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[harryneopotter]

@damngoodman999
thanks for replying. Now my friend has got an extension of 1-2k in his budget of 15k.

I am thinking of this config for him-
1] Intel E7200 Core 2 Duo processor - 6k(approx)
2] Some good mobo in the price range of 4k with future expandibility.
3] Kingston 1Gbx2 DDR2 RAM - Rs 900x2
4] 250Gb or may be less capacity Sata HDD (just trying to save some substantial cash here to invest in a good SMPS. If the price margin is less then forget it) - Rs 2300
5] Zebronics or iball Engine-X cabinet with SMPS - Rs 1500
Total Cost - Rs 15.6k approx

No DVD writer is required for him but the mobo must have atleast one IDE slot for him to connect his old comp's HDD and DVD writer (both IDE)

Plz give me some more suggestions in both Intel and AMD based configuration fitting the specified budget. Which is the mobo with on-board graphics that will best suit the above config???

P.S.- Where is KPowerMania???? Haven't seen him here since ages...
Regards.

Regarding Graphics power ... the AMD config mentioned above is better than wat u can get in an INTEL config.

And abour kpowermania ... he has changed his username to "Psychosocial" ... u will find him somewhere around here....

 

[damngoodman999]

@damngoodman999
thanks for replying. Now my friend has got an extension of 1-2k in his budget of 15k.

I am thinking of this config for him-
1] Intel E7200 Core 2 Duo processor - 6k(approx)
2] Some good mobo in the price range of 4k with future expandibility.
3] Kingston 1Gbx2 DDR2 RAM - Rs 900x2
4] 250Gb or may be less capacity Sata HDD (just trying to save some substantial cash here to invest in a good SMPS. If the price margin is less then forget it) - Rs 2300
5] Zebronics or iball Engine-X cabinet with SMPS - Rs 1500
Total Cost - Rs 15.6k approx

No DVD writer is required for him but the mobo must have atleast one IDE slot for him to connect his old comp's HDD and DVD writer (both IDE)

Plz give me some more suggestions in both Intel and AMD based configuration fitting the specified budget. Which is the mobo with on-board graphics that will best suit the above config???

P.S.- Where is KPowerMania???? Haven't seen him here since ages...
Regards.

Ya E7200 is good processor , but what u will get in Intels P35 chipset for 4K (But what see what there is to used with it with out adding a Gfx card u cant play 2008 games even .!)

AMD 780 chipset is moderate graphics sequence , so u can play high graphics game @ Medium settings

780 chipset => ATI 3200

790 chipset =>ATI 3400

790chipset cost 1000/- rupee more so u can add the dvd rw in 790chipset

 

[blackbird]

Any body knows where to buy D945GCLF2 Mobo in Mumbai or in india ?
Please provide a contact detail....

My requirements are
I want a Mini itx Motherboard for LESS i don't care if it is AMD or Intel but it should and must contain this....

Form Factor = Mini itx (very imp)
Sata connection
Onboard IGP
SOUND
Svideo out or Dvi Out or video out(for connecting to tv)
silent cpu support...
Plays AVI, DVD, DAT, MPEG, MPG, MKV etc
1gb lan
1 pci-e slot

My max budget is 5-6k Only on Motherboard....
How can i know which MINI-ITX motherboard is available in INDIA ?

Please reply

After a Lot of Researching i found this data

Import cost for D945GCLF2 @ Rs. 5600
I can also get Zotac 610i Rs.2750 in india


Features
Zotac
CPU Socket Type LGA 775
FSB 1333/1066MHz
Chipsets
North Bridge NVIDIA GeForce 7050
Memory
Number of Memory Slots 2×240pin
Memory Standard DDR2 667
Maximum Memory Supported 4GB
Expansion Slots
PCI Express x1 1
Storage Devices
PATA 1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max
SATA 3Gb/s 2
SATA RAID 0/1
Onboard Video
Onboard Video Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 7050
Onboard Audio
Audio Channels 6 Channels
Onboard LAN
Max LAN Speed 10/100Mbps
Rear Panel Ports
PS/2 2
Video Ports D-Sub
USB 4 x USB 2.0
Audio Ports 3 Ports


