Basic Guide Purchase a New System

[keith_j_snyder2]

infra has the skill needed to OC. So I suggest him the following rig:

ABiT IP35-E 4k
Intel Core Duo E2160 3k
Kingston Value RAM DDR2 800MHz two 1 GB sticks 2.5k
AMD Radeon HD3870 7k

Whatttttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!

IP35-E @ 4000/-
HD3870 @ 7000/-

Where have u got this price from dude?
I don't think a whole seller will get these babies @ this range!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Oh boys.. boys.. E4000/2000 doesn't support VT. Also whats the price of E6550? Can I get this whole upgrade within 18-20k?

The would basically be a home PC (all the geenral stuff) for my family while I'd only be using it for testing OS' (thats why I need native VT in proc.).

7k for GFX card is overkill! I want something in the range between low and mid and pref. nVidia.

Oh Yes, dual channel RAM is utmost imp. I've kinda lost touch with desktop components, specs and prices since I hafnt used adesktop since years...

then do this one simple thing: GFX + Proccy = 10k in my config. make it 6k for proccy + 4k for GFX card.

ABiT IP35-E Rs. 5000/-
Intel Core2 Duo E6420 Rs. 6000/-
Kingston 800 MHz Value RAM 1 GB Pair Rs. 2500/-

that was Rs.13500/-. The remaining money can be invested in a graphics card and hence your budget will be filled perfectly. 7K for a graphics card won't be an overkill if you use this config, as it will fit your budget well. But you can always go for ANY graphics card within 7k, as per your needs.

Just overclock the processor, and it will match the performance of E6550 on stock cooling.

And thanks to newer and better ATi drivers, AMD won't be a problem. But the choice for the graphics card, as said before, is entirely yours. For budget use, I suggest 8200GS or 8400GS, which come within 2k.

The remaining 5k can buy you a 500GB 16 mb buffer SATA II HDD from SP Road.

Best Of Luck.

 

[nish_higher]

i'd say DG31PR + E6550 = 10.5k
2gb kingston 667 ram=2k
and XFX 7600GS for 4150
Total=17k
Add another HDD for 2.8k (250gb)

 

[MetalheadGautham]

@keith: the ABiT board may be wrongly quoted, and Its actually 5k.
but 3870 had a recent price drop. My friend informed me about it today.

@nish: 7600GS sucks. Better go for 8500GT, or a radeon solution.

 

[nish_higher]

7600GS sucks with DX10 but all he wants a low-med end card for normal home use,7600GS is exactly that range.else a 8600GT performs good.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

7600GS sucks with DX10 but all he wants a low-med end card for normal home use,7600GS is exactly that range.else a 8600GT performs good.

try a 7600GS vs 8500GT test first, then reply back. trust me. you will be much better off without 7600.

and his use is mostly the following(I have theorised):

1. the pc must act as a vault for download movies/songs/videos/ISOs

2. there will be atleast 2 OSes installed in the PC in dual boot. One will be a windows vista release, and the other will be Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy heron

3. there will be lots of tinkering with Virtual Box and/or Paralells. He will install OSes in such Virtual Machines for testing and play around with them. being a geek, he may also try conciously or unconciously to overburden the system with virtual machines running simultaneously.

4. as its a family PC, there will be kids(residents or guests) who want to play some games on it.

5. he would use software like GIMP and Photoshop, along with normal ones liek word processors.

6. There will be abusive tweaking in the ubuntu, as he is a linux geek.

all this requires a decent and overall balenced mid range PC.

PS: @infra: correct me if I have made any errors in speculating the nature of your work on the PC.

 

[nish_higher]

i've tried 7600GS,GT and 8600GT , have not tried 8500 series.i can't find any webpage with comparison of 7600GS and 8500.can u pm me with a link?

@ infra if u have kids buy 8600GT otherwise even a 8400 would serve all the media purposes

 

[MetalheadGautham]

i've tried 7600GS,GT and 8600GT , have not tried 8500 series.i can't find any webpage with comparison of 7600GS and 8500.can u pm me with a link?

@ infra if u have kids buy 8600GT otherwise even a 8400 would serve all the media purposes

tom's hardware ?

