Suggestion about new PC?(Desktop)

[clerkman1612]

Guys I m going to Nehru Place Market (delhi) next week.U Digit Experts have already helped me in making my prefences easier and understandable. But I again want to know which will be best for me seeing VFM n Budget.?
I will be using it for Mid-gaming and also Web Designing(Adobe Photoshop and perhaps Dreamweaver).

Proccessor :- Phenom II * 4 945 3.0 Ghz Quad Core (Rs 6550)

Mobo :- MSI 880GMA-E45 (Rs 5350)(first preference) or
Gigabyte GA - 880GMA - UD2H(Rs 5500)(second preference) or
Gigabyte GA - 880GM-UD2H(Rs 4500)(last choice)

Hard Disk :- Seagate 1 T.B 7200 R.P.M(Rs 2850)

RAM :- GSkill 2 * 2 GB DDR3 1333 MHZ(Rs 3000)
or
Corsair 2 * 2 GB DDR3 1333 MHZ(I don't remember)

Graphics Card :- MSI R6850 ATI 1 GB Radeon GDDR5(Rs 11700) (a Sweet Deal)
or
Zotac GTX 460 1 GB GDDR5( RS 12000)

Monitor :- LG LCD 20"(Rs 6600)
or
Benq LCD 20"(around Rs 6000)
or
Samsung LCD 20"(Rs 6500)

DVD-Writer :- LG DVD-RW 22X(Rs 950)

Cabinet :- Cooler Master Elite 430(Rs 2600) (without its local smps)(But with its 3 Fans)
or
Cooler Master Elite 310(Rs 1500)(If 430 is not avaible then this one)

Keyboard + Mouse :- Normal Kit

PSU(Power Supply Unit) :- Corsair 550 VX(Rs 4750)(first preference)
or
Corsair 450 VX(Rs 3750)(second Preference)
or
SeaSonic Bronze S12II 520 W(Rs 4100)(last Choice)

UPS :- Normal one (will buy it from a dealer of our home invertor) 1KVA

I prefer AMD based Platform coz its future proof.And since Phenom II * 4 955 3.2 Ghz fans r very noisy so 945 one model is better.
Operating System will be Windows 7 HP 64-Bit
Total Cost will be around Rs 45000(without UPS) which is under my budget.
Most of the prices r from SMC website. I will directly go to nehru place to check the prices and then decide.
Plz Digit experts give me advice n suggestions if u wish.
Thanks in Advance

 

[Ishu Gupta]

Looks brilliant
A few suggestions
1) Seasonic S12II 520W is better than VX450W.
2) 1055T instead of 945 for 2k extra would be good investment. Its a helluva overclocker. You can easily hit 3.7 3.8 GHz WITHOUT touching Voltages.
3) A Benq G2200HD for 7.3. For full HD.
4) Get 1600MHz of CL7 RAM for better overclocking. @ 4.2k

 

[clerkman1612]

Looks brilliant
A few suggestions
1) Seasonic S12II 520W is better than VX450W.
2) 1055T instead of 945 for 2k extra would be good investment. Its a helluva overclocker. You can easily hit 3.7 3.8 GHz WITHOUT touching Voltages.
3) A Benq G2200HD for 7.3. For full HD.
4) Get 1600MHz of CL7 RAM for better overclocking. @ 4.2k

Ishu Gupta.
I will never try overclocking. Of course I prefer a good performance.Since I will never try overclocking so 1600 Mhz Ram will be useless for me. (as we know they r more expensive than the 1333 Mhz ones). Ya Benq 22" monitor will be great for me. I actually made preference systems right from the beginging coz we don't know wether on the day of purchasing computer parts if suddenly one part is not available then we can select others which we know that those parts r also good by performance and quality too(by reading other digits experts advice) n also will not be a bad choice. sorry I meant if one brand is not availble on the day of purchasing computer parts then we can opt for other brands which we also knows from digit forums suggestions that these brands r also good or not.

 

[Ishu Gupta]

Well thats upto you. IMO OC is a great thing.

How about the 1055T I suggested. Its a six core processor. Future proof. 2.8GHz. Turbo Boost upto 3.6GHz.

Turbo Boost - when three or less cores are being used, 3 core will go into low power mode and 3 core will go into performance mode. Neat eh? 8)

 

[Cilus]

1600 MHz Ram is not just good for overclocking, it is a better performer although in an AMD platform the performance difference between a 1333 MHz and 1600 MHz ram is negligible. But 1600 MHz CL7 ram will perform better as they have lower latency compared to the CL9 models. AMD processors are very sensitive towards memory latency and reduced latency will yield definite performance boost.
Regarding processor, go with Ishu's suggestion and get a 6 core AMD. It is better VFM.

 

[clerkman1612]

Well thats upto you. IMO OC is a great thing.

