I am looking to buy a mid-range gaming PC and have settled on a spec - am flexible with other components, but would not want to change the motherboard, graphics card and processor optons (spec below).
Any price quotations/estimates or suggestions??
Intel i5 Core 2500k
ASUS P8Z68-V-LE...
Dear Ico,
Thanks for the advice to defer the decision to buy a graphics card until Feb...would you happen to have some additional information?
When in Feb is it likely to be released?
What is the expected price going to be?
I am assuming it is going to be much better than GTX 560 Ti?
I...
Thanks a lot. I think my major confusion is on the following points:
1) Which Z68 motherboard to go with? I checked flipkart and there are a few models?
2) Is a fan/cooler (excuse my terminilogy) needed? I have seen some mid-range gaming PCs being spec'd to include an additional component...
Yes, you are very right ;) the budget is for an individual PC.
I do not know about GPUs or hardware in general, and hence this post. I didnt even know that AMD supported DirectX11 etc.
Also, I was made to believe that nvidia GTX series is better than the AMD ones - but then non-AMD is not...
1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run?
Ans: Gaming, Animation development using a software that works on a Gaming Engine (DirectX11)
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention...
Thanks, but the animation software that I use works on the DirecX Platform and hence the workstation graphic card is going to be pretty useless for me.
Also, I am reposting this to the correct sub-forum, so if we can continue the discussion there please?
Thanks
Sharad
I have an HP server, bought less than 3 years ago, lying unused. I was hoping to add a good graphics card (like GTX 560 Ti) on that system and use it for some animation/gaming development work.
When I opened up the server, I realised that the motherboard did NOT have a PCI-x16 slot. I think...
1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run?
Ans: Gaming, Animation development using a software that works on a Gaming Engine (DirectX11)
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention...
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