Basic Guide Purchase a New System

[sagardani]

^^^ Yes, there is a lot of difference between P4 and P-Dual core. If you can spend upto Rs.4k I'd suggest you go in for Core2Duo E4500. Mebbe a bit more, but surely worth it.

Man no need of C2D if P-dual core outperforms P4 2.4Ghz. I want under 4k. Not even Rs.4000.25 so Pentium dual core will do I think. I just want to know which one of 2140, 2160 & 2180 I can OC beyond or upto 2.4 Ghz ?

Sagardani, which motherboard?

Msi P7n Sli Platinum. So what do u say abt procy buddy...?

 

[nish_higher]

get E2180
amazing OC'er.

 

[sagardani]

^^^^^
Ok thanks for reply . How high it can be OCed ?

 

[infra_red_dude]

Man no need of C2D if P-dual core outperforms P4 2.4Ghz. I want under 4k. Not even Rs.4000.25 so Pentium dual core will do I think. I just want to know which one of 2140, 2160 & 2180 I can OC beyond or upto 2.4 Ghz ?



Msi P7n Sli Platinum. So what do u say abt procy buddy...?

The only reason why I recom. E4000 series proc. was coz of the higher cache. Even 1MB matters if you are into heavy processing. If its just overclocking that you are interested in then I'd recomm. E2180 or even E2160, tried and tested models.

 

[iMav]

Last time I wanted to upgrade the costs of the Quad Core were too high, don't know how much different is it now. Any help would be appreciated.

Requirements:

DX 10.1 Card
Motherboard
Processor
PSU

I am gonna buy Samsung monitor ~12k
Ram - 3GB (Cost?)
500 GB Sata II (No Seagate, WD maybe)

I don't want to exceed 25k for everything other than the monitor. Can stretch it by another 2k depending on what I am paying for.

 

[nish_higher]

Q6600 for 9.7k
Abit IP35 E for 5.2k
Cooler Master 46oW ,more than enough since mobo doesnt have an extra PCIE for crossfire.cost 1.9k
Ram- there's no 3 gb kit so u'll have to settle for kingstons/corsair value though i'd recommend getting a decent gskill pair.
Hdd- WD 640AAKS for 4200, 200bucks more than the 500gb one .
Graphics card- ? 10.1 cards no use since no game will be 10.1.so why not 9600gso?
Total - way above 25k..

 

[gxsaurav]

Manan, for your needs

CPU - Core 2 Duo E8400 with Cooler Master Hyper TX2 CPU Cooler
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-G33-DS3R It is all U will ever need & it also saves electricity
GPU - Radeon HD 4850 or 3850
Hard disk - Depends on your requirement but look for Western Digital Green power 500 GB
RAM - Get 2 X 2 GB DDR2 800

This config isn't that good for overclocking though.
*www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mothe...rboard&ProductID=2535&ProductName=GA-G33-DS3R

 

[iMav]

Q6600 for 9.7k
Abit IP35 E for 5.2k
Cooler Master 46oW ,more than enough since mobo doesnt have an extra PCIE for crossfire.cost 1.9k
Ram- there's no 3 gb kit so u'll have to settle for kingstons/corsair value though i'd recommend getting a decent gskill pair.
Hdd- WD 640AAKS for 4200, 200bucks more than the 500gb one .
Graphics card- ? 10.1 cards no use since no game will be 10.1.so why not 9600gso?
Total - way above 25k..

10.1 cause I don't want to feel depressed 4 months from now

What is a gskill pair?

Manan, for your needs

CPU - Core 2 Duo E8400 with Cooler Master Hyper TX2 CPU Cooler
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-G33-DS3R It is all U will ever need & it also saves electricity
GPU - Radeon HD 4850 or 3850
Hard disk - Depends on your requirement but look for Western Digital Green power 500 GB
RAM - Get 2 X 2 GB DDR2 800

This config isn't that good for overclocking though.

Can someone tell me why is Abit mobos all of a sudden so much of rage?

@Gx: why not abit with your config. I think your config meets with mostof my requirements. Any more inputs guys?

 

[nish_higher]

^ he himself put a note in the last line..thats why that gigabyte board.
Q6600 without a good OC , or anything below Abit IP35 , will be a poor performer than any good C2D.even i'd suggest C2D if going for another board.
Gskill pair- Gskill rams , come in matched pair for 2*1gb , 4*1gb , 2*2gb pairs.
HDD- WD Green power had poor performance here and the price is high.i'd suggest 500GB AAKS or 640GB AAKS.

Direct X 10.1 - google for any compatible games/ etc.unless u r a developer , this aint worth anything.though if u get a card that suits ur budget , like gx pointed those 2 cards , go for it.

Btw u can go for palit p35a for 4.4k if not the abit one.its second best board in that range.

 

[iMav]

C2D overclocked any good?

