Is my config. Within Rs 30000) Good enough?

[evewin89]

I live in jamshedpur and I’m thinking to buy the following config. by the end of june or before 8th june (coz its my birthday hee hee) form kolkata because none of the products which I wanted to buy is available here in (jamshedpur)

I want to know the exact price of the following components.
CPU
AMD Athlon II X4 630

MOBO
Biostar TA785G3 HD


ram:

Please suggest which RAM to buy? (max budget for RAM is Rs 2800-3500)

Transcend 2GB DDR3 1333MHz C9
OR

CORSAIR 2GB DDR3 1333Mhz
OR

GSKILL 2GB DDR3 1333Mhz
OR

KINGSTON 2GB DDR3 1333Mhz


HDD
(MENTION THE PRICE)

WD CAVIAR BLUE 1TB

OR SUGGEST ANY OTHER HDD
I DON’T WANNA BUY A SEGATE HDD.

GFX CARD
(PLEASE MENTION THE CURRENT PRICE OF THE GFX CARD)
SAPPHIRE HD 5670 512MB GDDR5


PSU
Please suggest which power supply to buy? (max budget for PSU is Rs 2500-3000)

Corsair cx 400w
Or

Vip gold 500w
Or

Gigabyte APFC 460W.
Or

or FSP Saga II 500W



CABBY
NZXT GAMMA
OR
ZEBRONICS BIJLI
OR
SUGGEST A GOOD CABBY WITHIN RS-2000


I ALREADY BOUGHT A FULL HD 23INCH LCD MONITOR (SAMSUNG P2350) ON 11TH MAY 2010 FROM RANCHI AS THE MONITOR WAS NOT AVAILABLE HERE IN JAMSHEDPUR.

 

[Psychosocial]

For a cabby go for a Zebronics Reaper or Bijli.
The HD5670 is a good choice ,stick to it.
Go for the FSP Saga II 500W. VFM .
I think a WD Caviar 640GB would be enough otherwise a 1TB drive would cost around 3.9-4.5k
For the RAM, go for Transcend or Kingston. They are VFM. Corsair and GSkill are performance RAM and would cost much more. So unless you have a high budget (which you don't), don't buy them.
And rather than the ATHLON II X4, go for a Phenom II X3

 

[coderunknown]

I live in jamshedpur and I’m thinking to buy the following config. by the end of june or before 8th june (coz its my birthday hee hee) form kolkata because none of the products which I wanted to buy is available here in (jamshedpur)

I want to know the exact price of the following components.
CPU
AMD Athlon II X4 630

MOBO
Biostar TA785G3 HD


ram:

Please suggest which RAM to buy? (max budget for RAM is Rs 2800-3500)

Transcend 2GB DDR3 1333MHz C9
OR

CORSAIR 2GB DDR3 1333Mhz
OR

GSKILL 2GB DDR3 1333Mhz
OR

KINGSTON 2GB DDR3 1333Mhz


HDD
(MENTION THE PRICE)

WD CAVIAR BLUE 1TB

OR SUGGEST ANY OTHER HDD
I DON’T WANNA BUY A SEGATE HDD.

GFX CARD
(PLEASE MENTION THE CURRENT PRICE OF THE GFX CARD)
SAPPHIRE HD 5670 512MB GDDR5


PSU
Please suggest which power supply to buy? (max budget for PSU is Rs 2500-3000)

Corsair cx 400w
Or

Vip gold 500w
Or

Gigabyte APFC 460W.
Or

or FSP Saga II 500W



CABBY
NZXT GAMMA
OR
ZEBRONICS BIJLI
OR
SUGGEST A GOOD CABBY WITHIN RS-2000


I ALREADY BOUGHT A FULL HD 23INCH LCD MONITOR (SAMSUNG P2350) ON 11TH MAY 2010 FROM RANCHI AS THE MONITOR WAS NOT AVAILABLE HERE IN JAMSHEDPUR.

Processor: Athlon II X4 630 @ 4.5k
Motherboard: Biostar TA785G3 HD @ 4.2k
Ram: A-Data 4Gb DDR3 1333 @ 5.5k or Kingston @ 5.7k
Hard Disk: Western Digital 1Tb Green @ 3.6k
Graphics Card: Sapphire HD5670 512Mb @ 5.2k
PSU: FSP Saga II 400W @ 2k
Cabinet: Zebronics Reaper (without PSU) @ 1.8k or maybe low.