Intel
Atom 330
Chipsets
North Bridge Intel 945GC
South Bridge Intel ICH7
Maximum Memory Supported 2GB
PCI Slots 1
PATA 1 x ATA 100 2 Dev. Max
SATA 2 x SATA II
Onboard Video Chipset Intel GMA 950
LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps
PS/2 2
COM 1
LPT 1
Video Ports D-Sub
S-Video 1
USB 4 x USB 2.0
Audio Ports 3 Ports
Onboard USB 4 x USB 2.0

 

[comp@ddict]

A better board is

Gigabyte G31 @ 3k, supports Dual-channel DDR2 RAM as well

 

[spidy333]

Hi,

I will be purchasing a new PC by the start of next month.. and I will mainly use it for gaming purposes.. I have few doubts regarding this..

Firstly which monitor size should I select.. I hear 22'' is not true hd..

Processor.. core 2 duo e8500 or quad core q9300.. which one is better and which one is cheaper..

Motherboard... I honestly dont have much info about this.. Please suggest me a good one according to the config..

Graphic card... the trickiest part... My budget for graphic card is at around 10k... suggest me a good one..

Totally I would like to spend 40-50k for this PC... The last time I made a purchase i.e my laptop turned pretty disastrous.. very much obsolete after few months.. This time I dont want to waste money like that.. So Please suggest me few good configs for my budget...

 

[damngoodman999]

Hi,

I will be purchasing a new PC by the start of next month.. and I will mainly use it for gaming purposes.. I have few doubts regarding this..

Firstly which monitor size should I select.. I hear 22'' is not true hd..

Processor.. core 2 duo e8500 or quad core q9300.. which one is better and which one is cheaper..

Motherboard... I honestly dont have much info about this.. Please suggest me a good one according to the config..

Graphic card... the trickiest part... My budget for graphic card is at around 10k... suggest me a good one..

Totally I would like to spend 40-50k for this PC... The last time I made a purchase i.e my laptop turned pretty disastrous.. very much obsolete after few months.. This time I dont want to waste money like that.. So Please suggest me few good configs for my budget...

2 Cores time for gaming is just going down , but QUAD CORES are future proof and gaming too

any way Core2Duo E8500 => 9100/-

Q9300 will be 13000/- but wait for corei7 my suggestion

Only option for GRAPHICS CARD under 10K is PALIT HD 4850

 

[comp@ddict]

Okay, set the budget at 50k, then you have two options.
1. Wait till February nxt year for Deneb DDR3
2. The one below v v v

Q6600 @ 10k
2*2GB DDR2 @ 3.4k
CM 330 Elite Cabinet @ 2k
Corsair VX450W @ 3.6k
MSI P45NEo-F @ 5.5k
WD 500GB @ 3.2k

Now, for monitor and gfx card:
HD4870 @ 17.5k or HD4870 1GB @ 19k
BenQ 21.5" FullHD monitor @ 13k


Some 55k, but a BULLDOZER rig

 

[damngoodman999]

Okay, set the budget at 50k, then you have two options.
1. Wait till February nxt year for Deneb DDR3
2. The one below v v v

Q6600 @ 10k
2*2GB DDR2 @ 3.4k
CM 330 Elite Cabinet @ 2k
Corsair VX450W @ 3.6k
MSI P45NEo-F @ 5.5k
WD 500GB @ 3.2k

Now, for monitor and gfx card:
HD4870 @ 17.5k or HD4870 1GB @ 19k
BenQ 21.5" FullHD monitor @ 13k


Some 55k, but a BULLDOZER rig

55K great combination Go for this , best options

Q6600 + Palit HD 4870 sonic => Good Gaming Rig

 

[spidy333]

Okay, set the budget at 50k, then you have two options.
Q6600 @ 10k
2*2GB DDR2 @ 3.4k
CM 330 Elite Cabinet @ 2k
Corsair VX450W @ 3.6k
MSI P45NEo-F @ 5.5k
WD 500GB @ 3.2k

I think I am done for this part... This will be pretty much what I will get... at most may be I might change the processor to Q9300

Now, for monitor and gfx card:
HD4870 @ 17.5k or HD4870 1GB @ 19k
BenQ 21.5" FullHD monitor @ 13k

Some 55k, but a BULLDOZER rig

As I might need other extras like UPS, speaker etx will make another 5k more.. which make it total of 60...(10k away from my budget..)

