PC Suggested Configs

[quicky008]

4670 is slightly higher clocked than the 4460,the latter has a boost clock of only 3.4 ghz that too on a single core.

While running on all cores it usually maintains a clock speed of 3.2 ghz-so its boost clock is practically useless for all intents and purposes.

maybe the lower performance of this cpu is due to its slower clock speed.

 

[omega44-xt]

4670 is slightly higher clocked than the 4460,the latter has a boost clock of only 3.4 ghz that too on a single core.

While running on all cores it usually maintains a clock speed of 3.2 ghz-so its boost clock is practically useless for all intents and purposes.

maybe the lower performance of this cpu is due to its slower clock speed.

Yes, but same architecture, so difference won't be more than 5% at stock. Overclocked K series chip will surely get a good boost after OC, but will run very hot as well, so investment on cooling. Similarly, i3 9100F is a higher clocked i3 8100, even architecture is almost similar for those two.

Google search says Cinebench R15 scores of ~505 vs ~660 for i5 vs i3 9100F. This 30% gain doesn't translate to games & new games needing more CPU power will be limited by 4c/4t CPU. Something like 4c/8t R3 3300X & R3 3100 scores like ~1100 & ~980 or so but 3300X does perform 10-15% or better in games as well due to some layout changes between those two.

Next gen consoles have a lower frequency R7 3700X + RTX 2070 Super like performance (rumoured), so there will be a big jump in game requirements in the next 2 years. GTX 1060 will be relegated to the minimum required GPU. Hence I am suggesting to save & invest on a good CPU, then later jump to a newer GPU without major bottlenecks. If you aren't much into gaming, go ahead with i3 9100F, but for gamers, something better is a better investment in the long run.

First 2 graphs use RTX 2080Ti as the gPU & 3rd one shows how CPU affects the fps w.r.t GPU. Surely for GTX 1060, might not see a very huge difference between i3 & R5 3600, but at RX 5700, the difference becomes more apparent & i3 will seriously bottleneck that (something like RX 5700/RTX 2060 Super like performance might come to ~20k GPUs next year).

 

[Æsoteric Positron]

Suggested PC Configurations 2017 - Q2

Budget - 20k (Entry Level)

Processor

Intel Pentium G4560

4,500

CPU Cooler

Stock

0

Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2

4,500

Memory

Corsair Value Select 4GB DDR4 2133MHz

3,300

Graphics Card

none

0

Power Supply

Bundled with cabinet

0

Cabinet

Any local cabinet with PSU

1,100

Internal Storage

WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD

3,500

Monitor

Dell E1916HV 18.5" LED Monitor

5,000

Keyboard

Logitech MK200 Keyboard & Mouse Combo

800

Mouse

included in combo

0

Total

22,800


Note: for RAM, if any of Corsair, G.Skill, Crucial or Kingston is available at same price, get one of them.

Budget - 30k (Entry Level)

Processor

Intel Pentium G4560

4,500

CPU Cooler

Stock

0

Motherboard

GIGABYTE GA-B250M-D3H

7,100

Memory

Corsair Value Select 4GB DDR4 2133MHz

3,300

Graphics Card

none

0

Power Supply

Antec VP450P

2,700

Cabinet

Any local cabinet without PSU

900

Internal Storage

WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD

3,500

Monitor

Dell S2216H 22” LED IPS

8,800

Keyboard

Logitech MK200 Keyboard & Mouse Combo

800

Mouse

included in combo

0

Total

31,600


Note: for RAM, if any of Corsair, G.Skill, Crucial or Kingston is available at same price, get one of them.


Budget - 35k (Gaming Rig)

Processor

Intel Pentium G4560

4,500

CPU Cooler

Stock

0

Motherboard

GIGABYTE GA-B250M-D3H

7,100

Memory

Corsair Value Select 4GB DDR4 2133MHz

3,300

Graphics Card

Sapphire RX460 2GB GDDR5

9,200

Power Supply

Antec VP450P

2,700

Cabinet

Any local cabinet without PSU

900

Internal Storage

WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD

3,500

Monitor

Dell E1916HV 18.5" LED Monitor

4,900

Keyboard

Logitech MK200 Keyboard & Mouse Combo

800

Mouse

included in combo

0

Total

36,900


Note: for RAM, if any of Corsair, G.Skill, Crucial or Kingston is available at same price, get one of them.


