All configuration (new and upgrades) related queries here

[vijay_7287]

^^
yes it does support DDR
but not sure abt the frequency range

not all of them support 400mhz

 

[CyCo]

PRICES

hey guys .. finally got some prices in ....

DEALER: ES TECH (NEAR SWARGATE,PUNE)- MR. VISHAL
PH NO: 02025520735
CONTACT NAME: VIKRANT AGARWAL

AMD Athlon 3500+ 939 ~~ 10900
Asus A8N-E / sli / sli-deluxe ~~ 5600/8500/9400
SEAGATE 160GB SATA ~~ 4450
nvidia 6600GT 128, 256/ 6800 GT ~~ 9500/11400/20500
or ATI 700 PRO 128 /256 ~~ 9100/11500
or ATI X800XL ~~ N/A (maybe by new year)
2GB DDR TRANSCEND (400 MHz) ~~ 10000
LITEON Dual Layer DVD writer ~~ 3400
Microsoft keyboard ~~ 400
Logitech MX - 518 ~~ 2650
MOUSEPAD Steelpad QcK+ ~~ n/a
cabinet with 500W SMPS ~~ 3600
17" LCD ~~ 14500
Epson CX1500 ~~ 4200
Epson CX4700 ~~ 7600

 

[abhijit_reddevil]

Re: PRICES

hey guys .. finally got some prices in ....

DEALER: ES TECH (NEAR SWARGATE,PUNE)- MR. VISHAL
PH NO: 02025520735
CONTACT NAME: VIKRANT AGARWAL

AMD Athlon 3500+ 939 ~~ 10900
Asus A8N-E / sli / sli-deluxe ~~ 5600/8500/9400
SEAGATE 160GB SATA ~~ 4450
nvidia 6600GT 128, 256/ 6800 GT ~~ 9500/11400/20500
or ATI 700 PRO 128 /256 ~~ 9100/11500
or ATI X800XL ~~ N/A (maybe by new year)
2GB DDR TRANSCEND (400 MHz) ~~ 10000
LITEON Dual Layer DVD writer ~~ 3400
Microsoft keyboard ~~ 400
Logitech MX - 518 ~~ 2650
MOUSEPAD Steelpad QcK+ ~~ n/a
cabinet with 500W SMPS ~~ 3600
17" LCD ~~ 14500
Epson CX1500 ~~ 4200
Epson CX4700 ~~ 7600

Only one comment, it proves the fact that good radeons are indeed hard to find. Also, is 2GB really required. 1GB will be more than sufficient as of now. And also getting CRT/LCD is your choice, but CRT is recommended, both from the price point of view and the purpose which is high-end gaming.

 

[abhijit_reddevil]

Configuration for multimedia and graphic designing

Hi,

My friend has decided to upgrade his motherboard, RAM and processor and his budget is strictly 20k max. So what will be the best configuration for his budget? The usage is heavy graphic designing and multimedia. I had suggested him AMD but he also wants to view the options from Intel (dunno whay people have blind faith on Intel, not abreast with the latest technologies I guess, inspite of telling them the issues with Intel presscott, for example).

I personally feel on-board graphics will not be sufficient (I have not suggested him the same at this moment). So what graphics card should he buy too? Please note that the total should not exceed 20k max.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Maverick340]

I was looking for a Processor,MOtherboard,HDD all under 10K.
Preferences are:
Processor AMD..
MOtherboardCI-e with onboard graphics(if there is such a combo)

I am not a avid gamer nor do i do graphic intensive work..baic dayd to day ativities with internet surfing..

 

[abhijit_reddevil]

I was looking for a Processor,MOtherboard,HDD all under 10K.
Preferences are:
Processor AMD..
MOtherboardCI-e with onboard graphics(if there is such a combo)

I am not a avid gamer nor do i do graphic intensive work..baic dayd to day ativities with internet surfing..

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 939), Venice Core
Motherboard with onboard graphics (ATI): MSI RS482M2-IL
HDD: 80GB (Seagate or Samsung).

It is little difficult to get all above under 10k, but these are the minimum one can get based on your specs.

