Help regarding configuration (budget Rs.30000-Rs.32000)

[hell_storm2006]

Well you may get some Christmas discounts and offers. Would advice you to stick to Corsair VX450W at 4k. Much more value for money than the Tagan one. If you overclock the Biostar TA790GXBE A3+. Certainly not the best GPU you can afford at 10k. Not worth the money. Better is HD5850. Its somewhere around 16.5k-17k. RAM's i would prefer of Corsair or GSkill or OCZ. Although i dont think GSkill would be available in Kolkata.

Man Utd. is not playing well, I agree. We have lost to all big teams. Miss Ronaldo. Fergie missed out on some major transfers!

 

[Krow]

Would advice you to stick to Corsair VX450W at 4k. Much more value for money than the Tagan one

VX450W is grossly overpriced IMO. The good thing is the 5 year warranty, but GlacialPower 650AL beats it in almost all aspects, for 4.5k. The only down side is the lowly 2 year warranty. BZ500W is a good buy because it is modular and hence better airflow in the cabby.

If you overclock the Biostar TA790GXBE A3+.

It is DDR2 and does not have 100% solid capacitors. Hence I don't recommend it.

 

[abhijit_reddevil]

Well, regarding the choice of SMPS (other than the Tagan one), how about the Coolermaster 500W extreme? Seems to be cheaper than the Tagan one. (according to *www.primeabgb.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=125&Itemid=53, it is Rs.2950).

 

[hell_storm2006]

Absolutely a big NO to CM Extreme!

650W is an overkill! If Cooler Master can ask for 3.5k for their Real Power series, then i guess Corsair can say 3.8k or 4k. Coz the bad reputation CM has developed, Corsair is capitalizing on it! Tagan BZ500 has very low amps on it 12V rails. Also modular PSU's have their share of criticism.

 

[abhijit_reddevil]

Ok then, I think I will stick to Tagan.

 

[Krow]

^Its best to get CM Real Power Pro 460W @ 3.5k and the GlacialPower 650W is the most VFM PSU ever IMO. 4.5k is peanuts for the performance.

 

[abrp2009]

@OP:

Roughly the prices would be as such:

Athlon II X4 620 - 5400
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO - 7025
Radeon HD 5770 1GB DDR5 (DX11 support) - 10600
2 X 2GB DDR3 1333 - Corsair TW3X4G-1333C9 4GB Kit - 7688
Seagate 500GB - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 @ 500GB SATA - 2371
ATX 450W (will this be sufficient?). Tagan BZ500(modular) - 4463

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Total: 37547
@2.5% Tax: 939
Overall Total: 38486

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Core i5-750 2.66Ghz - 10150
Asus P7P55D-EVO - 15734
Radeon HD 5770 1GB DDR5 (DX11 support) - 10600
2 X 2GB DDR3 1333 - Corsair TW3X4G-1333C9 4GB Kit - 7688
Seagate 500GB - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 @ 500GB SATA - 2371
ATX 450W (will this be sufficient?). Tagan BZ500(modular) - 4463

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Total: 51006
@2.5% Tax: 1275
Overall Total: 51945

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This should give you the price differential between the two. I have suggested a 500W PSU, that is better, since it will give you headroom for OC and future upgrades.

For Intel, cheaper motherboards are available. You could get a MSI P55 chipset for around RS. 7350, which saves you quite a bit of money, and bring the Intel cost down to ~ RS 43561.

Basically to remain within your budget and with Intel, you will have to compromise on high speed RAM, GPU power, PSU comfort.

With AMD you can get the best, but its an older package -- in terms of chipset.

Choice is yours. Of course these figures can be further tweaked depending on the deal you get for various products.

All prices as per lynx.com

Hi
I want to upgrade my pc
It’s configuration.

Processor: core 2 duo E8400
mobo: gigabyte ep45c ds3r
Ram: 2x2 ocz 800 MHz
Graphics card: MSI 4850 1 gb
HDD: WD blue 640 gb
Power supply: cooler master 600 w (70% efficiency)
Cabinet: CM 690
Monitor: BenQ V2400w (1920x1200@60Hz)
UPS: APC 1100VA 650w
Speaker: logitech Z5500

I played crysis @ 1920 x 1200 turning all the settings in high but not enabling DX10
& with no AA
the game ran quite well .

now i want to play crysis warhead @ 1920 x 1200 turning all the settings in highest turning DX10 & AA (at list 2x). (the worst FPS should not go below 25 )


I can change my mobo (P45 mobo of Asus/MSI/Gigabyte only due to availability in Delhi) ,ram & graphics card keeping other things same.
and for which OS i will go vista or win7 ?

my mother board has optical & coaxial output , which i am using so please recommend new mobo which has these.

 

[asingh]

^^

You all ready have the system you listed, or you want that...?

 

[desiibond]

@abrp2009

You already have a decent system. Just wait for two more months for the release of nvidia Fermi and then plan the upgrade.

 

[abrp2009]

^^

You all ready have the system you listed, or you want that...?

