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[desiibond]

prices are definitely going to fall.

ATI is going to bring in DX11 40nm HD5xxx cards in 20 days and that makes the existing lineup kind of old.

if you can wait 3 weeks, yes, you better wait.

And 10.9k is a decent price for GTX260. see if you can bargain it to 10.7k or 10.5k. I would pick this over HD4870.

 

[nads]

but what about processors????? are prices going to reduce for them also or no.....(both AMD n intel)

i can wait if i get a sweeter deal

 

[desiibond]

prices always reduce.

Chipset: AMD 785G chipset is released but not yet arrived into Indian mainstream market.
CPU: Intel Core i3 and i5 along with X35 chipset to be released early next year.

you can wait for a month or two and buy AMD PHenom II + 785G+DDR3 rig for similar price. and since by that time, processor and GPU price will still reduce, you may get a good deal.

 

[nads]

Hmmmmm but i m not that much interested in DDR3 cause it is very costly n by the time it has reduced by then i might migrate to core i platform..... so i dont see the point in waiting 2-3months n save 1-2K on the whole setup...... what do u suggest do u still think i should wait......

I am getting 4.25K for my old system is the price ok with the foll spec
C2D e4300 1.83 800FSB
intel DG965RY mobo
1GB DDR2 667 Mhz RAM
MSI 8600GT 512MB Gcard

m not giving my HDD n cabinet is the price he is giving me ok or should i bargain for more.....

u have not told me which brands i should look for if the ATI4870 is cheaper

regards

 

[desiibond]

for ATI, you can look at Pointofview, powercolor for cheaper price and sapphire, xfx, patit, gigabyte, asus, msi for premium brands.

i think you can bargain a bit more. and yes, wait atleast till ati releases DX11 based 40nm cards. That may kick in another set of price cuts from nvidia and ATI for existing lineup and it's not far. Release date is August 8th worldwide.

Also, you better keep an eye on availability of GTX260 and HD4870.

 

[nads]

but the temptation to upgrade is soooo intense...........

how much will i be saving if i upgrade later on......

as i told u if i will be saving a couple of thousand bucks then i better upgrade because at any point if i purchase the prices r gona drop..... so unless the savings r gonna be huge then i might wait....
what do u say?????

 

[desiibond]

hmm. even if you save a thousand bucks and the h/w price drops by 2000 bucks, you ill be saving 3k or you can get a better rig.

anyways, I think you can go for the rig now if you can't resist the temptation. I did the same with my GPU and CPU. And after just few days Phenom II was released but the GPU that I bought was completely out of stock for a long time and it never went down to same price of 7.2k. So I had 50% luck.

 

[nads]

well then let it be...........

i will go ahead n purchase the rig today...... cause even in a months time the prices as usual r gonna fall (no mater what new or old stuff arrives) n the new stuff which will come will not be affordable at my buget for another looooooong time.....

wish this config stand for atleast 2 yrs........

will let u know the prices i got the rig for desibond in the evening......

desibond one final query i have a option of VIP 600W or cooler master extreme 600W which one should i go for VIP is for 2900 n cooler master is for 3500 never useed VIP so no idea is cooler master worth the 600Rs premium......(sorry i want to spare every penny now cause because thx to desibond i have spalsh a lot more than i could )

n desibond u also have the same motherboard which u have recommended me so i wanted to ask is ur mobo Rev2.0 or 1.0 because on gigabytes site there r 2 variation so which one is generally available n how should i check it if its not written on the box... cause rev2.0 has SB710 chipset n rev1.0 has sb700 n what is the difference between the 2 any performance gains?????? (apart from the 6 USB port at the back panel)

Regards

 

[desiibond]

among those two I would pick CM 600W but my suggestion would be to get Corsair VX450W atleast

 

[nads]

but the galaxy GTX260+ requires minimum of 500W of juice as mentioned on their side...... but isnt 450W a bit lower for GTX260??????

 

[desiibond]

A 600W ExtremePower has efficiency rating of 70%. Means that though it takes 600W of power, it can only give 420W of power but as per reviews it stuggles even at that power usage level.

And VX450W has 87% efficiency which means that it can gives 392W of power and is totally stable even at max power load.

PSU selector: *www.corsair.com/psufinder/default.aspx.

that link will help you find out how much power is needed.

 

[nads]

thks for ur reply but desibond i check my wattage requirement at *extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine and i have gone extreme to be frank (cause i dont want to compromise with my dear components) i have gone for the peak load ie 100% (which is not possible everytime but still) and capacitor aging at 20% n i have got 452W ok now even if we reduce this by say around 30W we still still get 422W now which PSU can give me clean n stable power of 425W ........ pls let me know i m a complete noob in PSUs.... cause till now iu have never purchased PSU seperately so pls help me with going with a proper PSU desibond.......... going in the afternoon at lamington road to procure my stuff so pls let me know ASAP.......

regards

 

[desiibond]

how much will be your budget for a PSU.

Corsair VX450W is known to operate even at 100% efficiency. But that simply means running it at full load all the time and may reduce the life of the PSU.

Look for any 550W PSU with 80PLUS certification which looks like this:

*www.80plus.org/manu/psu/psu_join.aspx

That would give you enough headroom if you want to change your processor to quadcore or add more HDDs.

PSUs like Corsair VX series come with a 5yr warranty which means that in that time, you will be changing your h/w.

these are the well known brands that make 80PLUS certified PSUs

1) Corsair
2) Antec
3) Tagan
4) Glacialpower
5) Seasonic
6) Coolermaster (real power series)

Pick the one based on your budget. if you are on a strict budget of 3.5k-4k, VX450W should be the best choice.