I'm not so cure for which mobo to go for. Abit is all over the internet at the same time I have heard they heat up pretty fast & Gigabyte, any reviews?

To be honest this green thing in computers seems more of a gimmick than anything else so I am not too inclined towards it.

 

[gxsaurav]

Abit is all over the net only due to it's excellent overclocking capability. Since I do not recommend Overclocking, I advised for the Gigabyte motherboard. It does saves electricity so go for it.

Hard disk, well....depends on your size requirement. There are WD 32MB buffer based hard disks, if u can find those then go for it.

 

[nish_higher]

C2D overclocked any good?

I'm not so cure for which mobo to go for. Abit is all over the internet at the same time I have heard they heat up pretty fast & Gigabyte, any reviews?

To be honest this green thing in computers seems more of a gimmick than anything else so I am not too inclined towards it.

a full review here
*www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/ip35economy/

other P35 good boards - biostar TP35 D2A7 - has poor placement of ram slots which will interfere with the gfx card.
Palit P35 A - good board with crossfire support for just 4.4k.the new bios solves all old problems.i'd suggest this if not abit.
Gigabyte bord- dont remember the model but E8400 didnt do well .


both of these boards dont go over 485mhz fsb at all with a E8200 / E8400

overclocked C2D is good in apps that are not optimised for Q cores and u will find a lot faster startup time with E8200 / 8400 stock when comparing with any quad , be it Q9450

good OC C2D's are E2,7, and 8 series.

 

[iMav]

Gigabyte bord- dont remember the model but E8400 didnt do well

prices any idea?

@Nish:thelink ugave shows small difference between gigabyte & abit. But, Gigabyte has onboard display, abit doesn't.

theres the USB port - gigabyte has 4; abit says 12

 

[nish_higher]

its an old review..sorry for that
the gigabyte reviewed there is 965 mobo.. and they tested with everything old.lemme a google a new link

 

[Sandeepfrompune]

(here in pune i am nit able to buy abit mobo..........-------------

Manish or Any one can tell me some Hardware vendors from Pune where I can get some high end componenets like discussed in these forums?
I know DataCare at deccan. - seemed not to have cooling devices, don't know about gfx cards, actually didn't get that good resppnce from there at that time... may be I will try again...

I want to know any one else also.
Also wanted to know where can I get Thermalright Ultra 120 in Pune...
I have a config in mind and trying to find where can I get those parts reliably + assembling in Pune

 

[sysfilez]

Can some one out here built a pc for Rs. 16,000/- best possible configs.
Pls give details of hardware and prices.

Thanks in advance.

 

[manishjha18]

u would never get a good response from dcc-and they aren't cheap too except speakers.
i would recommend compu city-jm road
systek-swargate 09822611778 (cheap rates)
computer infotech 9422016668-near bharati vidyapith-(cheap rates)
i would update you further -pune is hell place to buy mobo.
i myself wd buy pc within 2 days or less-

 

[SKA!]

hi guyz,
I want to assemble a new PC. I mostly play the online game Warrock, which lags on my current pc even @ 640x480 all setting low. Anyways, my pc is 5 years old so i can buy a new one. I only use my pc 4 gaming and watching movies, dunno what encoding even means.. . So plz suggest for me a worthy upgrade that will last me another 5 years ... Since having played most games @ low rez, im highly biased towards a high FSB(1333), 45 nm proc (speed) and a good graphics card(8800gt).
I have a budget of 50k of which 8800gt , dell 22 inch monitor sp2208wfp is my choice.
can u guyz suggest rest others parts which will give me a bang 4 the bucks im spending.
I request u ppl to decide on parts as if u r building a pc for urself
if dell monitor is a prob u may suggest a 19 inch one ; but 8800gt is dear .
pamper the holy Trinity (proc + mobo + RAM) as other parts are only an extention of these.

PS:
im not an overcloker but im willing to learn...

i have nuthing against Q6600, but i truly need a future proof solution

Awating your suggestions..

 

[manishjha18]

this is what i am finally going for-would upgrade to dell LCD and 10.1 card later on

this is my final budget-
e 4600-rs 5290
palit n73pv-rs 2900
ram 2 gb 800 mhz-rs 1925
wd 640 gb-rs 4800
lg 20x dvd writer-1090(lite on not available)
microsoft keyboard and mouse-rs 620
local cabinet 450 watt-rs 1010
17 inch monitor 2nd hand-rs 2175
vat-------------------rs 792
total------------------rs 20602

 

[sudeeshjain]

I have planned to buy a intel quad core processor? can you suggest which motherboard to buy( whether Gigabyte/Intel) i am very confused? can any one give the price for the listed hardware components in bangalore?

1)Intel quad core Q6600
2) Gigabyte motherboard
3)1 GB DDR Ram (667/800 MHZ)
4)160/250 GB Seagate Hardisk
5) Viewsonic 19" lcd monitor VA1928/VA1918)
6)sony DVD-RW