Gaming Rig for 80 - 85 k

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d33pak

Broken In
Guyz I have finalised following components
Component | Make | Price Processor | Intel Core i5 2500k |11000
CPU Cooler | CM Hyper N620 | 2500
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 |11500
RAM | G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM |5400
Graphic Card | MSI 6950 Twin Frozer III |16000
HDD | Seagate 1TB 7200.12 |2700
DVD Writer | LG 22X SATA DVD |900
PSU | Corsair TX850 V2 |7500
Case | Lian Li Lancool K58W |4300
Monitor | Benq G2220HD |7200
UPS | APC 1.1KVA |4300
| Total | 73300

I am still left with 10k approx. Where should I spend this remaining money? Please comment
 

Cilus

laborare est orare
Guyz I have finalised following components
Component | Make | Price Processor | Intel Core i5 2500k |11000
CPU Cooler | CM Hyper N620 | 2500
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 |11500
RAM | G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM |5400
Graphic Card | MSI 6950 Twin Frozer III |16000
HDD | Seagate 1TB 7200.12 |2700
DVD Writer | LG 22X SATA DVD |900
PSU | Corsair TX850 V2 |7500
Case | Lian Li Lancool K58W |4300
Monitor | Benq G2220HD |7200
UPS | APC 1.1KVA |4300
| Total | 73300

I am still left with 10k approx. Where should I spend this remaining money? Please comment

Very good config...stick with it.
 

shayem

In the zone
Well IMO change G2220HD and get G2222HDl @8100. What say Cilus ??

And why not 2600K+P8Z68-V PRO :confused:. Well I know saving is good :lol:
 

Cilus

laborare est orare
Good choice. I've heard the LED version of BenQ performs better than the Dell one. So d33Pak, you can get G2222HDl @8100 as suggested by shayem
 

comp@ddict

EXIT: DATA Junkyard
Core i7 2600k @ 16.5k
Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 @ 9.5k
Corsair 2*2=4GB XMS3 DDR3 1600MHz C9 @ 3k
PowerColor HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 @ 20.5k
Corsair GS 600W @ 4.8k
CoolerMaster CM690 PURE @ 5.5k
Dell ST2320L 23" FULL HD LED @ 9.8k
Seagate 1TB @ 2.7k
Razer Death Adder @ 2.1k
Logitech G110 @ 3.2k
LG 22x DVD RW @ 1k

I still stick by this config. 8 threaded monster CPU, you can add the CPU cooler, still within budget.

Replaced the part in Bold with the Dell LED everybody is saying.

The HD6970 is a must. No point waiting to CFx down the lane with a HD69xx now, it's more than half-way past it's lifespan dudes.
 

shayem

In the zone
well then I'll say get GTX570. Cause SLI has less driver issues than crossfire setups and performance wise 570 is comparable with 6970 and better than 6950 AFAIK.

@d33pak get Hyper 212+ and ditch N620. Less price and VFM. Even it can outperform N620 with dual fan AFAIK.
 

nilgtx260

Maximum Craze
absolutely not, AMD is improving their driver compatibility of crossfire setup, now many digit members are using CF setup & having no problem, even my friend using HD 6870 CF since 6 months & never faced any single problem related to driver issue. And BTW HD 6950 CF is nearly as good GTX 570 SLI (Specially when it is unlocked), & HD 6970 CF outperforms GTX 570 SLI or GTX 590. So, if OP wants to CF later, he must go with HD 6950 or if he is thinking of single GPU, then he can go with HD 6970 Lightning or he can wait for GTX 570 TF III Power Edition of MSI.
 
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nilgtx260

Maximum Craze
check this also Introduction - AMD 6970/6950 CFX and NVIDIA 580/570 SLI Review | [H]ard|OCP

also this Radeon HD 6950 CrossfireX review
 

Cilus

laborare est orare
shayem, check the HD 6950 and HD 6970 CF review in anadtech, guru3d and toms hardwrae. HD 6950 CF is almost same as GTX 570 SLI and HD 6970 CF is better than GTX 590.
 

shayem

In the zone
well I saw those earlier....they are with nV 267.71 not with latest driver(275.33). With that driver nV cards performs 4-15% better.
 
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d33pak

Broken In
Ok guyz changing the monitor to G2222 HDL and gpu to HD 6970 lightning.
Also there is one very important question:
I saw in one of the forum posts where the user(from nashik techking_dinesh) has said if he will shop from Mumbai then he will have to pay octroi duty. Is it true? Because I am also going to buy my PC from mumbai and I thought if I will go myself and buy there it will save me from paying octroi duties.
Please answer.
 

gameranand

Living to Play
Alright Guys. I am no expert here so please tell me why don't anyone I mean anyone don't suggest a AMD processor??? Are they that bad ??? I mean you are getting six cores ??? I told ya I am no expert here so please explain this to me. :)
 
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d33pak

Broken In
Please answer this query:
Also there is one very important question:
I saw in one of the forum posts where the user(from nashik techking_dinesh) has said if he will shop from Mumbai then he will have to pay octroi duty. Is it true? Because I am also going to buy my PC from mumbai and I thought if I will go myself and buy there it will save me from paying octroi duties.
 

Jaskanwar Singh

Aspiring Novelist
well I saw those earlier....they are with nV 267.71 not with latest driver(275.33). With that driver nV cards performs 4-15% better.

the review you mentioned is also not with latest amd drivers.

Alright Guys. I am no expert here so please tell me why don't anyone I mean anyone don't suggest a AMD processor??? Are they that bad ??? I mean you are getting six cores ??? I told ya I am no expert here so please explain this to me. :)

actually sandybridge is better than amd 6 cores currently.
but amd is coming up with bulldozer. so lets see.
 

comp@ddict

EXIT: DATA Junkyard
AMD only holds a faint VFM margin, for the X4 955 B.E. @ 5.5k

Otherwise, right now it's a no brainer to go Sandy Bridge everywhere.

@ gameranand, we aren't biased or Intel fanbois, just that we support what's best for the buyer.

Before SB, it was the X6 with supreme VFM, and we always suggested it or the X4s all the time. TImes have changed
 
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