Mid range gaming RIG 40k

[vin_dzel]

1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run?
Ans: Watching HD movies, playing latest FPS games at medium - full settings such as Crysis 3,Bioshock infinite, far cry 3, sniper ghost warrior 2, Battlefield 4, Arma 3, Call of duty MW4.

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 40k. Can extend by another 5k max

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 7 or 8

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:Have monitor. But planning to upgrade to Dell s2240L in June

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: Monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, have Corsair SMPS VX450W (will it be sufficient?)

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: April - May

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

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: Mumbai. Planning to buy locally from lamington road

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Have read other post & sort of narrowed down these if it fits in my budget
CPU - FX8350
MB - M597 LE R2.0 (Not sure which is better: this or M597 EVO R2.0? Pls advise)
HDD - WD blue or Seagate barracuda 1 TB
Cabinet- NZXT Gamma
RAM - CORSAIR RAM VALUE 4GB DDR3 1600FSB X 2
PSU - CORSAIR SMPS GS 600
Graphics-MSI HD 7850 1 GB GDDR5 OR Sapphire HD7850 2GB

 

[The Incinerator]

FX 8350/i5 3470- Rs 11400/Rs 11200
M5A97 Evo R2.0 /M5A97 R2.0/ GA-H77-DS3H- Rs 6900 / 6100 / 7100 ( Since you wont overclock you wont go wrong with either M5A97)
G.Skill Ripjaws 1600Mhz C9 4GB - Rs 1800
Toshiba 1 TB - 3500
NZXT Gamma - Rs 2500
GTX 660 / HD7870 - Rs 14900 / 16500

Total - Rs 40,200 with GTX 660

Since you will only be Gaming and wont overclock either IMO you should go with Intel

 

[harshilsharma63]

If the rig is for just gaming and you aren't interested in overclocking, then an i5 3xxx makes more sense.

i5 3550 (12000)
Gigabyte B75M DH3 (4000)
Corsair Value Select 1600MHz 4GB (1900)
Corsair GS500 (4000)
WD Blue 1TB (3900)
Sapphire HD7870 2GB GHz edition (16000)
NZXT Gamma (2500)

total: 44300

your PSU will not be sufficient.

 

[Sainatarajan]

I5 3470
Gigabyte GAB75M
GSKILL RipJAWSx 4 GB x2
NZXT Gamma
Sapphire HD 7870 2 GB
WD Caviar Blue 1 TB
Corsair GS500
Total 46K.

 

[The Incinerator]

How old is your VX450? It was a very very good PSU,made by Seasonic,carried 5 years warranty,in its hey days,mindblowing, anyday better than these GS series from Corsair. You are safe with that Enthusisast class PSU.

 

[vin_dzel]

How old is your VX450? It was a very very good PSU,made by Seasonic,carried 5 years warranty,in its hey days,mindblowing, anyday better than these GS series from Corsair. You are safe with that Enthusisast class PSU.

Had bought it in 2008. Ya,was highly recommended then & is still working nicely on my system (CPU-Core2duo, Mobo - Asus P5BVM, Graphics card - 8800GT). But since it is quite old, would prefer going for a new PSU. Which one would you recommend if not the GS series?

 

[vin_dzel]

Thanks..so i5 it is. But which one would u suggest?? 3470, 3550 or 3570K (cost??) don't mind spending a little more on CPU if performance is appreciably better.

Also alongwith i5, which mobo should I go for considering I won't be overclocking...the cheaper one - Gigabyte B75M DH3 or M5A97 Evo R2.0 /M5A97 R2.0/ GA-H77-DS3H. Am confused...

For graphics, any reason why HD7870 instead of HD7850...could save 3k otherwise..

 

[harshilsharma63]

How old is your VX450? It was a very very good PSU,made by Seasonic,carried 5 years warranty,in its hey days,mindblowing, anyday better than these GS series from Corsair. You are safe with that Enthusisast class PSU.

It is okay for a non overclocked GPU, but may not be enough or will be operating at it's limit if the gpu is overclocked. The config I suggested needs a 410W PSU acc. to extremevision calc.

