Gaming PC for 30k

akhilc47

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I want to setup a gaming PC for younger brother. I don't want to spend too much on this because anyway I am not staying at home and he doesn't play that much. Still I may upgrade this PC after a year or so because I'll be back at home around that time. So I think parts such as proc and mobo should be good. I can add a good graphics card later. Budget is tight 30k including monitor.



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:
FIFA 13 and some recent games at lowest settings(don't want to spend on GPU right now. I'll upgrade later).
HD movies. And less intensive day to day stuffs.


2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 30k may be 2k more.

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: Not at the moment.

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

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 500gb is K.

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: 19"

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: I've speakers. Except that I need everything.

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: within two weeks.

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: It'll be done by an assembler as I'm out of station. In fact I've to ask him about availability of components that you're going to suggest me.

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: I live in kerala. Components will be bought and assembled by a shop guy.

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: I would like mobo and proc to be somewhat good as I said earlier.
 
FX 6300 (7300)
Asus M5A97 R2.0 (6200)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4 GB (2000)
WD Blue 500 GB (2900)
Antec VP450P (2600)
Dell IN2030 (6300)
NZXT Gamma (2500)
Zotac GT630 (4200)

total: 34k
 
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akhilc47

akhilc47

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total: 34k

Thank you very much for such a fast reply.:)

What kind of performance can I expect from this PC? I can see you haven't put much into GPU as I requested the same. Still my brother is kinda fifa addict and might play some other games (at lowest settings of course). So can he do that in this PC? I will upgrade this only after a year so he should be able to play till then.
 

Cilus

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Then extend a bit and get the HD 6670 1 GB GDDR5 @ 5.4K. It can take care of most of the games at low settings, even the latest one. Regarding performance, you can expect far better multi-tasking and multi-threaded performance than any Intel counterpart at your budget. FX-6300 is a 6 Core Processor and you can expect performance similar to Intel i5 2300.
 
Thank you very much for such a fast reply.:)

What kind of performance can I expect from this PC? I can see you haven't put much into GPU as I requested the same. Still my brother is kinda fifa addict and might play some other games (at lowest settings of course). So can he do that in this PC? I will upgrade this only after a year so he should be able to play till then.

You can easily run games at low settings on GT630. i run FIFA 13 on i3 2100 without GPU at 1280x720 at 2xMSAA and high settings its butter smooth.
 
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akhilc47

akhilc47

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Thanks again but the prices are much higher in flipkart than what you mentioned. Can you provide me link for this price?
 
Thanks again but the prices are much higher in flipkart than what you mentioned. Can you provide me link for this price?

Don't buy from FK. PC components are generally overpriced at FK. Take a look at mdcomouters.in. HDD and RAM is cheap at FK though.
 
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akhilc47

akhilc47

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Thanks again I checked mdcomputers.in but proc is at 7600 and mobo at 7300 !! Can you suggest me some other sites?

Well case is available for less than 2500. :)
 
Thanks again I checked mdcomputers.in but proc is at 7600 and mobo at 7300 !! Can you suggest me some other sites?

Well case is available for less than 2500. :)

7600 is okay. And I think you checked Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0. non evo costs ~6200 and evo costs around 7300.
 
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akhilc47

akhilc47

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Is there any other alternative to this config? I mean with i3 possibly? Local shops doesn't have this processor and I would prefer to buy it locally so that any future issues they'll take care of. So if possible please give a intel alternative.
 
Is there any other alternative to this config? I mean with i3 possibly? Local shops doesn't have this processor and I would prefer to buy it locally so that any future issues they'll take care of. So if possible please give a intel alternative.

i3 is weaker than Fx 6300. And if you buy locally, even they'll send it the company for repair. in that case, you won't even know the actual status of the product. buy online and if you have any issues, just RMA it.
 
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akhilc47

akhilc47

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One more thing if I buy fx 6300 and I add a good GPU later can I play new games like bf4 at good settings?
 

Cilus

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Yes you can. BTW, smcinternational.in is a good site to buy products. Currently the site is down for maintenance. So wait a few days for it running again. On that site FX-6300 was available @ 7.3K.
 
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akhilc47

akhilc47

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The PSU you suggested is only 450W. Will that be enough? Also I need a UPS. I just want 30 minutes or less backup so as I can finish whatever I'm doing when the power goes.
 
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akhilc47

akhilc47

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Woah APC 1.1kva is priced at above 5k. It's going way above my budget. Maybe I'll settle with a local one :-(
I know it's bad but what option do I have!?
 
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