PC Buying Guide 2013 - Q4

[the_conqueror]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

how is this motherboard , is it good ?
Flipkart: EVGA Z68 SLI Motherboard: Motherboard

It is very much overpriced. It should be priced around 9k~11k.
Asus Maximus iv gene z costs 13.5k and offers way better features than this. It doesn't even have a usb 3.0 header.

 

[MegaMind]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z : 12.5K

 

[Skud]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

If I am not mistaken, Maximus IV Gene-Z is a micro-ATX board. How are you comparing it with a full ATX board? And Z68 FTW probably comes with NF200 chipset. These boards are always costly.

 

[the_conqueror]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

If I am not mistaken, Maximus IV Gene-Z is a micro-ATX board. How are you comparing it with a full ATX board? And Z68 FTW probably comes with NF200 chipset. These boards are always costly.

Even if it is a uATX it offers best features and build quality and is stable for overclocking. Read a review few days ago which said that it overclocked an i5 2500k to 4.8 GHz with stability(they used the stock fan at 100% speed) . It might have problem in housing dual fan coolers, but still, vfm liquid cooling solutions are available like Corsair H60

 

[Tenida]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

Price is absolutely alright for this evga board.

 

[Cilus]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

hey i was thinking of this configuration for under 55k
Component Make Price
Processor AMD Phenom II x6 1090T 8800
Motherboard Asus M5A88-V EVO 8050
RAM G-skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL 1665
ZOTAC GTX 560Ti AMP - 13500
HDD WDC 250GB Blue WD2500AAKX 3766
DVD Writer ASUS 24X Sata Black DVD 1150
PSU Corsair GS600 4000
Case iBall Bullet Mid Tower Cabinet (Gaming) 4,509
Monitor Benq 18.5" G922HDAL LED Monitor 5,985
Mouse Logitech G1 Gaming Desktop 1,650
Keyboard Logitech G1 Gaming Desktop 1,650
Mouse Pad Razer Goliathus Fragged Omega S - Speed/Control 500
UPS APC 800VA 2800
i dont need the speakers
total - 55875
please teel me if all the components are compatible with each other or not
i live in gurgaon and can get the components from delhi if cheaper.
also will i need an additional cooler.
thanks
please help

For Motherboard, get Biostar TA990FXE @ 8,4K. At 6K, you can get a 20" display of 1600X900 resolution. And don't spend 4500 on Iball cabinet. Get somethong from NZXT or Cooler Master like NZXT Source Elite or CM Elite 431 around 2.4K/3.5K. Now 500 GB Seagate/WD Blue HDDs are available at 4K, get one of those. Get the Gigabyte or MSI 560 Ti card. Zotac does have some heating issues. Gigabyte card can also be considered.

 

[Skud]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

Even if it is a uATX it offers best features and build quality and is stable for overclocking. Read a review few days ago which said that it overclocked an i5 2500k to 4.8 GHz with stability(they used the stock fan at 100% speed) . It might have problem in housing dual fan coolers, but still, vfm liquid cooling solutions are available like Corsair H60

Features and build quality and OC is one aspect. Most of us have a single PC only for all our need. So if you wanna add a sound card or TV tuner or any add-on card in future, along with your dual GPU, this board won't cut. From what I get, this board is particularly targeted for LAN gaming and all, you can put it in smaller cases which will be easier to carry around. For general usage, a similarly priced (or may be even 1-2k extra) Full ATX board will be a better choice IMO.

 

[the_conqueror]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

Features and build quality and OC is one aspect. Most of us have a single PC only for all our need. So if you wanna add a sound card or TV tuner or any add-on card in future, along with your dual GPU, this board won't cut. From what I get, this board is particularly targeted for LAN gaming and all, you can put it in smaller cases which will be easier to carry around. For general usage, a similarly priced (or may be even 1-2k extra) Full ATX board will be a better choice IMO.

The purpose depends on the buyer. The maximus iv gene z offers good performance on a budget. Other good z68 mobos from Asus cost around 14k. Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3R is a good alternative at 11k.
I still dislike the EVGA z68 sli mobo because it lacks many good features and isn't vfm.
The EVGA z68 Ftw has loads of Pcie X 16 slots but scarce SATA 6 gbps and USB 3.0 ports. And I think they support only SLI , no Xfire. Better and cheaper alternatives available in the market.

P.S. - The Asus Maximus IV Gene Z was quoted as 'Best Buy' mobo in 10k to 14k category in Digit November 2011 issue.

 

[dfcols71]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

hi i just saw golchait offering
asus grahics card hd7970 -rs32000 for this week
is this a good offer

 

[Skud]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

hi i just saw golchait offering
asus grahics card hd7970 -rs320000 for this week
is this a good offer

Guess you put an extra zero there.

At 32k, it's good, but wait for GTX680. It's supposed to cost same or less while offering better performance.

 

[Sking]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

Motherboard = intel dh67cl 5,600
Display = dell 17" 1080p led 7,000
Ups = numeric 600watt 1,500
psu = Zebronics 500W 1,950
cpu = i5 2400 9,000
hdd = 500gb seagate barracuada sata 7200 rpm 4,700
Corsair ram = 4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz 1,100
cabinet = Zebronics Mid Range 1,200
os = 64 bit home premium 5,000
gpu = gtx 560ti 12,000 or gtx 550ti 8,000
Optical Drive = Samsung DVD Writer 950

guys my budget is 45k,is the pricing correct???

