Darshan Singh
Broken In
Hi guys,
So here I am with my new gaming rig. I had posted on this forum around 3 months ago for your suggestions for the components and I am very thankful to those who helped (particularly bssunilreddy and player100). That qurey is on the 3rd page of "PC Components/ Configurations" section titled "New PC for gaming - Budget 1,30,000".
So I want to share my experience of buying my new rig which I think would be incomplete without a short background. So here it goes: I belong to Nabha, a small town in Punjab. My father had gifted me a PC on my 18th birthday, exactly 13 years ago, in my first year of B.Tech., which had the following configuration:
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 1.7 GHz
Motherboard: Intel D845GLLY
RAM: 128MB 133MHz SDRAM
HDD: Samsung 40GB
Monitor: Samsung 17" CRT
Speakers: LG 2.1 speakers
Keyboard: Samsung
Mouse: Logitech ball mouse
Graphics Card: None
PSU: Antec
Optical Drive: Samsung DVD ROM (later upgraded to Sony DVD R/W and Moser Baer DVD R/W)
Cabinet: Unknown
*i.imgur.com/b0x0nro.jpg
While I was in B.Tech., I slowly grew a charm for computer games which slowly became a passion. I used to play some light games on the PC such as Midtown Madness and Quake 3 as it could not handle bigger ones. Well, long story short, I became desperate to buy a gaming rig but I did not want to force my parents to buy me one. So I decided to buy one when I get into a job. So I got into a government job in 2011 and in 2012, I purchased a laptop which was HP Pavilion dv6 6121tx which had the following configuration:
Processor: Intel Core i7 2GHz
RAM: 4 GB 1333MHz (later expanded to 8GB)
HDD: 640GB
Graphics: AMD Radeon 6770M
Although this laptop can handle games at medium settings, I wanted more, a beast of a machine. Therefore, I started collecting money. So now was the time. I asked for suggestions on this forum and some guys were happy to help. After deciding on the components, I convinced my father to go to Delhi with me and on 19th September, 2015, I and my family (mom, dad and wife), started for Delhi at 4:30 in the morning and after a couple of stops on the way and after asking a number of times for the directions, we reached Nehru Place at around 11:30. I headed for a shop and asked for the motherboard I wanted (Asus B85 Pro Gamer). They inquired on the phone and said that it was not available and it could only be available at Cost to Cost computers but I couldn't get it there too. So I settled for Asus H97 Plus, an alternative I had decided on earlier. I purchased this motherboard and the processor from a shop and then I headed to Computer Bazare, the shop which I went to earlier and liked the staff there. I purchased all the other components from this shop, which are listed below along with their prices:
1. Cabinet: Cooler Master 690 III- Rs.6571
2. GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4GB- Rs.28,285
3. Monitor: BenQ EW2440L 24"- Rs.11,904
4. SMPS: Seasonic 520W- Rs.4904
5. RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz 16GB- Rs.6875
6. Liquid Cooler: Corsair H80i- Rs.6476
7. WiFi Adapter: TP Link WDN 4800- Rs. 2380
8. SSD: Samsung Evo 250GB- Rs.7999
9. HDD: Western Digital 1TB Black- Rs.5238
10. Optical Drive: Asus DVD R/W- Rs.904
11. Mouse: Logitech G5020- Rs.4714
12. Mouse Pad: Razer Goliathus Control Edition- Rs.762
13. Headphone: Steelseries 5HV3- Rs.6190
14. Antivirus: Kaspersky- Rs.268
15. Power Strip: Belkin- Rs.750
16. Dust Blower: Rs.600
17. Anti Static Wrist Band- Rs.250
VAT- Rs.4673
Total- Rs.99,743
Motherboard and Processor purchased from a different shop:
Motherboard: Asus H97 Plus- Rs.8900
Processor: Intel Core i7 4790- Rs.21900
Total: Rs.30800
*i.imgur.com/m6Dklpk.jpg
*i.imgur.com/jQV6dAw.jpg
Total: Rs.1,30,543
I could not get any mechanical gaming keyboard from there which was a strange thing as I always thought that you can get every PC component from this place. Therefore I purchased Roccat Ryos MK Glow mechanical keyboard online for Rs.11,000.
*i.imgur.com/cjF18QI.jpg
*i.imgur.com/rdnwVRE.jpg
Final Total: 1,30,543+11000= Rs.1,41,543
I also had to get a table made according to my requirements which set me back by Rs.13000.
