Budget Rig @ 25k

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Ya, I'll, after I get this rig.

BTW if you don't mind, can you please suggest a good motherboard for i5-2500k?? Or the same motherboard will do??

 

[MyGeekTips]

Nice suggestion. Why don't you guys post the latest prices in the *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-components-configurations/96218-hardware-price-list-spec-sheet.html and *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-components-configurations/143901-pc-buying-guide-2011-q4.html section.

It will help us a lot to create the PC buying guide in more optimized way.

This TDF member purchased it for 8.5K & Posted Pics Here:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/1381610-post7789.html

My Friend Too Purchased this monitor for 8K.

 

[d6bmg]

^^ Prices have come down.

 

[Cilus]

Ya, I'll, after I get this rig.

BTW if you don't mind, can you please suggest a good motherboard for i5-2500k?? Or the same motherboard will do??

MSI Z68A-GD55 @ 9.5K is the best VFM board as per my opinion. It is the only sub 10K board which comes with nice overclocking potential, 3 PCI- E X16 slot (X8-x8-X4) with Crossfire and SLI support. Performance and and feature wise there is no match of that board in sub 10K price range.

 

[MyGeekTips]

MSI Z68A-GD55 @ 9.5K is the best VFM board as per my opinion. It is the only sub 10K board which comes with nice overclocking potential, 3 PCI- E X16 slot (X8-x8-X4) with Crossfire and SLI support. Performance and and feature wise there is no match of that board in sub 10K price range.

Has anybody ever reached 4.9 ghz or even 4.8 ghz ?

^^ Prices have come down.

So, what is the new price of V2220 ?

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Thanks Cilus.

I'm sticking with Intel Core i5 2400 + Intel DH67CL-B3.

 

[Cilus]

Has anybody ever reached 4.9 ghz or even 4.8 ghz ?

Stop criticizing product without any valid point. 4.8 GHz is a serious overclocking and very few people normally do that, even when armed with good CPU coolers. It is a sub $250 board and delivers the best for the price.
If you want 4.8 Ghz or more, get the premium boards like MSI GD80 or Asus Z68 pro and pay the premium.

It has reached 4.5 Ghz in tomshardware test of 5 sub $160 motherboards test and placed itself in the 2nd position in CPU overclocking. In Memory overclocking, it got the 1st position, offering 2271 MHz overclocking of the Ripjaw X rams. It also secured the 2nd place in load-power consumption.
It was only not recommended because of the low availability on the time of the review and little higher price over the Gigabyte one.

Check here: Overclocking : From $100 To $160: Five Z68-Based Boards, Compared

 

[MyGeekTips]

Stop criticizing product without any valid point

When i criticize it i was just firmly asking has anybody reached higher clock because i was thinking of using it for my sandy bridge rig.

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

I've a confusion..!!

Here BenQ India | Products - LCD Monitors - G2220HD I see

Input Connector D-sub / DVI-D

And Intel® Desktop Board DH67CL I see

Graphics
DVI-I and HDMI* connectors for processors with Intel® HD Graphics

So will the ports be compatible?? Will it work??

BTW there is no VGA port in both Motherboard and Monitor??

Looks like it'll work fine, after I get the GPU only as suggested above

MSI Global - Computer, Laptop, Notebook, Desktop, Mainboard, Graphics and more

DVI Output Dual-Link DVI-I x1
D-SUB Output 1
HDMI-Output 1

The review DELL ST2220L Review makes me thinking about going with Cilus's suggestion dumping BenQ G2220HD.

What say??

The positive thing is I'd get HDMI, which would be common to my Motherboard and GPU(later if I get it).

Otherwise I'm not getting anything common on the above two monitors.

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Hey guys, I was just thinking, how about spending 1.5k more for 2500k. Is it worth the value??

Can I pair it up with Cilus's suggestion Intel DH67CL-B3??

As I'm never going to OC, won't the z68 be a waste??

So can you suggest me some decent board if Intel DH67CL-B3 not a good choice?