Budget - 45k (Gaming Rig)

Processor

Intel Core i3 7100

8,600

CPU Cooler

Stock

0

Motherboard

GIGABYTE GA-B250M-D3H

7,100

Memory

Corsair 4GB DDR4 2133MHz

3,300

Graphics Card

Zotac GTX 1050 Mini 2GB GDDR5

10,100

Power Supply

Antec VP500PC

2,800

Cabinet

Any local cabinet without PSU

900

Internal Storage

WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD

3,500

Monitor

LG 22MP68VQ-P 22” LED IPS

8,800

Keyboard

Logitech MK200 Keyboard & Mouse Combo

800

Mouse

Included in combo

0

Total

45,900


Skip optical drive to lower the price.
Note: for RAM, if any of Corsair, G.Skill, Crucial or Kingston is available at same price, get one of them.

Budget - 50k (Non-Overclockable)

Processor

Intel Core i3 7100

8,600

CPU Cooler

Stock

0

Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-H250M-D3H

7,100

Memory

Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4 2400MHz

4,500

Graphics Card

Zotac GTX 1050 Ti OC 4GB GDDR5

13,500

Power Supply

Antec VP550P

4,000

Cabinet

Deepcool Tesseract BF

2,200

Internal Storage

WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD

3,500

Monitor

LG 22MP68VQ-P 22” LED IPS

8,800

Keyboard

Logitech MK200 Keyboard & Mouse Combo

800

Mouse

included in combo

0

Total

53,000


Note: for RAM, if any of Corsair, G.Skill, Crucial or Kingston is available at same price, get one of them.

Budget - 60k(Non-Overclockable)

Processor

Intel Core i5 6500

14,800

CPU Cooler

stock

0

Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H

7,000

Memory

Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4 2400MHz

4,500

Graphics Card

MSI RX470 GAMING X 4GB

17,000

Power Supply

Antec VP550P

4,000

Cabinet

Corsair SPEC ALPHA

4,000

Internal Storage

WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD

3,500

SSD (Optional)*

Sandisk SSD Plus 240GB SATA

5,500

Monitor

LG 22MP68VQ-P 22” LED IPS

8,800

Keyboard

Logitech MK200 Keyboard & Mouse Combo

800

Mouse

included in combo

0

Total

64,400


Total (with SSD)

69,900


* If the budget can be extended, then add the SSD for faster performance/ boot time.


Budget - 70k(Non-Overclockable)

Processor

Intel Core i5 6500

14,800

CPU Cooler

stock

0

Motherboard

ASRock H170 Pro4S

6,900

Memory

Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB 2400MHz DDR4

4,500

Graphics Card (Choice 1)

HIS RX470 4GB IceQ X2 TurboDDR5

17,000

Graphics Card (Choice 2)

Zotac GTX1060 3GB Amp

17,000

Power Supply

Antec VP550P

4,000

Cabinet

Corsair SPEC ALPHA

4,000

Internal Storage

WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD

3,500

SSD (Optional)

Sandisk SSD Plus 240GB SATA

5,500

Optical Drive

none

0

Monitor

LG 22MP68VQ-P 22” LED IPS

8,800

Keyboard

Logitech MK200 Keyboard & Mouse Combo

800

Mouse

Included in combo

Total (With GPU1 and w/o SSD)

64,300


Total (With GPU2 and SSD)

69,800


Total (With GPU1 and SSD)

69,800


Note: for RAM, if any of Corsair, G.Skill, Crucial or Kingston is available at same price, get one of them.


Budget - 80k(Non-Overclockable)

Processor

Intel Core i5 6500

14,800

CPU Cooler

stock

0

Motherboard

ASRock H170 Pro4S

6,900

Memory

G.skill Ripjaws V 16GB DDR4 2400MHz

9,400

Graphics Card

Sapphire RX470 8GB Nitro+

19,800

SSD

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD

7,400

Power Supply

Antec VP550P

4,000

Cabinet

Corsair SPEC ALPHA

4,000

Internal Storage

WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD

3,500

Monitor

LG 22MP68VQ-P 22” LED IPS

8,800

Keyboard

Logitech MK200 Keyboard & Mouse Combo

800

Mouse

Included in combo

0

Total

79,400


Note: for RAM, if any of Corsair, G.Skill, Crucial or Kingston is available at same price, get one of them.