 

[Maverick340]

MAbey u can go for a AMD 64 2800 insted of a 3400+

 

[abhijit_reddevil]

MAbey u can go for a AMD 64 2800 insted of a 3400+

But 2800+ now is only available as 754 pin and the motherboards supporting these proccys have AGP8X slots, which is slowly becoming outdated. He wanted a motherboard with PCI-express slot and on-board graphics and so I told him about MSI RS482-M2IL.

Maybe there is a typing mistake about 3400+, I think you meant 3000+.

 

[CyCo]

its true .. radeons are diff to find ..

but i think 2 GB will b good .. as my frnd has 3000+ and 1 gb ram and it still gets hung sometimes .. and i am thinkin of the LCD as my config with the 6600gt(temporary) gets me 10000 bucks saved ....

see :



AMD Athlon 3500+ 939 ~~ 10900
Asus sli-deluxe ~~ 9400
SEAGATE 160GB SATA ~~ 4450
nvidia XFX 6600GT 256 ~~ 11400
2GB DDR TRANSCEND (400 MHz) ~~ 10000
LITEON Dual Layer DVD writer ~~ 3400
Microsoft keyboard ~~ 400
Logitech MX - 518 ~~ 2650
MOUSEPAD Steelpad QcK+ ~~ n/a
cabinet with 500W SMPS ~~ 3600
17" LCD ~~ 14500
Epson CX4700 ~~ 7600
TOTAL: 78300

so i can take out the mouse and buy it with pocket money ... also i get 2500 for my old monitor ...
what say ?

 

[CyCo]

the thing is that i cant decide between A8nE A8n sli and deluxe ...

whats the diff between a8n sli and a8n sli deluxe ??

and is the only diff between a8ne and the other 2 the sli slot ???

 

[abhijit_reddevil]

See for yourself here:

*in.asus.com/products3.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=148&slname=NVIDIA nForce4 SLI

 

[Aniruddh]

guyz i m thinking of upgrading my pc.rite now i have AMD64 3000+ (939),MSI RS480M2 mobo,512 DDR ram,80GB seagate baracuda.
now i want something more powerfull which can handle high end games atleast in medium settings,my budget is around 40k for-
1.Processor,2.Motherboard,3.Ram,4.Graphic Card,5.HDD and 6.PSU.plz suggest me what best i can get for that much amount.basically i m gonna play loads of games so want a decent gpu.

 

[abhijit_reddevil]

guyz i m thinking of upgrading my pc.rite now i have AMD64 3000+ (939),MSI RS480M2 mobo,512 DDR ram,80GB seagate baracuda.
now i want something more powerfull which can handle high end games atleast in medium settings,my budget is around 40k for-
1.Processor,2.Motherboard,3.Ram,4.Graphic Card,5.HDD and 6.PSU.plz suggest me what best i can get for that much amount.basically i m gonna play loads of games so want a decent gpu.

Processor: AMD 64 3200+ Rs.7900 (for higher speeds, overclock, )
Motherboard Asus A8N-E Rs.5600
RAM 512MB, and use your old 512MB, so the total is 1GB.512MB (Transcend 400Mhz will be Rs.2500, I guess)
Graphics card Any 6800GT around 20-21k.
I feel 80GB is enough, use your old HDD, it is getting little difficult to accomodate all these within 40k.
PSU Antec truepower 450W Rs.4500 (not sure, please check)

Total will come to around 41k (1k over your specified limit, but could not manage). I guess if you get 6800GS, then you can manage all that you wanted within 40k.

 

[Aniruddh]

i m not gonna overclock and all so i guess it better i shud get 3500+.wat u hav to say?

its better i shud get 6800GS which is bout 5k less then 6800GT.and its decent enough.

rite now i hav hynix so wont use it will b going for 1GB DDR 400MHz ram.

yeah Antec 450w cost 4.5k

yea i hav been using this HDD for more then 6 months now and hav juz used half of the space even i feel i dont need more then 80GB but as its baracud and i'll like to go for sata/sata2 HDD i thought i shud get atleast 160GB.

