MOTHERBOARDS! Good god for the life of me I cannot make sense of all the mobo parameters. My first approach was to go for the cheapest one that supports intel 7th gen, gtx 1060 and HDMI. But then I read online that "buses" are the most bottlenecking element of any build, I assumed that "bus" would be part of the mobo but looking at their specifications, there is no explicit mention of bus. Sorry if this sounds really stupid, but I am grasping in the dark here. They do mention PCIe lanes and I wonder if thats the same thing? I threw a mobo in the above build as a place holder and its not something I have decided on; right now I am thinking of either B250 or H270 if the latter ensures a boost in performance or the former can cause some bottleneck(I am pretty much set on getting 8GB X 2 DDR4-2400MHz RAM). There are so many variants for each, B250 and H270 from so many manufacturers, I can't wrap my head around this. Would it be smart to get the mobo from the same manufacturer as the graphic card?
3.) Cases- Seems a simple enough choice but I read case design can be crucial as it may end up not being able to fit all the components or a better design will help with temperatures and proper wiring? Right now I am looking at Cooler Master K380/Master Box 5 or Corsair SPEC-3/200R.
4.)PSU- This one is simple. How much power do I need? PCpartpicker and other calculators online are telling me ~300W I read the official recommendation for gtx 1060 was 400W but I read a few amazon comments that said gtx 1060 needed 500W minimum?
This is pretty much it. Much thanks for taking time to read all this. I am really looking forward to your advice, so glad to have found this forum. All help will be appreciated.
Ans: AAA games like the new DOOM, Dark Souls 3 and The Witcher 3 at 1080p(don't want to go for 1440p or 4K) at ~60 FPS.
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 80K-85K give or take 2-3K
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No.
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 10
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 1 TB
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: Yes. 20-23 inches, 5ms max, 60Hz minimum of course.
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: Nothing in particular
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: A few weeks.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: No. It will probably be assembled from a computer store.
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: Kolkata. Yes I am planning to buy from Chandni Chowk, probably MD Computers. Any suggestion of a reliable store will also be much appreaciated.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Yeah. I have a rough build put down:
Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core, GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AMP! Edition - My Custom Build - PriyankB's Saved Part List - PCPartPicker India
Though any advice on making it better or more cost effective will be greatly appreciated.
**NOTE**: Do not go by costs listed on PCPartPicker, it only references amazon.in which has ridiculously high prices on everything compared to the retail market here.
Some MAJOR doubts I have are:
1.) Right now I have decided on GTX 1060 6GB but I can't decide which AIB to go for. I was thinking of MSI, but I saw a few cases of really poor customer service reported online. Of course, ideally I wouldn't have to bother with customer service for a few years atleast but I don't know how far or close to reality that scenario is
So can anyone tell me which brands are the most reliable, if there is any marked distinction to begin with, in terms of product longetivity and after sale service? Or is there anyone which people here feel is distinctly NOT reliable? Much thanks for reading this, all help with be appreciated.2.)MOTHERBOARDS! Good god for the life of me I cannot make sense of all the mobo parameters. My first approach was to go for the cheapest one that supports intel 7th gen, gtx 1060 and HDMI. But then I read online that "buses" are the most bottlenecking element of any build, I assumed that "bus" would be part of the mobo but looking at their specifications, there is no explicit mention of bus. Sorry if this sounds really stupid, but I am grasping in the dark here. They do mention PCIe lanes and I wonder if thats the same thing? I threw a mobo in the above build as a place holder and its not something I have decided on; right now I am thinking of either B250 or H270 if the latter ensures a boost in performance or the former can cause some bottleneck(I am pretty much set on getting 8GB X 2 DDR4-2400MHz RAM). There are so many variants for each, B250 and H270 from so many manufacturers, I can't wrap my head around this. Would it be smart to get the mobo from the same manufacturer as the graphic card?
3.) Cases- Seems a simple enough choice but I read case design can be crucial as it may end up not being able to fit all the components or a better design will help with temperatures and proper wiring? Right now I am looking at Cooler Master K380/Master Box 5 or Corsair SPEC-3/200R.
4.)PSU- This one is simple. How much power do I need? PCpartpicker and other calculators online are telling me ~300W I read the official recommendation for gtx 1060 was 400W but I read a few amazon comments that said gtx 1060 needed 500W minimum?
This is pretty much it. Much thanks for taking time to read all this. I am really looking forward to your advice, so glad to have found this forum. All help will be appreciated.
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