bssunilreddy
Chosen of the Omnissiah
Hi,
I want to buy a AMD GAMING RIG. I am from Hyderabad.
1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Stupid answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work. Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.')
Ans:Gaming
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:70,000
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:Yes
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:Windows 7 x64 SP1
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans:240GB SSD
6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention which screen size and resolution do you want. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, again mention the size and resolution of monitor you have.
Ans:No.
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans:I already have Dell 22" LED Monitor,Microsoft Sidewinder X6 KB,Logitech G400 Mouse,Logitech Z313 Speakers.
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans:Feb,2013
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans:By an assembler.
10. Where do you live? Are you buying locally? Are you open to buying stuff from online shops if you don't get locally?
Ans:Hyderabad and buying locally only.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: I went for a AMD Config because Intel Sandy or Ivy chipset does not have any future after 2-3 years where as AMD Piledriver FX 8350(2012) and AMD Steamroller(2014) are all on the same AM3+ Chipset which has long upgrade path compared to Intel.So I choose to buy AMD Config. Also now the games are optimized to only 2-4 cores but in future they may be optimized to more than 4 cores which is where the FX and Steamroller come into prominence.
I went with the following Configuration :
AMD FX 8350 -12000,
Asus M5A99FXA Pro R2.0 -10300,
Gigabyte GTX 660 2GB -14950,
Intel 335 240GB SSD -10500,
Seasonic SS660KM -7500,
Corsair 300R (Side-Window) -4300,
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz -2850,
Corsair H40 Cooler -3250,
Asus 24B5ST DVDRW -1000,
CM 120mm BLUE LED Fans 4Pcs -1800.
TOTAL -68,450.
What might be the best UPS for the above configuration as I am not able to decide between APC 800VA or APC 1100VA. Also why 800VA is more costly than 1100VA. I saw several reviews where ATI Radeon 7850 is steamrolled by GeForce GTX 660 by a good 10-12 fps. The nvidia has Physx as a added bonus even though ATI has 256 bit bus and Nvidia has only 192 bit bus.So I went the nvidia route in choosing a GPU and AMD route in choosing a CPU. Also Corsair H40 would be enough for reaching 4.8GHz rite.I never bought a AMD System before that's why I want to be safe than sorry later on.
Later on I intend to get another Intel 335 240GB SATA3 SSD from Canada when my sister comes here in June,13. I want to know the Overclocking settings for Asus M5A99FXA Pro R2.0 Bios with AMD FX 8350 CPU. Are there any guides available so that I can safely overclock to 4.8GHz. I want to know If I SLI GTX 660 what is it equivalent to, I mean which GPU.Please clarify my doubts fellow TDF'ians.
I want to buy a AMD GAMING RIG. I am from Hyderabad.
1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Stupid answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work. Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.')
Ans:Gaming
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:70,000
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:Yes
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:Windows 7 x64 SP1
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans:240GB SSD
6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention which screen size and resolution do you want. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, again mention the size and resolution of monitor you have.
Ans:No.
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans:I already have Dell 22" LED Monitor,Microsoft Sidewinder X6 KB,Logitech G400 Mouse,Logitech Z313 Speakers.
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans:Feb,2013
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans:By an assembler.
10. Where do you live? Are you buying locally? Are you open to buying stuff from online shops if you don't get locally?
Ans:Hyderabad and buying locally only.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: I went for a AMD Config because Intel Sandy or Ivy chipset does not have any future after 2-3 years where as AMD Piledriver FX 8350(2012) and AMD Steamroller(2014) are all on the same AM3+ Chipset which has long upgrade path compared to Intel.So I choose to buy AMD Config. Also now the games are optimized to only 2-4 cores but in future they may be optimized to more than 4 cores which is where the FX and Steamroller come into prominence.
I went with the following Configuration :
AMD FX 8350 -12000,
Asus M5A99FXA Pro R2.0 -10300,
Gigabyte GTX 660 2GB -14950,
Intel 335 240GB SSD -10500,
Seasonic SS660KM -7500,
Corsair 300R (Side-Window) -4300,
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz -2850,
Corsair H40 Cooler -3250,
Asus 24B5ST DVDRW -1000,
CM 120mm BLUE LED Fans 4Pcs -1800.
TOTAL -68,450.
What might be the best UPS for the above configuration as I am not able to decide between APC 800VA or APC 1100VA. Also why 800VA is more costly than 1100VA. I saw several reviews where ATI Radeon 7850 is steamrolled by GeForce GTX 660 by a good 10-12 fps. The nvidia has Physx as a added bonus even though ATI has 256 bit bus and Nvidia has only 192 bit bus.So I went the nvidia route in choosing a GPU and AMD route in choosing a CPU. Also Corsair H40 would be enough for reaching 4.8GHz rite.I never bought a AMD System before that's why I want to be safe than sorry later on.
Later on I intend to get another Intel 335 240GB SATA3 SSD from Canada when my sister comes here in June,13. I want to know the Overclocking settings for Asus M5A99FXA Pro R2.0 Bios with AMD FX 8350 CPU. Are there any guides available so that I can safely overclock to 4.8GHz. I want to know If I SLI GTX 660 what is it equivalent to, I mean which GPU.Please clarify my doubts fellow TDF'ians.
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