 

[Tenida]

If you are not planning to oc then don't invest in K series processor.You can look into Intel Core i5 2400/2500 processors.Intel core i5 2400/2500+Intel DH67CL-B3 is good combo
P.S-You can't overclock i5 2500k in Intel DH67CL-B3.For oc 2500K you need Intel P67/Z68 chipsets based motherboard.

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Ya, I'm not going to Overclock. Thanks for confirming

 

[Cilus]

Pairing i5 2500K with a H67 based board is same as pairing 2500 with it. Because for overclocking, you need the combination of P67/Z68 motherboard and K series processor.
So if you can spend some more, get the i5 2500, not 2500K.

And Tenida has already stated it correctly.

And regarding your confusion, Intel DH67BL does have both HDMI and DVI port. So you connect the BenQ monitor with the DVI output of the Motherboard. There is no compatibility issues. D-Sub is our old VGA connector

BenQ HD2220 does come with VGA input but the mobo does not have one.

 

[vickybat]

Hey guys, I was just thinking, how about spending 1.5k more for 2500k. Is it worth the value??

Can I pair it up with Cilus's suggestion Intel DH67CL-B3??

As I'm never going to OC, won't the z68 be a waste??

So can you suggest me some decent board if Intel DH67CL-B3 not a good choice?

The K suffix means the cpu has unlocked multiplier i.e you can overclock a cpu by incrementing multiplier value without touching base clock. In 1155 cpu's , baseclock is locked and cannot be tinkered with.

So the only way to overclock is to increment multiplier count and that is only possible with k series processors and that too on a p67 or z68 motherboard.

Pairing a k series cpu with an h67 or h61 board is complete waste unless you want to use the 3000 series integrated gpu. But i would always recommend a discrete gpu with a sandybridge cpu and z68 mobo for using quicksync.

For you, stick with h67 if you don't want to overclock and get the i5 2500 (without the k suffix). It cannot be overclocked even if you pair it with a p67 or z68 motherboard.

@ cilus & tenida

Oh sorry guys. Didn't see your posts.

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Thanks guys, so according to you getting K series proccy with this mobo is a waste unless I want to use IGP3000. As I'll be getting discrete GPU, this will be a waste.

So Intel DH67CL-B3 + i5 2500 and 6770.

BTW for GPU isn't Sapphire is more preferred brand??

Do you guys still recommend MSI one over Sapphire??

 

[Tenida]

Both of them is good renowned brand.You can buy any of them.

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Another thing, sorry If I'm making you guys confused.

So according to you better stick to 2400 or get 2500?? (Not 2500k)

Also if I get 2500k, I can cut down the GPU right now. As I guess casual gaming and HD Movies would be fine on IGP3000.

 

[Tenida]

Check this out
SAPPHIRE HD 6770 1GB GDDR5-7.26K

MSI HD6770 1GB GDDR5-6.8k

Check this review
Intel Core i5-2500, Core i5-2400 and Core i5-2300 CPU Review

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Thanks Tenida and all

Thanks tenida again, that linked helped me a lot.

Fixed my mind. Going for i5-2400 unless i5-2500 is 1000/- higher priced.

200MHz bump for 1000/- more is not a bad idea I guess. But not more than that, otherwise I'd go for i5-2400.

One more thing

On MSI R6770-MD1GD5 it's stated that Display Output (Max Resolution) 2560x1600.

Does that mean if I use 1920x1080 Resolution Monitor, the Graphics Card won't be able to output Full HD??

 

[whitestar_999]

Thanks Tenida and all

Thanks tenida again, that linked helped me a lot.

Fixed my mind. Going for i5-2400 unless i5-2500 is 1000/- higher priced.

200MHz bump for 1000/- more is not a bad idea I guess. But not more than that, otherwise I'd go for i5-2400.

One more thing

On MSI R6770-MD1GD5 it's stated that Display Output (Max Resolution) 2560x1600.

Does that mean if I use 1920x1080 Resolution Monitor, the Graphics Card won't be able to output Full HD??

2560>1920 & 1600>1080.2560x1600 resolution is intended for those running 2 or more monitors side by side as one big screen.