PC Buying Guide 2013 - Q4

Skud · Jan 4, 2012

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looks like a rosewill.

d6bmg · Jan 4, 2012

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Toocool said:
The prices have increased by 20%.. Your 20k RIG actually costs about 25k.. So basically, the whole list is screwed up now..

Exactly why its very bad time to buy anything.

aby geek said:
btw what is the chassis in the frst post in the pic?

That's just a good pic. Don't worry about chassis.

Jaskanwar Singh · Jan 4, 2012

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Toocool said:
The prices have increased by 20%.. Your 20k RIG actually costs about 25k.. So basically, the whole list is screwed up now..

what if i prove you wrong

*www.lynx-india.com/index.php?categoryID=3598&category_slug=athlon-ii-x2(its 260 and i have mentioned 250!)
*www.smcinternational.in/index.php?...ategory_id=31&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=76 (100 rs cheaper)
*www.flipkart.com/computers/compone...ew--&ref=4f2cc94b-58c3-4abf-9c96-5c0ff59d8bb0 (50 rs cheaper)
*www.flipkart.com/computers/compone...Qw--&ref=5da82366-3b58-4675-94f1-39271329c95a (400 more)
*www.theitwares.com/asus-sata-black-internal-writer-p-2087.html
*www.theitwares.com/saga-400w-power-supply-p-806.html
*www.smcinternational.in/index.php?...egory_id=111&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=177 (MK100 is cheaper)
*deltapage.com/list/index.html (for ups - 175 rs more)

monitor is no longer listed at deltapage though!

so please tell how its 25k?

Cilus · Jan 4, 2012

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Jas, I think we need to update the configs of 50K+ configs with the latest prices.
Now the market price of i5 2500K is 13.5K and a good motherboard is around 9.5K with SLI and Crossfire support. You'll be needing a standard after-market 2K+ CPU cooler as the stock Intel Coolers are nothing more than piece of scrap metals and for even normal speed they aren't sufficient enough.

Now we have one option: Phenom II X6 1090T BE processor. The price is now 8.8K in SMC and an after-market cooler like Hyper 212 EVO will cost you around 2K. Regarding performance of 1090T, at stock it is matched with i5 2400 and beats it in almost all the multi-threaded applications except the special ones where AVX instructions are used. Now I really doubt how much you guys are gonna use those kind of apps. And when 1090T is overclocked to 4.1 GHz, it actually performs very close to Gulftown based Intel six core Core i7 980X.
Phenom II X6 1055T and 1090T review
So IMO, 1090T based config is very much justified at the 50K to 70K rigs because of the high price of Intel counterparts.

Here are couple of configs:-

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T BE @ 8.8K
CM Hyper 212 EVO @ 1.9K
GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 @ 9.5K
Gskill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL @ 1.5K
Seagate 250GB SATA 7200.12 @ 3.5K
Corsair GS600 @ 4K
BenQ G2220HD 21.5" LCD @ 7K
NZXT Source 201 Elite @ 2.2K
ASUS Black 24X DVD Writer @ 1K
Sapphire HD 6950 1GB GDDR5 @ 14.3K
Logitech G400 1800 DPI Gaming Mosue @ 1.3K
Logitech Media Keyboard K200 @ 0.4K
APC 800VA UPS @ 2.8K

Total 59.8K. Now we have a 6 core CPU with unlocked multiplier, a 990X motherboard with SATA III and USB 3.0 and with Crossfire and SLI support, a very good CPU cooler and a powerful Gfx card within 60K. Phenom II X6 can reach 3.7/3.8 GHz with the stock cooler and with a aftermarket cooker, hitting 4.5 GHz is not an issue. So please share your opinios.
Logitech Z313 @ 1.6K

vijeshv · Jan 4, 2012

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Why isn't Amd Llano not considered in making the list?
I am asking because i was planning to go for that in a low budget medium gaming desktop with a budget of 15k for motherboard ram and processor.
Please help me out

gvamsikris · Jan 4, 2012

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Friends please help me out in finalizing the configuration ...
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-components-configurations/150800-config-gaming-60k.html

i need a desktop very badly ...

Jaskanwar Singh · Jan 4, 2012

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ok cilus. will add them in the update.

llano will also be added vijeshv.

whitestar_999 · Jan 5, 2012

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i think athlon II X4 should be dropped from the configurations as it is very hard to find now.in fact in nehru place the lowest option for phenom II is now quoted at ~Rs.6800 by most shopkeepers.

pramudit · Jan 5, 2012

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looks like only ati radeon fans here...... no nvidia fans like me....

