the big box within 15 - 20 k

[doomgiver]

if the motherboard does not have pata ports, its gonna be a problem.
yes, you need that psu. else you may face problems like bsod, system hangs and crashes etc.

hdd prices wont come down till next year.
wait if you want to.

 

[saswat23]

But why are you taking the Intel DH67CL-B3? Its increasing your budget by 2k na. Instead get the Gigabyte GA-H61M-D2H for 3.5k. It will be a better choice and you will have enough money to get other things too.

 

[mastercool8695]

just felt great earthquake..

its going on still now...
more than 2 minutes man.......
still going one..

2012 HAS BEGUN..

k.
sorry for off topic post.. (was very excited...)

for the mobo : can the h61 board you suggested take all the advantage of the proccy ??
and will it do good for hd movies ?? (the mobo , cpu both contribute to video quality ???)

the above points are satisfied , i sure can take h61 instead of h67

please tell me..

and hows this ?


Intel® Desktop Board DH67VR uATX, Socket 1155 - www.deltapage.com

 

[saswat23]

^^ yes, thats a good board too but availability is an issue.

for the mobo : can the h61 board you suggested take all the advantage of the proccy ??
and will it do good for hd movies ?? (the mobo , cpu both contribute to video quality ???)

the above points are satisfied , i sure can take h61 instead of h67

There is nothing to be done by the motherboard here. The IGP of iCore processors is built into the chip itself (instead of motherboards as seen is Intel LGA-775). So, you wont face any problem watching HD movies in it and other problems.

The difference between H61 and H67 is the availability of SATA-3 and USB-3 ports.

 

[mastercool8695]

a h61 which has both sata 3 , usb 3 is worth the buy ??

ooops....
no h61 like that...

heheheheh

any suggestion ???

any thing other than cpu / mobo that can be made cheaper ?

does sata 3 and usb 3 effect greatly ??

saw this : [Solved] Sata 2 vs Sata 3 - Hard-Disks - Storage

this site says :

No single hard drive can spin fast enough to saturate a SATA 2 port.
Hard drives may be SATA 3 "compatible", but they are not SATA 3 "capable".

is that true ??

if yes then , i dont need usb 3 also
any other difference between h61 and h67 ?(in terms of performance ??)

 

[RiGOD]

^^No performance difference between h61 & h67. Only things lacking in h61 would be
>USB 3.0
>SATA III
>Extra RAM slots

If you ready to sacrifice all these then go for a decent h61 board. Or else go for MSI H67MA-E35 (B3). Forget the DH67VR, it has only 2 SATA ports.

 

[mastercool8695]

yup..

that mobo looks cool...

except the video output jack..

*www.msi.com/product/mb/H67MA-E35--B3-.html#/?div=Detail

see the back of the blue video jack..

so low quality ??
or it is like that in all mobos..

 

[RiGOD]

^^The only con I could find in the board is the availability of just 2 RAM slots but that's more than enough for your needs I guess. It's a VFM board and has good build quality too. Forum member r4gs has the same model.

 

[mastercool8695]

VFM for ?

 

[RiGOD]

VFM for ?

YOU

 

[mastercool8695]

got it..
value for money..

googled it.
majak mat udao yaar..
i dunno many short forms.

 

[RiGOD]

^^Anyways, that board is pretty good and you can go for it.

 

[saswat23]

saw this : [Solved] Sata 2 vs Sata 3 - Hard-Disks - Storage

this site says :

No single hard drive can spin fast enough to saturate a SATA 2 port.
Hard drives may be SATA 3 "compatible", but they are not SATA 3 "capable".

1. is that true ??

if yes then , i dont need usb 3 also
2. any other difference between h61 and h67 ?(in terms of performance ??)

1. Yes, thats quite true. We can't even use full capability of SATA-II forget about SATA-III. SATA-III might help faster drives like the WD Black series or the VelociRaptor but not the normal ones.
2. There is no other difference in terms of performance.

 

[mastercool8695]

if i'm not using sata 3 and usb 3 ,
why waste 1 k more..
i'll go for h61..

suggest a h61 mobo...

and sorry for the time you guys wasted on h67..

did some research :

got these :

GIGABYTE GA-H61M-D2H LGA 1155 Micro ATX Motherboard

ASUS P8H61-M PLUS V2 B3 LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel DH61WW LGA 1155 Motherboard

Asus MotherBoard - P8H61 MLE* - www.deltapage.com

no i dont consider buying online..
the prices in the market wont be too different, will they ??

 

[RiGOD]

^^I'd say to choose the cheapest one and use that extra money for something else. Some would say to avoid Asus because of Rashi. Anyway if I were you, I would've gone for ASUS P8H61-M LX.

 

[mastercool8695]

Asus because of Rashi

why so ??

 

[RiGOD]

Read this.

 

[mastercool8695]

and will the board make use of the intel graphics in the i5 2400 ???

read that...
is intel ok for rma service ???

and gigabyte ??

where can i get a list of brands rmaed by rashi ??

i dont want to get in this type of trouble.. (rashi type..)

k.
what do you guys think ??

which mobo should i go for ??

the mobo should be able to use the power of i5 2400 ..

i am thinking of skipping a hdd now..
will buy later..

 

[RiGOD]

Look at this thread buddy, 57+ posts and its reaching nowhere. Everyday you come up with thousands of doubts and queries and each day you change the decision of components. You said that you won't have time for gaming. Then why a costly processor like i5? Many suggested the best configuration suited for your needs and you're not contented with any and always is doubtful. I bet if this goes on like this the mods will close this thread.

 

[mastercool8695]

sorry..
k..
now..
what do u recommend ??
leave i5 2400 ??
will the configs they suggested play videos without any trouble ??
and what about if i dont upgrade for 4-5 years ??