NOTE: all prices are approx. not sure.

@Psychosocial, how much does a Reaper cost? without PSU? i not sure of the price actually.

also Phenom II X3 production has been ceased. so availability has taken a hit.

 

[Psychosocial]

Processor: Athlon II X4 630 @ 4.5k
Motherboard: Biostar TA785G3 HD @ 4.2k
Ram: A-Data 4Gb DDR3 1333 @ 5.5k or Kingston @ 5.7k
Hard Disk: Western Digital 1Tb Green @ 3.6k
Graphics Card: Sapphire HD5670 512Mb @ 5.2k
PSU: FSP Saga II 400W @ 2k
Cabinet: Zebronics Reaper (without PSU) @ 1.8k or maybe low.

NOTE: all prices are approx. not sure.

@Psychosocial, how much does a Reaper cost? without PSU? i not sure of the price actually.

also Phenom II X3 production has been ceased. so availability has taken a hit.

Around 1.7-2.0k I think.

And yeah man I visited AMD's site today and they haven't listed the Phenom II X3. WTF ? Why has the production been ceased ?

 

[coderunknown]

Around 1.7-2.0k I think.

pricewise its excellent VFM. however in the Zebronics site there some pics of Reaper without transparent side panel. do some comes with steel side? also are the fans noisy?

And yeah man I visited AMD's site today and they haven't listed the Phenom II X3. WTF ? Why has the production been ceased ?

by march-april the X3 production has been stopped. maybe any processor with 1 core bad is sold as X2 by deliberately disabling the third core.

reason are many but i feel, cause with time the process of making these processor improved, so they have very less defective processor with 1 core bad. as a result not enough processors to sell as Phenom II X3. so, simply stop producing them (die harvesting practices) or if some processor's L3 cache is bad sell them as Athlon II X3. or those few with 1 core bad, go out as X2. increase unlock chances (atleast 1 core unlock is guarantee if they were working X3s).

 

[evewin89]

thankz guyz for ur wonderful suggestions. i ll stick with
CPU
AMD Athlon II X4 630

MOBO
Biostar TA785G3 HD

HDD
WD CAVIAR BLUE 1TB


GFX CARD
SAPPHIRE HD 5670 512MB GDDR5


currently i wanna buy 2gb ram....after 6months or 1year i'll upgrade to 4gb. so which 2gb ram to buy?

and for my config. should i buy FSP Saga II 500W or FSP Saga II 400W @ 2k what is the price of FSP saga II 500w.

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i also wanna know the simple way to OC
AMD Athlon II X4 630 to increase its performance with the default stock fan and 2gb ddr3 1333Mhz ram.
i wanna know the best settings value without harming the cpu

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currently i have hcl beanstalk pc which doesn't have a gfx card.so i wanna know how to insert SAPPHIRE HD 5670 512MB GDDR5 in Biostar TA785G3 HD.we have to insert it in the pcie slot of wat? n do the card have additional power connector to attach to the MOBO?

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currently i have an 4years old hcl beanstalk pc which doesn't have a gfx card or pcie slot....so i wanna know how to insert SAPPHIRE HD 5670 512MB GDDR5 in Biostar TA785G3 HD.we have to insert it in the pcie slot of wat? n do the card have additional power connector to attach to the MOBO?

 

[coderunknown]

thankz guyz for ur wonderful suggestions. i ll stick with
CPU
AMD Athlon II X4 630

MOBO
Biostar TA785G3 HD

HDD
WD CAVIAR BLUE 1TB


GFX CARD
SAPPHIRE HD 5670 512MB GDDR5


currently i wanna buy 2gb ram....after 6months or 1year i'll upgrade to 4gb. so which 2gb ram to buy?

and for my config. should i buy FSP Saga II 500W or FSP Saga II 400W @ 2k what is the price of FSP saga II 500w.

buy any 2Gb which you like. if you buy online, MediaHome giving 2Gb Value stick from Corsair @ 2850.

go for FSP Saga II 400W. ir can handle a setup having upto HD5770. with 500W, HD5850 possible too.

