IB PC for 100k(Gaming Only)

[sumonpathak]

told ya...everyone has issues..anyone remember the code 55 error in asus? but that got solved in new bios updates...

if i were the OP i would have gotten asus or GB..msi is yet to get some good gradings in my book regarding motherboards..

Quality wise MSI is ON and OFF brand and same same goes while talking in terms of reliability.
So, it would be wise not to put (invest) that kiind of amount to buy a motherboard from a 2nd class manufacturer of motherboard.

P.S. I know my comment saying MSI is a 2nd class may start some sort of flaming.

bring it on

 

[The Incinerator]

P.S. I know my comment saying MSI is a 2nd class may start some sort of flaming.

That is the hard truth.

 

[gameranand]

told ya...everyone has issues..anyone remember the code 55 error in asus? but that got solved in new bios updates...

if i were the OP i would have gotten asus or GB..msi is yet to get some good gradings in my book regarding motherboards..


bring it on

I couldn't agree more. The Board that you made me buy, Asus Maximus V Formula. The BIOS easily makes up for it, I mean there is each and every available option for manual control and that too really easily accessible and add to that great stability and options to easily recover from a BAD thing that might happen. I have seen a few more UEFI BIOS but man o man nothing beats ROG BIOS thank god that you suggested and forced me to buy this board, its really that awesome.
Thanks again.

 

[sumonpathak]

^^ya know..me sucker for good hardware...and....errrr........nvm.."censored stuff"


EDIT:check out the memory options

 

[gameranand]

^^ I did, I was actually kinda confused about so many options. Had to do a bit of reading to understand them.

 

[Ranger]

About Mpower, let me say that it has been pitched against V Formula by most reviewers in their benchmarking. Question here was about speding the buck on Mpower OR V Gene as both cost near by same. Also I see that its price is increasing and there are many sellers on amazon selling it for a higher price. Anyways as I always say, the spender has got to decide whats more VFM and what kind of system he/she wants. As I mentioned I have already ordered it and will get it in few weeks. I am getting it from Hong Kong so that it will take time.

 

[The Incinerator]

Do post the pictures and let us know about it in details when you get it up and running.^^

 

[anirbandd]

Selling this

Previously I used to have this config which I intend to sell now which I bought in May,2012 excluding the monitor,KB,Mouse and Speakers.

Intel Core i5 3570k -14500,
ASrock Z77 Extreme4 -9500,
Sapphire 7850 2GB -15500,
Corsair 400R -4000,
Corsair GS600 -4000,
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2*4GB) 1600MHz -3000,
Western Digital 1TB Black HDD -6800,
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo -2200,
Asus DRW-24B3ST DVD-RW -1100,
CM 120mm RED LED Fans 2Pcs -900,
D-Link PCI-WIFI -700.
TOTAL -62200.

to buy this

1) Core i7 3770k -19000,
2) MSI Z77 Mpower -15500,
3) Gigabyte 7850 OC 2GB GPU -13000,
4) Corsair Neutron 240GB SSD -14000,
5) Corsair 300R Windowed -4200,
6) Corsair AX750 -11200,
7) Corsair H40 Cooler -3800,
8) Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4*4GB) 1600MHz -5800,
9) APC Back-UPS Pro 100VA -7200,
10) Asus DRW-24B5ST DVD-RW -1100,
11) CM 140mm BLUE LED Fans 6Pcs -3000.

huh.. somebody gimme a painkiller.

Please post any opinions regarding the 2 RIGS posted above and GeForce GTX 660 Ti performance is very close to AMD Radeon 7950 but 7950 does not have Physx right so I think this GTX 660 Ti card is better and also cheaper by 4k compared to the latter. I also want to know whether 140mm fans can be used on the top portion of 300R because in 300R Fan Club I read that 140mm fans obstruct DVD-RW's installation. So I opted for 120mm fans instead. Also where can I get CM 120mm/140mm Transparent LED Fans online not those smoky LED CM fans as I am already using 2 of those fans right now and I don't like them at all.

why even consider selling the current rig??

and as for Physx, get a 7970 and a low end nvidia card. the 7970 will handle gfx, while nvidia will handle physx. Cilius will be able to help you.

