f123 looking for a new rig. please help him.

[desiibond]

@f123, cache makes a big part in performance, especially when doing gaming or AV conversion. I picked Transcend just to balance out the price of cpu+ram.

Transcend sells value ram that are not good for OC but they are reliable. They used to be most preferred brand in here before Corsair came in.

 

[f123]

" Transcend sells value ram that are not good for OC but they are reliable. They used to be most preferred brand in here before Corsair came in. "

I thought Kingston had that distinction.
Hmm...

 

[harryneopotter]

If its not late, i may have to say a few things

1. 500 GB Black is not easily available ...check it if you want it. Other wise 1 TB Green is a good option.

2. Transcend RAM is good, But these days many people are complaining about the RMA Service, which is being handled by Accel care, is not upto the mark. Turnaround time for Memory RMA is more than 45 days in most of the cases (for proof, just visit the other two forums, dedicated thread for this issue).

3. CM Elite 341 should not be an option if you are planning to add a mid range GPU anytime in future. CM 33X series should do good.

4. X4 925 is a worthy CPU for its price. L3 cache do makes some difference in Mathematical Operations, which are an integral part of AV conversion.



And If you dont mind, what is your location (to f123).

 

[desiibond]

" Transcend sells value ram that are not good for OC but they are reliable. They used to be most preferred brand in here before Corsair came in. "

I thought Kingston had that distinction.
Hmm...

Kingston is kind of in between Transcend and Corsair but there are some of their products that actually rock. We can't write off transcend that easily but if RMA is having issues then it's better to look for Kingston and Corsair.

 

[Zangetsu]

Kingston is kind of in between Transcend and Corsair but there are some of their products that actually rock. We can't write off transcend that easily but if RMA is having issues then it's better to look for Kingston and Corsair.

How is G-Skill RAms....r they gud

 

[f123]

Thanks a lot for you post, it did make a diff @ harryneopotter

I'll try to squeeze Phenom X4 925 in my budget (will have to drop something else).
Is it really worth spending almost 2.5K more just for L3 cache ? Is the diff noticeable ?
(Frankly speaking I am still in a state of uncertainty)
.....

 

[desiibond]

yes. it is worthy to spend 2k extra for that. And by going for WE Blue instead of Black, your budget will be set.

 

[harryneopotter]

G Skill is a very good brand of memory, equal in performance of Corsair. And A good 1600 Mhz 4 GB Kit will cost you around 6.6k shipped to your place if you know where to look for.

 

[Zangetsu]

G Skill is a very good brand of memory, equal in performance of Corsair. And A good 1600 Mhz 4 GB Kit will cost you around 6.6k shipped to your place if you know where to look for.

so shud i go 4 them G-Skill 1600Mhz instead 1333MHz
will they be utilized @full frequency or what ?

 

[asingh]

^^
Karan have you narrowed down to your sytem specificiation, or purchased it. Long time ago, I remember some thread(s) pertaining to you and your system. But your questions keep cropping up. Not that it is bad, but difficult to remember.

Now I wanted to ask you, on which system you plan to put the RAM..? At least please, update your signature or put in a "planned" system specs. So we can easily answer your queries. Right...right..!

Who wants to know which USB and mobile phone you have...!

 

[Zangetsu]

^^
Karan have you narrowed down to your sytem specificiation, or purchased it. Long time ago, I remember some thread(s) pertaining to you and your system. But your questions keep cropping up.

My selected config is previous only..which i had put on graphics card thread

Now I wanted to ask you, on which system you plan to put the RAM..?

On a DDR3 mobo...

At least please, update your signature or put in a "planned" system specs. So we can easily answer your queries. Right...right..!

Ok will do it...

Who wants to know which USB and mobile phone you have...!

Those were my last purchases..dats y...

 

[f123]

Hmm... In that case I might as well go for Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR3-1600 and WD Cavair Green (500 GB, 32MB cache) @ desiibond

 

[f123]

Edifier C3 looks cool.. ( I'll drop AL VS2421 for now, save some bucks and get this instead) @desiibond
Do you have anything else in mind ? Are there any good 16:10 AR monitors ?

(LOL.. Almost the entire list has changed now.. Good)

 

[desiibond]

Dell 248WFP if you are lucky. It's very very difficult to find these 16:10 displays.

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I heard that WD Green is sometimes too slow. Look for Blue as there is no difference in price. maybe a hundred bucks or two.

 

[f123]

I heard that WD Green is sometimes too slow. Look for Blue as there is no difference in price. maybe a hundred bucks or two.

Is it ?? :0
But, WD Blue doesn't have 32 MB cache support, in that case the only option with us is WD Black or Seagate...

 

[f123]

Hello friends, Hope you all are doing great !!!

I finally got the PC and given below is it's config,

CPU - Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz B.E.
Mobo - Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H
RAM - Kingston KHX1600C9D3K3/6GX 1600MHz DDR3 - 4GB
HD - WD Cavair Green 500 GB, 32 MB Cache
Monitor - Samsung 2233SW 22" FULL HD LD Monitor
Speakers - Edifier C3
Cabinet - CM Elite 335
PSU - CM eXtreme Power Plus 500W


It took me two days, to source all the components (they weren't readily available at Lammington Road). Corsair DDR3 1600MHz wasn't available at all so I had to go with Kingston, there too the only available kit was 6GB so I purchased two 2GB sticks from that kit.
I had to compromise a bit here and there but am happy.


Assembled the system yesterday and installed the OS. Testing is yet to be done, I think it will take another day or two.
One strange thing that I noticed was that during startup it shows memory installed as DDR3 1333Mhz (will have to check out the settings for this one) and just 2.75 GB in windows.


I am still using my earlier IDE DVDRW drive and Keyboard/Mouse.
Will get them soon (may be a Microsoft Wired Desktop 600 or Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 3000 and Gigabyte GM 6800) and yes an extra fan for the chasis in the front.


Total Cost (till now) - 41.2K



Thanks to everyone for helping me out with this one.

I had used this thread a lot while searching a config that would suit me *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=96218
(Thanks comp@ddict, topgear and thetechshopguy)


And a very special note of thanks to desiibond for his guidance..