GAM1NG PC @70k

[skeletor]

It's either NZXT Tempest Evo or CM Haf 922 for 6k.

NZXT Hades is a 4.5k cabinet.

 

[Sarath]

6k is what i am willing to spend. I didnt know the price of hades so it seems all good till now.

It's either NZXT Tempest Evo or CM Haf 922 for 6k.

NZXT Hades is a 4.5k cabinet.

Ok i think i will take a 750W seasonic. you never know when you need the extra horse power and also the prices might come down by then for the gfx card.

Am i safe in assuming that the PSU will not be drawing 750W at all times and only what is required by the system.

Eg: A system needing 400W has a 650W and a 750W PSU. Now the power consumption by both will be the same right?

 

[Extreme Gamer]

yes.maybe differ by a few watts but more or less the same,especially if they are from same series.

Get the HAF 912 or 922.You will not regret it.

I have HAF X,2x 932 and 912 at home and love each of them.

 

[Sarath]

I have no issues with them (HAF) but as i mentioned i am not the only one making the choices.

I will see whats available and pic one. That is why i have kept the choice of CASES open as it is quite subjective.

 

[nilgtx260]

^^ which thing of HAF is not good?

 

[Sarath]

looks. its fine but the russian tank like design doesnt sit well with the decor of my home and the tastes of other member of my house.
Especially after seeing much better looking cases like phantom. and the lexa s which i have ruled out due to cramped interior (for HD6970).

 

[Extreme Gamer]

well you are not going to keep your PC as the main decor in your house are you?

keep your PC private in your room.

you probably wont believe it,the room in which my PC is kept actually has pink walls!

 

[Sarath]

lol at that but lets put the matter to rest now.

I am surprised i did not ask this until now but will the HD6970 run all games at 1080p resolution with good frame rates?

My first purchase after getting this rig would be Crysis 2

 

[game-freak]

yes HD6970 will run all the games at highest resolution and with good frame rates u can check out the benchmarks CLICK HERE

 

[d3p]

@Sarath: if Gaming is the one & only requirement, then why not a X-Box 360 or PS3. Just a query from your requirement list.

 

[topgear]

he said his dad will find ~30k on a GPU too expensive.

but get the lightning 6970.

for 6k it is better to get the cooler master HAF 922.


and i was never recommending SSDs.I merely pointed out that more affordable SLCs are coming in price/gb vs currently available SLCs.

btw you can get SSDs as high in capacity as 1024GB.but those are over-the-top expensive SLCs with 3000$ and higher price tags.
MLCs are available upto 512GB.but these are also VERY expensive.

MSI GTX 580 Twin Frozr II is 27k and if he mention it to his dad as the world's most fastest single GPU till date his dad may change his mind and let him have this world's fastest gpu

 

[Sarath]

^^^thanks for the link game-freak

[I feel there were many other posts after this. Did they just disappear or get deleted. All i remember was reading a few such posts:

>If gaming is what you want get a Xbox or PS3

>And Another tell your dad that GTX580 is the fastest gfx card tell him its only 27k

cant remember more.

Oh there they are. This is weird. Either i saw the future or some error on getting new posts.

@d3p5kor i already own a PS3. I just want a pc for all the fps and strategy games.

@topgear hmm thats a difficult proposition. If he knows that there is even a gfx card in the system he will get it removed. Telling him stuff like that is like an abortion for my PC.

 

[Extreme Gamer]

oh dont i know that feeling sarath! dont tell him the price of the card.tell him you are getting it in a mobo+cpu+gpu bundle

 

[Sarath]

The very reason the PC is getting delayed is coz of how much i play. I am getting this at the pretext of my brothers needs for his CSE course.

They dont really know which ones the CPU mobo and gfx so yeah as u said thats what i was planning to do. I am getting everything else before that to make sure i pull it off well.

 

[Extreme Gamer]

CSE?as in computer science entrance or what?

whats that?sorry for dumb question.

get the "bundle" first .it will be hard to pull off once your dad knows the price range of the rest of the parts.
any person in your family senior to your dad that you can actually convince?they could ask your dad to agree lol.i know my grandparents can

make sure its the HAF 912 you get.those things look very good.very neat,clean and right for your setup specs.922 is more tank like so im not recommending it to you.
take my word,you will love th 912.

given your budget,or else i would have recommended lian li cases to you.
elegance at its best.

 

[Sarath]

CSE=Computer Sciences Engineering according to my limited knowledge.

Its not that difficult. He works elsewhere. I have to go pick the parts myself. So its all good.

I will choose the case at the shop itself. I dont want to go with a fixed mind and then fret at no stock. I will consider the HAF you mentioned.

 

[topgear]

Nvidia GTX 580 supports PhysX and CUDA - which is a great boon for developers and tell your dad that it will help a lot in CSE and I'm sure he will let you have one GTX 580

here where they are used other than in games :

usages of physX

> Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Maya and Autodesk Softimage, computer animation suites
> DarkBASIC Professional (with DarkPHYSICS upgrade), a programming language targeted at game development
> DX Studio, an integrated development environment for creating interactive 3D graphics
> Microsoft Robotics Studio, an environment for robot control and simulation[35]
> Nvidia SuperSonic Sled and Raging Rapids Ride, technology demos
> OGRE (via the NxOgre wrapper), an open source rendering engine
> The Physics Abstraction Layer, a physical simulation API abstraction system (it provides COLLADA and Scythe Physics Editor support for PhysX)

usages of CUDA

> The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI@Home)
> Accelerated rendering of 3D graphics
> Real Time Cloth Simulation OptiTex.com - Real Time Cloth Simulation
> Distributed Calculations, such as predicting the native conformation of proteins
> Medical analysis simulations, for example virtual reality based on CT and MRI scan images.
> Physical simulations, in particular in fluid dynamics.
> Environment statistics
> Accelerated encryption, decryption and compression
> Accelerated interconversion of video file formats

source : 1, 2

For cabinet as I said earlier get CM HAF 912 Advanced ( asia ) model @ 5.5k - nothing beats it at that price point.

 

[Sarath]

Actually he knows nothing about the gfx and all. As i said if he knows about it he'll most likely refer it to the techies working under him who will be quick to point out the splurge i am making.

Also i have said that 20k is the limit i myself set for the rig. I dont really need something so powerful even if i can.
I play on my PS3 which has got a 60007000series nvidia gfx. I am not getting into the cell proc part. But see this is a much larger jump from it.
Plus the game i play most of the time Dota (Warcraft 3 expansion) has mearge requirements.

Thanks for the exhaustive list though. I will see if i can make any last minute stretch in the budget.

Corrected

 

[Extreme Gamer]

the PS3 has a 7800GS actually.

 

[topgear]

Actually he knows nothing about the gfx and all. As i said if he knows about it he'll most likely refer it to the techies working under him who will be quick to point out the splurge i am making.

Also i have said that 20k is the limit i myself set for the rig. I dont really need something so powerful even if i can.
I play on my PS3 which has got a 60007000series nvidia gfx. I am not getting into the cell proc part. But see this is a much larger jump from it.
Plus the game i play most of the time Dota (Warcraft 3 expansion) has mearge requirements.

Thanks for the exhaustive list though. I will see if i can make any last minute stretch in the budget.

Corrected

Ok - got your point and if you can stretch the budget it's worth the extra money you pay for it.