Jaskanwar Singh said:
Sub 60k (High end gaming)

Component | Make | Price Processor |Intel Core i5 2500k|11700
Motherboard |Asus P8Z68-M PRO B3|8900
RAM |Gskill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL|1650
Graphic Card |Sapphire HD 6950 1GB PCIE|14200
HDD |Seagate 250GB 7200.12|3400
DVD Writer |ASUS 24X Sata Black DVD|1150
PSU |Corsair GS600|4000
Case |NZXT GAMMA|2000
Monitor |Benq G2220HD|6950
Mouse |Logitech MX-518|1450
Keyboard |Logitech Media Keyboard K200|400
Mouse Pad |Razer Goliathus Fragged Omega S - Speed/Control|500
UPS |APC 800VA|2800
Speakers |Edifier C2|3200
| Total |62350

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Sub 70k (High end gaming)

Component | Make | Price Processor |Intel Core i5 2500k|11700
Motherboard |MSI Z68A GD55 B3|10192
RAM |Gskill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL|1650
Graphic Card |Sapphire HD 6950 Dirt3 Edition 2GB|15750
HDD |Seagate 250GB 7200.12|3400
DVD Writer |ASUS 24X Sata Black DVD|1150
PSU |SeaSonic SS-850AT|6300
Case |Lancool PC-K62 Black/Corsair Carbide 400R|5250
Monitor |Benq G2220HD|6950
Mouse |Logitech MX-518|1450
Keyboard |Logitech Media Keyboard K200|400
Mouse Pad |Razer Goliathus Fragged Omega S - Speed/Control|500
UPS |APC 1.1KVA|4300
Speakers |Edifier C2|3200
| Total |72192

Optional upgrades for 70k -

Component | Make | Price Graphic Card |MSI R6970 Lightning/MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr III PE/OC|20900

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Sub 85k (High end gaming)

Component | Make | Price Processor |Intel Core i5 2500k|11700
Motherboard |MSI Z68A GD55 B3|10192
RAM |Gskill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL|3300
Graphic Card |Sapphire HD 6870 1GB * 2 Crossfire|23500
HDD |Seagate 250GB 7200.12|3400
DVD Writer |ASUS 24X Sata Black DVD|1150
PSU |SeaSonic SS-850AT|6300
Case |Lancool PC-K62 Black/Corsair Carbide 400R|5250
Monitor |Benq G2420HD|10000
Mouse |Razer DeathAdder Black|1950
Keyboard |Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000|1150
Mouse Pad |Razer Goliathus Fragged Omega S - Speed/Control|500
UPS |APC 1.1KVA|4300
Speakers |Edifier C2|3200
| Total |85892

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Sub 100k (High End Gaming)

Component | Make | Price Processor |Intel Core i7 2600k|17200
CPU Cooler |Noctua NH-U12P-SE2|3750
Motherboard |MSI Z68A GD55 B3|10192
RAM |Gskill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL|3300
Graphic Card |Sapphire HD 6950 1GB PCIE * 2 Crossfire|28400
HDD |Seagate 500GB 7200.12|4200
DVD Writer |ASUS 24X Sata Black DVD|1150
PSU |SeaSonic SS-850AT|6300
Case |Lancool PC-K62 Black/Corsair Carbide 400R|5250
Monitor |Benq G2420HD|10000
Mouse |Razer DeathAdder Black|1950
Keyboard |Microsoft Sidewinder X4|2300
Mouse Pad |Razer Goliathus Fragged Alpha L - Speed/Control|900
UPS |APC 1.1KVA|4300
Speakers |Edifier C2|3200
| Total |102992

Optional upgrades for 100k -

Component | Make | Price SSD |OCZ 60GB Agility 3 SATA III|7500

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ohhhhhhhhhhhh........... didn't thought that thailand flood will increase HDD prices by this much.... i had bought 500GB HDD for 2,000rs in june 2010...... :-o

Cilus · Jan 5, 2012

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We are not at all fans to any company, only list those products which offer best performance at a certain price point. Wait for the final configs; you'll see lots of GTX 560 Ti along with the HD 6950.

max_snyper · Jan 5, 2012

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We are not fans....nor we do promote any company....its just the following things we grade a product...

1. what price point a particular product is provided to us.
2.how the product performs.
3.Is it value for money.
4.Is it available in mass quantity.
5.How is the rma services provided to a product (Important if you live in India)

If (nvidia)Kepler pawns (amd)Southern Islands...and its priced correctly(i mean competitively)..u'll see many suggestions on keplar than southern islands...as simple as that.

ico · Jan 5, 2012

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pramudit said:
looks like only ati radeon fans here...... no nvidia fans like me....

Since HD 48xx. ATi/AMD has generally created better graphic cards than nVidia at most price points. And also, they haven't had a *bad* product. nVidia had bad products in GTX 465/470/480/590.

max_snyper said:
If (nvidia)Kepler pawns (amd)Southern Islands...and its priced correctly(i mean competitively)..u'll see many suggestions on keplar than southern islands...as simple as that.

