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[Cool Joe]

Are you sure? In the Digit April 2008 issue, pg 72, there's a review of it 9600GT cards. There it's mentioned that the MSI card requires 2 slots.

The heating issues of the XFX don't really matter since I'm going for a Cooler Master CM690 cabinet.

 

[Psychosocial]

^^If you dont beleive me then check on some sites. It dosent REQUIRE two slots, it takes up as much SPACE as two slots would OCCUPY. It dosent need two slots to connect to your mobo. Geez. I have that issue handy right now and am reading and telling you this . If you get confused by reading the article then have a look at the pics. Do you find two connector, NO. Even the 9800GX2 or HD4870x2 and HD3870x2 dosent require two slots. OMG .

 

[Cool Joe]

OK then. Thanks. Here's the final rig. I've mentioned the prices as well in case anyone else wants to go for similar components.

proccy- Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 (Rs 5,300)
mobo- MSI P35 Neo- F (Rs 4,000)
GPU- XFX 9600GT (Rs 11,000)
RAM- 2x1GB Transcend DDR2 800 Mhz (Rs 1,800)
HDD- Western Digital Caviar SE 16 WD2500AAKS (~Rs 2,500)
DVD writer- Lite- On Super AllWrite LH-20A1P (~Rs 2,000)
monitor- LG L177 WSB-PF (Rs 8,500)
Keyboard + Mouse- Logitech (Rs 1,000)
Speakers- Altec Lansing BXR1121 (Rs 1,250)
PSU- Antec SP 500 (~Rs 2,500)
Cabinet- Cooler Master CM690 (Rs 4,000)

TOTAL: ~Rs 43,850

Thanks all for your help.

 

[desiibond]

^^ Dude. You get 19" display for just another 800 bucks more and there is hell lot of difference between 17" and 19". 19" just looks so huge when compared to 17".

afaik, 9600gt costs around 5.5k-6k. for 9k you HD4850 and it give double the performance of 9600GT.

proccy- Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 (Rs 5,300)
mobo- MSI P35 Neo- F (Rs 4,000)
GPU- Palit HD4850 : 9k-10k
RAM- 2x1GB Transcend DDR2 800 Mhz (Rs 1,800)
HDD- Seagate 400Gb : 2.6k-2.8k
DVD writer- Sony/samsung 20x writer (Rs.1.1k)
monitor- Samsung/Dell/AOC 19" monitor (Rs 9.5k)
Keyboard + Mouse- Logitech (Rs 1,000)
Speakers- Altec Lansing BXR1121 (Rs 1,250)
PSU- Antec SP 500 (~Rs 2,500)
Cabinet- Cooler Master CM690 (Rs 4,000)

total: 42.5k to 43k

Now, gaming/movies with HD4850 using Altec Lansing BXR1121 speakers suck big time. Get Philips MMS430 for 2.5k

Changes I did:

1) added 19" monitor that costs 800 bucks more
2) added HD4850 that costs 2k less and gives double the performance of 9600GT
3) added 400gig seagate HDD that costs 100 bucks more.
4) change speakers to MMS430 that costs 1.5k more but worth a lot when compared to bxr1121.

 

[Psychosocial]

^^^+infinity.

And where are you getting this 9600GT from ? You can easily get a HD4850 which is 80% faster than this in 10.6k and AFAIK XFX 9600GT costed somewhere around 8.7k and Xpert Vision costed 5.5k.

Dood, where are you buying this from ?

 

[Cool Joe]

So I'll go for a 19 inch monitor.
As for the HDD, I won't be needing so much. 250 GB is enough for me. The price is cheaper than what I've mentioned.
I'll stick to the Lite-On Super AllWrite LH-20A1P because I have read many positive reviews about it. It's also cheaper than what I've mentioned.
I've decided to go for Xpert Vision 9600GT 512 MB Sonic. It's damn cheap and it's got good cooling. I'm not particularly a fan of ATI.
Thanks to the Xpert Vision 9600GT, I can save a lot of money. I can use some of it to buy the Philips MMS430.

Thanks again.

 

[desiibond]

^^Hmm. Feel sorry that you aren't going for HD4850 just because of dislike to ATI.

PS: If you want to play crysis with full eye candy on in 19" display, you need HD4850.

I would put away the ati vs nvidia thing for my rig

 

[Psychosocial]

^^Do what desii says, keep your hatred aside. Flush it down .

