Best Configuration - Mid Range Buyers

[ashnik]

on saturday I assembled a friend's PC with that frontech cabinate. It is well ventilated but the front USB panel is very delicate. also if u push little hard it goes in the cabinate slightly, which can not be fixed.
Go for mercury-kobian cabs they have good build quality.

 

[navino87]

Is overclocking possible with 3200 & 3000 processors?

 

[gxsaurav]

over clocking is possible with any CPU, given that the motherboard supports overclocking

almost all the AMD motherboards support overclocking

 

[Crazy_Eddy]

Blade_Runner's config was absolutely perfect! A Powersafe is the least PSU I would recommend below an Antec. The Colorsit isnt all too good.

IMO, it aint worth going for the 3200+ over the 3000+ for a mere 200Mhz speed gain , the 3200+ is almost 2000 bucks more than the 3000+ ! However i believe price cuts are expected from AMD, and the 3200+ could become as cheap as a 3000+ proc.

If you're looking for a motherboard with onboard graphics, the only option is the MSI RS480-M2 . The other option would be Geforce 6100 based nvidia boards, unfortunately I havent seen them in India yet.
If you want to forego onboard graphics, you would need a PCI-E board + Geforce 6200TC. The Cheapest PCI-E board i've heard is the Winfast nForce4 Ultra, sells for around ~ 5k. A 6200TC would be around 2.5K, which ends up around 7.5K, so considering that it could be a *bit* expensive, but on the whole would be better.

The MSI board is a pretty no-frills board, no PCI-E 1x slots apart from the PCI-E 16x slot, mATX form factor, and NO overclocking !
This answers your above question - 3000+ and 3200+ processors can be overclocked, but that entirely depends on whether your mother supports overclocking !

 

[navino87]

Ok. Thanks every one who helped me

 

[navino87]

ok. Let us consider this way Getting a good motherboard without integrated graphics card and getting a graphics card which is as equal to the performance of MSI RS480-M2 board. How much will it cost.

Please mention the board & graphics card.

 

[gxsaurav]

in that caase, I would recomend a 3000+ with Asus A8V + Geroce 6200 non TC, & overclock the 3000+ to 3200+, overclock the clock speed by 2000 MHz, it won't affect temprtature in any sence

 

[blade_runner]

^^For overclocking a8v isn't recommended, plus the fact its a bit hard to find these days. You can opt for a8n-e and 3000+ with a 6200.

 

[Crazy_Eddy]

^ Yep, the Asus A8V is an AGP board, AFAIK the 6200 AGP is pretty expensive ! Moreover the K8T800 Pro chipset doesnt have properly implemented AGP/PCI locks - hence it isnt ideal to use it for overclocking.
Only the Asus A8V-E is a PCI-E based board.

 

[gxsaurav]

isn't A8N-E a bit costly for this budget, even A8V-E is a good option

but if u can squaze in an A8N-E then go for it

 

[Crazy_Eddy]

The Asus A8N-E costs around 6.4K. The Asus A8V-E costs 6K. I would definately opt for the A8N-E over the A8V-E.
The Asus A8V is next to impossible to find, and even then i would assume it to be priced around 6K as well.

 

[navino87]

Changing my budget

Actually my plan is to get a computer under 35,000 and now i have planned to increace my budget to 40,000. I asked my dad he said let us see at the time when v buy the comp. So i have planned to build an config under 40,000.

If my budget is 35,000 then my config is :

CPU-AMD Athlon 64 3200+( 939 ) venice core
Mother Board-MSI RS480M2-IL (939 socket)
Ram-Hynix 2*512 MB DDR 400 MHz
Hard disk-Seagate 80 gb Sata hdd
Monitor-Samsung SyncMaster 793s (black)
Optical drive-Lite-on DVD-Writer 16x drive (black)
Floppy Drive-Sony (black)
Keyboard-Logitech (black)Multimedia
Mouse-Logitech optical (black)
Power Supply-ANTEC 400 Watts (24 pins)
Cabinet-Any cabinet (black)
TV Tuner Card-Compro VideoMate PVR/FM

Please tell me a config under 40,000. I think changing the motherboard and getting a good graphics card will work out. also I think all the price has came down a lot.

Note: look for latest price @ *www.deltapage.com/

 

[Kniwor]

U better check if nvidia Geforce 6100 or 6150 chipset based motherboards are available or not, they are good Onboard gfx capable motherboard with PCI-E slot for future upgrade

let me also tell u that the RS480 grahics and nVidia 6100 are the same as far as performance is concerned...only difference can be the overclocking features in nVidia 6100 chipset based boards...this is because the BIOS that was designed to encorporate overclocking features in RS480 did not allow it good performance in graphics at stock speeds...so ATI decided to scrap overclocking features...

 

[navino87]

Finalise

Can any one finalise my configuration and tell me the price of all the components under budget 40k.

Tell me a good mobo(With all features such as glan, good sound card, PCIe slot, and others) and a good graphics card which will come under my budget.

Thanks in advance..

 

[Aniruddh]

@navino pal ur config is quiet decent,but u can make few changes as now u hav increased ur budget and u will b goin for a external gpu.
1:-instead of MSI RS482M2 u go for ASUS A8NE mobo.
2:-go for atleast 160GB SATA2(hitachi),price diff between SATA and SATA2 is marginal so betta go for sata2 instead of that sata.
3:-Lite-on is gud but i'll suggest u to go for either sony or benq DVD-RW.
4:-Leadtek,XFX,BIG 6600GT.BIG 6600GT will b the cheapest amongs other brand.at the same time BIG is a gud performer according to most people in this forum so u can opt for that.
5:-go for KINGSTON,TRANSCEND DDR 400MHz ram.hynix is also gud D43 chip but other 2 r betta.

 

[navino87]

mobo

Ok. Let me go for ASUS A8NE mobo. Tell me a graphics card which will come under my budget and it should have good performance.Also tell me the price of all the components.

 

[g_goyal2000]

Now that u have raised u'r budget, I think u should go for MSI Neo4 Platinum Board. It's got everything u can imagine of & is also future proof.

As for RAM, I think u should go for Transcend, Kingston or Corsair. Hynix is c_r_a_p.

For graphics card, check out the previous isssues of Digit as one of the issue (I don't remember which one) had done a test on various PCI-X16 graphics cards. U may get a fair idea on which one to buy.

And yeah, gor either Sony or Benq DVD-RW. They're both good.

 

[navino87]

Thanks to g_goyal2000, Aniruddh, Kniwor & others.

What is the price of MSI Neo4 Platinum Board. Is overclocking possible with this board ? Also give me details abt this board.

Tell me whether getting MSI Neo4 Platinum Board and a decent graphics card will come under my budget i.e.40,000.

 

[Aniruddh]

MSI K8N NEO 4 Platinum is bout 2k more then dat of ASUS A8NE.if u r gonna overclock then betta go for A8NE.NEO 4 Platinum is a very gud mobo but A8NE is betta and i m sure others will agree wid me.

 

[navino87]

satisfied

I had gone through the spec of this mobo. I was satisfied a lot. But iam afraid whether this will come under my budget.

Please tell me price of all the components including MSI K8N NEO 4 Platinum & a decent low end graphics card.