The Best Ivy Bridge Gaming Rig !!!

[cyberdragon007]

Hey guys finally getting my dream machine whould like some input from your part

1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run?
Ans: I'm going to use this computer mainly for 2 reasons. Gaming and Editing. I mainly play DOTA 2,Crysis and I soooo want to play Battlefield 3 and I also want it to run Photoshop,Aftereffects and Lightroom.

2. What is your overall budget?
Ans: 65 to 70k at best 80k.

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: Probably in 3 years.

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 7/8 and Ubuntu.

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 1 TB and a 32 gig ssd if possible.

6. Do you want to buy a monitor?
Ans: 24” minimum 1080p.

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: Speakers , keyboard and mouse.

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: ASAP.

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Yes but I will be getting it assembled this time.

10. Where do you live? Are you buying locally? Are you open to buying stuff from online shops if you don't get locally?
Ans: I live in Chennai but I would like to know where to buy online and is it safe ??

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Yeah the chip must be Ivy bridge I have been waiting to get this so no compromise on that

That's pretty much it I guess it is the mobo and gfx card that I guess I'm kind of confused with.
Anyways thanks in advance

 

[sharang.d]

Intel Core i5-3570k 15,000
ASUS P8Z77-V PRO 16,350
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 2,100
G.Skill F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL X 2 3,100
Sapphire HD 7950 OC Edition 2GB GDDR5 25,000
Seasonic S12II 620W 5,000
Corsair 400R 4,900
(No idea)Monitor 12k
Segate/WD 1TB HDD 5,300


I don't think there is much choice for 30-40GB SSDs.
Links:
1) *onlyssd.com/ssd-capacity/buy-40gb-ssd
2) *onlyssd.com/ssd-capacity/buy-30gb-ssd

Do you need a UPS as well?

Also please specify your exact budget as a config for 65k would be totally different than one for 80k.

 

[cyberdragon007]

Thanks for the reply
Yeah the budget is 70k and I'll get the mouse keyboard and speakers later for the rest 10k.
And I see your current suggestion is well excess of that.
I was looking at the Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H ans the AsRock Z77 extreme4.
Both are 12k ish.

 

[mandarpalshikar]

Dont go for ASRock if you are thinking about overclocking. You'll need to put in more than 10k in mobo if you want safety of your components along with good OC results.
30GB of SSD is actually useless. Your windows installation itself will take 25 GB of it after installing updates / additional softwares, etc. (plus game saves/profiles).

Here are my recommendations -
1. Go for 60GB SSD if you can
2. This below suggested RIG will get you your keyboard/mouse and speaker as well.
3. Prices are indicative, you might get this rig in around 2k less if you do search for components in all available shops (online / locally).

Component	Name	Price
CPU	Core i5 3570K	15,000
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD65	13,000
RAM	G.Skill Sniper 8GB 1600MHz	3,400
Graphics Card	Sapphire HD 7850	16,500
PSU	Corsair GS500	4,000
Cabinet	NZXT Source Elite 210	2,700
HDD	WD Blue WD10EALX 1TB	5,000
SSD	Corsair Force 3 60GB	4,000
Monitor	BenQ G2420HD	9,000
Optical Drive	Asus DRW-24B5ST	1,000
CPU Cooler	CM Hyper 212 Evo	2,000
Keyboard / Mouse	Razer Cyclosa Bundle	2,300
Speaker	Logitech Z313 2.1	2,500
	Total	80,400

 

[d6bmg]

Component	Maker	Price
CPU	Intel Core I7-2600K	18,000
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-M PRO	11,800
RAM	G.Skill RipjawsX 1600MHz 8GB (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL) [2x 4GB]	3,000
CPU Cooler	CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO	2,100
Graphics card	Sapphire HD7850	16,200
HDD	WD Blue 1TB	4,600
SSD	Corsair Force 3 60GB	3,800
Optical Drive	Asus DVD Writer Black	1,050
SMPS	Corsair GS600	4,100
Chassis	NZXT Source 210	2,400
Monitor	BenQ G2420HD	9,000
	Total	76,050

Suggested 2600K simply because it can be accommodated in the budget. And in my personal opinion, current price tag of 3570K (@15K) is way too high for a non-HT processor.
Ivy bridge is just same as Sandy bridge, but with reduced overclocking capability. Don't fell into the gimmick of PCI-E3.0 associated with IB. It is nothing but a marketing tactic.
Again, 60GB SSD is the bare minimum.

