Gaming rig for old games

[atifkhan9462]

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 want to play pc games released on or before 2010 at highest settings in full hd or say at it best. e.g crysis, mass effect 2.......

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:50000-70000

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: no

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: windows 8

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: i think 500gb would do good.

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 i want to buy a full hd one. please suggest me the size.

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: speakers

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: this summer.

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: will be done by an assembler.

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: dhanbad(its a city). If possible i would buy it locally otherwise online

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: the pc should be energy efficient and i am not going to play any latest games on it.

 

[Cilus]

Could you be specific about the timeline? Mention the Month at least.

 

[Nerevarine]

Are you kidding ? Why old games only ?
At 50K, you can run ALL modern games at Ultra settings

 

[ASHISH65]

Intel i5 3550 - rs 11600

Gigabyte b75 mobo - rs 4000

Corsair 4gb x2 =8gb ram - rs 4000

Corsair Gs600w - rs 4500

Seagate/Tosibha 1tb hd - rs 3900

Asus dvd writer - rs 1000

Nzxt gamma cabinet - rs 2500

Dell st2240L led - rs 8500

Saphhire hd 7850 2gb - rs 13500

Logitech gaming keyboard &mouse - rs 1500

Total - rs 55,000

IF you want play new games then get hd 7970 @rs 28000.

really you are strange guy who have budget of 70k and want to play old games

 

[The Incinerator]

Intel Core i5 3470 - Rs 11000
Gigabyte GA-H77M-D3H - Rs 5500
Antec Series A20 CPU Cooler - Rs 600
Gskill Ripjaws 4GB - Rs 1600
GPU - GIGABYTE GV-N66TWF2-2GD (GTX 660Ti)/ Sapphire HD 7950 VaporX - Rs 19,700 / Rs21,700
HDD - Toshiba 1TB - Rs 3450
SMPS - Corsair CX500V2 - Rs 3450
Cabinet - NZXT Beta EVO/Gamma - Rs 2600
OPD - Samsung SH-S 223F - Rs 975
Monitor - DELL S2240L - Rs 9000

Total - Rs 57,725.

This will let you play even the most demanding games of the past in its Full HD glory and be safe for the future too,for some time.

 

[Sainatarajan]

^8 gigs of RAM would be best

I dont know why you want to play old games . For 70k you will get an ultimate pc which can kill any present game and maybe in future....

 

[The Incinerator]

With a two GB GPU he is safe with 4GB ram. I coudnt utilize my 4 GB even with FarCry3. Ofcourse he can add another 4GB for good.

 

[atifkhan9462]

^8 gigs of RAM would be best

I dont know why you want to play old games . For 70k you will get an ultimate pc which can kill any present game and maybe in future....

yes it seems strange but actually i am totally new in gaming and i have not played a single game since halo: combat evolved. Now i am going to be totally free after my entrance exams and wanted to enjoy all previous games. I think i would be spending nearly two to three years playing those games. what do you say.....

 

[atifkhan9462]

please suggest some AMD rigs too. how about razeredge gaming tablet??

 

[atifkhan9462]

With a two GB GPU he is safe with 4GB ram. I coudnt utilize my 4 GB even with FarCry3. Ofcourse he can add another 4GB for good.

i want to buy a rig that would be best with old games only. so, i don't think the use of 8gbs of ram and 1000gbs of hard disk. 4gb ram and 320-500gb of hdd would be 'ok' or better i should by an ssd. i have nothing to store on the pc except games.

 

[harshilsharma63]

fx 8350 (11500)
Asus M5A97 R2.0 EVO (7000)
Corsair GS500 (4000)
G.Skill ripjawsX or corsair vengeance 8 GB (~3800)
WD blue 1 TB (4900)
Sapphire HD7950 vapour-X (22000)
Corsair 400R (5000)
Dell S2240L (8500)
Gaming KN & mouse (4000)

total: 70700

 

[Sainatarajan]

^nice config. Get the CORSAIR GS600 for 500 bucks more

 

[The Incinerator]

i want to buy a rig that would be best with old games only. so, i don't think the use of 8gbs of ram and 1000gbs of hard disk. 4gb ram and 320-500gb of hdd would be 'ok' or better i should by an ssd. i have nothing to store on the pc except games.

