Suggest Component Upgrade for 80k

tkin

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BWAHAHA, Budget increased to 80k.
Look below.

1. What is the purpose of the computer? (Note: If you are planning to say multimedia, you will have to be more specific as all types of systems are capable of doing that)
A: Gaming, and more gaming, video encoding, coding, everything under the sun

2. Are you open to alternate ideas/products giving similar better performance but offering more VFM/ sellers? If not- why?
A: Yes(except ati, want to try nVidia now)

3. What is your MAX budget?
A: 50-55k

4. Planning to overclock?
A: Hell yeah.

5. Which OS are you planning to use?
A: Win 7 x64.

6. How much hard drive space is needed?
A: Already got 1TB HDD, not needed

7. What resolution will the screen run at & whats the size of the screen you want? If you already want have one and want to use it, mention its resolution and size.
A: 1680x1050(soon to be 1080p)

8. How would you rate your hardware knowledge from the count of 1-10? (1 being the lowest, 5 being you are somewhat in sync with the current performers and 10 being the highest)
A: 10?

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
A: All by myself

10. When are you planning to buy the system?
A: June

11. Are you one of the types looking out for "future proof" configurations?
A: Min 2 yrs will do.

12. Are there going to be any components that you don't want to include in this new rig? If yes, do mention.
A: HDD, ODD, Fans(2x 120mm cm), GPU for PhysX(9800GTX+), G500, G110

13. Which city do you live in and are you open to buying from shops from other city/states?
A: Kolkata, online is last option

14. Mention any other points if deemed necessary
A: Suggest the CPU,Mobo, RAMs, GPU, PSU and cabby.

So I already have these in mind:
i7 2600k, Asus Z68 V-Pro, GTX580 Lightning, Corsair TX750v2, HAF 912 Advanced, Koss Portapro, Roccat taito

Please post the prices and modify as you wish, and suggest RAMs(sandy bridge platform compliant, 1.5-1.65v max, 1600Mhz, lower cas is better, must have XMP and good ass)

Open to amd config(aka bulldozer).
 
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Jaskanwar Singh

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did you came across gigabyte z68 mobo reviews?
will you sli?
and i think bulldozer will be in june.

anyways the current config -

Component | Make | Price | Comments Processor |Intel Core i7 2600k|16000|
Motherboard |Gigabyte/ASUS Z68 SLI supported|12000(estimation)|otherwise without SLI will come around 9.5-10k i suppose
RAM |G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL|3200|alternately you may go for 8GB G-Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM @ 5.5k. Corsair Vengeance is also very good option
Graphic Card |MSI GTX570 Twin Frozr II|20000
Case |CM 690 II Advanced (Transparent Side Panel)|5500
| Total |54700|if 10k z68 mobo
 
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tkin

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Jaskanwar Singh said:
did you came across gigabyte z68 mobo reviews?
will you sli?
and i think bulldozer will be in june.

anyways the current config -

Component | Make | Price | Comments Processor |Intel Core i7 2600k|16000|
Motherboard |Gigabyte/ASUS Z68 SLI supported|12000(estimation)|otherwise without SLI will come around 9.5-10k i suppose
RAM |G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL|3200|alternately you may go for 8GB G-Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM @ 5.5k. Corsair Vengeance is also very good option
Graphic Card |MSI GTX570 Twin Frozr II|20000
Case |CM 690 II Advanced (Transparent Side Panel)|5500
| Total |54700|if 10k z68 mobo
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Nice, the mobo needs to be SLI and Cf compliant, initially I will use two cards(GTX560/570 and 9800GTX+ for PhysX), later will upgrade to SLI, so the least is 12k(I hate mATX).

Now Gigabyte z68 boards does not have video output and does not support Lucid Virtue(not even UD7), I want to use Quick sync to transcode, so that's out of the door for sure.

For rams I want to ask you an honest question, do you think 4GB RAM is enough? For day to day work and also gaming at 1680x1050? I won't be using photoshop or autocad or similiar designing tools, just some java/.net coding, and I doubt I will need over 4GB RAM, so do you think I should get 4GB now and add another 4GB later or get 8GB now?

For rams I also need god support, I know corsair has unmatched service, how about G skill?

Also one last question, GTX570 had some vrm issue(reference model), is that rectified with msi tf ii?
I read in reviews GTX560 hawk is almost as fast as GTX570 and 570 has just 280mb more vram, the hawk comes @ 15k with 950MHz core clock, is that a better deal than the 6k more GTX570?