 

[CyCo]

PART DEALER 1 DEALER 2


AMD Athlon 3500+ 939 10900 11600
Asus A8N-E 5600 5950
Asus A8N-E SLI 8500 --------------
Asus A8N-E SLI Deluxe 9400 -------------
SEAGATE 160GB SATA 4450 4250
XFX 6600GT 128 MB 9500 6250
XFX 6600GT 256 MB 11400 --------------
XFX 6800 GS 15250 --------------
XFX 6800 GT 20500 --------------
XFX 7800 256 MB -------------- 25000
ATI X800XL 128 MB -------------- 18500
2GB DDR TRANSCEND (400 MHz) 10000 11000
LITEON/LG Dual Layer DVD writer 3400 3250
Microsoft keyboard 400 400
Logitech MX - 518 2650 1900(?)
MOUSEPAD Steelpad QcK+ -------------- --------------
cabinet with 500W SMPS 3600 1900
17" LCD 14500 14500
Epson CX4700 7600 7800

#printer is compulsory . total 75k budget. ups also needed. but can buy outta pocket money if needed upto 3k .... so total can b 78k if really really needed

dealer 2 owes me a discount and i will get final price by tomo ....
but dealer 1 says that he doesnt have x800 cards and MAY get them in jan ... i want to get the comp by 2-3 jan ...
so the ques is shd i go for

-->dealer 2 x800xl 128 and discount even tho more exp
-->dealer 1 6800gs 128 but no x800xl even tho cheaper

 

[abhijit_reddevil]

Cyco, dealer 2 looks good to me, but I dunno about the motherboard and the processor, he might be qouting a bit expensive. All the prices seem OK except the one for 7800 GT (you were referring to it, right?). Is 7800GT so cheap? Man, I must be dreaming...!!!

Anirudh, the performance of 6800GS is not bad at all. It can manage all games upto 1024X768 with most settings turned on. 6800GT which is more expensive can do the same too. The performance difference only shows in games like FEAR and Quake4.

I will refer to the PCI-express charts of winter 2005 by tomshardware.com. They have made a comprehensive list of tests on all kinds of latest graphics cards.

*www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/02/vga_charts_viii/index.html

You can search the net for other benchmarks.

 

[Aniruddh]

thanks a lot buddy for the link.

@Cyco where u r gettin XFX 6600GT 128 MB for 6250???if u r gettin for that much then get it rite now dont waste a sec

 

[Netjunkie]

Guys, I bought a system for my friend today.
Have a look at the config below & tell me if I made a fair deal.
I cost me Rs 26,000/-.
I dont have the prices of the individual components right now. I ll edit this & post them tommorow.

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Motherboard: MSI RS 482M2
Ram: Transcend 512MB (400 MHz)
Hard disc: Seagate 80GB SATA
Optical drive: Sony combo drive
Monitor: 17" Samsung Sync Master 793s
Keyboard, Mouse: I ball combo pack
Speakers: Creative SBS 2.1
UPS: 20 min back up (Local Brand)
Cabinet: ATX cabinet 400W SMPS

I am buying another system around Rs 50,000/- on Monday.
I want to go with a Asus A8N-E & Leadtek 6600GT. The dealer suggests MSI K8N Neo4-F for this system.
What do you guys think?
Asus A8N-E or MSI K8N Neo4-F ? Which is better?

 

[abhijit_reddevil]

thanks a lot buddy for the link.

@Cyco where u r gettin XFX 6600GT 128 MB for 6250???if u r gettin for that much then get it rite now dont even wait for a sec

Seems a typing mistake. I think he was entering the numbers from the numpad, and 6 and 9 are so close on top of the other. I think it will be 9250.

 

[Aniruddh]

well the above config looks very decent except for few things.u shud hav gone for 160GB HDD as the price diff between 80 and 160 is not much,instead of that iball u shud hav gone for logitech i feel.other stuffs is preety good.
Asus A8NE & MSI K8N NEO4 Platinum both r very good boards.they r almost the same except for the rates as MSI is more expensive.choice is ur both r good,better get A8NE.