 

[nish_higher]

i found it
*www.vr-zone.com/articles/Inno3D_7600GS_Performance_%26_Overclocking/3694-3.html
*www.vr-zone.com/articles/Mainstrea..._the_Geforce_8600_and_8500_series/4902-8.html

not quite a difference.almost the same result..dont count quake in that benchmark-its 7600GS @ max settings while 8500GT @ high
considering no difference in performance,8500GT wins due to its lowr price

 

[MetalheadGautham]

i found it
*www.vr-zone.com/articles/Inno3D_7600GS_Performance_&_Overclocking/3694-3.html
*www.vr-zone.com/articles/Mainstrea..._the_Geforce_8600_and_8500_series/4902-8.html

not quite a difference.almost the same result..dont count quake in that benchmark-its 7600GS @ max settings while 8500GT @ high
considering no difference in performance,8500GT wins due to its lowr price

lower price is good, but DirectX 10 is better. And ability to play Crysis is Best.

 

[gxsaurav]

This just in, all the work is done . The vendor has collected the parts & kept them aside safely.

Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 & Intel DG31PR Motherboard are in stock & waiting for me to buy, placed safely in a shelf seperately . The bundle costs Rs 8,500.

I got Kingston ValueRAM, 2 x 1 GB DDR2 667 KVR667D2N5/1G for use in dual channel mode. The old Simmtronics RAM with Dynet Chips is available for Rs 900 for one module while kingston costs Rs 1,200 for one module but I m ready to pay Rs 600 extra for better quality. Total cost is Rs 2,400

*img204.imageshack.us/img204/1401/kingstonvalueramrp2.th.jpg

The harddisk is Western Digital WD1600AAJS, it is coming on order & will be here by Monday or Tuesday costing Rs 2,400.

Cabinet is same, iBall Baby 306. Rs 1,700.

The overall price has incresed though, I now have to pay Rs 9,000 to the vendor alongwith my old computer. Due to this I am not exchanging my TV Tuner card for a new one right now.

 

[The_Devil_Himself]

^^very high prices indeed,I got my 2x1gb RAM(exactly same as yours) for 1700 a couple of weeks back.

 

[gxsaurav]

Also whats the price of E6550? Can I get this whole upgrade within 18-20k?

Check theitwares.com for apprx prices. C2D E6550 costs Rs 7k

7k for GFX card is overkill! I want something in the range between low and mid and pref. nVidia.

XFX 8500GT with 256 MB RAM = Rs 3,500 approx. This is good enough for you.

Oh Yes, dual channel RAM is utmost imp

Try buying what I am buying, 2 x 1 GB DDR2 667 KVR667D2N5/1G kingston ValueRAM for use in dual channel mode.

 

[Hackattack]

Cabinet is same, iBall Baby 306. Rs 1,700.

The picture you posted of iball baby, it looked too big and fat.Looks like /gaynda/ But actually its a cute slim and small one, today at shopping i got chance to get my hands dirty with this babe. Poor that it did not have a slot for card readers , any keep out those psu cables fro the cpu fan they might get messy, air flow need some attention. It's got two extra fans, total of 5 fans with cpu. And the price is ok at 1700.

Good choice.

 

[The_Devil_Himself]

^^KVR667D2N5/1G-SP to be exact..And I believe its even cheaper now.

 

[gxsaurav]

According to theITWares the costs are

Core 2 Duo E4500 for Rs 4,800.
Intel DG31PR motherboard for Rs 3,650.
Kingston KVR667D2N5/1G ValueRAM 2X1 GB DDR2 667 for Rs 2,100.
Western Digital 160GB harddisk with 2 MB Buffer for Rs 2,250.
iBall Baby 306 cabinet for Rs 1,800 with 400W SMPS included.

Total price is Rs 14,600 according to ITwares & I am getting it for Rs 15,100. A mere Rs 500 difference which I don't mind, obviously the costs are high in local market of Lucknow compared to that of Mumbai, add to it that the price from ITWares is for 2 MB Buffer based hard disk while i m buying the 8 MB Buffer based model.

I am getting Rs 6,100 for my old computer consisting..

Pentium 4 3.06 Ghz CPU
Intel 865GBF motherboard
2X 1 GB DDR 400 RAM
80 GB Samsung SATA 1.0 HD
Sound Blaster Audigy LS
Cabinet & SMPS

I am selling my recently bought GeForce 6600GT AGP with 256 MB RAM for Rs 1,500 but seperately.

How is the deal?

 

[The_Devil_Himself]

yep boxed seal pack with bill and warranty.

 

[gxsaurav]

^^^ I m getting the same but at 2,400 for 2 modules. Where r u situated as importing RAM from Event Horizon is quite costly for me.

 

[The_Devil_Himself]

^^ygpm.

 

[nish_higher]

that ram was 1050-1150 bucks in January,in ambala..now this is the cost of 800mhz ones.just got this info now.2gb 667mhz one is for 1700.