Thanks for the reply.
 
nilgtx260

nilgtx260

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Component Make Price Comments
Processor Intel Core i7 2600k 16000
Motherboard Gigabyte/ASUS Z68 SLI supported 12000(estimation)
RAM G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL 3200
Graphic Card MSI GTX 560Ti Hawk 14900
Case CM HAF 912 Advanced 5500
Total 54700 if 10k z68 mobo

later add one more MSI GTX 560Ti Hawk for hell like performance.
 
Jaskanwar Singh

Jaskanwar Singh

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tkin said:
For rams I want to ask you an honest question, do you think 4GB RAM is enough? For day to day work and also gaming at 1680x1050? I won't be using photoshop or autocad or similiar designing tools, just some java/.net coding, and I doubt I will need over 4GB RAM, so do you think I should get 4GB now and add another 4GB later or get 8GB now?

For rams I also need god support, I know corsair has unmatched service, how about G skill?
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4gb more than sufficient. no need of spending more.

to tell you the truth, currently i didn't had experience of service with my g.skills.:grin:
jokes apart, g.skill is handled by smc, who are reliable and supportive.

Also one last question, GTX570 had some vrm issue(reference model), is that rectified with msi tf ii?
I read in reviews GTX560 hawk is almost as fast as GTX570 and 570 has just 280mb more vram, the hawk comes @ 15k with 950MHz core clock, is that a better deal than the 6k more GTX570?

Thanks for the reply.
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sorry should have suggested accordingly.
TFII is reference. so if you will overclock you will need a TFIII power edition or ASUS Direct Cu II 570 which are non reference.

but you can oc 570 too...;-)
 
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nilgtx260 said:
Component Make Price Comments
Processor Intel Core i7 2600k 16000
Motherboard Gigabyte/ASUS Z68 SLI supported 12000(estimation)
RAM G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL 3200
Graphic Card MSI GTX 560Ti Hawk 14900
Case CM HAF 912 Advanced 5500
Total 54700 if 10k z68 mobo

later add one more MSI GTX 560Ti Hawk for hell like performance.
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Make that 8GB RAM(still not decided), so I'm looking @ appx 54k+tax(58k)
Well that kills my dreams of adding a Noctua cooler or buying the NZXT sentry fan controller.

Jaskanwar Singh said:
4gb more than sufficient. no need of spending more.

to tell you the truth, currently i didn't had experience of service with my g.skills.:grin:
jokes apart, g.skill is handled by smc, who are reliable and supportive.



sorry should have suggested accordingly.
TFII is reference. so if you will overclock you will need a TFIII power edition or ASUS Direct Cu II 570 which are non reference.

but you can oc 570 too...;-)
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That means if the RAM fails I need to send it to SMC? No thanks, corsair ftw, unless Gskill has rma handling in kolkata that idea is out of the door, and I really wanted to get some ripjaws module.

TFIII Power edition, hmm, nope that's waaaay out of budget, GTX560 hawk it is then.
 
mukherjee

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@tkin

From what I gather,the Vengeance kit overclocks better than the RipjawsX kit.

Btw,when do u intend to purchase the rig?
I myself have been sitting on an upgrade since Jan 11....Z68 was the final hurdle...I intend to buy a 2600K, a respectable Z68 board(with i+d Virtu support),8 gigs DDR3 1600, Hyper 212+/N620.....
Maybe 1st wk of June when parts become available....In for some joint shopping?
I still remember when we traded blows over a 9800GTX+ and HD4850....Good ole days... :)
 
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mukherjee said:
@tkin

From what I gather,the Vengeance kit overclocks better than the RipjawsX kit.

Btw,when do u intend to purchase the rig?
I myself have been sitting on an upgrade since Jan 11....Z68 was the final hurdle...I intend to buy a 2600K, a respectable Z68 board(with i+d Virtu support),8 gigs DDR3 1600, Hyper 212+/N620.....
Maybe 1st wk of June when parts become available....In for some joint shopping?
I still remember when we traded blows over a 9800GTX+ and HD4850....Good ole days... :)
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Hell yeah, I am going for the upgrade in june as well, so are a bunch of fellow kolkata forumers(tenida, nginx, one other guy from the other forum), all of us are doing massive upgrades, so I believe we can get some discount if we buy together.

