CPU and Motherboard upgrade for 10k

karan.bhambri

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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:I will games like COD MW3, Black Ops I and II, Fifa 14 mainly. Also i would be used for some normal browsing and MS office.

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:Budget is upto 10k but can strech to 12k

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:no. never

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:Windows 7 or windows 8. Will purchase that seperately

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans:i already have a 160 gb IDE and spare 500 GB SATA.

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:NO.

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans:Monitor, Psu i have got Corsair CX 500 v3, keyboard, mouse, speakers, Ram.

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: Mid January

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans:Yes. I will assemble.

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:Yes i will buy from Nehru place and if not available then from Flipkart or Itwares

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Pls suggest an Amd config because i am fed up with Intel.
 
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karan.bhambri

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I have DDR2 ram 2 Gb but will purchase 2 sticks of 4gb next month. Also isnt the FX-6300 in the same price bracket as the i-3 3220 and gives more performance while playing games?
 
I have DDR2 ram 2 Gb but will purchase 2 sticks of 4gb next month. Also isnt the FX-6300 in the same price bracket as the i-3 3220 and gives more performance while playing games?

> DDR2 won't work with any new board. you'll need to get DDR3 RAM.

> FX 6300 does not have an IGP. You'll need to use a graphic card to get video out. Also, AM3+ boards are a little expensive compared low end LGA 1155 boards.
 
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karan.bhambri

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I already have a Sapphire radeon 6670 1 Gb DDR5( sorry forgot to mention).

All my friends got Amd Cpus except one and i can see the difference between the intel and amd config while playing games. Also as my current config is an Intel thus i want better gaming experience.
 

NiGHtfUrY

Journeyman
FX 6300 (7500)
Asus M5A97 R2.0 (7200)

^U can go for a cheaper mobo,but it will still be out of budget.

Also which cabinet do you have?
 
I already have a Sapphire radeon 6670 1 Gb DDR5( sorry forgot to mention).

All my friends got Amd Cpus except one and i can see the difference between the intel and amd config while playing games. Also as my current config is an Intel thus i want better gaming experience.

you can't get anything better than FX 6100 in that budget. I still suggest i3 3220.
 
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karan.bhambri

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I have the lenovo mini tower which came with my pc.

I think i may go for
1. Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Motherboard @ Rs. 4395 Flipkart
2. Fx 6300 Rs. 7500 SMC international
Total- Rs. 11895

What do you suggest?
 

rijinpk1

Aspiring Novelist
I have the lenovo mini tower which came with my pc.

I think i may go for
1. Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Motherboard @ Rs. 4395 Flipkart
2. Fx 6300 Rs. 7500 SMC international
Total- Rs. 11895

What do you suggest?

that mobo supports ddr3 ram only. you will have to purchase ddr3 ram as newer boards supports only ddr3
 

ASHISH65

Technomancer
I will not recommend Gigabyte GA-78LMT for fx 6300,there might be stabilty issues(i heard this from various forums), get 970 chipset mobo atleast
 

rijinpk1

Aspiring Novelist
that motherboard is fully compatible with fx 6300. if there is no overclocking is involved, the board should be fine.
 
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karan.bhambri

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Yes I do not overclock nor i will in any case.
Another query i have is that whether the stock cooler of Fx-6300 is sufficient w/o OC or i have to buy an aftermarket cooler?
 

rijinpk1

Aspiring Novelist
Yes I do not overclock nor i will in any case.
Another query i have is that whether the stock cooler of Fx-6300 is sufficient w/o OC or i have to buy an aftermarket cooler?

stock cooler is sufficient even for mild overclocks. no need to worry there.
 
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karan.bhambri

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Also i read somewhere that stock cooler of Fx series is too noisy and generates a lot of heat.
I am paranoid because of this

Also i read somewhere that stock cooler of Fx series is too noisy and generates a lot of heat.
I am paranoid because of this
 

rijinpk1

Aspiring Novelist
Also i read somewhere that stock cooler of Fx series is too noisy and generates a lot of heat.
I am paranoid because of this

Also i read somewhere that stock cooler of Fx series is too noisy and generates a lot of heat.
I am paranoid because of this

no need to worry. buy and test yourself. if it makes too much noise , get a cheaper good coolers like antec a20 for 650 bucks. i dont think it will be too noisy either. i dont have any experience with amd cpu cooler.
 
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