Suggest Configuration for Rs.75000-80000

[Psychosocial]

^^If its a temp. setup then why not XFX 630i and E7200 plus 2GB RAM ?

 

[desiibond]

yes. that i even better

the least you pay, the much better it is.

 

[Psychosocial]

And ya, if he has money, he can keep this low cost PC and but an i7 one later.....

 

[MetalheadGautham]

^^If its a temp. setup then why not XFX 630i and E7200 plus 2GB RAM ?

Or even better, replace XFX630i with a P31 motherboard (which costs 2.5K compared to 630i's 3.5K) along with a 1K cooler (which would have very high resale value and needn't even be sold) ?

Then he can go on an OC rampage and drive the E7200 up to 4GHz

And since games are not yet optimised for quad cores, he can keep this 4GHz rig for easily one year, and then, when Nehalem becomes truly mainstream and quad core gets supported by most games, he can upgrade. Till then, even if he buys a HD4850X2, it wouldn't be a bad investment because the same card would be valid even an year later.

 

[desiibond]

^^yep. get the best VFM mobo+cpu+RAM for now.

Get the best of everything else.

 

[realdan]

how about sparing a few more bucks for an APC 800VA instead of 650VA one?

 

[deepakvrao]

Desibond,

Are you sure you can get the Dell 248 for 17k? They quoted 19.5 a few days ago.

 

[comp@ddict]

They quote TOO much alwayz!

 

[maverick786us]

Unless you can wait for Coer i7 to release. My current signature is the best high end configuration you can think of out of which you can replace the CPU with E8600 and GPU with HD4870 or GTX260. Don't go for current quad cores as wolfdale is much better for gaming compared to present quad cores because they can be overclocked very well. All you need is a good Heat Sink. Go for ThermalRight Ultra Extreme with a decent 120 MM Fan that will always keep CPU temprature in check and be a major factor in Over Clocking

 

[comp@ddict]

Best thing is to wait for i7 ATM

 

[desiibond]

and also to wait for HD4850 X2 that is reported to beat GTX280 fairly.

 

[maverick786us]

and also to wait for HD4850 X2 that is reported to beat GTX280 fairly.

Who told you that??

*www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1362151

GTX280 cards are in line up with HD4870X2. Even an HD4870 of 1GB Version can easily outperform an HD4850X2

 

[desiibond]

^^ Just wait and watch.

AMD took it's time to make HD4850 X2 to kick GTX280.

*www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/11/05/first-look-sapphire-radeon-hd-4850-x2-2gb/3

*www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=16197&page=7

And there are many other reviews.

Both cards are neck to neck for normal resolution but once you turn on AA, 4850 X2 goes ahead of GTX280.

Only God can save nVidia now!!!

2 x HD4850
2 x 800 Stream Processors
2 x 1024M/2 x 256bit GDDR3 Memory Interface (2 x 512M/ 2x 256bit GDDR3 Memory Interface)
625MHz engine/993 MHz(1986 Mbps) memory
DL-DVI-I x 4/HDTV out
Dual Slot ATX Form Factor
Dual Slot Cooler with Dual FAN and fan speed control
DirectX 10.1
ATI CrossFireX™ Technology
Unified Video Decoder 2
PCI Express 2.0
HDMI with 7.1 surround sound.
HDCP
2 x 3 pin power connector+ 3 x 4 pin power connector

 

[maverick786us]

4850X2 is like 2 HD4850s in CrossFire mode. It was designed to be in line up with GTX 260 and HD4870. GTX280 is the next Level Card

HD4870X2 is the one which is in line-up with GTX280. Although it is faster than 280 and has more memory, but a lot of people have reported complaints about it consuming more power, getting more heated up and sometimes all the 2 cores don't synchronize together

*www.hardforum.com/showthread....D4870X2+GTX280

 

[Mike84]

Well well,
75K to 80K !!!

Well am not sure about the current price, but if i were with his budget i wouldn't wait for nehelam or X58, instead go for the ones running the market rite now.

It would be like...

Q9650
Any good X48 motherboard with just 3 16X crossfire slots.
640GB HDD with 32MB cache
24" Dell
2 HD 4870s (2X1GB) (manually over clocked ) with water cooling kit (yeah... not the X2 one)
1 8600GT or better just for the nVidia CUDA and PhysX. (I have seen reviews, dont remember where this actually works).
4 GB corsair DDR3 ram
corsair 1000W PSU and CM cabby
Logitec G5 series mouse and keyboard.

OOps might have overshot budget..

check:

Q9550
MSI P45 Platinum Zilent
640GB
24" Dell
1 4850X2 2GB GDDR3
1 8600GT DDR3
4GB Corsair DDR3
cooler master cabby with 750 W PSU
Razer Keyboard Mouse Pair.


4850X2 is gonna be a lot cheaper than GTX280 with a lot better eprformance. I am not sure about other games, but i saw the benchmarks for FarCry 2 and Crysis... the so called NVIDIA favouring games... and its better than 280 in those games. I have a clear winner in my eyes. For old games that do not support crossfire... you would get too high a frame rate with a single HD4850 itself taht you would never miss the other graphics core.

 

[desiibond]

^^4850x2 doesn't need crossfire.