Since your requirement is only gaming in current scheme of things its better to stick to a i5 3470 based rig over an AMD,since you wont overclock neither will you use it for heavy multithreaded applications which will make use of all the 6+ cores. Just for pure gaming and and some more data crunching its better to stick to an Intel rig.

You can add an SSD but other than fast boot up and lesser load times theres nothing more on offer from them.

 

[Myth]

With a two GB GPU he is safe with 4GB ram. I coudnt utilize my 4 GB even with FarCry3. Ofcourse he can add another 4GB for good.

Same here. My system uses around 2.5-2.8gb ram during farcry 3.

fx 8350 (11500)
Asus M5A97 R2.0 EVO (7000)
Corsair GS500 (4000)
G.Skill ripjawsX or corsair vengeance 8 GB (~3800)
WD blue 1 TB (4900)
Sapphire HD7950 vapour-X (22000)
Corsair 400R (5000)
Dell S2240L (8500)
Gaming KN & mouse (4000)

total: 70700

Since your requirement is only gaming in current scheme of things its better to stick to a i5 3470 based rig over an AMD,since you wont overclock neither will you use it for heavy multithreaded applications which will make use of all the 6+ cores. Just for pure gaming and and some more data crunching its better to stick to an Intel rig.

You can add an SSD but other than fast boot up and lesser load times theres nothing more on offer from them.

Good suggestion. Intel is better in this case.

Changes to Harshil's config.
Proc : i5 3470 @ 11k
Mobo : GA B75 @ 4k
HDD: WD/Toshiba 500gb @ 2.9k
GPU: Sapphire 7970 @ 28k

You can skip 4gb ram for now.
PSU is ok for the intel proc.

 

[Sainatarajan]

Same here. My system uses around 2.5-2.8gb ram during farcry 3.





Good suggestion. Intel is better in this case.

Changes to Harshil's config.
Proc : i5 3470 @ 11k
Mobo : GA B75 @ 4k
HDD: WD/Toshiba 500gb @ 2.9k
GPU: Sapphire 7970 @ 28k

You can skip 4gb ram for now.
PSU is ok for the intel proc.

It a killer since it has a HD 7970 which can trash any game...

 

[The Incinerator]

Reposting again with the HD7970 as suggested by Myth.

Intel Core i5 3470 - Rs 11000
Gigabyte GA-H77M-D3H - Rs 5500
Antec Series A20 CPU Cooler - Rs 600
Gskill Ripjaws 4GB - Rs 1600
GPU - GIGABYTE GV-N66TWF2-2GD (GTX 660Ti)/ Sapphire HD 7950 VaporX / HD7970 - Rs 19,700 / Rs21,700 / Rs 28500
HDD - Toshiba 1TB - Rs 4300
SMPS - Corsair CX500V2 - Rs 3450
Cabinet - NZXT Beta EVO/Gamma - Rs 2600
OPD - Samsung SH-S 223F - Rs 975
Monitor - DELL S2240L ( LED Full HD IPS) - Rs 9000

Total - Rs 58,725 (GTX660Ti) / Rs 67,525 ( HD7970)

I see no point in saving Rs 1000 and getting a 500GB HDD over a 1TB.

EDIT : If you get the HD7950 and 7970 get a better PSU over the CX500 suggested. Get a GS600/500.

 

[Myth]

^^
The Antec cooler is a good (and cheap) replacement for the crap intel cooler.
In addition to the older games, OP can actually play a lot of present and up coming games at high settings.

 

[atifkhan9462]

so concluding then
i will buy
intel core i5 3470-11000
gigabyte GA H77M D3H-5500
Antec series A20 CPU Cooler-600
Gskill Ripjaws 4gb-1600
Sapphire HD 7970 Vaporx-28500
Toshiba 500gb hdd-2900
Corsair GS600/500- don't know
NZXT Beta EVO/Gamma-2600
Samsung SH-S 223F-975
Dell S2240L-9000

so, where will i get them at good rates(online). Please help!!!

 

[gagan_kumar]

Dude cut down your budget to 30-40k for old games that would suffice

 

[The Incinerator]

Corsair GS600/500- Rs 4830/4095




so, where will i get them at good rates(online). Please help!!!

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