Basic Guide Purchase a New System

[gary4gar]

has the recent price cut on intel CPU effective in INDIA?

 

[abhadi]

Hi guys,
I want to uprgrade my PC..The budget is around 25,000 (leaving the monitor,spkrs,keyboard and graphics card etc)...

Pl. suggest a good motherboard (preferably Intel) that supports nvidia 8800/9800 Graphics card ...I would be buying the Grphs card later on...

Pl. help me out ASAP... Thanks ..

 

[desiibond]

If you are thining to only upgrade mobo and proccy and have 25k, wait till September for Nehalem's.

They have on-die memory controller and CPU +GPU in same package. supports ddr3, net bus that replaces FSB.

reports say that it's 20%-50% faster than current core2duo's and core2quad's and that with just 10% increase in power.

Moreover, Nehalem quad cores will be the first native quad cores. Till now core2quad's are two core2duo's in one package.

 

[channabasanna]

Hi All,

Do i get Thermalright CPU Coolers in Bangalore, if so from which shop in SP Road. Also how is Thermalright Ultra 90 cooler, which 90mm Fan is better to buy.

If i buy this Cooler, do i need to apply separate Thermal Compound onto my Q6600.

 

[desiibond]

Check at

1) Computer warehouse, MG Road
2) Golcha Inter Trade, SP Road
3) few computer hardware dealers in Brigade Road
4) Anandit infotech, SP Road
5) Railton computers, SP Road

There is one store in brigade road at 1st floor, fifth avenue. It's name is computer planet I think. Check there but you have to bargain as they quote very high price.

 

[channabasanna]

Check at

1) Computer warehouse, MG Road
2) Golcha Inter Trade, SP Road
3) few computer hardware dealers in Brigade Road
4) Anandit infotech, SP Road
5) Railton computers, SP Road

There is one store in brigade road at 1st floor, fifth avenue. It's name is computer planet I think. Check there but you have to bargain as they quote very high price.

Which is the best 90mm FAN, and what is its cost.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Re: Question- Best config under 23K

I don't think it'll be available at those prices here.

Prices at IT wares:
Mobo-5350
Proccy- 5800

Any mobo with onboard graphics?

I recommend Zotac GF8200 paired with athlon x2 4850e. 3.4k + 3.4K.
PS: what happened to *techiesrealm.com/blog/2008/06/pc-configuration-of-the-month/ ?

 

[abhadi]

Thanks again desiibond... but could you tell me the current config available for 25k cos i have to buy it this week....and can't wait till September..

 

[desiibond]

1) Intel E8400 core2duo : Rs.8.2k
2) MSI P7N SLI Platinum: Rs.8k

For motherboard, my pick would be to go for ATI crossfire enabled motherboard because HD4850 and HD4870 are the current performance kings and nvidia has no answer to these two cards.

ASUS P5Q Pro ATI crossfire enabled motherboard with PCIe 2.0 support and 1600Mhz FSB: Rs.9k

2x 1Gb DDR2 800 RAM of your choice kingston : Rs. 2.3k

Seagate 500Gb sata2 HDD: Rs.3.4k

If you have money, get ATI HD4850 for 9k or get MSI NX8600GT for 4k
PS: mobo doesn't come with onboard GPU.

The config that I would pick will be :

1) AMD Phenom X4 9550 : Rs.9k

2) Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H motheboard : Rs.5k (do not get revision 1 as it has heatsink issues. Get later revisions)

3) Corsair 2 X 1GB DDR2 800MhZ C5 Rs. 2.9k
4) WD 640Gb sata2 HDD: Rs.4k

I will wait for a month or two for the price of HD4870 to come down to 12k and buy it, put it in hybrid crossfire mode with onboard chipset of GA-MA78GM-S2H

 

[harish_21_10]

can someone pls recommend a good motherboard for 8k-9k...for Intel C2D...i wont be using SLI anytime for sure so a non SLI will also be fine...
also if possible then do recommend a good board for about 7-8k as well...

