PC Buying Guide - July 2011

topgear · Jun 22, 2011

APC 800VA @ 2.8 - where it's selling at such low price ?? only APC 650VA ups is around ~2.8k. - other than this the config looks good.

tkin · Jun 22, 2011

topgear said:
APC 800VA @ 2.8 - where it's selling at such low price ?? only APC 650VA ups is around ~2.8k. - other than this the config looks good.

APC has 2 series of UPS.

1. Monitoring: Costly, supports battery status reporting to pc.
2. Non Monitoring: The opposite, cheap.

The 650va that you referred to is the monitoring one, whereas 800va is the normal one and hence costs less.

Jaskanwar Singh · Jun 22, 2011

and what about the 50k one guys in post - #813

thetechfreak · Jun 22, 2011

Well for 50 k config, I still suggest a APC UPS-

APC 800VA @Rs.2800

Also, is the mouse pad important to include?

venram87700 · Jun 22, 2011

@ Geek-With-Lens
MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edition/OC @ 15,990
i believe this price is from smc international ... will i get these prices here in mumbai i doubt coz the prices here at lamington rd are some times always higher than the ones quoted here have you checked the prices for any gfx cards at lamington rd b4 buddy ?? coz i checked with prime once bt the prices they quoted were quite high according to our fellow digitians (asus 560ti direct cu 1gb was quoted at 15000Rs)

Deleted member 118788 · Jun 22, 2011

venram87700 said:
@ Geek-With-Lens
MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edition/OC @ 15,990
i believe this price is from smc international ... will i get these prices here in mumbai i doubt coz the prices here at lamington rd are some times always higher than the ones quoted here have you checked the prices for any gfx cards at lamington rd b4 buddy ?? coz i checked with prime once bt the prices they quoted were quite high according to our fellow digitians (asus 560ti direct cu 1gb was quoted at 15000Rs)

you should ask them or buy online

vickybat · Jun 22, 2011

Jaskanwar Singh said:
@batman

what will you say about this now?
AMD Catalyst 11.6 Windows 7 Driver Analysis :: TweakTown USA Edition

thats why i said driver updates are common. both companies will give boost to their cards.

so what say now? 6870 cfx and 6870 single fine imo.
allows to put better components.

Yup buddy my bad. Amd cards ( all of the 6 series) provide better value & performance/watt than all nvidia cards this generation ( 5 series).

At a lower price point, you get similar performance and lower power power consumption. So 6 series all the way and you can stop recommending the 5 series cards now. Their performance is not worth their price.

This is totally an unbiased comment and we also see sites like tomshardware and hardocp saying the same things. I made this comment after analysing the dirt 3 review in hardocp.

So you can suggest the 6 series cards in all of the rigs in this guide.

Jaskanwar Singh · Jun 22, 2011

vickybat said:
Yup buddy my bad. Amd cards ( all of the 6 series) provide better value & performance/watt than all nvidia cards this generation ( 5 series).

At a lower price point, you get similar performance and lower power power consumption. So 6 series all the way and you can stop recommending the 5 series cards now. Their performance is not worth their price.

This is totally an unbiased comment and we also see sites like tomshardware and hardocp saying the same things. I made this comment after analysing the dirt 3 review in hardocp.

So you can suggest the 6 series cards in all of the rigs in this guide.

err..ok as you say.

also buddy check out these new configs of 30k, 35k, 40k -

Sub 30k (Casual gaming,multi media)

Optional upgrades for 30k -

Component | Make | Price Graphic Card |MSI/Sapphire HD6770|7000

Sub 35k (Entry level gaming,multi media)

Optional upgrades for 35k -

Component | Make | Price Graphic Card |MSI R6850 Cyclone Power Edition|9800

Sub 40k (Mid range gaming,multi media)

Optional upgrades for 40k -

Component | Make | Price Graphic Card |Sapphire HD6870|11200

and 60k -
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-compon...-buying-guide-june-2011-a-28.html#post1431804

thetechfreak said:
Well for 50 k config, I still suggest a APC UPS-

APC 800VA @Rs.2800

Also, is the mouse pad important to include?

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-compon...417-gaming-rig-me-too-please.html#post1431877

ok added mx-518 -

Sub 50k (Mid range gaming)

Optional upgrades for 50k -

Component | Make | Price Headset | Steelseries 3H |1500

hope ok now. please reply guys

Tenida · Jun 22, 2011

@jassy-Can u give me link of APC 800VA@2.8k

Jaskanwar Singh · Jun 22, 2011

tenida, piyush told me that price.

and tkin posted something -
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-compon...-buying-guide-june-2011-a-28.html#post1432103

@all
what if in 85k i add a 6850 cfx (equal to 580) for 19.6k (msi power edition) and a Hyper N620 instead of 6870 cfx?
i think this will last for 1.5years giving great performance and person can upgrade to Kepler or HD7000 after that. what say?

