Hello everyone. i am new to TDF. i love hardware and i would like to gain more knowledge and share mine with you all.
I looked at TDF about a month ago and becoming familier with you all. really knowledgeable people out there. i like the way you work for the guide. its nice concept.
And I thought AMD Bulldozer is gonna launch at the end of 2011...My Bad.
A very warm welcome to you buddy, especially for your advance launching nd joining.
bit of a n00b question, but here goes. i am planning on buying an i2500k based gaming PC with the 6950. maybe try flashing the card and getting a 6970 if my luck is good. i have settled on most of the components, but i am stuck on the cabinet. I know the radeon is a monster sized card and i would welcome advice on which decent cabinet can fit it comfortably. max budget for the cabby is 5K.
bit of a n00b question, but here goes. i am planning on buying an i2500k based gaming PC with the 6950. maybe try flashing the card and getting a 6970 if my luck is good. i have settled on most of the components, but i am stuck on the cabinet. I know the radeon is a monster sized card and i would welcome advice on which decent cabinet can fit it comfortably. max budget for the cabby is 5K.
Thank you Ishu and srch07 . I was worried about the 6950 not fitting inside the CM cabinets, because it is HUGE!
Also, any ideas about which economical P67 motherboard to buy? Is the stock Intel p67 good enough to OC the 2500K to 4 Ghz? I like the Biostar P67 which has crossfire, but i am not sure if it's available here yet.
bit of a n00b question, but here goes. i am planning on buying an i2500k based gaming PC with the 6950. maybe try flashing the card and getting a 6970 if my luck is good. i have settled on most of the components, but i am stuck on the cabinet. I know the radeon is a monster sized card and i would welcome advice on which decent cabinet can fit it comfortably. max budget for the cabby is 5K.
@vickybat Yeah i know the unlock was mostly with the early samples, but i will try my luck and see. plus there's a dual bios safe option built in the 6950 which is def most welcome.
Am leaning toward the 6950 at the moment though i haven't finalised anything yet. But the most important thing for me is Eyefinity. I played Bad Company 2 at my friend's place with the eyefinity resolution and was blown away. The 2 GB framebuffer will definitely help at that resolution which is why i am leaning toward the 6950. For me, Eyefinity/Surround is a much more tangible Cosmetic must have than Physx
Hoping that by the time the 2500K is finally launched, we would have seen price cuts on the 570/60xx cards. If only Nvidia prices the 570 at 6950 levels and increases the Vram, then they will sweep the market for this gen of cards.. Sigh..
In the sub 85k gaming rig without multigpu setup, i think MSI N570 GTX @ 21k should be suggested instead of Zotac GTX 570 @ 22k. Its 1k cheaper and money saved can be utilized in other components for eg. A better cpu cooler or something.
Jas, you have used Core i7 2600K at the 125K budget only. Your configs are now very much gaming oriented. I think we can start using 2600K @ 100K configs also. In fact we can manage a config with 2600K @ 85K budget also, but I think your current one is also very good. But I think some tweaks can be applied @ sub 100K budget.
Interesting selections here. My suggestion for the 70 K rig would be as follows:
If we are going with the 2400 which doesn't OC, then the hyper 212 can be avoided. Also instead of opting for the Razer mouse, if we can go in for the Logitech MX one that sells for 1500, then we end up saving 2300 which can then go in for another 4GB Ram stick.
And for the monitor, instead of the 13K dell one, if we choose the Samsung 23 Inch from their P series which sells for 10K, the 3K difference can be split between an upgrade to the 2500K(when it becomes available) and a decent p67 motherboard.
That 13k dell monitor is an ips panel with superior contrasts and display quality than a regular tn panel. It completely depends on the buyer whether to go for it or not.
So it can be made optional. Fully agreed on the part of i5 2400. It doesn't need a custom cooler cause it won't overclock. Stock cooler is fine.
Something like klipsh pro media + xonar dx or Logitech z623 + xonar dx will be very good.
In the 100k cf rig , two 6870cf is given as 27.2k whereas a single sapphire 6870 is 14.5k. So that works out to 29k instead of 27.2k if i am not wrong. All prices are from smc international including taxes.
Also MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II will be launched soon. Its a factory overclocked card with a custom cooler. Its faster than a 6950 1gb in all benchmarks and has lower temps(adding further overclockability). The good thing is its price is same as that of a stock gtx 560 @ $250.
Please check here
Smc who deals with twin frozr cards from both brands will make it soon available in india.
Imho, it can be added to the 100k sli rig as an option to the 6870cf and also can be suggested instead of zotac gtx 560 in non-sli/cf rigs.
@vicky
i have to keep camparable prices otherwise it creates a mess for me. as for cyclone i will look at it when its available in india. for 6870 price check spec sheet. its 13.6k and 2 * 13.6k makes 27.2k if i am not wrong
@cilus
hmm as these are gaming oriented we can keep these separate and create other section for rendering rigs. what say?
@rchi84
oops thanks for pointing it out. so sub 70k should look like this then IMO(suggestions welcome) -
@dessibond.
sorry for upsetting the music fans. . so anyways can you please list out speakers and sound card(if necessary) for all the budget as appropriate. i will make adjustements in the configs acc. to them. post the music hardware you feel should be there for every budget..
@topgear
nice one. ..but why a 5570. i think we will include it in general purpose rigs?
@all
post your suggestions for general purpose and rendering rigs. after that physx.
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