Basic Guide Purchase a New System

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acewin

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Sandeepfrompune said:
I have decided to take following. Most of the prices from techshop.in - some components are
locally avail , prices are few hundreds more and less.

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Processor 13400
Abit IP35 Pro Motherboard 9,961 ( or ASUS p5K ? )
Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2 800MHz 3100
GRAPHICS CARD ------WHICH ONE----- 0
Western Digital Caviar RE SATA 160GB 7200RPM Hard Drive 3400
Sony SATA AD-7190S-OB DVD Writer 1600
Cooler Master Extreme Power 600W Power Supply 3600
Cooler Master CM 690 Computer Case 4200
ViewSonic 20" VA2026W - Monitor 1680 x 1050 12000
Creative 5.1 Sound Blaster 850
Cooling Device ( like thermal ultra 120 ) NONE right now 0
TOTAL ==================== 52,111/-

thinking ------ hehehehe please read on....
I have some MONEY limitations. Its like > 50,000 its hard to go ahead. I am trying as much...
So right now considering FUTURE, I will get mobo - such that - even new processors will be
able to OC on this well. For e.g. Nehalam from INtel.
I have decided to go MAX on Processor rather than GPU. as my gaming needs are not that high.
So in DUO range I will have E8500. In future I can put (additionally, not as replacement
so that I will have one Best proc of each type ) in QUAD version whatever is good at that time.
GPU - tell me some low end card like 7800 I heard which will be avail for cheap price. BUT it
should be able to play normal games like prince 2 SOT/T2T , AOE 2/3d etc. Actually whatever
MAX possible like evne crysis too!!! I want 512mb but cheap version. I will replace this with better one in future.
Qns ----

1. can someone tell me exact model of ASUS P5K ? - I mean from very first post by chotocheetah
please go to*techshop.in/store/index.php?cPath=21_30&sort=3a&filter_id=10 and tell me which one exactly there.

2. I hope Abit-IP-35-PRO (and ASUS P5K etc. ) will be able to do OClocking on Nehalam processors ?

3. I put more money for EVGA 9600GT 512 MB Knock-out or Super Clock or such any other
SC/OC cards then do I have to use GPU card coolers mustly ?
rightnow I am not using proc cooler -not OCing.

4. considering above GPU thinking, any good but cheap GPU out there ? please suggest -
( I will go for good GPU and quad proc. in future when I will save money and I hope I will be able to put that in this config without any problem....)

Thanks for reading :))
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whatever your choice of components be, you canno put in nahelam in those mobos.
pins for nahelam and C2D or C2Q are totally different.

imgame2 said:
i am looking for good headphones, are any true 5.1 headphones available in market ? i want them for movies,music and games off course. and i don't want to go for 5.1 speaker setups...just way too clumsy and full of wires and moreover i don't have a proper space to keep them oriented for good acoustics.

if not 5.1 then which which other headphones are good ? right now i have narrowed down to this headphone

MDR-XD200

*www.sony.co.in/product/mdr-xd200/sku/mdr-xd200__ce?site=hp_en_IN_i

i don't know the price and availability of sennheiser headphones ...and also i don't know which is good one...i don't want to spend more than 2.5k on them. please if someone know it ...help me
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5.1 channel means, audio coming from 5 channels or speakers you cannot get a 5.1 headset I think, mdr-xd300 is good but priced by sony as 2990, if u can get from local market then price wud be better.

mdr-xd200 is less than 2K around 1.5K

check philips SHP-2700(sub 1500) very good model and decent priced. And I would say philps models have bigger and sothing structure of ear covering speakers than sony. most of the sony models I would say are overpriced.
 
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MetalheadGautham

MetalheadGautham

AFK
IronManForever said:
If one has enough amount of RAM, then Buffer won't matter much; you can always reserve some amount of RAM act as a Buffer. I just bought 512MB DDR1 RAM today which gives me a total of 768 MB. Am gonna use 30 MB as buffer(My old IDE has just 2 MB :( ), my rig is similar to yours otherwise.
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But the Calviar series is supposed to be mainstream right ? Can you link me to some of its reviews and its product page so that I may see how good this thing is ?
goobimama said:
WTF!!! I'm getting one!
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1TB Time capsule and 250GB HDD not enough ?
 
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nish_higher

Wise Old Owl
^ 32mb buffer does not matter at all.WD has almost similar performance. and in assorted data tests WD is ahead in read speeds while Seagate having a little better write speeds.
and these things wont matter as long as you are on a 64bit OS with >2gb ram
 
MetalheadGautham

MetalheadGautham

AFK
nish_higher said:
^ 32mb buffer does not matter at all.WD has almost similar performance. and in assorted data tests WD is ahead in read speeds while Seagate having a little better write speeds.
and these things wont matter as long as you are on a 64bit OS with >2gb ram
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higher in read speeds ? good for me then. I hoard read-only data.
any benchmarks with XFS file system ? :D
 
mukherjee

mukherjee

Treatment in progress...
MetalheadGautham said:
yeah. Any P31, G31, Q33, G33, P35, Q35 or G35 motherboard :lol:
Enough choice for you ? :D


no update needed

go to *www.intel.com/products/desktop/chipsets/p35/p35-overview.htm
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Thanks a lot.

so as of now...i hv decided on the following:

c2d e7200 45nm 8)-------5600

mobo-abit ip35e(?p)-------5400(msi p35 neo3?,gigabyte p35s3g?,msi p45 neo?---comment on price n availability plz)---plz confirm out of the box support for 45nm proccy..