Budget - 90k - (Non-Overclockable)

Processor

Intel Core i5 7600

16,800

CPU Cooler

stock

0

Motherboard

Gigabyte GA- B250M-D3H

7,100

Memory

G.skill Ripjaws V 16GB DDR4 2400MHz

9,500

Graphics Card

Zotac GTX 1060 6GB AMP

23,200

SSD

Crucial MX300 275GB

7,500

Power Supply

Seasonic M12II 620w EVO

7,000

Cabinet

Corsair SPEC ALPHA

4,000

Internal Storage

WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD

3,500

Monitor

LG 22MP68VQ-P 22” LED IPS

8,800

Keyboard

Cooler Master Devastator II KB and Mouse combo

3,000

Mouse

included in combo

0

Total

90,400


Note: for RAM, if any of Corsair, G.Skill, Crucial or Kingston is available at same price, get one of them.


Budget - 95k (Overclockable)

Processor

Intel Core i5 6600K

18,000

CPU Cooler

Cooler Master Hyper 212X

2,800

Motherboard

ASRock Z170 Pro4S

8,400

Memory

G.skill Ripjaws V 16GB DDR4 2400MHz

9,500

Graphics Card

Zotac GTX 1060 6GB AMP

23,200

SSD

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD

7,400

Power Supply

Seasonic M12II 520w EVO

6,000

Cabinet

Cooler Master MasterBox 5

6,300

Internal Storage

WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD

3,500

Monitor

LG 22MP68VQ-P 22” LED IPS

8,800

Keyboard

Cooler Master Devastator II KB and Mouse combo

3,000

Mouse

included in combo

0

Total

96,900

Budget - 95k –More processing power,less graphics.With SSD.*

Note: Ryzen CPU’s are still pretty new to the market, so it is suggested that you wait a while until more optimizations are done by developers, and firmware is updated by AMD to boost performance.


Processor

AMD RYZEN R7 1700X 3.4 GHz

30,900

CPU Cooler

Cooler Master Hyper 212X

2,800

Motherboard

Asus Prime B350-Plus

8,500

Memory

G.skill Ripjaws V 16GB DDR4 2400MHz

9,500

Graphics Card

Sapphire RX470 4GB Nitro+

17,000

SSD

Samsung 750 EVO 120GB

4,000

Power Supply

Seasonic M12II 620w EVO

7,000

Cabinet

Corsair SPEC APLHA

4,000

Internal Storage

WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD

3,500

Monitor

LG 22MP68VQ-P 22” LED IPS

8,800

Keyboard

Logitech Wireless Combo MK220

1,700

Mouse

included in combo

0

Total

97,700


Note: for RAM, if any of Corsair, G.Skill, Crucial or Kingston is available at same price, get one of them.


*This configuration is recommended for people who require higher processing power for content creation (like CAD), compiling, and rendering software. This configuration provides much better processing power at the cost of graphical power. If your purpose for buying the pc is gaming and not content creation, then this PC is not for you.

[Special thanks to bssunilreddy for helping out with errors ]

I think this formatting will make it VERY difficult for anyone to read it. Just delete the whitespaces, and write the price beside the product name. Only put whitespaces(empty space b/w lines) between different configs.

 

[quicky008]

Is intel 10600 a decent cpu for games?

 

[SaiyanGoku]

Is intel 10600 a decent cpu for games?

For 20k, I wont' buy it over R5 3600. i5 10600 is basically an overclocked i5 9400 with hyper-threading enabled (Intel product specifications) .

 

[omega44-xt]

Is intel 10600 a decent cpu for games?

Good choice, if you are looking at Intel CPUs only. R5 3600 is a better deal at even the overpriced 17-18k it is going for these days (those prices are stupid & Ryzen 4000 is just a month away from its unveiling).

 

[omega44-xt]

For 20k, I wont' buy it over R5 3600. i5 10600 is basically an overclocked i5 9400 with hyper-threading enabled (Intel product specifications) .

Hyper-threading at least enables it to compete with Ryzen, earlier it was getting thrashed around.

 

[quicky008]

Do the 3rd gen ryzens run hot as they are based on 7nm process?Also they were said to have high vcore voltages even while idle,which could affect their durability.Have these issues been removed/mitigated in the newer batch of ryzen cpus/motherboards?