 

[comp@ddict]

OK then. Thanks. Here's the final rig. I've mentioned the prices as well in case anyone else wants to go for similar components.

proccy- Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 (Rs 5,300)
mobo- MSI P35 Neo- F (Rs 4,000)
GPU- XFX 9600GT (Rs 11,000)
RAM- 2x1GB Transcend DDR2 800 Mhz (Rs 1,800)
HDD- Western Digital Caviar SE 16 WD2500AAKS (~Rs 2,500)
DVD writer- Lite- On Super AllWrite LH-20A1P (~Rs 2,000)
monitor- LG L177 WSB-PF (Rs 8,500)
Keyboard + Mouse- Logitech (Rs 1,000)
Speakers- Altec Lansing BXR1121 (Rs 1,250)
PSU- Antec SP 500 (~Rs 2,500)
Cabinet- Cooler Master CM690 (Rs 4,000)

TOTAL: ~Rs 43,850

Thanks all for your help.

Dude, whoa, seriously, you're spending 11k on the 9600GT
And since you don't want AMD, then consider this:

Xpert Vision GeForce 9800GTX+ 512mb ddr3 @ 11.6k

You're already spending 11k, get the 9800GTX+, outperforms the HD4850 by quite a margin in most games, lags behind the HD4870 and GTX260 by a large margin, but gives great overclocking potential.

^^Hmm. Feel sorry that you aren't going for HD4850 just because of dislike to ATI.

PS: If you want to play crysis with full eye candy on in 19" display, you need HD4850.

I would put away the ati vs nvidia thing for my rig

Wrong, all the Nvidia cards from the 8800's and 9800's beat the AMD cards in Crysis!!!

 

[Psychosocial]

^^And GRAW2 too.......... NVIDIA beats ATi cards to death in GRAW2

 

[Cool Joe]

I'll stick to Xpert Vision 9600GT. I don't mind playing Crysis at lower settings. At least all the other games will work fine.

 

[desiibond]

^^nope. At the max for 3-4 months you will be able to play games at med settings.

Games that use full potential of dx10 will burn 9600GT to death.

That is why am asking you consider HD4850 or 9800GTX+

If you still want to stick to 9600GT, it's your wish and anyways, best of luck for your purchase.

 

[Psychosocial]

^^True.

Even my 8800GT has 6-7 months to go after which I will have to play with med-low settings and thats why Im planning for an upgrade. 9600GT is a med level grafix card and wont last long. Either buy a 9800GTX+ if you are spending so much or atleast consider SLiing 2 9600GTs . Choice is yours.

 

[amrawtanshx]

^^^
Same case here.

 

[Cool Joe]

To go SLI, I will have to change my motherboard. I guess I'll consider HD4850 or 9800GTX. Which is better? Also suggest some good brands for each.
I'll have to change my PSU as well. 500 watt won't be enough. Plz suggest that as well.

 

[desiibond]

HD4850 costs about 2k less than 9800GTX+. and the difference between the two is at the max 2-3fps. But once you hit HighDef gaming, HD4850 beats 9800gtx+.

So, I pick HD4850.

Yep, you need to get a 600W PSU.

Palit/XpertVision/Sapphire HD4850

evga/Palit/MSI 9800GTX+

Coolermaster PSU and cabinet.

 

[Psychosocial]

^^How about a cheap cabby ?

Zebronics Bijli/Lava cabby without PSU and than buy a CM600W PSU.

I suggest a Sapphire HD4850 as its the best HD4850 you can get in India. YOu will have a hard time finding Xpert Vision one here but its quite cheap.

 

[desiibond]

^^ yep. Sapphire is the best brand in India for ATI.

and are you sure that you can put CM600W in zebronics or kobian cabinets?

If yes, I would also pick one. I was thinking that i can't do that as once I failed inserting iball PSU in kobian cabinet.

 

[Psychosocial]

^^I havent tested but AFA I have read about it, yes you can put PSUs in Zebby cabbys .

Atleast Agent001 of Digit put an Antec 400W into a Zebronics Krissh in one article .

Anyways its not confirmed, but AFAIK it will work.

 

[desiibond]

cool then. I have Zeb geforce2 cabby. Better will take the cabby and get the suitable quality PSU.

already changed it's shitty PSU twice in two years and it's already showing signs of death