For that much OCing, the stock cooler is enough. Stick with the CM evo.
Better yet, do some research and find out actually how much you are willing to OC. Decide on an upgrade after that.

You dont need so many fans. There is a limit to how much fans can actually cool a system. Adding 20 fans wont give you sub zero temperatures.

Sorry if I missed it but what's your monitor size ?
660ti is not much of an upgrade from 7850. Anyway at that budget the sapphire 7950 is a better choice.



Just adding another 7850 will do.
OP just wants 200mhz OC. Pointless buying new mobo, ram and cooler.

Unless Op just wants to spend some money on the auspicious occasion.

there are orphanages/old age homes.. heck.. we are there. i know i am. and i could use a 2TB hdd right now.

 

[Thetrueblueviking]

This thread makes me feel someone has too much money to be wasted. Seriously IMHO, thats plain wastage.
Investing so much for what is not even a "mighty upgrade" from the previous rig.
I would rather put another 7850 in line for Xfire instead of spending 100k.
You might consider upgrading after haswell is out.
But thats just me. I cant decide for OP.

 

[101gamzer]

^You said it right.I think OP has an awesome RIG already which is really good must say
@OP If you cant resist the Upgrade Get a good case like CM HAF which will give you a new RIG feeling really!! and An Additional 7850 then your good to go.

 

[gameranand]

^^ He needs nothing right now apart from a second GPU to put up crossfire.

 

[The Incinerator]

TBH he needs nothing at the moment.

 

[Jagannadh Gosala]

@OP Bavusani.. what happened? I bought my rig as you have suggested.. even from the same place and now you are selling that rig? whats wrong with it? is it the mobo? I bought a sapphire vapor-x 7950 and overclocked it. working awesome.. beats 7970 in benchmarks.. just upgrade gpu dude.. dont jump the boat.

 

[bssunilreddy]

@OP Bavusani.. what happened? I bought my rig as you have suggested.. even from the same place and now you are selling that rig? whats wrong with it? is it the mobo? I bought a sapphire vapor-x 7950 and overclocked it. working awesome.. beats 7970 in benchmarks.. just upgrade gpu dude.. don't jump the boat.

I am not jumping the boat man but my present PC is not overclocking well and the Asrock Z77 Extreme4 has a bios problem which doesn't let me boot with my USB KB+Mouse. Even overclocking to 4GHz also is giving me BSOD's. I don't have any problem with the rest of the config. So I might upgrade to a new RIG in March,2013 at the most. I will overclock my future RIG both CPU as well GPU. I will go with the following config for the new RIG:

Config 2013

Intel Core i5 3570k -13900,
Asus Maximus V Gene -14500,
Sapphire 7950 Vapor-X Edition-21900,
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB -15200,
Corsair 300R -4200,
Seasonic X660(SS660KM) -7500,
Corsair H60 Cooler -3800,
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 2133MHz -8600,
APC Back-UPS Pro 1000VA -7200,
Asus DRW-24B5ST DVD-RW -1100,
CM 140mm BLUE LED Fans 2Pcs -900,
CM 120mm BLUE LED Fans 2Pcs -900.
TOTAL -99700.

I postponed it because right now I am short of money so I will buy the above RIG in Mar,13. I think the new RIG might give me 4 years of GAMING Service which is more than enough right. By Mar,13 I may even get some price drops as well.