Don't worry about that. Kepler will be faster than Southern Islands on the cost of a huge die size.

Jaskanwar Singh · Jan 6, 2012

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check these -

Sub 20k (Best for office work,movies,downloading)

Note -
rev 3.1 of Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P is better. rev 4.0 cuts on phases to 3+1 instead of 4+1.

Optional upgrades for 20k -

Component | Make | Price Monitor |Dell IN2030M (20")|5850

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Sub 25k (Best for office work, multimedia)

Note -
Another option is AMD Phenom II X2 560 @ 4900 and Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P (rev. 3.1) @ 2700.

Optional upgrades for 25k -

Component | Make | Price Monitor |Dell IN2030M (20")|5850

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Sub 30k (Casual gaming,multi media)

Optional upgrades for 30k -

Component | Make | Price Graphic Card |MSI R6790-2PM2D1GD5|8700

Note -
rev 3.1 of Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P is better. rev 4.0 cuts on phases to 3+1 instead of 4+1.

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more soon!

athlons are not available.
and phenom 840 is 6k now.

whitestar_999 · Jan 6, 2012

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how about this budget option for those preferring intel & plan to upgrade to ivy-league with no plan of overclocking.

processor|pentium g620(sandybridge based) 2.6GHz|3500
motherboard|intel DH61WW|3600

also it seems that market(nehru place) & online shops are increasingly getting the rev 4.0 & many shops(online as well) don't provide any info about which version are they selling.since rev 3.1 is older revision it is expected that all new shipments to market are 4.0 & will eventually replace the 3.1 version.

vickybat · Jan 6, 2012

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@ Jaskanwar

Buddy scrape off the faster dual cores and stick with slower quad cores for the 30k config. Games are really becoming multicore optimized and dual cores won't be cutting it anymore that too without the support to handle more than two threads.

x4 will be fine here.

Are you touting for the X2 560 to unlock?

Jaskanwar Singh · Jan 6, 2012

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batman athlons are not available anymore anywhere.

whitestar_999 ok.
actually smc has mentioned rev on their site. a 880g gbt is available in 4.0 and 3.1 rev but they have updated 3.1 to 4.0 for the above board sadly.

BTW phenom 555 and athlon 245 are available at prime. remaining money at saga II 500 which is 300 bucks more!

AMD Processor in India | Buy Processor Online at cheap Price

vickybat · Jan 6, 2012

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^^ Oh man i've been out for too long. Then we can suggest llano quadcores instead. Make a 30k llano config buddy. Its best for this budget imo.

Lets not suggest expensive dual cores anymore.

Jaskanwar Singh · Jan 6, 2012

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but batman llano tri core 3500 is there for 4650. quad is 6250 which will cut on gpu.

till 40k -

Motherboard Notes -
1. rev 3.1 of Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P is better for overclocking. rev 4.0 cuts on phases to 3+1 instead of 4+1. Also rev3.1 hits its capability threshold with an x6 at 1.45V -

protective shutdown at this point despite cooling. And rev3.1 supports 140w processors onstead of 95w support of rev4.0. So try to find rev31 of that board.
2. Gigabyte GA-880GM-D2H also has same case. rev3.1 is better. has 4+1 phase design and supports 140w processors and oppsoed to 95w support and 3+1 phase of rev4.0.

Sub 20k (Best for office work,movies,downloading)

Optional upgrades for 20k -

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Sub 25k (Best for office work, multimedia)

Note -
Another option is AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE @ 4500 and Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P (rev. 3.1) @ 2700.

Optional upgrades for 25k -

Component | Make | Price Monitor |Dell IN2030M (20")|5850

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Sub 30k (Casual gaming,multi media)

Optional upgrades for 30k -

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Sub 35k (Entry level gaming,multi media)

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Sub 40k (Mid range gaming,multi media)

Optional upgrades for 70k -

Component | Make | Price Motherboard |Gigabyte GA-880GM-USB3(rev. 3.1)|4800

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d6bmg · Jan 6, 2012

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^ nice change in 25K rig.
A6 3500 would be more than enough for a 25K rig.

vickybat · Jan 6, 2012

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Jaskanwar Singh said:
but batman llano tri core 3500 is there for 4650. quad is 6250 which will cut on gpu.

till 40k -

Motherboard Notes -
1. rev 3.1 of Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P is better for overclocking. rev 4.0 cuts on phases to 3+1 instead of 4+1. Also rev3.1 hits its capability threshold with an x6 at 1.45V -

protective shutdown at this point despite cooling. And rev3.1 supports 140w processors onstead of 95w support of rev4.0. So try to find rev31 of that board.
2. Gigabyte GA-880GM-D2H also has same case. rev3.1 is better. has 4+1 phase design and supports 140w processors and oppsoed to 95w support and 3+1 phase of rev4.0.