So after coming home, I had to wait for a week to assemble this machine. I decided to assemble this rig myself. Altough I had never assembled any PC before, I had fairly good idea how to do it. I seeked the help of my wife in assembling the system. Although she had no knowledge of this, she helped me in holding the components and giving me a hand here and there. So I started off with installing the processor. The heatsink that came with it was rendered useless as I was going to install the liquid cooling kit. After installing the processor, I installed the backplate for the pump unit and then installed the pump. Then I installed the motherboard in the cabinet after fitting the standoffs. Then my wife helped me in installing the radiator at the top of the cabinet. But then I realized that I hadn't connected the power connector of the CPU and the socket for this was inaccessible now, after installing the radiator. So we removed the radiator and connected the CPU power cable. Then I installed other components such as RAM, HDD, SSD, optical drive, WiFi adapter and then made all the connections. I tried my best to reduce the cable clutter as much as possible and manage the cables at the other side of the cabinet. The CPU power cable could not be routed through the back as it was very short. The cabinet provides very good cable management options. The cable ties provided are very good choice as they tighten the cables properly. I also removed the middle drive cage as I installed the disks at the bottom cage. The only disappointing thing in the cabinet that I found was that the fans presupplied with the cabinet have 3 pin cables. Therefore they operate in either DC mode or PWM mode. Everything else about the cabinet is great.
*i.imgur.com/R1Rrgb0.jpg
*i.imgur.com/r6gKhBw.jpg
*i.imgur.com/Y00sMF9.jpg
*i.imgur.com/TBWfseN.jpg
So considering that this is my first PC assembly ever, I think I did fairly good with managing the cables as can be seen in the photos above. This assembly gave me great confidence. So now, although I was pretty sure I had done everything properly and made no mistake, I wanted to start it up as soon as possible to check if it was working properly but it could not be set up until the table was made. So I had to wait for almost 2 weeks. And then the day came. The table was ready and I set up the PC, connected all the peripherals and started it up. It started up all right, I went into BIOS and changed the boot configuration, rebooted and installed Windows 10 on the SSD. It booted up properly. I started with installing the drivers of all the components. But when I tried to install the drivers for the WiFi adapter, it failed. The card could not be detected. I tried several times but of no use. Then I checked the manual which said that the card should be installed in the PCIe slot. I had installed it in PCI slot as it matched the size of the card. I removed the card and installed it in the PCIe slot. The drivers got installed now and the Internet was up and running. All the drives were installed now and the system is working properly now. I am busy gaming on it.
*i.imgur.com/vLOg8Ya.jpg
The GPU is a beast. I have installed a few games such as Crysis, Burnout Paradise, Dirt 3 etc. I could not record the frame rates of Crysis although it works smoothly at the highest settings. Dirt 3 gives around 170 fps with 8x MSAA and other settings at full.
So, thank you guys for helping me in building this rig. I hope you'll keep on sharing your knowledge with the ones who need it. Keep up the good work guys.
So here I am with my new gaming rig. I had posted on this forum around 3 months ago for your suggestions for the components and I am very thankful to those who helped (particularly bssunilreddy and player100). That qurey is on the 3rd page of "PC Components/ Configurations" section titled "New PC for gaming - Budget 1,30,000".
So I want to share my experience of buying my new rig which I think would be incomplete without a short background. So here it goes: I belong to Nabha, a small town in Punjab. My father had gifted me a PC on my 18th birthday, exactly 13 years ago, in my first year of B.Tech., which had the following configuration:
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 1.7 GHz
Motherboard: Intel D845GLLY
RAM: 128MB 133MHz SDRAM
HDD: Samsung 40GB
Monitor: Samsung 17" CRT
Speakers: LG 2.1 speakers
Keyboard: Samsung
Mouse: Logitech ball mouse
Graphics Card: None
PSU: Antec
Optical Drive: Samsung DVD ROM (later upgraded to Sony DVD R/W and Moser Baer DVD R/W)
Cabinet: Unknown
*i.imgur.com/b0x0nro.jpg
While I was in B.Tech., I slowly grew a charm for computer games which slowly became a passion. I used to play some light games on the PC such as Midtown Madness and Quake 3 as it could not handle bigger ones. Well, long story short, I became desperate to buy a gaming rig but I did not want to force my parents to buy me one. So I decided to buy one when I get into a job. So I got into a government job in 2011 and in 2012, I purchased a laptop which was HP Pavilion dv6 6121tx which had the following configuration:
Processor: Intel Core i7 2GHz
RAM: 4 GB 1333MHz (later expanded to 8GB)
HDD: 640GB
Graphics: AMD Radeon 6770M
