Medium gaming/ multimedia rig for My Bro

josin

In the zone
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:The purpose is for gaming and HD movie watching and music. Elder scrolls, Grid 2, Far cry 3,Ac3, Photoshop Cs6, some full Hd movies.

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

Ans: 35K to 45K

3. Planning to overclock?

Ans:No

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?

Ans:Win 7 ultimate 64 Bit. ( hopes to upgrade to Win 8.1)

5. How much hard drive space is needed?

Ans:I TB

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 a monitor is required. prefers a 21 or 22" full Hd. If in budget an IPS panel one.

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

Ans:I want all the components except the speakers.

8. When are you planning to buy the system?

Ans:In about a month

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

Ans:Yes i had built before, but not a high end system.This will be built by me only.

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:I live in Kochi. I am most open to online shopping.

11. Anything else which you would like to say?

Ans: I prefer a graphics card rather than a built in one. a 2 Gb DDr3 would be enough.
 

thegeek

Broken In
Processor - AMD FX6100 7300

Motherboard - MSI 760GM ₹2899

Graphic Card -
ZOTAC NVIDIA GTX 650 ₹12999

RAM -
Corsair DDR3 (1 x 4gb) ₹2299

Hard Disk -
WD 1 TB WD10EZRX ₹4056

Monitor -
S2240L 21.5 inch ₹9396

Power Supply -
Corsair VS550 ₹3500

DVD Writer -
Asus DRW ₹1119

Mouse -
Lenovo M6811 USB 2.0 ₹657

Keyboard -
Logitech K100 ₹409

Cabinet - Cooler Master Elite 310
₹2000

TOTALS -
₹46,634
 

Cilus

laborare est orare
Buddy, FX-6100 is not at all recommeded and actually replaced by FX-6300 which is way better processor.

Here is my suggestion:

AMD FX-6300 @ 7.3K
Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 @ 5.1K
Kingston HyperX 4GB 1600 MHz CL9 Ram @ 2K
GIGABYTE GV-N660OC-2GD 660 2 GB GDDR5 @ 13.2K
WD Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA 6 Gbps HDD @ 3K
AOC I2251FWE 21.5" 1080P IPS panel LED @ 7.3K
Seasonic SS12II 520 @ 4.3K
Lenovo M6811 5 Button Laser Gaming Mouse @ 0.6K
Logitec K100 @ 0.4K
Cooler Master Elite 311 @ 2K

Total: 45.2K
 
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josin

josin

In the zone
Buddy, FX-6100 is not at all recommeded and actually replaced by FX-6300 which is way better processor.

Here is my suggestion:

AMD FX-6300 @ 7.3K
Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 @ 5.1K
Kingston HyperX 4GB 1600 MHz CL9 Ram @ 2K
GIGABYTE GV-N660OC-2GD 660 2 GB GDDR5 @ 13.2K
WD Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA 6 Gbps HDD @ 3K
AOC I2251FWE 21.5" 1080P IPS panel LED @ 7.3K
Seasonic SS12II 520 @ 4.3K
Lenovo M6811 5 Button Laser Gaming Mouse @ 0.6K
Logitec K100 @ 0.4K
Cooler Master Elite 311 @ 2K

Total: 45.2K
I had a pretty bad experience with AOC monitors. No more AOC.
 
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