 

[digitraju]

Replacing E6300

My cousin has intel motherboard DG31PR and 2 GB RAM and graphics card is GeForce 8600GT-512MB. He wants to replace only his E6300 processor. Which processor do you recommend that will fit on the motherboard (LGA775) and give reasonably more performance than E6300? His budget is 5 to 8 K. His usage is gaming and photoshop.

His choices are Q6600, E8200, E8400
Will 8200 or 8400 be an overkill for his mobo?


Also. Which of these two is faster?

E4600 with 2.4 GHz clock speed and 800 FSB
E6300 with 1.86 GHZ clock speed & 1066 FSB
both have 2MB L2 cache

 

[desiibond]

^^ Q6600 should be the best choice.

Yes. 8200 and 8400 are 1333MHz FSB processors. If your mobo supports 1333MHz FSB, go for E8400 else Q6600.

 

[narangz]

Re: Question- Best config under 23K

I recommend Zotac GF8200 paired with athlon x2 4850e. 3.4k + 3.4K.
PS: what happened to *techiesrealm.com/blog/2008/06/pc-configuration-of-the-month/ ?

Thanks

Yaar cheaper config chahiye mere friend ko. Graphics card vagera mehnga parega kaafi usko

 

[Choto Cheeta]

can someone pls recommend a good motherboard for 8k-9k...for Intel C2D...i wont be using SLI anytime for sure so a non SLI will also be fine...
also if possible then do recommend a good board for about 7-8k as well...

All grfx cards are now coming under PCI 2.0 interface so try to hunt down a board with such capability.

Try the MSI P7NSLI PLATINUM it should come under Rs. 8.5k incl all

 

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1) Intel E8400 core2duo : Rs.8.2k
2) MSI P7N SLI Platinum: Rs.8k

For motherboard, my pick would be to go for ATI crossfire enabled motherboard because HD4850 and HD4870 are the current performance kings and nvidia has no answer to these two cards.

ASUS P5Q Pro ATI crossfire enabled motherboard with PCIe 2.0 support and 1600Mhz FSB: Rs.9k

2x 1Gb DDR2 800 RAM of your choice kingston : Rs. 2.3k

Seagate 500Gb sata2 HDD: Rs.3.4k

If you have money, get ATI HD4850 for 9k or get MSI NX8600GT for 4k
PS: mobo doesn't come with onboard GPU.

The config that I would pick will be :

1) AMD Phenom X4 9550 : Rs.9k

2) Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H motheboard : Rs.5k (do not get revision 1 as it has heatsink issues. Get later revisions)

3) Corsair 2 X 1GB DDR2 800MhZ C5 Rs. 2.9k
4) WD 640Gb sata2 HDD: Rs.4k

I will wait for a month or two for the price of HD4870 to come down to 12k and buy it, put it in hybrid crossfire mode with onboard chipset of GA-MA78GM-S2H

hello sir, i would like to know where can i get ati hd4850 for 9k gecube one on techshop.in is about 12.3k i've to buy a new comp and i m planning to buy this gfx card soon please tell me where can i get it reasonably and which one is preferable gecube one or sapphaire one i heard that gecube has better cooler system and fan.i m located in chennai.

 

[desiibond]

Lot of digitians reported that you can get it for 9k to 10k on the street. stores like itwares, computer wareshouse sell it for a high price. if you live in blr, check in SP road.

 

[digitraju]

Thx desiibond

will you please tell me which one is faster (on a 1066 FSB mobo).
E4600 with 2.4 GHz clock speed and 800 FSB
E6300 with 1.86 GHZ clock speed & 1066 FSB
both have 2MB L2 cache

 

[desiibond]

forget about both and get E7200
2.53GHz and 1066MHz FSB for Rs.5.5k

FYI, Phenom X3 8450 easily beats E7200 by wide margin.

Couple it with 780G motherboard and you have a winner

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Re: Question- Best config under 23K

Thanks

Yaar cheaper config chahiye mere friend ko. Graphics card vagera mehnga parega kaafi usko

Cheaper config ? Then suggest him to get a Sempron LE 2.0GHz for 1.4K and a MSI VIA AM2 Motherboard with onboard Unichrome graphics for 1.4K.

 

[narangz]

^^ Not dirt cheap