 

[udayan.misra2001]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

Hi guys,
i have finally slatted for the following configuration.
ASUS -Z68-M-PRO - 9450
Intel Core i7 (2600K) - 18500
Seagate 1TB - 5200
4X4GB 1600Mhz Cross hair Vengeance - 4x1550
ASUS Geforce 550Ti 1GB GPU - 8100
Cooler Master + 600W SMPS - 1700+3600
Samsung DVD rw - 950
Microsoft MM Keyboard/Mouse Combo - 610
iBall Nirantar UPS - 1500
5MP Teg NV web Cam with Microphone - 500
iBall Pen and Teblet 8"x6" - 3550
PCI Firewire IEEE Card - 500
HDMI Cable 3Mts - 130
VGA Cable 3 Mts - 50
Sonyo FHD 22R - 8990


Pls let me know if this config is good for me or not as i am mostly planning to run AFx, NUKE, FUSION, MAYA, 3DsMAX, ZBrush and MudBOX.
I am also planning to install OSX in there. so pls give me some feed back as i am zeroing on getting this. it'll be of great help if you can let me know of any issues possible with this config before i buy.

 

[d6bmg]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

If I am not mistaken, Maximus IV Gene-Z is a micro-ATX board. How are you comparing it with a full ATX board? And Z68 FTW probably comes with NF200 chipset. These boards are always costly.

No, Z68 FTW is NF200 board. Z68 SLI is a mid range board can be compared to MSI Z68A-GD45.

Hi guys,
Cooler Master + 600W SMPS - 1700+3600

What is this 600Watt SMPS? I guess coolermaster extreme series. Its bad.
Buy Corsair GS600 @4K. Price difference is only 400/- but the difference is quality & performance is too big to explain in details.

 

[Niilesh]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

Hey guys Check this config.

Component Make Price
CPU AMD FX4100 6307
Motherboard ASUS M5A88-M 5565
RAM G.Skill RipjawsX (F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL) 1755
HDD WD Caviar Blue 500 GB 4394
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24B3ST 1112
Case Cooler Master Elite 310 1826
PSU Corsair CX 430 V2 2588
TOTAL 23547

Is it OK? How will it can perform in games? Will it outperform a i3 + 6770M config?

 

[thetechfreak]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

@NiileshIf you talk about gaming performance, no it will not.


@d6bmg Suggesting a Corsair GS600 costing Rs.4000 would be a better option

 

[Skud]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

Its a typo.

 

[d6bmg]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

@d6bmg Suggesting a Corsair GS600 costing Rs.4000 would be a better option

Sorry. I mean to say GS600. Typo corrected.

Hey guys Check this config.

Component Make Price
CPU AMD FX4100 6307
Motherboard ASUS M5A88-M 5565
RAM G.Skill RipjawsX (F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL) 1755
HDD WD Caviar Blue 500 GB 4394
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24B3ST 1112
Case Cooler Master Elite 310 1826
PSU Corsair CX 430 V2 2588
TOTAL 23547

Is it OK? How will it can perform in games? Will it outperform a i3 + 6770M config?

Where is GPU in your config?
And price of that RipjawsX RAM is: 1450.
Price of that HDD is 3950.

 

[Niilesh]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

@NiileshIf you talk about gaming performance, no it will not.

Where is GPU in your config?
And price of that RipjawsX RAM is: 1450.
Price of that HDD is 3950.

There is no GPU! Actually i misunderstood a benchmark so thought it IGP will outperform 6770.
Thanx for price update BTW I got the prices from flipkart for reference

Actually I wanted the best gaming config under 15-17K.Will buy if it run some games in decent settings.Can you guys suggest a config?I want to buy only CPU(in lay man's term)
Since I am not serious on buying it so i don't think it deserves a thread, or may be i should make a thread?

 

[sandynator]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

Firstly I want to ask whether its good time to upgrade Desktop by April 2012 OR to wait for Something Interesting??

Basically I'm moderate PC user & planning to upgrade my old system comprising of Intel C2D E4300 @ 1.8 ghz with Intel 946 m/b, 3gb ddr2 ram. I'm not a gamer but would love to play some NFS series, dirt.... when free.


Requirements:
1. Movie viewing HD/blue rays & their rips.
2. light/moderate gaming in low/medium setting as mentioned earlier few racing games...
3. Audio/video conversion for small devices

Budget 15K [without Monitor & HDD]

Had enough of Intel so going AMD way this time & mostly it will be Apu A6 3500. Need your help in deciding vfm Motherboard with USB 3, HDMI & DVI-D out & UEFI Bios. I could find only Asus F1A55-M as per my requirement.
ASUS - Motherboards- ASUS F1A55-M
What will be the cost ? or Suggest any other vfm M/b [2 ram slots will do]

Which 4 gb single ram is best??
G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 4 GB (1 x 4 GB)
OR
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4 GB (1 x 4 GB)

 

[d6bmg]

Re: PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q1

There is no GPU! Actually i misunderstood a benchmark so thought it IGP will outperform 6770.
Thanx for price update BTW I got the prices from flipkart for reference

Actually I wanted the best gaming config under 15-17K.Will buy if it run some games in decent settings.Can you guys suggest a config?I want to buy only CPU(in lay man's term)
Since I am not serious on buying it so i don't think it deserves a thread, or may be i should make a thread?

Make a new thread.