i also wanna know the simple way to OC
AMD Athlon II X4 630 to increase its performance with the default stock fan and 2gb ddr3 1333Mhz ram.
i wanna know the best settings value without harming the cpu

first buy than OC

currently i have an 4years old hcl beanstalk pc which doesn't have a gfx card or pcie slot....so i wanna know how to insert SAPPHIRE HD 5670 512MB GDDR5 in Biostar TA785G3 HD.we have to insert it in the pcie slot of wat? n do the card have additional power connector to attach to the MOBO?

simply force the card into position (with fan facing away from processor socket) & the lock (or lever) will snap in place. done.

 

[Psychosocial]

pricewise its excellent VFM. however in the Zebronics site there some pics of Reaper without transparent side panel. do some comes with steel side? also are the fans noisy?



by march-april the X3 production has been stopped. maybe any processor with 1 core bad is sold as X2 by deliberately disabling the third core.

reason are many but i feel, cause with time the process of making these processor improved, so they have very less defective processor with 1 core bad. as a result not enough processors to sell as Phenom II X3. so, simply stop producing them (die harvesting practices) or if some processor's L3 cache is bad sell them as Athlon II X3. or those few with 1 core bad, go out as X2. increase unlock chances (atleast 1 core unlock is guarantee if they were working X3s).

I dunno much about the Reaper man apart from that they are one of the best <2k cabbys. And looks cool too. The fans wont be that great I think. How much can you get in 2k anyways ?

And thanks for the info. I think it makes sense.

 

[coderunknown]

I dunno much about the Reaper man apart from that they are one of the best <2k cabbys. And looks cool too. The fans wont be that great I think. How much can you get in 2k anyways ?

And thanks for the info. I think it makes sense.

at or below 2k, Reaper is an excellent cabby. well got the info from Cilus.

actually the info is part assumption & part rumor. not sure if its the way AMD is heading.

 

[Cool Buddy]

Since you are buying form Kolkata, here are a few suggestions:

Kingston would be a good choice for RAM in a budget

Zebronics Cabinets are not so easy to find, but not so difficult either. Still, keep an alternative in mind, coolermaster is easily available, iBall is just everywhere

WD green or black might not be so easily available, however, if you do find them, go for green, it will run cooler I suppose. Seagate isn't bad. WD Blue 1 TB should cost around 3.2k excluding tax

Sapphire cards may be a bit difficult to find, in that case you must think about an alternative from XFX or Palit, don't buy point of view cards.

FSP saga might not be easily available, so you might have to consider Corsair which will increase your budget by around 500

Yes, I know what you're thinking, Kolkata is not a very good place to buy PCs. When you come, keep atleast 2 days in hand. Spend the first day researching and buy on the second day. Head straight to chandni chowk Metro station (in case you are not already familiar with the city). Go to shops like Vedant (G. C. Avenue), Saaboo (Bengal Chemical building) etc. Just look up justdial.com for addresses.

And, in any case, don't let the retailers suggestions change your decisions (that won't happen unless you are a noob). Ask for seal pack boxes of every component.

And do post after you have bought the components, prices as well as the name of the shop.

 

[coderunknown]

WD green or black might not be so easily available, however, if you do find them, go for green, it will run cooler I suppose. Seagate isn't bad. WD Blue 1 TB should cost around 3.2k excluding tax

are you sure 1Tb cost only 3.2k + tax?

& for shops why not Arihant & technocrat? sorry i not from Kilkata but heard a bit about them.

 

[evewin89]

Since you are buying form Kolkata, here are a few suggestions:

Kingston would be a good choice for RAM in a budget

Zebronics Cabinets are not so easy to find, but not so difficult either. Still, keep an alternative in mind, coolermaster is easily available, iBall is just everywhere

WD green or black might not be so easily available, however, if you do find them, go for green, it will run cooler I suppose. Seagate isn't bad. WD Blue 1 TB should cost around 3.2k excluding tax

Sapphire cards may be a bit difficult to find, in that case you must think about an alternative from XFX or Palit, don't buy point of view cards.