AnandTech - Bench - GPU11

config will look like -

Sub 85k (High end gaming)

even TX650 V2 would have been sufficient but i thought TX850 V2 will be good for futureproofing. your opinions?

@topgear
will the poll above get removed?

Piyush · Jun 22, 2011

@jassy
what is the difference in performance between 2*6850 and 6970 ?

Jaskanwar Singh · Jun 22, 2011

baba here you go - AnandTech - Bench - GPU11

tkin · Jun 22, 2011

Jaskanwar Singh said:
tenida, piyush told me that price.

and tkin posted something -
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-compon...-buying-guide-june-2011-a-28.html#post1432103

@all
what if in 85k i add a 6850 cfx (equal to 580) for 19.6k (msi power edition) and a Hyper N620 instead of 6870 cfx?
i think this will last for 1.5years giving great performance and person can upgrade to Kepler or HD7000 after that. what say?

AnandTech - Bench - GPU11

config will look like -

Sub 85k (High end gaming)

Component | Make | Price Processor |Intel Core i5 2500k|11000
CPU Cooler |CM Hyper N620|2500
Motherboard |Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3|11500
RAM |G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM|5400
Graphic Card |MSI R6850 Cyclone Power Edition * 2 Crossfire|19600
HDD |Seagate 1TB 7200.12|2700
DVD Writer |LG 22X SATA DVD|900
PSU |Corsair TX850 V2|6800
Case |Lian Li Lancool K58W|4300
Monitor |DELL ST2220L|8700
Mouse |Razer Deathadder|2000
Keyboard |RAzer Arctosa|2000
Mouse Pad |Razer Goliathus Fragged Standard M - Speed/Control|700
UPS |APC 1.1KVA|4300
Speakers |Altec Lancing VS4621|3200
| Total |85500

even TX650 V2 would have been sufficient but i thought TX850 V2 will be good for futureproofing. your opinions?

@topgear
will the poll above get removed?

APC UPS ending with IN or INET, like 650Y-IN has monitoring, the ones ending with CI-IN lacks the monitoring feature.

Jaskanwar Singh said:
baba here you go - AnandTech - Bench - GPU11

Just asking out of curiosity, why do you guys call him baba? :?:

Cilus · Jun 23, 2011

Piyush said:
@jassy
what is the difference in performance between 2*6850 and 6970 ?

Piyush, check the HD 6850 Crossfire Vs GTX 580 comparison chart. Even a HD 6850 Crossfire, more than 10K cheaper than a GTX 580, beats the single GPU monster...namely GTX 580. That is the main reason, we are bringing Multi-gpu setup in our guides.

topgear · Jun 23, 2011

tkin said:
APC has 2 series of UPS.

1. Monitoring: Costly, supports battery status reporting to pc.
2. Non Monitoring: The opposite, cheap.

The 650va that you referred to is the monitoring one, whereas 800va is the normal one and hence costs less.

tkin said:
APC UPS ending with IN or INET, like 650Y-IN has monitoring, the ones ending with CI-IN lacks the monitoring feature.

thanks for the clarification ;-)

Jaskanwar Singh said:
tenida, piyush told me that price.

and tkin posted something -
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-compon...-buying-guide-june-2011-a-28.html#post1432103

@all
what if in 85k i add a 6850 cfx (equal to 580) for 19.6k (msi power edition) and a Hyper N620 instead of 6870 cfx?
i think this will last for 1.5years giving great performance and person can upgrade to Kepler or HD7000 after that. what say?

AnandTech - Bench - GPU11

config will look like -

Sub 85k (High end gaming)

Component | Make | Price Processor |Intel Core i5 2500k|11000
CPU Cooler |CM Hyper N620|2500
Motherboard |Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3|11500
RAM |G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM|5400
Graphic Card |MSI R6850 Cyclone Power Edition * 2 Crossfire|19600
HDD |Seagate 1TB 7200.12|2700
DVD Writer |LG 22X SATA DVD|900
PSU |Corsair TX850 V2|6800
Case |Lian Li Lancool K58W|4300
Monitor |DELL ST2220L|8700
Mouse |Razer Deathadder|2000
Keyboard |RAzer Arctosa|2000
Mouse Pad |Razer Goliathus Fragged Standard M - Speed/Control|700
UPS |APC 1.1KVA|4300
Speakers |Altec Lancing VS4621|3200
| Total |85500

even TX650 V2 would have been sufficient but i thought TX850 V2 will be good for futureproofing. your opinions?

@topgear
will the poll above get removed?

^^ the poll has no importance anymore - so it's better to remove that and only admins can remove a opinion poll AFAIK - ask ico ;-)

Piyush · Jun 23, 2011

@jassy and cilus

looks like i have to do some revision on this topic
i was like, whenever i hear about "multi-gpu" setup, the first thing that comes to my mind is heat and then power consumption
but after seeing the results, it looks like it is worth it

shayem · Jun 23, 2011

Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H-B3 available HOMESHOP18 @9818

Jaskanwar Singh · Jun 23, 2011

tkin said:
APC UPS ending with IN or INET, like 650Y-IN has monitoring, the ones ending with CI-IN lacks the monitoring feature.