We are planning to meet on 1st week of june(date will be finalized later this month), front of Vedant, why don't you join us? The more the merrier.

PS: I need to shop with you for another reason, apparently vengeance kit is not available in kolkata, probably need to pre order it from tirupati, they might consider the pre order if we order together. I have mailed tirupati rep about vengeance kit and ripjaws x kits, will post the reply here tomorrow.

PS2: My 9800GTX+ did end up serving me now, gonna use it for physx, the old card has found some use at last. Not that I like using this hideous piece of trash :lol:
 
mukherjee

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tkin said:
Hell yeah, I am going for the upgrade in june as well, so are a bunch of fellow kolkata forumers(tenida, nginx, one other guy from the other forum), all of us are doing massive upgrades, so I believe we can get some discount if we buy together.

We are planning to meet on 1st week of june(date will be finalized later this month), front of Vedant, why don't you join us? The more the merrier.

PS: I need to shop with you for another reason, apparently vengeance kit is not available in kolkata, probably need to pre order it from tirupati, they might consider the pre order if we order together. I have mailed tirupati rep about vengeance kit and ripjaws x kits, will post the reply here tomorrow.

PS2: My 9800GTX+ did end up serving me now, gonna use it for physx, the old card has found some use at last. Not that I like using this hideous piece of trash :lol:
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Sure thing...I had gathered so much from the posts in the Kolkata hardware price section :D

Yeah...we will meet.

IMO,I think MD has the vengeance kit...even vedant does...maybe I can verify....
 
Tenida

Tenida

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so we are going to get big discount hurrey....nd i am very exited about the cm haf 912advance case.for long i am searching for such a good case.
prices as quoted-
msi gtx560 ti tfll oc- rs 14200 @all (md computers)
cm haf912 advance-rs 5500 @all vedant
corsair tx 650 v2-rs 5230@all md computers
 
Jaskanwar Singh

Jaskanwar Singh

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oh what a jump!!!:razz:


Component | Make | Price Processor |Intel Core i7 2600k| 16500
Motherboard |ASUS P8P67 PRO| 11500
RAM |G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL|3200
Graphic Card |MSI GTX580 Lightning|30000
PSU |Seasonic X 850|9500
Case |CM HAF 912 Advanced|6000
| Total |76700

further upgrade - Corsair Graphite 600T - 10k :-D
or
Noctua NH-U12P-SE2 - 3.5k

tkin said:
That means if the RAM fails I need to send it to SMC? No thanks, corsair ftw, unless Gskill has rma handling in kolkata that idea is out of the door, and I really wanted to get some ripjaws module.
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not necessary. search for local centre first
 
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tkin

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Jaskanwar Singh said:
oh what a jump!!!:razz:


Component | Make | Price Processor |Intel Core i7 2600k| 16500
Motherboard |ASUS P8P67 PRO| 11500
RAM |G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL|3200
Graphic Card |MSI GTX580 Lightning|30000
PSU |Seasonic X 850|9500
Case |CM HAF 912 Advanced|6000
| Total |76700

further upgrade - Corsair Graphite 600T - 10k :-D
or
Noctua NH-U12P-SE2 - 3.5k



not necessary. search for local centre first
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Scratch the P67, add Z68, and scratch the seasonic as well, corsair TX750v2 good enough for a 580 I believe, cabby is fine, upgrade rams to Vengeance 2x4GB, add roccat taito mousepad and Koss portapro headphone, that's 80k I believe, and I can go higher if needed(actually I can go to 90k but saving some for an UPS).
What do you think?

Add a N620 as well.
 
Jaskanwar Singh

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yes tx750v2 will suffice. but seasonic is modular, gold rated, in your budget.
why you going for 8gb now?
no idea on cost of those headphone and mouse pad.

yea ups is must.
 
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tkin

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Jaskanwar Singh said:
yes tx750v2 will suffice. but seasonic is modular, gold rated, in your budget.
why you going for 8gb now?
no idea on cost of those headphone and mouse pad.

yea ups is must.
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I don't care much abut an psu which is about 7-8% more efficient cause in idle that translates to 7-8w max power saving, putting the money for a ups is better.

PS: MSI is launching GTX580 lightning 3gb XTREME Edition, it looks too awesome to be a gpu. Lets see if it fits :shock:
 
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tkin

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Its this:
*ontechnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/MSI-GTX-580-Lightning-Xtreme-Edition.jpg

GULP
 
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