PC Buying Guide - July 2011

vickybat · Jul 10, 2011

^^ I would say we stick with sandybridge now because of future cpu support i.e ivybridge. 1366 is a dying platform and a person spending so much will have no upgrade path.

With the advent of sandybride-E , the 990x will be simply thrashed. So i suggest to stick with i7 2600k for now and give a high end z68 mobo with it. When sandybridge-E launches, we can update the config then.

Extreme Gamer · Jul 10, 2011

Sandybridge E has ben extensively delayed. For now 1366 has gotten some lease of life.

For a no limit PC Socket 1356 and 2011 (X68, X79) are the way to go, not 1155 in future.

tkin · Jul 10, 2011

Jaskanwar Singh said:
and hdd
Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB Sata Hard Drive (WD2001FASS)
or
WD 1 TB Caviar Black 6Gbps SATA3
??

and which mouse pad to pair with G9x?

Give the 2TB one, sata 2 or 3 is irrelevant for mechanical hdds anyway, they never reach that speed.

For mousepad, hows Roccat taito? Heard it was good.

vickybat said:
^^ I would say we stick with sandybridge now because of future cpu support i.e ivybridge. 1366 is a dying platform and a person spending so much will have no upgrade path.

With the advent of sandybride-E , the 990x will be simply thrashed. So i suggest to stick with i7 2600k for now and give a high end z68 mobo with it. When sandybridge-E launches, we can update the config then.

I concur, give 2600k and also give the Asus Maximus IV ExtremeZ, the best Z68 mobo out there in terms of sheer no. of features.

v_joy · Jul 11, 2011

@extremeGamer: Loved yr dream PC! Only if I lived in US and had enough moolah...

Anyways dream (feasible) PC would be:

manishjha18 · Jul 11, 2011

hi i recently bought xfx 1GB DDR3 HD-6670-ZHF3 for rs 5.4k..in pune...
what should the price of this graphics card besides what about 1 gb ddr5 price...
...
i need to know this as i could exchange mine graphics card...

vickybat · Jul 11, 2011

Extreme Gamer said:
Sandybridge E has ben extensively delayed. For now 1366 has gotten some lease of life.

For a no limit PC Socket 1356 and 2011 (X68, X79) are the way to go, not 1155 in future.

No point for a desktop home user to go for server cpu's. Not worth the premium over their desktop counterparts. They offer more stability than desktop cpu' s rather than more performance and build for a 10 year life cycle.

So you get a server processsor with twice the price of a similar performing desktop counterpart. Not worth imo. So get over it.

Can you care to explain why 1155 is not the future?

Jaskanwar Singh · Jul 11, 2011

guys i cant put top end 1155 boards -
GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1155 - GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 (rev. 1.0)
will be problem putting sound card due to NF200 heatsink and 3 6970.
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - Motherboards- ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
no list for 3-way crossfire x. and again cant put sound card with 3 6970!

so almost similar costing eyefinity and 3d surround setups -

@extreme gamer
your table?

vickybat · Jul 11, 2011

^^ That's why i was saying sandybridge-E is the right platform. So my suggestion is to stick with two way sli or crossfire for now until socket 2011 releases. If it delays, then we can suggest bulldozer in the meantime too if they beat i7 2600k which they definitely will.

What about msi gtx 580 lightning XE? Isn't it available?

If you still wan't to stick with 1366 platform then do so but only for the radeon config i.e for te 6970's. Gtx 580 in a multigpu setup scales much better in the 1155 setup with the nf200 chip. Here, even 580 1.5 trisli scales much better than in a 1366 platform and is proved by HARDOCP. For some reasons, radeons don't benefit from the 1155 platform and perform similarly as they did in x58.

So i would say to give a gtx 580 trisli if you can and change the platform to 1155. For radeon 6970 trifire, you can stick with x58.

Jaskanwar Singh · Jul 11, 2011

^sandy e is delayed to 2012. till bulldozer comes we can keep 990x.
and those who spend 3.5l, will futureproof matter to them? they can directly upgrade to 2011 or bulldozer whenever they want. ;-)

BTW guys you think a sound card is needed with assassin?
Overclock3D :: Review :: Gigabyte G1 Assassin Review :: Introduction and Technical Specifications

and batman XE is not here in India.

MegaMind · Jul 11, 2011

Jaskanwar Singh said:
^sandy e is delayed to 2012. till bulldozer comes we can keep 990x.
and those who spend 3.5l, will futureproof matter to them? they can directly upgrade to 2011 or bulldozer whenever they want.