ram--2*1gb ddr2 800------2500(i havent decided whther i will go for plain vanilla or some corsair/ocz/gskill value pieces,in no circumstance >2500--comment)

hdd-320gig seagate sata2--2500

odd-samsung 22x dvdrw---1200

cabby-coolermaster elite 331---1700(any other value pieces in mind?)

psu--coolermaster extreme power 600w---3200(corsair vx 450=3250?;wats d price n availabilty of corsair hx520w?;thermaltake purepower 500w?/toughpower 550w?-price/availabilty?----plz comment---no more than 3500 on psu)

my older 8600gt is just a stopgap...i will buy a card in the near future,maybe i will put my new 4850/4870/9800gtx+ in here,havent decided yet.

total(w/out gpu)=11000(cpu+mobo)+2500(ram)+3700(hdd+odd)+4900(caby+psu,still now,max=5200)


edit:i will be ordering a dell se198wfp shortly...so no probs dere.... :D

please put in your comments frnz
 
utsav

utsav

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Abey tu le le. :D What more u want for 3.6k .imagine its price around 2 yrs back :shock: i was getting a 120gb ide hdd for 3.9k so stuck with 80gb :)) .and if u need performance? Then go for raptors or scsi drives @ 15000RPM :D
 
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Sandeepfrompune

Broken In
1. can someone tell me exact model of ASUS P5K ? - I mean from very first post by chotocheetah
please go tohttp://techshop.in/store/index.php?c...a&filter_id=10 and tell me which one exactly there. If more than one then please tell order of better also ( like ..>..>... )

3. I put more money for EVGA 9600GT 512 MB Knock-out or Super Clock or such any other
SC/OC cards then do I have to use GPU card coolers mustly ?
rightnow I am not using proc cooler -not OCing.

4. Suggest any good Graphics card for up to 5000 to 6000. Rs. - it will not be like 8800gt and above I know but i have budget that only... monitor 19/20" (not 22") proc - E8500 3.16ghz. mobo will be Abit-IP35-E or above AsusP5K whatevr if U tell exact.
 
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acewin

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Sandeep I would suggest P45 based Asus mobo's not P5K series for you models are Asus P5Q and P5Q Pro, most of the people would recommend P5Q Pro.
Which proccy you thought of. I would suggest C2Q 9450, better than E8500
In 5-6K there is Palit 384 MB DDR3 Sonic priced less than 6.5K, this is very good GPU.
Other than this HD3850 512MB DDR3 in around 6.5K desibond knows which company model etc, I do not know, tried to search but I could never get which one it is. If anyone can tell me.
 
MetalheadGautham

MetalheadGautham

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utsav said:
Abey tu le le. :D What more u want for 3.6k .imagine its price around 2 yrs back :shock: i was getting a 120gb ide hdd for 3.9k so stuck with 80gb :)) .and if u need performance? Then go for raptors or scsi drives @ 15000RPM :D
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15000rpm drinks electricity. high rpm is NOT the best solution for performance, internal design is. :cool:
veiga2412 said:
Dude! was all excited like... then i saw it wasn't an external.. :(

: :sighs: wishing she owned a desktop :
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get an external casing :)
you can get one for Rs. 700 more :p
 
veiga2412

veiga2412

Techie in training
MetalheadGautham said:
15000rpm drinks electricity. high rpm is NOT the best solution for performance, internal design is. :cool:

get an external casing :)
you can get one for Rs. 700 more :p
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i've gone by the casing route before.. never ends well.. am very rough with my hardware.. take it around with me wherever i go and stuff... so the pre-packaged stuff is better option for me...
 
MetalheadGautham

MetalheadGautham

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veiga2412 said:
i've gone by the casing route before.. never ends well.. am very rough with my hardware.. take it around with me wherever i go and stuff... so the pre-packaged stuff is better option for me...
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makes no difference.
BOTH will go boom :p
get a laptop HDD. :)
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92365
 
morpheusv6

morpheusv6

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New System for Gaming

Hi,

I am buying a new system for gaming.
My budget is 70K (all inclusive). Expected Life time to next purchase - 2 years
All prices from theitwares.com.

1. Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz - Rs. 8050
2. RAM - OCZ DDR2 1066 MHz 1x2 GB Kit - Rs. 4375 (Is 1066 required or is 800 sufficient? Any noticable changes in performance)
 
Psychosocial

Psychosocial

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Re: New System for Gaming

morpheusv6 said:
Hi,

I am buying a new system for gaming.
My budget is 70K (all inclusive). Expected Life time to next purchase - 2 years
All prices from theitwares.com.

1. Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz - Rs. 8050
2. RAM - OCZ DDR2 1066 MHz 1x2 GB Kit - Rs. 4375 (Is 1066 required or is 800 sufficient? Any noticable changes in performance)
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I think that 800MHz would suffice. You can overclock it anytime you think you are not getting the performance you want :). My 2GB DDR2 667MHz is running at 733MHz :D. Your choice of processor is good, stick to it. For a motherboard, get Asus P5Q Pro.You can also opt. for a 680i based board. MSI P45 Platinum is also a good board. If your wallet permits, get a XFX GTX260 OR if the price is too high, get a 9800GTX+ or an ATi HD4850. 4GB RAM will suffice. Get a good 750GB HDD. Other things are upto you. :)

Happy gaming :)
 
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