Gaming Machine Rs.135K

[abhinav.faujdar]

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 use this machine mostly for gaming. Games like BattleField, CoD, MaxPayne, NFS, Dirt, Skyrim, Metro, GTA and .... .....

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 135K, can't

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: Yes, when needed

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 7/8

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: not gonna add now, but would buy a 2TB hdd a month or two later... have a USB3.0 500GB external... would use that for now

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: Yes, 23" or 24", 1080p or max resolution of the monitor

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: Not gonna buy HD/KB/Mouse/Speakers as of now, will use the ones which i have... but would buy a month or 2 later

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: by Jan 2012

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: No, but would try to assemble it by myself

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: Jaipur - Rajasthan, no high end shops here, would either go to Delhi or online shops

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Well i have some components in mind...

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Processor - Intel Core i7 3770K
Motherboard - Asus Maximus V Formula
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 2133MHz 2*4GB / ??
GPU - AMD Radeon HD 7970 / NVidia GTX 680
Monitor - Dell U2412M / ??

Solid State Drive - OCZ Vertex(VTX3LP-25SAT3-120G) / Crucial M4 / Samsung 830{120-128GB}
PSU - Corsair HX850 / CM Silent ProM2 1000W
Cabinet - NZXT Switch 810 / CM Storm Stryker
CPU Cooler - Corsair H100 Cooler
Optical Drive - ASUS DRW-24B3ST SATA
UPS - APC Back-UPS 1100VA (BR1100CI-IN)

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I am pretty much confused about everything... need your help guys..

 

[mandarpalshikar]

Here you go... Components you've chosen are gr8 and fit in your money.. only some changes here and there -

Component	Name	Price
CPU	Core i5 3770K	20,000
Motherboard	Asus Maximus V Formula	21,000
RAM	G.Skill TridentX DDR3 8 GB (2 x 4 GB)	8,000
Graphics Card	Sapphire AMD HD 7970 Vapor-X	34,000
PSU	Corsair TX850v2	8,000
Cabinet	CM Storm Stryker	13,000
SSD	Corsair Force Series 3 120GB	7,000
Monitor	BenQ G2420HD	10,000
Optical Drive	Asus DRW-24B5ST	900
UPS	APC Back-UPS 1100VA (BR1100CI-IN)	6,000
CPU Cooler	Corsair H100	8,000
	Total	1,35,900

 

[N@m@n]

abhinav look at gameranands thread he recently bought pc of 135k

 

[mandarpalshikar]

Here is that link to gameranand rig -

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-components-configurations/165129-gaming-rig-around-130k.html

 

[gameranand]

The components you have chosen are good enough, go ahead with them. No need to change them.

 

[N@m@n]

@mandarpalshikhar i want to ask you how is maximus v gene as i am thinking to buy it
SORRY for going off topic in this thread

 

[The Incinerator]

GAmer Anands rig with little changes. Wont compromise on the performance though.

Processor Intel Core i7 3770K 19240
Motherboard Asus Maximus V Formula 20696
RAM Corsair Vengeance 2.0 2133MHz - 4160
Crucial M4 128GB - 7900
Graphics Card Sapphire HD7870 GHz Edition x2 Crossfire - Rs 33280
Power Supply Corsair HX850 10816
Cabinet Cooler Master Storm Trooper ATX 11700
CPU Cooler Corsair A70 - Rs 3600
Optical Drive ASUS DRW-24B3ST SATA 1040
UPS APC Back-UPS 1100VA (BR1100CI-IN)- 5044
LG LED 27" (E 2742 V) - Rs 18990

Total - Rs 136466/-

 

[mandarpalshikar]

@mandarpalshikhar i want to ask you how is maximus v gene as i am thinking to buy it
SORRY for going off topic in this thread

PMed you

And guys one more thing... OCZ might be getting bankrupt soon... so we'll avoid OCZ in future because of warranty issues.

*www.streetauthority.com/investing-basics/bankruptcy-watch-struggling-tech-stock-cant-afford-any-more-losses-459898

 

[gameranand]

GAmer Anands rig with little changes. Wont compromise on the performance though.

Processor Intel Core i7 3770K 19240
Motherboard Asus Maximus V Formula 20696
RAM Corsair Vengeance 2.0 2133MHz - 4160
Crucial M4 128GB - 7900
Graphics Card Sapphire HD7870 GHz Edition x2 Crossfire - Rs 33280
Power Supply Corsair HX850 10816
Cabinet Cooler Master Storm Trooper ATX 11700
CPU Cooler Corsair A70 - Rs 3600
Optical Drive ASUS DRW-24B3ST SATA 1040
UPS APC Back-UPS 1100VA (BR1100CI-IN)- 5044
LG LED 27" (E 2742 V) - Rs 18990

Total - Rs 136466/-

Very balanced indeed.
However not the prices of Vedant has increased a bit so the final price would be more like 137K for OP.
He don't have to buy any Headphones, KB, mouse so I guess that enabled him to go for a SSD as well.

 

[N@m@n]

GAmer Anands rig with little changes. Wont compromise on the performance though.