Sub 20k (Best for office work,movies,downloading)

Component | Make | Price Processor |AMD Athlon II x2 245|2650
Motherboard |Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P (rev. 3.1)|2700
RAM |G-skill F3-10666CL9S-2GBNK|697
HDD |WDC 250GB Blue WD2500AAKX|3766
DVD Writer |ASUS 24X Sata Black DVD|1150
PSU |FSP Saga II 500W|2200
Case |Zebronics Bijli(w/o psu)|1200
Monitor |Dell IN1930 (18.5")|5300
Keyboard & Mouse |Logitech MK100|500
UPS |Zebronics 600VA|1275
Speakers |Altec Lansing BXR1221|1162
| Total |22600

Optional upgrades for 20k -

Component | Make | Price Processor |Intel Pentium G620|3550
Motherboard |GIGABYTE GA-H61M-D2-B3|3450
Monitor |Dell IN2030M (20")|5850

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Sub 25k (Best for office work, multimedia)

Component | Make | Price Processor |AMD A6-3500|4650
Motherboard |Gigabyte GA-A55M-S2H|4500
RAM |G-skill F3-10666CL9S-2GBNK|697
HDD |WDC 250GB Blue WD2500AAKX|3766
DVD Writer |ASUS 24X Sata Black DVD|1150
PSU |FSP Saga II 500W|2200
Case |Zebronics Bijli(w/o psu)|1200
Monitor |Dell IN1930 (18.5")|5300
Keyboard & Mouse |Logitech MK100|500
UPS |Zebronics 600VA|1275
Speakers |Altec Lansing BXR1221|1162
| Total |26400

Note -
Another option is AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE @ 4500 and Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P (rev. 3.1) @ 2700.

Optional upgrades for 25k -

Component | Make | Price Monitor |Dell IN2030M (20")|5850

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Sub 30k (Casual gaming,multi media)

Component | Make | Price Processor |AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE|4500
Motherboard |Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P (rev. 3.1)|2700
RAM |G-skill F3-10666CL9S-2GBNK|697
Graphic Card |Sapphire HD 6770|7260
HDD |WDC 250GB Blue WD2500AAKX|3766
DVD Writer |ASUS 24X Sata Black DVD|1150
PSU |FSP Saga II 500W|2200
Case |Zebronics Bijli(w/o psu)|1200
Monitor |Dell IN2030M (20")|5850
Keyboard & Mouse |Logitech MK100|500
UPS |Zebronics 600VA|1275
Speakers |Altec Lansing BXR1221|1162
| Total |32160

Optional upgrades for 30k -

Component | Make | Price RAM |G-skill F3-10600CL9S-4GBNT(4Gx1)|1193
Graphic Card |MSI R6790-2PM2D1GD5|8700

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Sub 35k (Entry level gaming,multi media)

Component | Make | Price Processor |AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE|4500
Motherboard |Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P (rev. 3.1)|2700
RAM |G-skill F3-10600CL9S-4GBNT(4Gx1)|1193
Graphic Card |MSI R6850 Cyclone PE/OC|9750
HDD |WDC 250GB Blue WD2500AAKX|3766
DVD Writer |ASUS 24X Sata Black DVD|1150
PSU |FSP Saga II 500W|2200
Case |NZXT Source 210 Elite|2300
Monitor |Dell IN2030M (20")|5850
Keyboard & Mouse |Logitech MK100|500
UPS |Intex 1KVA|1800
Speakers |Altec Lansing BXR1221|1162
| Total |36871

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Sub 40k (Mid range gaming,multi media)

Component | Make | Price Processor |AMD Phenom II X4 970 BE|6400
Motherboard |Gigabyte GA-880GM-D2H (rev. 3.1)|4000
RAM |G-skill F3-10600CL9S-4GBNT(4Gx1)|1193
Graphic Card |MSI R6850 Cyclone PE/OC|9750
HDD |WDC 250GB Blue WD2500AAKX|3766
DVD Writer |ASUS 24X Sata Black DVD|1150
PSU |FSP Saga II 500W|2200
Case |NZXT Source 210 Elite|2300
Monitor |Benq G2222HDL|7600
Keyboard & Mouse |Logitech MK200|700
UPS |Intex 1KVA|1800
Speakers |Logitech Z313|1680
| Total |42539

Optional upgrades for 70k -

Component | Make | Price Motherboard |Gigabyte GA-880GM-USB3(rev. 3.1)|4800

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Hmmm then there's no option. But a card like 6770 needs a quadcore and will perform better in bf3 and other future titles. A person spending so much on a dual core will perish imo. My suggestion is to increase the budget a bit and atleast add the tri core llano. The difference between 25k and 35k config should only be the gpu. That's my take buddy.

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