FSP saga might not be easily available, so you might have to consider Corsair which will increase your budget by around 500

Yes, I know what you're thinking, Kolkata is not a very good place to buy PCs. When you come, keep atleast 2 days in hand. Spend the first day researching and buy on the second day. Head straight to chandni chowk Metro station (in case you are not already familiar with the city). Go to shops like Vedant (G. C. Avenue), Saaboo (Bengal Chemical building) etc. Just look up justdial.com for addresses.

And, in any case, don't let the retailers suggestions change your decisions (that won't happen unless you are a noob). Ask for seal pack boxes of every component.

And do post after you have bought the components, prices as well as the name of the shop.

thankz 4 suggesting..... about few shops of kolkata.... i dont lik segate coz few of my frnds bought it n within 6months-1year their HDD crashed.u live in kol or wat...one of my frnd lives there n one of my relative also lives there. but my relative house is little bit far away from (esplanade) they live in badamtalla. so i think it'll take around 1days to check few shops n the 2nd day to buy the actual rig. if possible tell me the best PC shop of KOL who sell original products @ affordable price.

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Sam.Shab *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/images/kirsch/statusicon/user_offline.gif
WindWithMe

first buy than OC

don't worry man...i'll definately buy that cpu.. but afterwords u have to tell me how to make it little bit faster.....kkkkk

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Sam.Shab *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/images/kirsch/statusicon/user_offline.gif
WindWithMe

simply force the card into position (with fan facing away from processor socket) & the lock (or lever) will snap in place. done.


its so simple or the gfx has any extra power supple cable to connect to the board or not?

 

[Cool Buddy]

are you sure 1Tb cost only 3.2k + tax?

Yes, it should cost that much only over here, but will confirm today & post again

& for shops why not Arihant & technocrat? sorry i not from Kilkata but heard a bit about them.

I suggested the shops from personal experience, I've neer checked the prices at Arihant & it is a bit difficult to find too, that's why didn't suggest that. I've heard a lot about technocrat, so it might be a good option, i've never visited this shop either. I know the locations of all these shops, ask me if you want any help

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@evewin89, Shops at Chandni open at around 11 AM. Don't ever rely on a single shop. Visit at least 3-4 shops & check prices at all these places. You can visit the shops mentioned above, generally they are considered the best & cheapest. As far as original is considered, you can be cheated by any shop if you are not careful enough. ask for seal pack boxes & stay close during assembling. Also ask them to mention the serial number on the invoice. If there is any reason for a doubt, take the boxes and match the serial numbers of the products. And when you visit the shop, give them an impression that you know what you have to buy & have good knowledge about computers, that way there will less chances of your being cheated.

 

[evewin89]

Yes, it should cost that much only over here, but will confirm today & post again



I suggested the shops from personal experience, I've neer checked the prices at Arihant & it is a bit difficult to find too, that's why didn't suggest that. I've heard a lot about technocrat, so it might be a good option, i've never visited this shop either. I know the locations of all these shops, ask me if you want any help

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@evewin89, Shops at Chandni open at around 11 AM. Don't ever rely on a single shop. Visit at least 3-4 shops & check prices at all these places. You can visit the shops mentioned above, generally they are considered the best & cheapest. As far as original is considered, you can be cheated by any shop if you are not careful enough. ask for seal pack boxes & stay close during assembling. Also ask them to mention the serial number on the invoice. If there is any reason for a doubt, take the boxes and match the serial numbers of the products. And when you visit the shop, give them an impression that you know what you have to buy & have good knowledge about computers, that way there will less chances of your being cheated.

thankz for ur wonderful tips.....

i m little bit confussed about which PSU to buy

corsair_cx400
FSP-SAGAII-400
FSP-SAGAII-500

my budget is max Rs-2800 for the psu,
out of the three i personally like the looks of corsair_cx400 but its little bit costle as with the same amount i can get FSP-SAGAII-500 but the look of
corsair_cx400 is driving me crazy...so guys wat u suggest.

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i also wanna know is it necessary to put the thermal paste on top of the new cpu? if yes then which company thermal paste should i buy. i dont wanna invest more on thermal paste:

 

[saurabh_1e]

you don't need to put thermal paste it is already there on stock hsf applied from the factory .

