PC Buying Guide 2013 - Q4

rajatGod512 · Nov 5, 2012

^^ where have you been ??? Seeing you after a long time

aby geek · Nov 5, 2012

thanks cilus ; how is gs600 compared to TX650v2 and how much is the price difference.
yes i told that person that he did a mistake he should have bought GF660 but now that he has made the purchase of one 550 theres not much he can do.

yes jas i called you too but you did not pick up. pm me your new number if you have changed it.

Jaskanwar Singh · Nov 6, 2012

rajatGod512 said:
^^ where have you been ??? Seeing you after a long time

just busy with college mate ^^

aby geek said:
yes jas i called you too but you did not pick up. pm me your new number if you have changed it.

so which psu u both choose?

btw, i am reading reviews after long time. so long list piled up. it will take a bit time to update.

Amir5223 · Nov 6, 2012

Corsair launched new platinum serie power supplies and cpu coolers. But they are just an upgrade to me.
what do you think guys?
Link Corsair Hydro Series CPU Coolers
Link Corsair AX Series Power Supply Units

Jaskanwar Singh · Nov 7, 2012

check these out. further budgets making in process. will be updated with trinity/vishera depending on prices and performance.

SUB 30k -

Component	Model	Price
Processor	Intel Pentium G630	3339
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H	4346
Ram	G.Skill F3-10666CL9S-4GBXL	1513
HDD	WDC 500GB Blue WD5000AAKX	3521
DVD Drive	Asus DRW-24B5ST DVD	1146
PSU	Corsair CX430 V2	2703
Cabinet	Cooler Master Elite 311	2287
Monitor	Dell IN2030M	6300
Keyboard-Mouse Combo	Logitech MK100	450
Speakers	Altec Lansing BXR1221	1299
UPS	APC BR600VA-IN	1900
Total		28859

SUB 40k -

Component	Model	Price
Processor	Intel Core i3 3220	7287
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H	4346
Ram	G.Skill F3-10666CL9S-4GBXL	1513
Graphic Card	MSI R7770-2PMD1GD5	8848
HDD	WDC 500GB Blue WD5000AAKX	3521
DVD Drive	Asus DRW-24B5ST DVD	1146
PSU	Corsair CX430 V2	2703
Cabinet	Cooler Master Elite 311	2287
Monitor	Dell IN2030M	6300
Keyboard-Mouse Combo	Logitech MK100	450
Speakers	Altec Lansing BXR1221	1299
UPS	APC BR600VA-IN	1900
Total		41655
Optional Upgrade	ZOTAC GTX 650 Ti	11024

rajan1311 · Nov 10, 2012

wow coming back here after a long time....jas, how you been man? I see you still working with the guides...good work man

Cilus · Nov 12, 2012

Jas, at the sub 40K rig, for multi-tasking we should have another CPU+ mobo pair, namely FX 6100 + gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Innocent Lies · Nov 12, 2012

A popular guide I found on the net was the falcon guide *tinyurl.com/falconguide

I wonder if it's applicable for India too?

Jaskanwar Singh · Nov 12, 2012

rest of rigs just about ready

rajan1311 said:
wow coming back here after a long time....jas, how you been man? I see you still working with the guides...good work man

thank u

Cilus said:
Jas, at the sub 40K rig, for multi-tasking we should have another CPU+ mobo pair, namely FX 6100 + gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

cilus i will replace i3 3220 with FX6300 if its price is right as in $. what say?

Innocent Lies said:
A popular guide I found on the net was the falcon guide *tinyurl.com/falconguide

I wonder if it's applicable for India too?

actually pricing in India is often more than its $ counterpart.

Innocent Lies · Nov 12, 2012

actually pricing in India is often more than its $ counterpart.

So is it better to ask someone living in US/UK/Dubai to buy parts there and bring them?

Oh and just a suggestion but would you be able to do an "upgradable rig"? What I mean is a solid and cheap for config now which can potentially be upgraded by adding RAM+another GPU (and probably a new PSU)

rajan1311 · Nov 13, 2012

^UK is expensive, dubai no hardware at all dude!

Jaskanwar Singh · Nov 14, 2012

check these out. will be updated with trinity/vishera depending on prices/performance.

SUB 30k -

Component	Model	Price
Processor	Intel Pentium G630	3339
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H	4346
Ram	G.Skill F3-10666CL9S-4GBXL	1513
HDD	WDC 500GB Blue WD5000AAKX	3521
DVD Drive	Asus DRW-24B5ST DVD	1146
PSU	Corsair CX430 V2	2703
Cabinet	Cooler Master Elite 311	2287
Monitor	Dell IN2030M	6300
Keyboard-Mouse Combo	Logitech MK100	450
Speakers	Altec Lansing BXR1221	1299
UPS	APC BR600VA-IN	1900
Total		28859

SUB 40k -

Component	Model	Price
Processor	Intel Core i3 3220	7287
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H	4346
Ram	G.Skill F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL	1568
Graphic Card	MSI R7770-2PMD1GD5	8848
HDD	WDC 500GB Blue WD5000AAKX	3521
DVD Drive	Asus DRW-24B5ST DVD	1146
PSU	Corsair CX430 V2	2703
Cabinet	Cooler Master Elite 311	2287
Monitor	Dell IN2030M	6300
Keyboard-Mouse Combo	Logitech MK100	450
Speakers	Altec Lansing BXR1221	1299
UPS	APC BR600VA-IN	1900
Total		41655

