Budget Gaming PC for 40K

desiJATT

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Hello there guys, finally I have decided to buy a new gaming PC after my 12th boards in April, here's the questionnaire filled up.

1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Stupid answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work. Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.')

Ans: Sole purpose is FPS gaming, to be precise ONLY BF3 and other Frostbite games coming in future (BFBC3, MOH Warfighter). I want to play *atleast* these games on ULTRA settings at good fps.

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.

Ans: Overall budget in 40K can't extend any further.

3. Planning to overclock?

Ans: I would prefer an unlocked processor as i will overclock just to feed my enthusiast self desires. Not going to overclock for *large performance gains*. Will invest in a good cooler later on.

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?

Ans: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit (Legit copy) and Ubuntu as a dual boot option.

5. How much hard drive space is needed?

Ans: No, hard drive is not needed right now as i am getting an WD Blue 500 GB hard drive with an old price tag of 2800 rupees, so won't need it now. Also, i have external 500 GB

6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention which screen size and resolution do you want. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, again mention the size and resolution of monitor you have.

Ans: Yes, monitor is need, 21-22 inch will suffice, preferably LED just for the sake of being latest.

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?

Ans: Hard disk

8. When are you planning to buy the system?

Ans: April first week.

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?

Ans: Yes, i have built many PCs before and have experience, so will do it myself.

10. Where do you live? Are you buying locally? Are you open to buying stuff from online shops if you don't get locally?

Ans: I live in Jalandhar and i'll buy locally. I have a good friend of mine running a famous Gaming Cafe ( NxGT ) who will order it for me.


11. Anything else which you would like to say?

Ans: I also want to buy an XBOX 360 controller. Also, the GPU i need is HD 6950 2GB. Will see if i could wait for HD 7850 2GB but nothing less than that.
 

thetechfreak

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A full config with 6950 2gb in 40k? kind of difficult.


Component | Make | Price Processor |AMD Phenom II X4 955/965/970 BE|6400
Motherboard |Gigabyte GA-880GM-D2H (rev. 3.1)|4000
RAM |G-skill F3-10600CL9S-4GBNT(4Gx1)|1193
Graphic Card |MSI R6850 Cyclone PE/OC|9750
DVD Writer |ASUS 24X Sata Black DVD|1150
PSU |FSP Saga II 500W|2200
Case |NZXT Source 210 Elite|2300
Monitor |Benq G2222HDL|7600
Keyboard & Mouse |Logitech MK200|700
UPS |Intex 1KVA|1800
Speakers |Logitech Z313|1680
| Total |39000~
 
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desiJATT

desiJATT

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hmmm... i think you're right, i might not get HD 6950 at this budget. So, my friend at the cafe suggested me this config, and he's promising very low prices as he himself has ordered 20 gaming pcs and promises me to get me corporate discount. This is what he suggests-

AMD Phenom X6 1090T - 8K
Gigabyte G880 USB3 Board - 5.2K
Gskil 1600 MHz RAM - 1.5K
Dell LED 22 inches - 8K
CM Gladiator 430 Cabinet - 3.5K
500 GB WD Blue - 2.8K
HD 6950 2GB - 15K
Corsair Power Supply - 4K
Standard KB/Mouse
Total 48K.

Are the prices reasonable? He's a very good friend so i don't expect him to be false, neither am i unsure about it. But it's very over budgeted. What should I cut out?
 

theserpent

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^ Looks good to me,But if you can wait for HD 7850 which is said to be better than 6950.Its just around the corner
 
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desiJATT

desiJATT

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Ok so, according to the rig specified by thetechfreak, i have changed some with my quotation.. Here is goes..


AMD Phenom X6 1090T - 8K
Gigabyte G880 USB3 Board - 5.2K
Gskil 1600 MHz RAM - 1.5K
Dell LED 22 inches - 8K
CM Gladiator 430 Cabinet - 3.5K NZXT Source - 2.2K
500 GB WD Blue - 2.8K
HD 6950 2GB - 15K
Corsair Power Supply - 4K FSP Saga II 500 - 2.2K
Standard KB/Mouse
Total 48K Now, 45K. How's this config?
 
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desiJATT

desiJATT

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guys if I downgrade my CPU to Phenom X4, will it create any bottlenecks with my HD6950?