Also some of friends are confusing me that ATI cards are having problems with many games... Is this really true..? Also FullHD means do I get 1920x1080 res on that monitor.. If so then I'm so getting it...

edit: is this BenQ monitor you are talking about.. E2200HD.. Seems the specs are very good for this...

 

[damngoodman999]

As I might need other extras like UPS, speaker etx will make another 5k more.. which make it total of 60...(10k away from my budget..)

Also some of friends are confusing me that ATI cards are having problems with many games... Is this really true..? Also FullHD means do I get 1920x1080 res on that monitor.. If so then I'm so getting it...

Ya its true that ATI is not having problem some word mistake "NVIDIA only having problem with games , nvidia is working on the drivers of 260GTX to beat HD4870 but still they cant "

Q6600 is better option for your over clocking , if u add Q9300 it is better but u have to add 3K to processor extra .

If u reduce the price in Graphics card means next option will be HD 4850 for 9.7k

Whats ur deal??

 

[spidy333]

Ya its true that ATI is not having problem some word mistake "NVIDIA only having problem with games , nvidia is working on the drivers of 260GTX to beat HD4870 but still they cant "

Q6600 is better option for your over clocking , if u add Q9300 it is better but u have to add 3K to processor extra .

If u reduce the price in Graphics card means next option will be HD 4850 for 9.7k

Whats ur deal??

Ya.. almost done I guess.. I think I need to adjust with HD4850 because of budget constraints... If somehow my parent agree to then I might get 4870 (not so easy job)..

I have read somewhere that Q6600 can be easily overclocked to 3.0Ghz... If I overclock this... Do I need to change the config... like adding fans etc.. Will the power supply be enough to support overclocked processor and hd4850..

 

[damngoodman999]

Ya.. almost done I guess.. I think I need to adjust with HD4850 because of budget constraints... If somehow my parent agree to then I might get 4870 (not so easy job)..

See HD4850 is better option 10K , in future u can add another HD 4850 in crossfire so ,, then it can even beat the 280GTX .

HD 4850 ia fastest card only 10%-15% less than HD 4850.

So now get the crossfire enabled MOTHERBOARD

there are 2 motherboard comes with crossfire enabled and cheap for its performance

ASUS P5Qpro - 9200/- (P45 chipset)

MSI platinum P45 - 10200/-

So if u r doing less in HD 4870 , u can have 8K adding HD 4850 + ASUS P5Q pro
+Q9300

Good gaming rig too /-

 

[spidy333]

I am pretty much set with Q6600+HD4850+(MSI P45@ 5.5k) as of now... If my budget relaxes a bit I will follow you suggestions about crossfire enable motherboard and processor...

 

[acewin]

if you are buying a new procy then buy Q9300 instead of Q6600

 

[spidy333]

Well... Its a bit over my budget.. I'm thinking that I can OC the Q6600 to 3Ghz for better performance... How much can I OC the Q9300?

 

[damngoodman999]

Well... Its a bit over my budget.. I'm thinking that I can OC the Q6600 to 3Ghz for better performance... How much can I OC the Q9300?

Q6600 is 65nm proccy and only 3.2ghz is limited over clocking with stock cool

Q9300 is 45nm and fast , You can OC bit extra than Q6600

Q9300 => 13000/- rupees

Best set of gaming rig to you

Q9300
ASUS P5Q pro
250HDD
LG DVD RW
Palit HD 4850
Zebronics Antibiotic Cabinet (give back the PSU comes with cabinet)
COolermaster 600Watts extreme power
2Gb of RAm 800mhz
DELL 2208WFP
Logitech keyboard & mouse
Numeric ups
Altec lancing 2.1 speakers