I already have the system.
Actually i am worried about the mobo. i choose the MSI platinum mobo, but it was
not available in the shop so i thought gigabyte ep45c ds3r could be better because
it supports DDR3 @ 1600 Mhz & other features that other P45 mobo has.
but letter i found one review where & saw, compare to other P45 mobo it is not that good.
however i have not faced any problem playing latest games including farcry 2
at 1920x1200 & turing everything at highest level (no DX10) and even at AA2x.

but if i want to play crysis warhead ( or crysis3 in future) problem may arise.
so i want to go for a new P45 mobo (which supports win 7). and letter i will upgrade
graphics card.

what's your suggestion?

 

[asingh]

^^ You are all ready on a P45 chipset. So changing it to another P45 will not make a difference to you.

The most you can do (and not change systems):

1. Buy a good HSF : and OC that E8400. It OC's like crazy.
2. Upgrade to a better GPU. Do not go above the HD5850 or GTX 285, else your system will bottleneck the GPU.

Else you can go for an i5/i7 chipset. I have listed the current prices / configuration options in the "Basic Guide Purchase a New System" thread.

 

[Krow]

5850 is a much better buy than GTX285. No need for him to upgrade, if he has so much cash, then he better save it and buy when something that beats the i7 comes up.

 

[rohanmathew]

AMD PHENOM X2 550 -6049/-
ASUS M4N78 PRO - 6500/-
PALIT GEFORCE 9600GT 5425/-

As m478pro comes with nvdia 8300 chipset and will have Hybrid SLI Support boosting extra power to your system.As phenom X2 550 is a black edition overclocking works great.

This is budget configuration.

 

[abrp2009]

^^ You are all ready on a P45 chipset. So changing it to another P45 will not make a difference to you.

The most you can do (and not change systems):

1. Buy a good HSF : and OC that E8400. It OC's like crazy.
2. Upgrade to a better GPU. Do not go above the HD5850 or GTX 285, else your system will bottleneck the GPU.

Else you can go for an i5/i7 chipset. I have listed the current prices / configuration options in the "Basic Guide Purchase a New System" thread.

thank you for your suggestion. i agree that going for another P45 will not make
much difference but even if i go for P55 still their will not be much difference in
cpu + mobo combo = 20000-25000 . X58 will be too costly for me.
so if i go for p55 i have to spend around 25000 but for a new p45 i have to spend 12000
main difference will be made by gpu.
what is HSf?
however have you seen HD5890 reviews?
it made it's debut

 

[Krow]

^Heat Sink Fan = HSF.

 

[asingh]

5850 is a much better buy than GTX285. No need for him to upgrade, if he has so much cash, then he better save it and buy when something that beats the i7 comes up.

I think the OP has a 4850 so I adviced a 5850 (max), if he wants more gaming horses.

thank you for your suggestion. i agree that going for another P45 will not make
much difference but even if i go for P55 still their will not be much difference in
cpu + mobo combo = 20000-25000 . X58 will be too costly for me.
so if i go for p55 i have to spend around 25000 but for a new p45 i have to spend 12000
main difference will be made by gpu.
what is HSf?
however have you seen HD5890 reviews?
it made it's debut

You cannot go for a new P45. No point, you all ready have one. Max you can do, as I mentioned, OC the E8400, and get a better GPU.

As Mr. Krow mentioned, the HSF is the heat-sink-fan assembly which you place on top of the CPU. The stock Intel ones are not good, and will not let you OC well. An after market one will be better.

Yea saw the HD5970 reviews (you meant this right), it is awesome.

 

[abrp2009]

I think the OP has a 4850 so I adviced a 5850 (max), if he wants more gaming horses.




You cannot go for a new P45. No point, you all ready have one. Max you can do, as I mentioned, OC the E8400, and get a better GPU.

As Mr. Krow mentioned, the HSF is the heat-sink-fan assembly which you place on top of the CPU. The stock Intel ones are not good, and will not let you OC well. An after market one will be better.



Yea saw the HD5970 reviews (you meant this right), it is awesome.

thank you. i will stay to my mobo but how about putting 4 gb DDR3 @ 1600 mhz
instead 4 GB DDR2 @ 800 MHz will it effect much?
and if i install win 7 ?
however i made a mistake. the card is HD5970 not HD5890 .
I will see GPU market until nvidia launches their cards

 

[asingh]

Your motherboard cannot take DDR3 RAM modules. Physically they do not fit in the slots. DDR3 and DDR2 and not interchangeable.

Win7 is a good OS. Go ahead.

 

[abrp2009]

Your motherboard cannot take DDR3 RAM modules. Physically they do not fit in the slots. DDR3 and DDR2 and not interchangeable.

Win7 is a good OS. Go ahead.

My mobo can take 16 GB DDR2 @ 1066 or 4 GB DDR3 @ 1600. It has separate slots
for different kind of rams but i am not sure about performance increments.
if i install win 7 what kind of driver software is needed?

 

[asingh]

^^
Give the exact motherboard model name/number please..?