 

[amjath]

^ Avoid Seasonic u have Corsair PSU right?? Stick with it. Reason: RMA

 

[sumonpathak]

I am not jumping the boat man but my present PC is not overclocking well and the Asrock Z77 Extreme4 has a bios problem which doesn't let me boot with my USB KB+Mouse. Even overclocking to 4GHz also is giving me BSOD's. I don't have any problem with the rest of the config. So I might upgrade to a new RIG in March,2013 at the most. I will overclock my future RIG both CPU as well GPU. I will go with the following config for the new RIG:

Config 2013

Intel Core i5 3570k -13900,
Asus Maximus V Gene -14500,
Sapphire 7950 Vapor-X Edition-21900,
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB -15200,
Corsair 300R -4200,
Seasonic X660(SS660KM) -7500,
Corsair H60 Cooler -3800,
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 2133MHz -8600,
APC Back-UPS Pro 1000VA -7200,
Asus DRW-24B5ST DVD-RW -1100,
CM 140mm BLUE LED Fans 2Pcs -900,
CM 120mm BLUE LED Fans 2Pcs -900.
TOTAL -99700.

I postponed it because right now I am short of money so I will buy the above RIG in Mar,13. I think the new RIG might give me 4 years of GAMING Service which is more than enough right. By Mar,13 I may even get some price drops as well.

umm...can you elaborate on the motherboard problem?

 

[bssunilreddy]

^ umm...can you elaborate on the motherboard problem?

I upgraded my bios to the latest from the Asrock website on Oct,2012 then after whenever I boot any OS from DVD-RW I can't use my USB KB+Mouse which get stuck nothing happens, nor my KB or Mouse works there no light no response at all. Then I have to clear CMOS from the back of the IO Port and again I need to boot into the OS and it works, every time I have to do this in spite of downgrading to the 1st Bios update or vice versa. Its really frustrating to do like this every time I boot a new OS or same OS. Another thing is that one ram slot pin which keeps the ram into place got broken and fell of. I spoke with Asrock Service (i.e. Digicare) guys and they say Physical damage is not covered in warranty,so they can't help. Now I have a 10k MB which is behaving strange with a RAM slot pin broken and Digicare is refusing to help.


When the below screen comes nothing works:

*i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a604/bavusani/install-2_zps1a8abde6.jpg



The red rounded right ram lever you see in the below picture is what broke of:

*i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a604/bavusani/url_zps5cee3943.jpg

Thanks & Regards,
bavusani

 

[sumonpathak]

hmm....what about chargeable repairs? also..you said something about BSOD?

 

[bssunilreddy]

I am not getting Corsair AX650 anywhere in Hyderabad.No availability at all.But Corsair AX750 is available but at 11.2k which is really expensive compared to Seasonic X660 which is 7.5k which is also fully modular.So I choose Seasonic instead.

 

[bssunilreddy]

I finally decided upon the following CONFIG for my GAMING RIIIG:

Intel Core i5 3570k -13900,
Asus Maximus V Gene -14500,
Sapphire 7950 Vapor-X Edition-22000,
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB -15300,
Corsair 300R -4200,
Seasonic X660(SS660KM) -7500,
Corsair H60 Cooler -4000,
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 2133MHz -8400,
APC Back-UPS Pro 100VA -7200,
Asus DRW-24B5ST DVD-RW -1100,
CM 140mm BLUE LED Fans 2Pcs -900,
CM 120mm BLUE LED Fans 2Pcs -900.
TOTAL -99900.


I found the Sapphire 7950 to be much .5K cheaper and OCZ Vertex 4 to be 1k cheaper and G.Skill RipjawsZ 2133Mhz to be .4k costlier than the quoted prices from Arun Computers,CTC,Secunderabad. I also found that Sapphire,OCZ and G.Skill to be great in performance compared to other respective products found in their price range. Please comment and give me valuable & suitable suggestions so that I will buy it in 2-3 months time(March,13).

When I was overclocking with the present RIG using Asrock Z77 Exterem4 coupled with CM Hyper 212 Evo I am getting BSOD when I reach 4Ghz from 3.2Ghz.

Thanks & Regards,
bavusani