Processor Intel Core i7 3770K 19240
Motherboard Asus Maximus V Formula 20696
RAM Corsair Vengeance 2.0 2133MHz - 4160
Crucial M4 128GB - 7900
Graphics Card Sapphire HD7870 GHz Edition x2 Crossfire - Rs 33280
Power Supply Corsair HX850 10816
Cabinet Cooler Master Storm Trooper ATX 11700
CPU Cooler Corsair A70 - Rs 3600
Optical Drive ASUS DRW-24B3ST SATA 1040
UPS APC Back-UPS 1100VA (BR1100CI-IN)- 5044
LG LED 27" (E 2742 V) - Rs 18990

Total - Rs 136466/-

looks amazing

 

[gameranand]

GAmer Anands rig with little changes. Wont compromise on the performance though.

Processor Intel Core i7 3770K 19240
Motherboard Asus Maximus V Formula 20696
RAM Corsair Vengeance 2.0 2133MHz - 4160
Crucial M4 128GB - 7900
Graphics Card Sapphire HD7870 GHz Edition x2 Crossfire - Rs 33280
Power Supply Corsair HX850 10816
Cabinet Cooler Master Storm Trooper ATX 11700
CPU Cooler Corsair A70 - Rs 3600
Optical Drive ASUS DRW-24B3ST SATA 1040
UPS APC Back-UPS 1100VA (BR1100CI-IN)- 5044
LG LED 27" (E 2742 V) - Rs 18990

Total - Rs 136466/-

Sorry I forgot to mention in my previous post but I think that a Asus Matrix 7970 is also a good option if OP wants to go for a single GPU setup.
With CF setup there will be a learning curve so its upto OP whether he wants it or not.

 

[tkin]

Avoid CF unless you are well versed with dual GPUs or have a good understanding, get GTX680.

 

[gameranand]

Avoid CF unless you are well versed with dual GPUs or have a good understanding, get GTX680.

Wouldn't a 7970 would be a better idea than 680 ??

 

[tkin]

Wouldn't a 7970 would be a better idea than 680 ??

7970 wins some, 680 wins some plus it has physx(for eg borderlands 2 looks mundane without physx), so to each his own.

Also in kolkata the 680 is significantly cheaper than 7970, by atleast 3k.

 

[The Incinerator]

Better a CF at that price range. Two 7870 will win hands down and will cost a mere Rs 2000 more but will have significant FPS increment.

 

[tkin]

Better a CF at that price range. Two 7870 will win hands down and will cost a mere Rs 2000 more but will have significant FPS increment.

And the headaches? Same with SLI profiles, a lot of games come with broken or non existing profiles, then you have to tweak the ini's, download modded drivers and stuff, too much work to enjoy a game.

 

[vkl]

Intel i5 3570k -13.5k
Asus Maximus V Formula -21k
G.Skill RipjawsX 2133MHz(2*4)(F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL) -5.3k
CM stryker -11k
Corsair HX850 -11k or Corsair TX850V2 -8k
Corsair H100 -7.2k or Corsair A70 -4k
Corsair 120GB Force GT SSD -7k or OCZ 128GB Vertex 4 SSD -7.3k
ASUS LED PA238Q -18k or DELL TFT 24" ST2440L - 14k
Asus DRW-24B5ST -1k
SAPPHIRE HD 7970 OC Edition -29k or Sapphire HD7870*2 Crossfire - Rs 36k
APC Back-UPS 1100VA- 5.1k


If purpose is gaming i5 3570k is more than enough,you can do without i7 3770k.Also i5 3570k can be overclocked for more performance if needed.
For water cooling H100 is fine with very low noise at load.Noctua NH U12P SE2 is bit hard to find,can go with it in case of air-cooling otherwise A70 is fine.
For single GPU configuration sapphire hd7970 OC edition is well priced,overclocks quite well,in many cases above 1250MHz+.
Asus Matrix platinum hd7970 was around 36k,is probably the best HD7970 till now,but not worth 7k over sapphire hd7970 OC edition.
For crossfireX configuration hd7870*2 would be fine.

 

[101gamzer]

^Vkl when did you became the section MOD I cant believe my eyes
the OPs major requirement is gaming so i5 3570k is more than enough for him no current game can fully utilize CPU's full potential unless OP is into GTA 4 or civilization V which is more a CPU intensive ones.

 

[mandarpalshikar]

My vote goes for single GPU thing as I've personally experienced how bad nvidia SLI is and cannot trust AMD crossfire as well. The driver support is still at nascent stages i guess.
Yes they give boost in some title but the trouble they give always outweigh the benefits. Of course its my personal opinion

 

[vkl]

the OPs major requirement is gaming so i5 3570k is more than enough for him no current game can fully utilize CPU's full potential unless OP is into GTA 4 or civilization V which is more a CPU intensive ones.

Even most of the CPU bound games utilize up-to 4 cores properly.In Civ5,GTA4 both i5 2xxx/3xxx and i7 2xxx/3xxx perform nearly identical.
In GTA4 the processors which can't process 4 threads simultaneously are hindered to an extent but anything above quad core processors are fine.
In some CPU-bound games ability to feed data faster to GPU matters than number of cores,that's why sandy/ivy i7/i5s are noticeably faster than an fx8150 in games like skyrim and civ5.
So i7 3770k or i5 3570k doesn't make any noticeable difference as far as gaming is concerned.