Just asking out of curiosity, why do you guys call him baba?

thanks for info tkin.

about baba, i think once pulsar_swift started this name. dont know why. since then we call piyush baba :-D

piyush may be able to tell you why.

topgear said:
^^ the poll has no importance anymore - so it's better to remove that and only admins can remove a opinion poll AFAIK - ask ico

ok i will tell ico.

shayem said:
Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H-B3 available HOMESHOP18 @9818

you once mentioned ebay link too?

now can someone please reply on 50k and 85k??

d3p · Jun 23, 2011

Jaskanwar Singh said:
err..ok as you say.

and 60k -
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-compon...-buying-guide-june-2011-a-28.html#post1431804

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-compon...417-gaming-rig-me-too-please.html#post1431877

ok added mx-518 -

Sub 50k (Mid range gaming)

Component | Make | Price Processor |Intel Core i5 2400|9300
Motherboard |Intel DH67VR-B3|4800
RAM |G.Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL9S-4GBRL|2200
Graphic Card |Sapphire HD6950 2GB|14500
HDD |Seagate 500GB 7200.12/ WDC 500GB Blue|1700
DVD Writer |LG 22X SATA DVD|900
PSU |Corsair GS600|4000
Case | NZXT GAMMA |2000
Monitor |Benq G2220HD|7000
Mouse | Logitech MX-518 |1300
Keyboard |Logitech KB-200|400
Mouse Pad |Razer Goliathus Fragged Omega S - Speed/Control|500
UPS |Intex 1KVA|1800
Speakers |Logitech Z313|1000
| Total |51100

Optional upgrades for 50k -

Component | Make | Price Headset | Steelseries 3H |1500

hope ok now. please reply guys

Probably we can suggest Gigabyte GM-M6800 Noble Black @ 600 instead of Logitech MX518. Moreover MX518 is EOL, so AFAIK the availability will be an issue.

Why NZXT Gamma for 50k Config ??

We need some bling bling like USP 100 or Lian Li's....

Jaskanwar Singh said:
tenida, piyush told me that price.

and tkin posted something -
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-compon...-buying-guide-june-2011-a-28.html#post1432103

@all
what if in 85k i add a 6850 cfx (equal to 580) for 19.6k (msi power edition) and a Hyper N620 instead of 6870 cfx?
i think this will last for 1.5years giving great performance and person can upgrade to Kepler or HD7000 after that. what say?

AnandTech - Bench - GPU11

config will look like -

Sub 85k (High end gaming)

Component | Make | Price Processor |Intel Core i5 2500k|11000
CPU Cooler |CM Hyper N620|2500
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 |11500
RAM |G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM|5400
Graphic Card | MSI R6850 Cyclone Power Edition * 2 Crossfire |19600
HDD |Seagate 1TB 7200.12|2700
DVD Writer |LG 22X SATA DVD|900
PSU | Corsair TX850 V2 |6800
Case |Lian Li Lancool K58W|4300
Monitor |DELL ST2220L|8700
Mouse |Razer Deathadder|2000
Keyboard |RAzer Arctosa|2000
Mouse Pad |Razer Goliathus Fragged Standard M - Speed/Control|700
UPS |APC 1.1KVA|4300
Speakers |Altec Lancing VS4621|3200
| Total |85500

even TX650 V2 would have been sufficient but i thought TX850 V2 will be good for futureproofing. your opinions?

Is it fine if we suggest Gigabyte GA Z68MA D2H B3- 9.5k, go with 4GB of ram, Razer Cyclosa Bundle & remove speakers to accommodate a CF of 6950 TF III's. ????

TX850 V2 is priced awesome & better for 85k future proofing.

Jaskanwar Singh · Jun 23, 2011

d3p5kor said:
Probably we can suggest Gigabyte GM-M6800 Noble Black @ 600 instead of Logitech MX518. Moreover MX518 is EOL, so AFAIK the availability will be an issue.

Why NZXT Gamma for 50k Config ??

We need some bling bling like USP 100 or Lian Li's....

mx518 has a replacement G400. when will it be available in india?
how does mx-518 compare with gigabyte?

imo gamma is sufficient for that hardware.

d3p5kor said:
Is it fine if we suggest Gigabyte GA Z68MA D2H B3- 9.5k, go with 4GB of ram, Razer Cyclosa Bundle & remove speakers to accommodate a CF of 6950 TF III's. ????[/B]

TX850 V2 is priced awesome & better for 85k future proofing.

buddy speakers are necessary. can you game without sound? :-D

and moreover 6950 cfx is 32k. so it will be difficult to accommodate it. and 6850 cfx is good enough for full hd.

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