 

[coderunknown]

Sam.Shab *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/images/kirsch/statusicon/user_offline.gif
WindWithMe

first buy than OC

don't worry man...i'll definately buy that cpu.. but afterwords u have to tell me how to make it little bit faster.....kkkkk

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Sam.Shab *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/images/kirsch/statusicon/user_offline.gif
WindWithMe

simply force the card into position (with fan facing away from processor socket) & the lock (or lever) will snap in place. done.


its so simple or the gfx has any extra power supple cable to connect to the board or not?

yah sure buddy. will try helping you around there.

HD5670 don't have any power cables, unless you go fot the just released HD5670 640SP. its costlier.

thankz for ur wonderful tips.....

i m little bit confussed about which PSU to buy

corsair_cx400
FSP-SAGAII-400
FSP-SAGAII-500

my budget is max Rs-2800 for the psu,
out of the three i personally like the looks of corsair_cx400 but its little bit costle as with the same amount i can get FSP-SAGAII-500 but the look of
corsair_cx400 is driving me crazy...so guys wat u suggest.

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i also wanna know is it necessary to put the thermal paste on top of the new cpu? if yes then which company thermal paste should i buy. i dont wanna invest more on thermal paste:

FSP Saga II 400W almost equal to Corsair CX400W. so get one based on price/warranty. FSP Saga II 500W will give you additional wattage. if you sure you'll need it, get it.

processor heatsink comes with preapplied thermal gel.

 

[evewin89]

which will be the best card for my config

the price is quoted here is from digit.
do the market price of these cards differ more than Rs-300 to Rs-500

Sapphire HD5670 1GB GDDR5 @ 6.5k
Sapphire HD5670 512MB GDDR5 Artic Cooling @ 5.3k
Sapphire HD5670 512MB GDDR5 @ 5.1k

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and which is a better RAM

Corsair Twin3X2048-1333C9 XMS3 DDR3 (its price is around Rs-3150)
the latency is 9-9-9-24


or kingston ddr3 1333Mhz
(i dont know about the latency of kingston)

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and finally for the cabby i shortlisted the 2

1.Zebronics Bijli Cabinet
2.Zebronics antibiotic Cabinet

suggest which one is the best

 

[coderunknown]

which will be the best card for my config

the price is quoted here is from digit.
do the market price of these cards differ more than Rs-300 to Rs-500

Sapphire HD5670 1GB GDDR5 @ 6.5k
Sapphire HD5670 512MB GDDR5 Artic Cooling @ 5.3k
Sapphire HD5670 512MB GDDR5 @ 5.1k

Sapphire HD5670 1GB GDDR5 @ 6.5k ---> wastage of money & memory.
Sapphire HD5670 512MB GDDR5 Artic Cooling @ 5.3k ---> currently selling for 5.4k inc tax.
Sapphire HD5670 512MB GDDR5 @ 5.1k ---> no idea where comp@ddict found this one.

and which is a better RAM

Corsair Twin3X2048-1333C9 XMS3 DDR3 (its price is around Rs-3150)
the latency is 9-9-9-24

or kingston ddr3 1333Mhz
(i dont know about the latency of kingston)

Corsair latency is that of value rams. also media home selling it for 2.85k. why selling out 300bucks more?

and finally for the cabby i shortlisted the 2

1.Zebronics Bijli Cabinet
2.Zebronics antibiotic Cabinet

suggest which one is the best

its totally personal choice:

1.Zebronics Bijli ---> cheap & efficient.
2.Zebronics antibiotic ---> efficient but too old fashioned.
3. Reaper ---> best of both.

 

[Cool Buddy]

Yeah, confirmed the Hard disk price. It will cost that much or maybe even less. Bought 500 GB WD green with 32 MB cache for 2050 including tax

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You could also check Starcomp Infotech (Not the head office at 26, G.C. Avenue beside Vedant). The Branch which is nearby. Though one is the branch of the other, the branch is a much better place to buy things

 

[evewin89]

Sam.Shab *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/images/kirsch/statusicon/user_offline.gif
WindWithMe


Sapphire HD5670 1GB GDDR5 @ 6.5k ---> wastage of money & memory.


y is a wastage of money & memory.? for only around Rs-1000 more if i get 512MB more gfx memory then y according to u is a wastage of money & memory plz clear my doubts.