 

[Sainatarajan]

Go with the GS500 . You will be safe with it.

 

[vin_dzel]

Thanks..so i5 it is. But which one would u suggest?? 3470, 3550 or 3570K (cost??) don't mind spending a little more on CPU if performance is appreciably better.

Also alongwith i5, which mobo should I go for considering I won't be overclocking...the cheaper one - Gigabyte B75M DH3 or M5A97 Evo R2.0 /M5A97 R2.0/ GA-H77-DS3H. Am confused...

For graphics, any reason why HD7870 instead of HD7850...could save 3k otherwise..

Guys, need ur advice on this

 

[harshilsharma63]

Guys, need ur advice on this

> If you aren't overclocking, then i5 3550 is best.

> You should go for Gigabyte B75M dh3; very good mobo with nice feature set. Asus M5a97 evo r2.0 is an AMD motherboard.

> performance diff between 7850 and 7870 is considerable for the price difference.

 

[The Incinerator]

i5 3470- Rs 11200
GA-H77-DS3H- Rs 7100 ( should be less in stores by Rs 400IMO)
G.Skill Ripjaws 1600Mhz C9 4GB - Rs 1800
Toshiba 1 TB - 3500
NZXT Gamma - Rs 2500
GTX 660 / HD7870 - Rs 14900 / 16500
PSU - Seasonic S12II 520 - Rs 4300

Skip B75 based mainboard which has reduced feature set and is a mATX,better to stick to a full size H77 ATX board with the i5 with more expansion slots which will allow you at add a sound card or Ethernet card in case the onboard one fails.The B75 lacks even the most basic functions such as RAid support and SSD caching!The full size Gigabyte H77 has better VRM too. The Seasonic PSU is better than the Corsair GS anyday with 87% efficiency.

If you are not getting the HD7870,try and accomodate the GTX660 atleast.

 

[dusu94]

Go with i5 3470 and motherboard gigabyte b75m
gpu:zotac gtx 650 ti 2 gb (imo)
psu:corsair gs 500
nzxt gamma
corsair value select 4 gb 1600 mhz
Wd 1tb

i know u want to buy locally but check out this this site:
*mdcomputers.in/index.php?route=common/home

 

[harshilsharma63]

i5 3470- Rs 11200
GA-H77-DS3H- Rs 7100 ( should be less in stores by Rs 400IMO)
G.Skill Ripjaws 1600Mhz C9 4GB - Rs 1800
Toshiba 1 TB - 3500
NZXT Gamma - Rs 2500
GTX 660 / HD7870 - Rs 14900 / 16500
PSU - Seasonic S12II 520 - Rs 4300

Skip B75 based mainboard which has reduced feature set and is a mATX,better to stick to a full size H77 ATX board with the i5 with more expansion slots which will allow you at add a sound card or Ethernet card in case the onboard one fails.The B75 lacks even the most basic functions such as RAid support and SSD caching!The full size Gigabyte H77 has better VRM too. The Seasonic PSU is better than the Corsair GS anyday with 87% efficiency.

If you are not getting the HD7870,try and accomodate the GTX660 atleast.

Are those features needed in a 40k rig?

Go with i5 3470 and motherboard gigabyte b75m
gpu:zotac gtx 650 ti 2 gb (imo)
psu:corsair gs 500
nzxt gamma
corsair value select 4 gb 1600 mhz
Wd 1tb

i know u want to buy locally but check out this this site:
*mdcomputers.in/index.php?route=common/home

There are already a couple of configs suggested. Rather than just posting a new config, it would be better and more helpful to point out the flaws on the previously posted configs and the reason of any change in component(s) if any.

 

[The Incinerator]

Are those features needed in a 40k rig?

Its not about "RsXX,000" rig,its not about money ,but quality and very basic feature set and better components in VRM ,which is very important as the i3 works at 55W and the i5 works at 77W, so thats 22 watts more. It is this very reason that I dont advise a B75 with an i5. As he has the budget it dosnt make sense to cheap out on the most important part of the computer,the foundation,the motherboard.

Rs 40K is a lot of money for a rig without a monitor.