A guy spending 3.5L on PC will think that he is good to go for a few years.. Even if he is filthy rich... :wink:

BTW guys you think a sound card is needed with assassin?
Overclock3D :: Review :: Gigabyte G1 Assassin Review :: Introduction and Technical Specifications

No can do in case of sound card.. In Sli/CF, they would be a PITA...
Else i would hav suggested this

Jaskanwar Singh · Jul 11, 2011

MegaMind said:
A guy spending 3.5L on PC will think that he is good to go for a few years.. Even if he is filthy rich...

No can do in case of sound card.. In Sli/CF, they would be a PITA...
Else i would hav suggested this

didnt get your point on sound card buddy.

MegaMind · Jul 11, 2011

In Sli/CF config, the GPUs block the PCIe x1 slot...

For example,

*www.dvhardware.net/news/2011/gigabyte_g1_killer_assassin_2.jpg

Here, wen 2 GPUs are added, there s no way to use PCIe x1 slot...
On adding 3 GPUs, PCI slot is also not accessible... Got it?

Jaskanwar Singh · Jul 11, 2011

^buddy see the last pcie x16 slot will remain free. we can use a pcie x1 card in that AFAIK too.

thetechfreak · Jul 11, 2011

Jaskanwar Singh said:
@extreme gamer
just compile your suggestion in a table and post. i will put it up.

for those who want 990x i thought this -

Component | Make | Price Processor |Intel Core i7-990X|54500
CPU Cooler |Noctua NH-D14|4800
Motherboard |GIGABYTE G1.Assassin|29000
RAM |Corsair 12GB Dominator GT CMT12GX3M3A2000C9|17200
Graphic Card |MSI R6970 Lightning Tri-Fire|67500
Sound Card |ASUS Xonar Essence STX|8600
SSD |OCZ VERTEX 3 SATA III 120GB * 2|33500
HDD |WD VelociRaptor 300GB * 2|15000
Blu-Ray |LG 10x Blu-Ray|9400
PSU |Corsair AX1200|18100
Case |Corsair Obsidian 800D|16000
Monitor |DELL Ultrasharp U2311H * 3|48000
Mouse |Razer Naga Molten Special Edition|5000
Keyboard |Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Dragon Age II|7700
Mouse Pad |Razer Goliathus Speed Edition Dragon Age II|1200
Headset |Audia Technica M50|7700
Speakers |Logitech Z-5500|15000
| Total |3,44,700

what do you think?

This rig is the best of the lot according tome. Isnt there anyway to fit a QUAD SLI?
You may reduce number of monitors.

That is Why not have 2 rigs-
1 With multi monitor and
2 With single monitor for Rs.350k budget?

That way we might *just accomodate a Quad SLI

vickybat · Jul 11, 2011

Jaskanwar Singh said:
^sandy e is delayed to 2012. till bulldozer comes we can keep 990x.
and those who spend 3.5l, will futureproof matter to them? they can directly upgrade to 2011 or bulldozer whenever they want.

BTW guys you think a sound card is needed with assassin?
Overclock3D :: Review :: Gigabyte G1 Assassin Review :: Introduction and Technical Specifications

and batman XE is not here in India.

No, future proofing matters to everybody including rich and not so rich. Anyway, keep the 990x but change the 3d config to i7 2600k. 580 multigpu setup performs better on sandybridge.

Jaskanwar Singh · Jul 11, 2011

thetechfreak said:
This rig is the best of the lot according tome. Isnt there anyway to fit a QUAD SLI?
You may reduce number of monitors.

That is Why not have 2 rigs-
1 With multi monitor and
2 With single monitor for Rs.350k budget?

That way we might *just accomodate a Quad SLI

a mobo supporting quad sli please? ;-)

vickybat said:
No, future proofing matters to everybody including rich and not so rich. Anyway, keep the 990x but change the 3d config to i7 2600k. 580 multigpu setup performs better on sandybridge.

ok.

MegaMind · Jul 11, 2011

Jaskanwar Singh said:
^buddy see the last pcie x16 slot will remain free. we can use a pcie x1 card in that AFAIK too.

Then how abt Asus Rampage III Black edition?

thetechfreak · Jul 11, 2011

Gigabyte X58A-UD9 is a Quad SLI board :wink:

A insane build link- *www.overclock.net/water-cooling/950313-vegas-quad-sli-3gb-gtx580-sub.html

Not sure if its available in India though

vickybat said:
No, future proofing matters to everybody including rich and not so rich. Anyway, keep the 990x but change the 3d config to i7 2600k. 580 multigpu setup performs better on sandybridge.

vickybat · Jul 11, 2011

A basic intel 1155 config.

Extreme Gamer · Jul 11, 2011

@Jas my table is coming.

i am getting the prices.

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