SUB 50k -

Component	Model	Price
Processor	Intel Core i5 3470	11299
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H	4346
Ram	G.Skill F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL	1568
Graphic Card	ZOTAC GTX 650 Ti	10296
HDD	WDC 500GB Blue WD5000AAKX	3521
DVD Drive	Asus DRW-24B5ST DVD	1146
PSU	Corsair GS600	4450
Cabinet	Cooler Master Elite 311	2287
Monitor	Dell ST2220L	8800
Keyboard-Mouse Combo	Logitech MK100	450
Speakers	Altec Lansing BXR1221	1299
UPS	APC BR650VA-IN	2900
Total		52362

SUB 60k -

Component	Model	Price
Processor	Intel Core i5 3470	11299
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H	4346
Ram	G.Skill F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL	1568
Graphic Card	Sapphire HD7870 GHz Edition	17680
HDD	WDC 500GB Blue WD5000AAKX	3521
DVD Drive	Asus DRW-24B5ST DVD	1146
PSU	Corsair GS600	4450
Cabinet	NZXT Source 210 Elite	2900
Monitor	Dell ST2220L	8800
Keyboard-Mouse Combo	Logitech MK100	450
Speakers	Altec Lansing BXR1221	1299
UPS	APC BR1100VA-IN	4900
Total		62359

more coming up..

Myth · Nov 14, 2012

Good setups.

I think the 7850 could have been adjusted into the sub 50k config, downgrading the monitor and the psu.

Skud · Nov 14, 2012

Is 4GB RAM wise for any build over 40k?

Is 4GB RAM wise for any build over 40k?

Innocent Lies · Nov 14, 2012

I agree, should be 8 GB. Taking into consideration that newer OS are heavier plus with other processes running...Should never have RAM as the bottleneck.

Jaskanwar Singh · Nov 15, 2012

Myth said:
Good setups.
I think the 7850 could have been adjusted into the sub 50k config, downgrading the monitor and the psu.

thank u

but i dont think there will be any use of 7850 on 1600x900 resolution.

Skud said:
Is 4GB RAM wise for any build over 40k?

already configs are exceeding budget by 2k. when further configs allow i will upgrade ram to 8gb.

Innocent Lies said:
I agree, should be 8 GB. Taking into consideration that newer OS are heavier plus with other processes running...Should never have RAM as the bottleneck.

afaik newer os are becoming lighter.

Cilus · Nov 15, 2012

Jas, from where are you getting the price of GTX 650 Ti?

One point, at the sub 50K config where a full HD Display is included, we're suggesting GTX 650 ti, which just happen to be slightly faster than GTX 560 Ti and HD 6870 but not all the time. With high high AA settings, it comes below HD 6870 due to its shorter 128 bit bus. So if we can go for a AMD FX-8120 (Available @ 9.4K) + HD 7850 (at 14K, might be lower) combination, wouldn't it yield better result? The reason is that at1080P and higher GPU matters more than CPU and the performance difference between the i5 and 8120 will be negligible, in fact it might perform better due to the higher end Gfx card. Also it will let the advanced users to overclock it for getting extra performance.

Myth · Nov 15, 2012

^^
Sub 50k can also use a 500w psu along with fx8120 and 7850. The psu can sustain OCed cpu and gpu.
An OCable system would be good at 50k.
We can opt for a cheaper full hd monitor.
Benq GW2250 8.3k
Dell ST2220MB 8.3k

Jaskanwar Singh · Nov 15, 2012

Cilus said:
Jas, from where are you getting the price of GTX 650 Ti?

One point, at the sub 50K config where a full HD Display is included, we're suggesting GTX 650 ti, which just happen to be slightly faster than GTX 560 Ti and HD 6870 but not all the time. With high high AA settings, it comes below HD 6870 due to its shorter 128 bit bus. So if we can go for a AMD FX-8120 (Available @ 9.4K) + HD 7850 (at 14K, might be lower) combination, wouldn't it yield better result? The reason is that at1080P and higher GPU matters more than CPU and the performance difference between the i5 and 8120 will be negligible, in fact it might perform better due to the higher end Gfx card. Also it will let the advanced users to overclock it for getting extra performance.

650ti from mdcomputers.in

with FX8120 and higher end graphics i will need to upgrade ups to APC BR1100VA-IN @ 4.9k from APC BR650VA-IN @ 2.9k. 650ti consumes power equal to 7770.
also when u go down to fx price from i5, u spend rest 2k saved on a nice mobo atleast. so cost will again be same of cpu-mobo combo. so no room to fit 7850 and better UPS.
already its ending up at 52k

Myth said:
^^
Sub 50k can also use a 500w psu along with fx8120 and 7850. The psu can sustain OCed cpu and gpu.
An OCable system would be good at 50k.
We can opt for a cheaper full hd monitor.
Benq GW2250 8.3k
Dell ST2220MB 8.3k

seasonic 520
Seasonic S12II 520 Watts PSU | Psu | Flipkart.com
Seasonic S12II-520 520W Power Supply
cost around GS600 but corsair support is way better over here.
Buy Corsair | Buy Corsair 600G Power Supply | Corsair CMPSU 600G Power Supply

ST2220L gives u HDMI and audio support. so u can easily use it with xbox or ps3 if u got one

Vyom · Nov 15, 2012

So, what's the best VFM SSD for ~128 GB? I might order from Amazon.

I have selected these for a start:
OCZ Technology 128GB Agility 4 Series SATA 6Gb/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive( SSD) With Up to 420 MB/s Read And 72K Max.IOPS- AGT4-25SAT3-128G: $94.99
Crucial 128 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT128M4SSD2 $102.44
OCZ 120GB Vertex Plus R2 Series SATA II 2.5-inch SSD with Random Read 4KB 22K IOPS- VTXPLR2-25SAT2-120GB $69.99

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