EDIT - So i googled something and found out that X6 is only marginally better than the X4 965, so i can probably save a lot through this downgrade but still retain a good performance score, maybe. Here's what i looked

*www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-890fx,2613-6.html
 
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whitestar_999

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6950 will not be bottlenecked by any amd athlon/phenom II quad core.it will probably not be bottlenecked even by a dual core pentium G620 2.6GHz except in 1-2 games & that too at lower than full HD resolution & ultra/max settings.
 
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desiJATT

desiJATT

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6950 will not be bottlenecked by any amd athlon/phenom II quad core.it will probably not be bottlenecked even by a dual core pentium G620 2.6GHz except in 1-2 games & that too at lower than full HD resolution & ultra/max settings.

Wait, so you mean it will run just fine, ie. upto its full potential with an AMD Phenom X4 965 ?
 

whitestar_999

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member Jaskanwar Singh is running a 6950 with athlon II x4 for quite some time & as far as i know was the 1st one here to unlock his 6950 to 6970 so yes 6950 will run just fine with x4 965.
 

vickybat

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Ok so, according to the rig specified by thetechfreak, i have changed some with my quotation.. Here is goes..


AMD Phenom X6 1090T - 8K
Gigabyte G880 USB3 Board - 5.2K
Gskil 1600 MHz RAM - 1.5K
Dell LED 22 inches - 8K
CM Gladiator 430 Cabinet - 3.5K NZXT Source - 2.2K
500 GB WD Blue - 2.8K
HD 6950 2GB - 15K
Corsair Power Supply - 4K FSP Saga II 500 - 2.2K
Standard KB/Mouse
Total 48K Now, 45K. How's this config?

Get corsair GS600. Benq G222HDL is 22 inch led full-hd and is priced as low as 6.9k. Grab it instead of the dell.

You can get the 7850 when it releases in india and waiting can be worthwhile.
Rest are fine.

You can cut down budget by going for 960t x4. Its a quad core and has chances of getting unlocked into a 6 core. Ask yoir friend if he can get this at a cheaper price.
 
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desiJATT

desiJATT

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Ok vickybat, thanks for your advice...Here's an updated config-

phenom x4 965 BE - 6.6k
g skill ripjaws 1600 mhz 1.6k
gigabyte 880gm usb3 - 5.2k
hdd 500gb - 2.8k
cd drive - 1.1k
keyb/mouse - 1k
monitor Benq 22inch led - 6.9k
speakers 1k
gpu hd6950 15k or hd7850 15k
case nzxt source 2.2k
power supply fsp saga 2.2k

45.6K

You can cut down budget by going for 960t x4. Its a quad core and has chances of getting unlocked into a 6 core. Ask yoir friend if he can get this at a cheaper price.

Well, i may go with it, but is it stable at that unlock? Do i have to invest in a new cooler for that? How much performance gain would it result into? Will it be at any par with the Phenom X6 CPUs?

at full hd it wont. at lower resolutions it will bottleneck.

Jaskanwar, could please explain it to me a little bit? At low resolution it will bottleneck? You mean at low res my card won't perform well or the cpu won't perform good? I didn't get it.
 
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desiJATT

desiJATT

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he probably meant that 6950 wont be using full potential at resolutions below HD.

i still didn't get it. Anyway, please tell when is the HD7850 releasing in India. Even iCo recommended that to me for overclocking. I don't want to regret buying HD 6950 at the point of time when new HD 7850 was about to be released. If it is scheduled to release in April, then its ok, but if late, then i can't wait.

Also, i have a brother in Dubai, he's coming back on 6th April for sometime, I can tell him to bring the HD 7850, but is it released there?
 
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rabjabber

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I3 2100 processor @ 6.4 k
biostar tz68k+ mobo @ 7.5k
g.skill ripjaws 4 gb ram @ 1.7 k
nvidia geforce gtx550 ti GPU @ 7.7 k
ASUS optical drive @ 1.2 k
Corsair CMPSU-500CXV2UK 500 Watts PSU @ 3.3k
cooler master elite 311 cabinet @ 2 k
any keyboard mouse combo @1k
win 7 home basic @5.6 k

the total is about 37k
if u don't need to overclock, save 2k on motherboard and buy intel dh67cl
increase your budget 2k and buy a 21 inch monitor
 
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