PC Buying Guide - July 2011

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harikt

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When you put up the prices, are they the lowest prices you have found, or an approximate fair price?
Cuz if they are the lowest prices, it would be a great help if you put up
the names of the online stores where the particular components are available for that price.

And also indicate if the mentioned price is not from any online store but from a brick-and-mortar shop,
maybe only the name of the city can be mentioned in that case.

It helps for example if I know something is some price at lynx india,
and I'm not anywhere near chandigarh, that price is not really my best price,
the shipping pegs it close to something I can get nearer to home, and with much less hassle in case it needs to be RMA'ed.
 
The Sorcerer

The Sorcerer

oh wow...Xenforo!!!
See, even if there's a price difference its not going to be anything more than 500 bucks unless a distributor decides to hike up the price, which eventually gets reflected. Prices are mentioned to give you an idea but at the end the day the only person who can give you an accurate pricing is your dealer.

Rs. 500 (depending on the product) +/- price difference is not a big deal.
 
Sarath

Sarath

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When we mix 10+ components the difference is a few thousands. In my case it was around 5k when I built mine.

Quoting lowest prices is actually good so that we know the price point around which we can bargain.

But in a real world scenario those prices dont match up many a time. However this can be used for reference, which is better than going blindly for shopping.
 
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Hi All,

Firstly Thanks a lot for such a useful thread.
My question would be why aren't we considering Asus Maximus IV GENE-Z mb. I am really interested in this mb. But couldn't find any reviews though. Is this mb on sale, if not when can we expect it
 
vickybat

vickybat

I am the night...I am...
^^ Excellent layout. I think its a very new board so availability might be a concern. Should be around 11k i guess.
 
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Jaskanwar Singh

Jaskanwar Singh

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where is it available batman? looks nice and gamer :razz:

vickybat said:
@ jaskanwar

Hey buddy saw your post. Actually i want to mention that asus direct cu II N560 TOP version is available @ 13.5k in orissa. So it should be available everywhere at this price. The non top model is 12.5k. I guess a pune member confirmed the price here.

The top model is clocked at 900mhz and the non top is 830mhz (default).

So i think they will be a worthy addition. It would be even nice if you can locally confirm the price through rashi from your city.

Talking about performance, 560's or rather the entire 5 series cards antialiasing performance has increased in the recent 275.33 drivers. So is the scaling.

Amd's never lagged in aa performance and their scaling were almost 2x. I don't think further driver optimizations will allow them to scale more than 2x.

Check this review from hardocp.

Particularly look at the 560 and 6870. Check the improved aa performance of nvidia cards. Despite this game being amd biased and having aa tweaks in the amd control panel, nvidia cards performed nicely with aa on despite having a slight disadvantage. And remember, this is a stock gtx 560-ti.
The 275.33 drivers have greatly improved aa performance.

I think scaling has improved than the previous review. There are almost no difference between amd 11.4 and 11.5 drivers but a great deal of difference between nvidia's 266.66 and newer 275.33 drivers. Guru3d mentioned the same thing in their gtx 560 non-ti sli review.


Now coming to the rigs, i never said to change the phenom 2 955be but the athlon 2 x3 . Its no match to the i3 and i think will never be able to catch up in future.

Now in the 60k rig, suggesting the asus direct cu II @ 13.5K and giving the razer cyclosa bundle and goliathus as optional will reduce the prices near 60k.

In the 100k rig, giving the asus 560-ti sli instead of hawk will reduce the price to 2k.Recommend a cheaper ssd like a 60gb one will further reduce the prices.

That's more like it. Tell me your inputs and comments buddy.
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buddy will go through review now.

but removing cyclosa will disturb symmetry (50k also includes this) and nice mouse is always good for gaming.

ok i will put a 60gb ssd. and a 560ti sli.
 
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gvamsikris

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According to ASUS it costs

MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z Rs. 11950/- :shock::shock:
cheaper than P8Z68-V PRO Rs. 13550/- (source ASUS P8Z68 Series). If someone finds a review or in a shop please please verify the price. I live in bangalore and Golcha doesnot have this mb.
 
vickybat

vickybat

I am the night...I am...
^^ Looks worthwhile to me at that price. Easily recommended if available widely. The layout in particular is excellent. No interference of discrete cards with any sata ports.k it out at s.p road buddy. You might find it.
 
MegaMind

MegaMind

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vickybat said:
^^ Looks worthwhile to me at that price. Easily recommended if available widely. The layout in particular is excellent. No interference of discrete cards with any sata ports.k it out at s.p road buddy. You might find it.
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how s MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z compared to P8Z68-V??
OC features?
 
vickybat

vickybat

I am the night...I am...
^^ Its cheaper, has a clean layout(so is the v) , one extra e-sata port,superior soundchip (SupremeFX X-Fi 2 ).

Tweaking is almost the same but higher in the v for its 12 phase cpu design. It depends on a buyer what he wants, whether atx or matx.
 
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harikt

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gvamsikris said:
According to ASUS it costs

MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z Rs. 11950/- :shock::shock:
cheaper than P8Z68-V PRO Rs. 13550/- (source ASUS P8Z68 Series). If someone finds a review or in a shop please please verify the price. I live in bangalore and Golcha doesnot have this mb.
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ebay global prices are usually just a bit more expensive than local rates, but maximus 4 is quoted at nearly 22k -28k. maximus 3 (lga 1156) is quoted at 11.5k approx.

MAXIMUS 4 SPECS
 
Cilus

Cilus

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Jas, I think now we can provide a gaming mouse for all, even at 35K, 40K configs. Check the GIGABYTE GM-M6800 Noble Black 5+1 Buttons Mouse, available @ Rs 675 in itwares. It is a 1600 DPI mouse.

Check some forum discussions about it in here and here.
 
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