First build ever !! :-)

Ishu Gupta

Ishu Gupta

Manchester United
G-Force said:
The reason for the seperate HDD is because I had a few problems with my current system and had to format and reinstall Windows. During this process I lost huge amounts of data. So a separate HDD for the OS sounded much better option.
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That can easily solved by partitioning. Then you only need to format one partition and no data is lost.
 
Ishu Gupta

Ishu Gupta

Manchester United
AMD Phenom II X6 1075T - 9.7k Six core. Future proof.
Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H - 5.5k <-Both USB3 and SATA3
GSkill 2x2GB DDr3 1600MHz - 4k 1600MHz for OCing
HD5770 - 8k
Seagate 1TB - 2.7k
FSP SAGA II 500W - 2.3k
DVD - .9k
CM Elite 430 - 2.7k
TOTAL 35.8k
 
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G-Force

Broken In
Faun said:
PSU - Corsair vx450
A bad PSU will damage your PC over long term due to bad ripple and voltage regulation. Efficiency of over 80% will save you on electricity bills.
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Do you think 450 W would be enough, considering the fact that I will be OCing my cpu?

Ishu Gupta said:
AMD Phenom II X6 1075T - 9.7k Six core. Future proof.
Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H - 5.5k <-Both USB3 and SATA3
GSkill 2x2GB DDr3 1600MHz - 4k 1600MHz for OCing
HD5770 - 8k
Seagate 1TB - 2.7k
FSP SAGA II 500W - 2.3k
DVD - .9k
CM Elite 430 - 2.7k
TOTAL 35.8k
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Thanks for the suggestion Ishu.

I'll have to confess that I am not a very big fan of AMD cpus. I am sure they must be very economical and powerful. But I've heard very bad stories about AMD cpus overheating and literally burning due to bad cooling(don't know if those stories are all true). And since I am a beginner I didn't want to take any risks. If you can understand what I mean.

All other things that you've suggested sound perfect.

I have also noticed that there is a significant amount of difference in the prices in Delhi and here in Pune.

e.g.:
I enquired about the HD 5770 and most of the dealers offered prices like 8.5k.
Same in case of the Elite 430, I am being told that it is for 3.5k !!
Seagate 1 TB : 3.4k !
So practically the build costs me nearly 3-4k more.

Either I am being fooled or you guys are very lucky.
 
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ssb1551

ssb1551

Technomancer
Dude check out sigs of some of the members.I'm sure after that you'll change your views about AMD procc & also forget about age old stories a.k.a "overheating" n "bad cooling"(it used to be there like 8-10 years back).
BTW who told you about all this?Let me guess...some shop guy,right?
 
Faun

Faun

Wahahaha~!
Staff member
G-Force said:
Do you think 450 W would be enough, considering the fact that I will be OCing my cpu?
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Yup. Try this page to calculate.
Welcome to Corsair :: Power Supplies

Also this one too:
Antec Power Supply Calculator
 
Faun

Faun

Wahahaha~!
Staff member
G-Force said:
I have also noticed that there is a significant amount of difference in the prices in Delhi and here in Pune.

e.g.:
I enquired about the HD 5770 and most of the dealers offered prices like 8.5k.
Same in case of the Elite 430, I am being told that it is for 3.5k !!
Seagate 1 TB : 3.4k !
So practically the build costs me nearly 3-4k more.

Either I am being fooled or you guys are very lucky.
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Go to STech computers and tell the guy that price is too high (tell him some online prices) in case he blurt out the obvious. Everyone is an opportunist and you gotta play your cards too. While I cannot guarantee but give it a try. Btw he has good knowledge of what he sells.

And tell him that you got recommendation over internet forum from a guy who recently bought VX550 and APC 1.1KvA (or you can skip this as I myself don't know the consequences of this...lol).

FYI:
I got WD 1TB green at Rs. 2.9k and same price for Seagate 1TB.
Corsair VX 550 cost me 4850, initially he quoted 5400 and then I told him that its lower than 5k (told him 4850 exactly).
APC 1KvA UPS for 4.9k, his initial quote was 5.5k. I retorted back that it's damn too high.

Beware, do not purchase anything other than you have finally settled on. As these guys usually fool you into buying other things which are in stock and have more profit margin.
 
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G-Force

Broken In
Faun said:
Go to STech computers and tell the guy that price is too high (tell him some online prices) in case he blurt out the obvious. Everyone is an opportunist and you gotta play your cards too. While I cannot guarantee but give it a try. Btw he has good knowledge of what he sells.

And tell him that you got recommendation over internet forum from a guy who recently bought VX550 and APC 1.1KvA (or you can skip this as I myself don't know the consequences of this...lol).

FYI:
I got WD 1TB green at Rs. 2.9k and same price for Seagate 1TB.
Corsair VX 550 cost me 4850, initially he quoted 5400 and then I told him that its lower than 5k (told him 4850 exactly).
APC 1KvA UPS for 4.9k, his initial quote was 5.5k. I retorted back that it's damn too high.

Beware, do not purchase anything other than you have finally settled on. As these guys usually fool you into buying other things which are in stock and have more profit margin.
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I will certainly consider going to Stech comp.
I mainly asked in Camp (MG road) and everyone said stuff like "MRP se kam nahi lenge, agar apko sasta mil raha hain to udhar se lelo!". Finally I ran out of shops :-D !

Again thanks for the guidance, it helps a lot !
 
skeletor

skeletor

Chosen of the Omnissiah
Ishu Gupta said:
AMD Phenom II X6 1075T - 9.7k Six core. Future proof.
Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H - 5.5k <-Both USB3 and SATA3
GSkill 2x2GB DDr3 1600MHz - 4k 1600MHz for OCing
HD5770 - 8k
Seagate 1TB - 2.7k
FSP SAGA II 500W - 2.3k
DVD - .9k
CM Elite 430 - 2.7k
TOTAL 35.8k
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Best config possible in your budget with a future proof motherboard.

G-Force said:
I'll have to confess that I am not a very big fan of AMD cpus. I am sure they must be very economical and powerful. But I've heard very bad stories about AMD cpus overheating and literally burning due to bad cooling(don't know if those stories are all true). And since I am a beginner I didn't want to take any risks. If you can understand what I mean.
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FUD by Indian babujis. Please read this: *harsh.vardhan.net/?p=20

Also, the graphic card you are getting is also AMD HD 5770. :)
 
Faun

Faun

Wahahaha~!
Staff member
ico said:
Also, the graphic card you are getting is also AMD HD 5770. :)
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lol...

@G-Force
I assume that you went to Baba computers and Zen computers too. :grin:

My graphics card's fan stopped working and Zen computer's guy told me that it cannot be replace or repaired as fan is not under warranty :x I never bought anything from him thereafter.
 
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