Now, total budget comes to 76K, whereas max budget is 80K.
So, the rest 4K should be utilized in a way which seems to be best for OP.
Some options are:
1. Suggested hassis could be upgraded to Corsair 400R @4.7K
2. Suggested motherboard could be upgraded to Asus P8Z77-V @15K
3. Sugget SSD could be upgraded to any good 120GB SSD.
etc. etc.

Remember all these upgrades are optional.

 

[Cilus]

The above config is really good and pretty much balanced. But Right now 120 GB SSD are available around 6K-7K range. So my suggestion will be get one of those. That can be achieved by going for Intel 3470K and Gigabyte G1 Sniper M3 (11.2K) motherboard.

 

[cyberdragon007]

Thanks a lot for the input guys
But do you yhink it is the right time to buy the comp now I just heard Haswell is launching next week ......
Also I want my comp to look badass so can you suggest a good cabinet

 

[d6bmg]

And I don't think it will have any effect on the current price of processors.

 

[vickybat]

Haswell is launching only for ARMs.
And I don't think it will have any effect on the current price of processors.

I don't seem to make out any sense from the bold part. Haswell is intel's next gen micro-architecture and is x86. How can it launch for ARM?

And probably, there will be a significant performance increment from sandybridge.

Haswell (microarchitecture) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[sumonpathak]

am not too hopeful of improvement in performance part....they need to step up in terms of igpu...annnd they are running out of die space gradually....

But do you yhink it is the right time to buy the comp now I just heard Haswell is launching next week ......

i see no credible links?
the news is Intel will "HIGHLIGHT" not launch....
*www.anandtech.com/show/6248/haswell-at-idf-2012-10w-is-the-new-17w
*www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2203809/intel-to-showcase-nextgen-haswell-chips-at-idf
*www.thinkdigit.com/Parts-Peripherals/Intels-new-Haswell-processors-expected-to-be_10708.html

all are saying either unveiled or showcased...
and frankly i think we are going to see chips which are more Pansie than SB..and low power footprint...and most probably will cost u ur firstborn...
nothing new

 

[funskar]

Component	Maker	Price
CPU	Intel Core I7-2600K	18,000
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-M PRO	11,800
RAM	G.Skill RipjawsX 1600MHz 8GB (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL) [2x 4GB]	3,000
CPU Cooler	CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO	2,100
Graphics card	Sapphire HD7850	16,200
HDD	WD Blue 1TB	4,600
SSD	Corsair Force 3 60GB	3,800
Optical Drive	Asus DVD Writer Black	1,050
SMPS	Corsair GS600	4,100
Chassis	NZXT Source 210	2,400
Monitor	BenQ G2420HD	9,000
	Total	76,050

l.

How will be saphire HD7870 GHz Edition 2gb for 18.9k instead of 7850 for 16.2k

 

[d6bmg]

^^ Price reduced? Then great!

 

[funskar]

^^ Price reduced? Then great!

Yeah.. saphire 7870 ghz edtn was going for 18.4k shipped anywere in india only now its almost 19k shipped..
Anybody can get it for 18.5k locally btw

 

[mandarpalshikar]

Where exactly is 7870 GHz available for 19k shipped ??? Locally... hrmmm... I live in Pune and its not available for 19k and not in Mumbai as well.

 

[funskar]

Where exactly is 7870 GHz available for 19k shipped ??? Locally... hrmmm... I live in Pune and its not available for 19k and not in Mumbai as well.

It was priced 19.5k on mdcomputers.in bt now itz out of stock n price increasd to 20k..
Btw I can arrange saphire 7870 for 19k shipped..
Because recently 4 days back i arranged 2 pc Saphire hd7870 for 18.8k shipped to my friend living in Delhi & Jsd.