 

[topgear]

A 600W ExtremePower has efficiency rating of 70%. Means that though it takes 600W of power, it can only give 420W of power but as per reviews it stuggles even at that power usage level.

And VX450W has 87% efficiency which means that it can gives 392W of power and is totally stable even at max power load.

PSU selector: *www.corsair.com/psufinder/default.aspx.

that link will help you find out how much power is needed.

This is a great misconception. A 500W PSU with 80% efficiency rated means it will draw 600W from the power socket

PSU efficiency means :

how much power the PSU draws from the main socket in order to deliver the the rig with the required power.

Refer to this page for morte info :

*www.motherboards.org/articles/guides/1487_7.html

 

[nads]

hello guys.....
got my new spec yeterday...... m really satisfied except a few niggles here n there..... this my first ever AMD system n i hope the experience will be gud..... the processor is just way to gud.... n it runs cool too on the stock cooler which i doubted after looking at the heatsink..... its always between 35-40C on normal workloads (i mean installing stuff)... the galaxy gtx260+ card is humongous it covers the whole span of my cabinet, n one thing which i came to know is that when i install the graphic card i dont have acess to to the SATA ports on the mobo...... this was a sham n i was really afraid cause i thought the money is goner (since i had opened the mobo box which was sealed) but then gigabyte had provide the L head SATA connector n that somehow fitted (although touching the GTX260 card at the bottom) n i guess will be able to use only 3 ports out of 5 (thats ok cause as of now i just need 2 n in future mebbe i will go for RAID0) but it is a serious flaw which cnnot be overlooked......another thing which bothered me (since this is my first mini ATX mobo never had one bfore) was the placement of the connectors of front headers (power LED, siwitchetc) is again so close to the graphics card, i know its a mni ATX mobo so space is at a premiuim but the wires do touch the card n chances r there that they might melt if temperatire rises (had no such problems with my old setup) n the circulation of air will be a prob too i guess because of the huge card my cabinet is looking small so mebbe i will go for a new cabinet so that air can flow freely. Apart from this i faced problems like BSOD which went away once i ugraded the BIOS to the latest version n now the BIOS shows the name of my processor properly previouly it couldnt....... m installing all the softwares right now while i type this n will defrag ne streamline everything so its silky smooth...... Another odd thing whihc has happened is that when i was browsing the net with speefan in the background after sometime i get BSOD n then the comp crashed n restarts itself....... it happened 3-4 times, i dunno what has caused this n m icthing to know y it gave me BSOD...... so once i install my stuff properly with the games also i will let u know how the 260+ works with the mobo have high hopes so let us see will keep u guys updated.....

As promised here is the doug i paid to get this new stuff (Thx to desibond my budget was way extend but neverthless will be happy once i see the gaming potential of the machine then will decide what i should do with desibond)

AMD PhenomII X2 550+ Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2h------10000/-
Galaxy GTX260+ (216SP)OC ------ 10600/-
VIP SMPS 600W------2900/-
Samsung DVD writer 22x------1100/-

n mebbe i guess will have to go for a new cabinet so pls guys lookin to u once again for helping me out my budget is around 2500/- so i need a sturdy n roomy cabinet.....
Ur suggestion r welcome guys.....

Regards

 

[desiibond]

Congrats on your first AMD rig. Also, enable "cool'n'quiet" which lowers CPU speed when not fully utilized. You can do the same in BIOS and then in windows power management, you need to pick power saver mode.

If you are loking for a cabinet for2.5k rupees, I would suggest CM Elite 335.

can you post a snapshot of inside of your cabinet so that we can advise on cable management??

It the cabinets power connectors are touching GPU, you better tie them with a band and try to tuck them under the mobo
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This is a great misconception. A 500W PSU with 80% efficiency rated means it will draw 600W from the power socket

PSU efficiency means :

how much power the PSU draws from the main socket in order to deliver the the rig with the required power.

Refer to this page for morte info :

*www.motherboards.org/articles/guides/1487_7.html

damn. how did I miscalculate. This. Thanks a lot buddy for the info.

 

[nads]

thx desibond i will look into Cooler master series n i will post the pic of my CPU too.....

but now i m facing a peculiar problem....... i cont understand what to do mebbe desibond can help..... i connect to the internet through LAN n the prob i told u previously that i get a BSOD when i browse for 3-5mins...... i m consistenly getting it i dunno what is causing that and the speed is also very slow...... i can say this because when i connect to my dell studio 15 it works normally.... what could be the prob something in the bios which i have missed.... this thing is getting on my nerve...... have updated all my drivers (including BIOS) have checked the integrety of the connection in the bios also where it troubleshoots for the connection..... something i have missed in the BIOS pls guys help me out ......


regards

 

[desiibond]

Should be a driver conflict between new h/w and removed h/w (assuming that you have not reinstalled windows).

Put in any linux live CD/DVD and check how stable it is and how browsing is.

Also, uninstall all the drivers and reinstall the new ones.

 

[nads]

deisbond when i tried using the same Win xp installation from my own config it wouldnt boot ahead of the win logo tried with n without the 260 card but i used to get BSOD (i had changed to IDE IN THE Bios).... So i went for a fresh install hesitantly...... but now this browsing problem has turned up have already updated all the drivers from the gigabyte site but then also this problem is occuring........but on the other hand my studio 15 is working fine same win xp...... so the connection problem is ruled out..... any other thing it could be apart from driver conflict.....


and m complete noob in linux so i dont think will be trying that...

regards

 

[janitha]

but on the other hand my studio 15 is working fine same win xp....
regards

Are you using the Win XP CD received with the studio 15?