Mid Level Gaming Rig < 90k

[naman.gemini]

1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run?
Ans:
Gaming -High end games like Battlefield 4, Crysis 3, AC Series . Multiplayer games like dota2 in best configuration.
Rendering - After Effects, Video Editing, HD Video Streaming

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:
Rs 90,000 (can extend if a reasonable logic is provided)

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: Yes

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 8.1

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 1TB

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, 24 Inch preferably. Full HD

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: Speakers, Mouse, Keyboard

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: This week

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Will ask a retailer to assemble the parts

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: Delhi. Yeah, Nehru Place. Open to online shops (which have decent market reputation)

11. Additional Details?
Ans: I'm a casual gamer, though played mostly dota last 2-3 years. Previously I had Dell studio 1555 laptop, which I have been using for past 5 years, so it's pretty outdated now. I am targeting to buy a powerful machine which wouldn't have bounds on playing upcoming high end single player games with full resolution and video settings and would be able to drag along for like 3-4 years. This is the current configuration that I built. Most fields taken from last month's Digits's Killer Rigs column. Basically I have gone with a greedy approach fitting the most expensive item that fits my budget, which makes me feel am considering useless stuff. Please let me know your thoughts.

Config in Consideration:
Intel i7 3.5 GHz 4770k
ASRock Z87 Extreme 4 Motherboard
Nvidia geforce gtx 760
Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 16 gb RAM
Cooler Master 750/850 Watt PSU
A nice (transparent) cabinet with blue/green led lights
24'' HD Monitor



Thanks

 

[ithehappy]

Now I know nothing, but I would either wait until Haswell-E, or if I had that budget would try a 4930k, if not at least a 6C/12T Xeon.
I said that cause After Effects and Video rendering will help you a lot with some extra cores / threads. If it were only for gaming then even those cheap i5 would be enough

 

[bssunilreddy]

Intel i7 3.5 GHz 4770k -23000,
ASRock Z87 Extreme 4 Motherboard -11200,
Zotac GTX 760 2GB -19000,
Corsair Venegance 16GB 1600MHz RAM -9500,
Seasonic SS750KM3 PSU -10500,
Coolermaster CM Storm 2 Cabinet -7800,
Dell S2440L 24 LED -13000.
TOTAL -94,000.

 

[ravi847]

Re: Mid Level Gaming Rig &lt; 90k

Get an i5 processor and get the R9 290x for a gaming setup.
Its a shame that a 90k shouldn't have a high end gpu like the Titan killer.
I get carried away at times yeah

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Get a lower end motherboard too so that would free up some more of your budget.

 

[naman.gemini]

Now I know nothing, but I would either wait until Haswell-E, or if I had that budget would try a 4930k, if not at least a 6C/12T Xeon.
I said that cause After Effects and Video rendering will help you a lot with some extra cores / threads. If it were only for gaming then even those cheap i5 would be enough

I need it mostly for gaming, and very occasionally for AfterEffects stuff, which won't be very hard on cpu. So I don't think more multi threading is gonna help me that much, considering the additional cost.

Intel i7 3.5 GHz 4770k -23000,
ASRock Z87 Extreme 4 Motherboard -11200,
Zotac GTX 760 2GB -19000,
Corsair Venegance 16GB 1600MHz RAM -9500,
Seasonic SS750KM3 PSU -10500,
Coolermaster CM Storm 2 Cabinet -7800,
Dell S2440L 24 LED -13000.
TOTAL -94,000.

Thanks, this seems fine to me. Would it make a big difference if instead of LED I go for a LCD, I could use the extra money for even cooler cabinet.

And would it be a logical choice to go for a cheaper processor like AMD 8350 and upgrading graphic card even more say to gtx 770 or r9 280x, considering for a while that Gaming is the sole usage. Thoughts?

 

[ithehappy]

All the monitors are LCD, LED is just the back-lighting, which in my eyes is no way superior than my 6 years old LCD monitor. But I don't know if there's any non-LED backlit monitor available or not. People eat that LCD/LED things, and so they keep providing it

 

[shivakanth.sujit]

You can go for a Xeon / r9 290or r9 280x combo

Shiva

 

[rijinpk1]

get the following. 760 wont cut for next gen games.

Intel i7 4770k -23k
Asus z87 a -12k
Corsair Venegance 8GB x 1 -5.5k / kingston hyperx blue /gskill riplawsx
get sapphire r9 290 tri-x - 37.5k. do not compromise here. much better than chosen 760.
wd blue 1tb - 3.8k
Seasonic s12ii 620 -5.5k, m12 ii 650 -7k
Corsair carbide 400r - 5.5k . side panel may cost little more.
Dell S2240l-8.6k/ aoc i2369vm -12k /HP 22fi - 11k

 

[ithehappy]

Exactly. 760 is NOT a great card for gaming, especially for people who like to play everything at maximum settings.
R9 290 should be the target. Should drive you through for the next 18 / 24 months at Ultra, I guess.
Btw, what's the Nvidia card for R9 290 replacement?

 

[rijinpk1]

Exactly. 760 is NOT a great card for gaming, especially for people who like to play everything at maximum settings.
R9 290 should be the target. Should drive you through for the next 18 / 24 months at Ultra, I guess.
Btw, what's the Nvidia card for R9 290 replacement?

gtx 780 or 780 ti.

 

[ithehappy]

Thanks.

 

[naman.gemini]

get the following. 760 wont cut for next gen games.