 

[whitestar_999]

Do the 3rd gen ryzens run hot as they are based on 7nm process?Also they were said to have high vcore voltages even while idle,which could affect their durability.Have these issues been removed/mitigated in the newer batch of ryzen cpus/motherboards?

Unless you are doing some serious overclocking in Summer season of North India without proper cooling, there is nothing to worry about durability. Your other pc components will have much more chances of dying earlier than ryzen processor.

 

[omega44-xt]

Do the 3rd gen ryzens run hot as they are based on 7nm process?Also they were said to have high vcore voltages even while idle,which could affect their durability.Have these issues been removed/mitigated in the newer batch of ryzen cpus/motherboards?

Not as hot as Intel CPUs, nor as much power consumption for the same performance in CPU intensive tasks. All CPUs will run hot when OC'd or in a poorly ventilated case on a summer day. Also, the box cooler of Ryzen CPUs are better than Intel ones. Intel K series lack a box cooler at all.

*Ryzen XT CPUs are surely the outlier & totally a waste of money from AMD side.

 

[Vyom]

I think this formatting will make it VERY difficult for anyone to read it. Just delete the whitespaces, and write the price beside the product name. Only put whitespaces(empty space b/w lines) between different configs.

I think the formatting issue is because the table BB code was not backward compatible with the migration to Xenforo. So any table made before Xenforo is messed up now.

 

[Æsoteric Positron]

I think the formatting issue is because the table BB code was not backward compatible with the migration to Xenforo. So any table made before Xenforo is messed up now.

Oh............... I see. The post is pretty old.

 

[quicky008]

anyone knows when intel's 10100F is likely to be released in india?

 

[Chetan1991]

Please suggest a desktop config. for ~30k while taking advantage of sales on Flipkart and Amazon.
No monitor, mouse and KB required.
ITX if possible.
Swift multitasking and upgradability is important.
If you can suggest config with and without GPU that would be nice.

Thanks in advance.

 

[TigerKing]

^go for AMD

 

[SaiyanGoku]

Swift multitasking and upgradability is important.
If you can suggest config with and without GPU that would be nice.

New config with GPU isn't possible in 30k.
ITX builds are highly overpriced.

 

[Chetan1991]

New config with GPU isn't possible in 30k.
ITX builds are highly overpriced.

OK no ITX and GPU then. What config would fit in 30k then?

 

[bssunilreddy]

Budget -120k

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 -18.9k
MSi B450 Gaming Pro Carbon MAX Wifi -12.9k
ADATA XPG SPECTRIX D60G RGB 16GB (8GBx2) 3600Mhz -9.2k
Kingston A2000 1TB NVME SSD -9.1k
Zotac RTX 2070 Super Mini 8GB -37k
Antec NX210NX Cabinet -3.6k
Antec EA650 Gold Pro 650W -6.7k
Acer NITRO VG0 VG270 27 Inch LED IPS -17.8k
CoolerMaster MS110 Combo -4.8k (mdcomputers.in)
Total -120k

All above prices are taken from vedantcomputers unless specified otherwise.

 

[TheSloth]

Is it wise to buy ASRock B450 motherboard for Ryzen 3600 at this point? I have been planning to build the PC for long time now and thought since the prices are lowest for these, why not buy. But this motherboard will not be put in any system for at least 3-4 months, even for testing. I was planning to spread the expense over 3 months minimum. Just asking for suggestions here.

 

[bssunilreddy]

Is it wise to buy ASRock B450 motherboard for Ryzen 3600 at this point? I have been planning to build the PC for long time now and thought since the prices are lowest for these, why not buy. But this motherboard will not be put in any system for at least 3-4 months, even for testing. I was planning to spread the expense over 3 months minimum. Just asking for suggestions here.

I bought an Asrock B450 Steel Legend when my MSI mobo went for RMA. Steel Legend supports upto 3533Mhz RAM speed only so my 3600Mhz sticks were running in 3400Mhz speed only.

Asrock B450 Steel Legend or Pro4 can be used just for working purpose only and if we want to overclock then going with Gigabyte B550 Aorus wifi at 16k or MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon Max Wifi at 13k is best.

Either B550 or B450 Max MSI motherboards CPU from 1st gen to 3rd gen and now 5th gen CPUs also.

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