Suggest Component Upgrade for 80k

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Re: Post your latest Purchase

Extreme Gamer said:
if you are looking at Ti then the 560 is the way to got but 6950 & 560 non TI,either is a good choice because of similar performance @ stock.

Fi you want to risk it then a 6950 mod 6970 is what you are looking at.Get something that aint sapphire and has dual BIOS.
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I have upgraded my budget to 80k and hence the GPU budget has become :drumroll: 30k, gonna get a lightning, what do you think?
 
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Go for it!

But my discovery has been in 3DMark 11 that OCing the GPU only shows a few hundred points increase overall.My understanding of this would be that overclocking will not help much in hardware tessellation in DX11 games.

DX10 and 9 show a boost though.

Another note,only get this if you are in for serious overclocking and have the right PSU, at least something the standard of a TX750.This card also needs 2 8 pin connectors btw.

If you want you can wait for Xtreme Edition.
 
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Re: Post your latest Purchase

Extreme Gamer said:
Go for it!

But my discovery has been in 3DMark 11 that OCing the GPU only shows a few hundred points increase overall.My understanding of this would be that overclocking will not help much in hardware tessellation in DX11 games.

DX10 and 9 show a boost though.

Another note,only get this if you are in for serious overclocking and have the right PSU, at least something the standard of a TX750.This card also needs 2 8 pin connectors btw.

If you want you can wait for Xtreme Edition.
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I'm buying this setup:

i7 2600k
Asus P8Z68 Vpro
2x4GB Vengeance
GTX580 Lightning(or xtreme or normal lightning with 3GB vram)
Corsair TX750v2
CM HAF 912 Advanced
APC 1.1Kva UPS
CM N620 Cooler

Also adding:
Roccat Taito Mousepad
Koss Portapro/Sennheiser PX100 Headphones

Balanced rig I believe?
 
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Tenida said:
But why N620 cooler?
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Meh, I don't oc cpu much, 4.2-4.4Ghz stable is nice for me and N620 can go there, also since vengeance modules are tall like king kong they will obstruct most coolers, so either corsair liquid coolers or air coolers that fit, N620 is the logical choice here.

Might get Noctua D14 if I can gskill modules here, but it may not happen, sigh: you can't have it all.
 
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Thanks.It will be complete if i upgrade cpu (Core i5 2500k),motherboard(Asus Z68 V-Pro) and RAM(corsair vengence) :D
 
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Tenida said:
Thanks.It will be complete if i upgrade cpu (Core i5 2500k),motherboard(Asus Z68 V-Pro) and RAM(corsair vengence) :D
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Well, wanna come to chandni on 1st? Gonna buy the cabby and you can inquire about z68/2500k on that day.
 
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Wow tkin your budget has exploded again :D. May be you can increase it to 100k and get the GTX 590.

I have a 100k budget but I can't seem to fit in anything more than a GTX 560 within that budget because I am basically buying an entirely new rig and have no parts to recycle from old PC except my uber awesome full ear headphone :( Perhaps I should open a thread like this to make sure, I am making the best use of funds I have available. Actually this is gonna be the very first purchase of my life with my own damn money and not a single penny from parents, so I am super excited :D (My parents would have never forked out anything more than 50k for a PC, even in my wildest dreams)

And about the Z68, I am getting a bit paranoid. Its already the 29th and nothing is still available in Chadni yet. Not even the useless Gigabyte boards are here, forget ASUS. Not sure what to do now. How long will you wait for the Z68? Will the price of Asus p8z68-v pro be within 12k?
And Bulldozer? Its not even launched yet. No hope of getting that before August in Chadni is there?

Btw are you buying only the cabby on 1st June? It would be great if we could compare our purchase list and buy the ones which are common to both of us, on the 1st June to get some discount on all of them.
 
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nginx said:
Wow tkin your budget has exploded again :D. May be you can increase it to 100k and get the GTX 590.

I have a 100k budget but I can't seem to fit in anything more than a GTX 560 within that budget because I am basically buying an entirely new rig and have no parts to recycle from old PC except my uber awesome full ear headphone :( Perhaps I should open a thread like this to make sure, I am making the best use of funds I have available. Actually this is gonna be the very first purchase of my life with my own damn money and not a single penny from parents, so I am super excited :D (My parents would have never forked out anything more than 50k for a PC, even in my wildest dreams)

And about the Z68, I am getting a bit paranoid. Its already the 29th and nothing is still available in Chadni yet. Not even the useless Gigabyte boards are here, forget ASUS. Not sure what to do now. How long will you wait for the Z68? Will the price of Asus p8z68-v pro be within 12k?
And Bulldozer? Its not even launched yet. No hope of getting that before August in Chadni is there?

Btw are you buying only the cabby on 1st June? It would be great if we could compare our purchase list and buy the ones which are common to both of us, on the 1st June to get some discount on all of them.
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First of all, congrats, how did you make 100k? I mean do you have a job? AFAIK you are studying engineering.... correct me :p

Second I won't buy the system till bulldozer numbers come out, just the numbers, you have no idea about how patient I am, I know one thing, persistence pays off, would you like if BD beats sandy flat out right on 7th june(only 7 days to go) after you purchase sandy? Be patient, lets go to chandni on 1st june, weigh out options, let me try to back order my 580 lightning and try to get some quality Gskill ripjaws(tirupati), I will buy the cpu/mobo/ram after 7th june. The GFx card, cabby is not dependent on platform, so they are going in first. Also I might me importing some good headphones next(koss portapro/sennheiser px100)

Third, put up a thread about your query please, it will help you better, you are of course welcome to use my thread.
 
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I have been working part time at a local mobile store after college. Its been a few years. Since I only open the books during exam, I have plenty of free time during rest of the semester to keep myself busy :D

As for Bulldozer, I dunno man. Everything takes ages to come to Kolkata. It will probably be August or September before its even available in Chadni and by that time everyone will be talking about IVY Bridge. Technology is always evolving...its like a never ending cycle. There's always something better near the horizon. There is never a right time to buy is there?

Yeah I'll open a thread tomorrow perhaps. Gotta go study now.
 
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hey hey hey, one minute, is this GTX 580 Lightning or any new version ??? looks like xtreme version ??? price & spec ?
 
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nilgtx260 said:
hey hey hey, one minute, is this GTX 580 Lightning or any new version ??? looks like xtreme version ??? price & spec ?
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Its the GTX580 Lightning xTreme Edition, has 3GB Vram, a tweaked TFIII coler, more refined power phases, the fans automatically spin in reverse direction for 30 seconds at start up to clean dust build up and the fans change color to white from blue when temperature increases(not led but the color of the fan material itself changes, the color is changed by heat), price is undisclosed but expect it to be around 32-35k cause the new 590 is coming at 40-45k around with rectified vrms so it will not overlap that segment.

I'm trying to get the normal lightning, lets see if anyone is willing to back order it for me in kolkata.
 
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