Intel i7 4770k -23k
Asus z87 a -12k
Corsair Venegance 8GB x 1 -5.5k / kingston hyperx blue /gskill riplawsx
get sapphire r9 290 tri-x - 37.5k. do not compromise here. much better than chosen 760.
wd blue 1tb - 3.8k
Seasonic s12ii 620 -5.5k, m12 ii 650 -7k
Corsair carbide 400r - 5.5k . side panel may cost little more.
Dell S2240l-8.6k/ aoc i2369vm -12k /HP 22fi - 11k

I understand your concern, but r9 290 doesn't really fit in my budget, it's almost twice the cost of its counterpart (gtx 760). Shouldn't 760 be able to run upcoming games at very high settings if not at ultra video settings.

If I get a gtx 760 for now, after an year or so can I add another gtx 760 and have twice the gpu power?
And do these graphic cards have any resale value in Indian market?

Sry if am asking dumb questions, I don't have any idea in this field

 

[Cilus]

Then get R9 280X IicQ X2 from HIS, available around 23.5K. It is far more powerful than 760 and let you play most of the current titles at highest or very high settings.

 

[rijinpk1]

I understand your concern, but r9 290 doesn't really fit in my budget, it's almost twice the cost of its counterpart (gtx 760). Shouldn't 760 be able to run upcoming games at very high settings if not at ultra video settings.

If I get a gtx 760 for now, after an year or so can I add another gtx 760 and have twice the gpu power?
And do these graphic cards have any resale value in Indian market?

Sry if am asking dumb questions, I don't have any idea in this field

if you think of crossfiring/sli-ing later, dont forget to get a good psu with 750w or higher. choose seasonic m12ii 750 or m12i 850 or corsair tx 750v2 or tx 850 v2.
also get 280x as suggested by cilus.

 

[bssunilreddy]

Spoiler

1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run?
Ans:
Gaming -High end games like Battlefield 4, Crysis 3, AC Series . Multiplayer games like dota2 in best configuration.
Rendering - After Effects, Video Editing, HD Video Streaming

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:
Rs 90,000 (can extend if a reasonable logic is provided)

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: Yes

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 8.1

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 1TB

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, 24 Inch preferably. Full HD

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: Speakers, Mouse, Keyboard

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: This week

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Will ask a retailer to assemble the parts

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: Delhi. Yeah, Nehru Place. Open to online shops (which have decent market reputation)

11. Additional Details?
Ans: I'm a casual gamer, though played mostly dota last 2-3 years. Previously I had Dell studio 1555 laptop, which I have been using for past 5 years, so it's pretty outdated now. I am targeting to buy a powerful machine which wouldn't have bounds on playing upcoming high end single player games with full resolution and video settings and would be able to drag along for like 3-4 years. This is the current configuration that I built. Most fields taken from last month's Digits's Killer Rigs column. Basically I have gone with a greedy approach fitting the most expensive item that fits my budget, which makes me feel am considering useless stuff. Please let me know your thoughts.

Config in Consideration:
Intel i7 3.5 GHz 4770k
ASRock Z87 Extreme 4 Motherboard
Nvidia geforce gtx 760
Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 16 gb RAM
Cooler Master 750/850 Watt PSU
A nice (transparent) cabinet with blue/green led lights
24'' HD Monitor



Thanks

You can go with small changes to CPU , MB & GPU like below;

Intel Xeon E3 1225 v3 -15200,
Gigabyte H87-D3H-7800,
Sapphire/HIS R9 280X 3GB -23000,
Corsair Venegance 16GB 1600MHz RAM -9500,
Seasonic SS750KM3 PSU -10500,
Coolermaster CM Storm 2 Cabinet -7800,
Dell S2440L 24 LED -13000.
TOTAL -86,800.

 

[Cilus]

^^ The above configuration is good but then OP has to sacrifice the overclocking ability which he has mentioned as an requirement. Since gaming is the main priority, OP can get a processor like i5 4670K and with the saved money, can accommodate a R9 290 card.

 

[naman.gemini]

^^ The above configuration is good but then OP has to sacrifice the overclocking ability which he has mentioned as an requirement. Since gaming is the main priority, OP can get a processor like i5 4670K and with the saved money, can accommodate a R9 290 card.

A R9 290x card is very expensive, I don't think cutting anywhere else would let me fit this card. I can go for 280x but here it says, there's not much difference between it and 760, should I go for 280x? GeForce GTX 760 vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

 

[ithehappy]

Intel Xeon E3 1225 v3 -15200,

Any 6C / 12T Xeons, for around 27-28k, which will be under 90W TDP? Where can I see all the models of Xeon?

 

[rijinpk1]

Re: Mid Level Gaming Rig &lt; 90k

You can go with small changes to CPU , MB & GPU like below;

Intel Xeon E3 1225 v3 -15200,
Gigabyte H87-D3H-7800,
Sapphire/HIS R9 280X 3GB -23000,
Corsair Venegance 16GB 1600MHz RAM -9500,
Seasonic SS750KM3 PSU -10500,
Coolermaster CM Storm 2 Cabinet -7800,
Dell S2440L 24 LED -13000.
TOTAL -86,800.

xeon e3 1225v3 is a quad core cpu without hyper threading , simply means it is same as core i5 4570 available at 13k locally with additional 2mb l3 cache. i wont suggest it for 15k. he may go for an overclockable config with i5 4570k/4670k or even i7 4770k.

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Any 6C / 12T Xeons, for around 27-28k, which will be under 90W TDP? Where can I see all the models of Xeon?

not available at that price.
i7 3930k / 4930k costs around 40k.

 

[Cilus]

^^rijinpk1, XEON e3 1225v3 is Hyper-Threading enabled Processor, having 4 C/8T configuration. It is basically a i7 4770 with ECC memory support. And if OP is not into overclocking, it is a perfect choice.