PRICES FOR THE ABOVE LISTED ITEMS

13000+9100+2200+1000+9500+1300+3300+1400+13100+700+1800+1100 => TOTAL 52700

Gosh i just searched all the prices & listed u should be happy with this , DELL 2208WFP will be better than BENQ because DELL has 2ms response time


Zebronics Antibiotic will be good in cooling & easy to find in shops, give the PSU which comes with the ZEbb Cabinet , then 2GB RAM will be more than enough to play games @ the Butter smooth gaming



HAPPY

 

[thelordrrulzzz]

How is the Jetway HA06 mobo along with AMD Phenom X3 8250 processor???
This is because that mobo was the Editor's Pick as well as Digit's Gold Pick for AMD processor's and it is also a 780g chipset .
Is Jetway HA06 better than ASUS M3A78-EM or is it similar to it???
Lastly does anyone know the latest prices of Phenom X3 processor and da Jetway HA06 mobo???
This is because theitwares.com X3's price as Rs 4950 but Deltapage.com is showing da price as Rs 5450.
My friend needs to fit in the processor and mobo within the 10k margin then only he can invest in some other good components.

 

[damngoodman999]

How is the Jetway HA06 mobo along with AMD Phenom X3 8250 processor???
This is because that mobo was the Editor's Pick as well as Digit's Gold Pick for AMD processor's and it is also a 780g chipset .
Is Jetway HA06 better than ASUS M3A78-EM or is it similar to it???
Lastly does anyone know the latest prices of Phenom X3 processor and da Jetway HA06 mobo???
This is because theitwares.com X3's price as Rs 4950 but Deltapage.com is showing da price as Rs 5450.
My friend needs to fit in the processor and mobo within the 10k margin then only he can invest in some other good components.

Asus boards are stable one and Better RMA

 

[spidy333]

Q6600 is 65nm proccy and only 3.2ghz is limited over clocking with stock cool

Q9300 is 45nm and fast , You can OC bit extra than Q6600

Q9300 => 13000/- rupees

Best set of gaming rig to you

Q9300
ASUS P5Q pro
250HDD
LG DVD RW
Palit HD 4850
Zebronics Antibiotic Cabinet (give back the PSU comes with cabinet)
COolermaster 600Watts extreme power
2Gb of RAm 800mhz
DELL 2208WFP
Logitech keyboard & mouse
Numeric ups
Altec lancing 2.1 speakers

PRICES FOR THE ABOVE LISTED ITEMS

13000+9100+2200+1000+9500+1300+3300+1400+13100+700+1800+1100 => TOTAL 52700

Gosh i just searched all the prices & listed u should be happy with this , DELL 2208WFP will be better than BENQ because DELL has 2ms response time


Zebronics Antibiotic will be good in cooling & easy to find in shops, give the PSU which comes with the ZEbb Cabinet , then 2GB RAM will be more than enough to play games @ the Butter smooth gaming



HAPPY

Thank you very much for your efforts.. I will surely follow your advise and I think I will pretty much get the system config you specified.. As far as monitor is concerned I want to have max res 1920x1080 so that i can connect Xbox 360 to it... So I might go with benQ... nyway they are both of same price.. so it wont affect the rest of configuration.. Thanks again..

forgot to ask.. What is the price of cheapest motherboard that supports both SLI and Crossfire..

 

[tkin]

Thank you very much for your efforts.. I will surely follow your advise and I think I will pretty much get the system config you specified.. As far as monitor is concerned I want to have max res 1920x1080 so that i can connect Xbox 360 to it... So I might go with benQ... nyway they are both of same price.. so it wont affect the rest of configuration.. Thanks again..

forgot to ask.. What is the price of cheapest motherboard that supports both SLI and Crossfire..

The first mobo to do so is Intel Skulltrail but its waaaay out of our league, newer X58 mobos do so. These are the best ones from ASUS costing 17k and 26k.

1.*techshop.in/store/product_info.php?cPath=320_21_30&products_id=2908
2.*techshop.in/store/product_info.php?cPath=320_21_30&products_id=2914

P.S-These mobos only support Intel Core i7 processors starting at 17k and DDR3 RAMs only.

All mobos support Triple SLI, however none support true X16 Triple SLI. Only X16-X8-X8 or X16-X16-X1