How about the 1055T I suggested. Its a six core processor. Future proof. 2.8GHz. Turbo Boost upto 3.6GHz.

Turbo Boost - when three or less cores are being used, 3 core will go into low power mode and 3 core will go into performance mode. Neat eh? 8)

Ishu Gupta. Phenom II * 6 1055T 2.8 Ghz costs is Rs 9200.(according to SMC International Website) Which makes my budget tight?
So Is smc website prices include 5% Taxes?
Well I agree Turbo Boost is a good feature.

So one thing to ask?Is more RAM is better or a better proccessor?I meant instead of 4 GB RAM DDR3 1333 MHZ I can buy 6 GB RAM DDR3 or otherwise as u said instead of Phenom II * 4 945 3.0 GHZ I buy Phenom II * 6 1055T 2.8 GHZ. Personally If u had to choose what u had choose?

 

[Piyush]

@clerkman
if u have a couple of bucks to spend,then i would suggest u to go for 1055t as suggested by friends above
its more vfm than 945/955
buy this beast and you'll be a part of happy ending

 

[Ishu Gupta]

For your uses 4GB is enough. And Adding RAM later is so easy, but replacing a CPU is very hectic.

Get it off some other shop. Should be around 8.3 - 8.6k.

I tried adding a CPU to cart and they didn't ask for tax

 

[coderunknown]

SMC price inc of tax & even carry charge (written as shipping @ actuals)

 

[vickybat]

The i5 750 has a got a major price drop Its selling for 8.1k in kolkata as said by a forum member named Mitraark. Check this thread.

If this news is true, then the op here can safely go for it as its a great processor. Pairing it with a h55 chipset based board and using discrete graphics will make the set more vfm as it will be cheaper compared to a p55 board.

 

[skeletor]

So one thing to ask?Is more RAM is better or a better proccessor?

I'd say to go with 4GB DDR3 1333Mhz RAM with Phenom II X6 1055T.

 

[vickybat]

^^

Looks like a better choice. Op can safely go for it.

 

[clerkman1612]

Guys . A great news!
Today Noon I checked out other forums too.
They have posted updated prices too. So I too will like to post some of it here.
AMD Phenom II * 6 1055T 2.8 GHZ - Rs 8095
Phenom II * 4 965 - Rs 7710
Phenom II * 4 945 - Rs 5900

MSI 880 GMA - Rs 4000
MSI 785 E45 - Rs 3500
MSI 785 GM-E51 DDR3 - Rs 3666
Gigabyte 880GMA - Rs 4500
Kingston 2 GB DDR3 1333 MHZ - Rs 1150

I hope that moderators of this forums will not have any complaint against me for posting Prices of computer parts from other computer forums site.
Anyway, as u Digits forums experts have suggested me to go for AMD Phenom II * 6 1055T 2.8 GHZ so I will choose it.

 

[Piyush]

^^these prices seems to be exclusive of tax to me
any info regarding the source of these prices except the fact that these are from other forums ?

 

[clerkman1612]

Piyush!
Oh yes! 5% has to be added as Tax to them.
yes I remember the source

that is a link for source.
*www.chip.in/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=38521&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=2955#p594411

Plz have a look at it.

 

[mukherjee]

^ Prices look a little higher than in Kolkata!!!! WOW

And I used to think Kolkata took the cake in high pricing!
Also we have 4% VAT here...

 

[Cilus]

mukherjee, what is the 2 GB Kingston DDR3 price in Kolkata? is it below 1.15K?

 

[Reaper_vivek]

@clerkman
i doubt u will get 1055t for that price at smc..they cost a lot more when it comes to proccy..they were selling i7 950 at 16.5 k when the price was around 14k..

@topgear
the prices are inclusive of tax but not shipping.."shippin at actual" means the normal price will apply for shipping..i asked when i was at smc

 

[clerkman1612]

@clerkman
i doubt u will get 1055t for that price at smc..they cost a lot more when it comes to proccy..they were selling i7 950 at 16.5 k when the price was around 14k..

@topgear
the prices are inclusive of tax but not shipping.."shippin at actual" means the normal price will apply for shipping..i asked when i was at smc

@keviv . I m going to Laxmi Nagar Computer Market(delhi) directly on tuesday or wednesday. I will collect all information about prices of the computer parts which I m planning to buy. I think U r right. The real prices might be a higher than what I expected.

 

[vickybat]

Well thats upto you. IMO OC is a great thing.

How about the 1055T I suggested. Its a six core processor. Future proof. 2.8GHz. Turbo Boost upto 3.6GHz.

Turbo Boost - when three or less cores are being used, 3 core will go into low power mode and 3 core will go into performance mode. Neat eh? 8)

Amd calls that turbo core. Turbo boost is intel's technology.