Although this laptop can handle games at medium settings, I wanted more, a beast of a machine. Therefore, I started collecting money. So now was the time. I asked for suggestions on this forum and some guys were happy to help. After deciding on the components, I convinced my father to go to Delhi with me and on 19th September, 2015, I and my family (mom, dad and wife), started for Delhi at 4:30 in the morning and after a couple of stops on the way and after asking a number of times for the directions, we reached Nehru Place at around 11:30. I headed for a shop and asked for the motherboard I wanted (Asus B85 Pro Gamer). They inquired on the phone and said that it was not available and it could only be available at Cost to Cost computers but I couldn't get it there too. So I settled for Asus H97 Plus, an alternative I had decided on earlier. I purchased this motherboard and the processor from a shop and then I headed to Computer Bazare, the shop which I went to earlier and liked the staff there. I purchased all the other components from this shop, which are listed below along with their prices:
1. Cabinet: Cooler Master 690 III- Rs.6571
2. GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4GB- Rs.28,285
3. Monitor: BenQ EW2440L 24"- Rs.11,904
4. SMPS: Seasonic 520W- Rs.4904
5. RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz 16GB- Rs.6875
6. Liquid Cooler: Corsair H80i- Rs.6476
7. WiFi Adapter: TP Link WDN 4800- Rs. 2380
8. SSD: Samsung Evo 250GB- Rs.7999
9. HDD: Western Digital 1TB Black- Rs.5238
10. Optical Drive: Asus DVD R/W- Rs.904
11. Mouse: Logitech G5020- Rs.4714
12. Mouse Pad: Razer Goliathus Control Edition- Rs.762
13. Headphone: Steelseries 5HV3- Rs.6190
14. Antivirus: Kaspersky- Rs.268
15. Power Strip: Belkin- Rs.750
16. Dust Blower: Rs.600
17. Anti Static Wrist Band- Rs.250
VAT- Rs.4673
Total- Rs.99,743
Motherboard and Processor purchased from a different shop:
Motherboard: Asus H97 Plus- Rs.8900
Processor: Intel Core i7 4790- Rs.21900
Total: Rs.30800
*i.imgur.com/m6Dklpk.jpg
*i.imgur.com/jQV6dAw.jpg
Total: Rs.1,30,543
I could not get any mechanical gaming keyboard from there which was a strange thing as I always thought that you can get every PC component from this place. Therefore I purchased Roccat Ryos MK Glow mechanical keyboard online for Rs.11,000.
*i.imgur.com/cjF18QI.jpg
*i.imgur.com/rdnwVRE.jpg
Final Total: 1,30,543+11000= Rs.1,41,543
I also had to get a table made according to my requirements which set me back by Rs.13000.
So after coming home, I had to wait for a week to assemble this machine. I decided to assemble this rig myself. Altough I had never assembled any PC before, I had fairly good idea how to do it. I seeked the help of my wife in assembling the system. Although she had no knowledge of this, she helped me in holding the components and giving me a hand here and there. So I started off with installing the processor. The heatsink that came with it was rendered useless as I was going to install the liquid cooling kit. After installing the processor, I installed the backplate for the pump unit and then installed the pump. Then I installed the motherboard in the cabinet after fitting the standoffs. Then my wife helped me in installing the radiator at the top of the cabinet. But then I realized that I hadn't connected the power connector of the CPU and the socket for this was inaccessible now, after installing the radiator. So we removed the radiator and connected the CPU power cable. Then I installed other components such as RAM, HDD, SSD, optical drive, WiFi adapter and then made all the connections. I tried my best to reduce the cable clutter as much as possible and manage the cables at the other side of the cabinet. The CPU power cable could not be routed through the back as it was very short. The cabinet provides very good cable management options. The cable ties provided are very good choice as they tighten the cables properly. I also removed the middle drive cage as I installed the disks at the bottom cage. The only disappointing thing in the cabinet that I found was that the fans presupplied with the cabinet have 3 pin cables. Therefore they operate in either DC mode or PWM mode. Everything else about the cabinet is great.
*i.imgur.com/R1Rrgb0.jpg
*i.imgur.com/r6gKhBw.jpg
*i.imgur.com/Y00sMF9.jpg
*i.imgur.com/TBWfseN.jpg
So considering that this is my first PC assembly ever, I think I did fairly good with managing the cables as can be seen in the photos above. This assembly gave me great confidence. So now, although I was pretty sure I had done everything properly and made no mistake, I wanted to start it up as soon as possible to check if it was working properly but it could not be set up until the table was made. So I had to wait for almost 2 weeks. And then the day came. The table was ready and I set up the PC, connected all the peripherals and started it up. It started up all right, I went into BIOS and changed the boot configuration, rebooted and installed Windows 10 on the SSD. It booted up properly. I started with installing the drivers of all the components. But when I tried to install the drivers for the WiFi adapter, it failed. The card could not be detected. I tried several times but of no use. Then I checked the manual which said that the card should be installed in the PCIe slot. I had installed it in PCI slot as it matched the size of the card. I removed the card and installed it in the PCIe slot. The drivers got installed now and the Internet was up and running. All the drives were installed now and the system is working properly now. I am busy gaming on it.
*i.imgur.com/vLOg8Ya.jpg
The GPU is a beast. I have installed a few games such as Crysis, Burnout Paradise, Dirt 3 etc. I could not record the frame rates of Crysis although it works smoothly at the highest settings. Dirt 3 gives around 170 fps with 8x MSAA and other settings at full.
So, thank you guys for helping me in building this rig. I hope you'll keep on sharing your knowledge with the ones who need it. Keep up the good work guys.
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