Tight Budget Upgrades

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So should I go for this Asus P5KC, a homie at TE warned me against it. BTW how much a P45 chipset based board with support for both DDR2 and DDR3 wud cost? Also does E8400 comes with a Stock HSF or does one has to buy a seperate cooling solution for it?

if i were u i would go with Asus P5 Pro ..its rock solid mobo based on P45 chipset and one of the hottest selling too ...initially every mobo face support problem with linux distro but sooner or later they are resolved ..i remember this having an experience with two intel mobo and one asus mobo ..initially there was 845GL/GV mobo when it was launched there was no support for it but very soon a new kernal was released with a support for it ..and it started working ..same was the case with asus 875 chipset mobo it...was one of the highest performing mobo of its time ...then with P945G chipset ...

in linux a solution comes faster than it comes for windows especially it won't ake long for Asus P5 pro mobo to get all the support (as its hot seller and rock solid mobo)..perhaps the next update from ubuntu or suse will support it or resolve the issues regarding it..till then u can use fedora or centos ..their hardware support base is much wide ...specially fedora 9 will face no problems with Asus P5 PRO..AFAIK

the DDR2 and DDR3 model of P45 chipset is P5QC ...but i don't know the price !

all Intel processors ...AFAIK comes with a stock HSF ..which will be more than sufficient unless u want to overclock !

 

[Plasma_Snake]

Please weigh out these 2 selections for me and then point me into the right direction.
First Selection:

1. Processor- E8400
2. Motherboard- ASUS P5Q
3. GPU- HD4850
4. RAM- 4GB DDR2 833MHz
5. Cabinet- CM Elite 330

Totaling it up- 8K+8K+10K+4K+2K=32K

Second Option is:

1. Processor- E7200
2. Motherboard- Abit IP35-E OR MSI P35 Neo Combo-F OR ASUS P5K-VM. Now the tricky thing here is Abit's gone out of Motherboard business, MSI board has both DDR2 and DDR3 support but DDR2 is 833MHz max and Asus board has while better DDR2 memory support(upto 1066MHz) it also has IGP thus allowing me to keep the GPU with me when I pass it on to my sister. Now I myself not able to decide between them, moreover see my below RAM config and help me out better.
3. GPU- HD4850
4. RAM- 2x1GB DDR2 833MHZ + 2x2GB DDR2 833MHZ
5. Cabinet- CM 690

Totaling it up- 5.5K+5.5K+10K+6K-8K+4K=31K-33K

I got my Corsair TX750W PSU today so no problem of power requirement. Please also tell me what would be better, less but faster RAM or more but moderate speed RAM?

After thinking hardly, I've eliminated Abit board outta the equation so the competition is between ASUS P5K-VM and MSI P35 Neo Combo-F!

 

[Psychosocial]

Please weigh out these 2 selections for me and then point me into the right direction.
First Selection:

1. Processor- E8400
2. Motherboard- ASUS P5Q
3. GPU- HD4850
4. RAM- 4GB DDR2 833MHz
5. Cabinet- CM Elite 330

Totaling it up- 8K+8K+10K+4K+2K=32K

Second Option is:

1. Processor- E7200
2. Motherboard- Abit IP35-E OR MSI P35 Neo Combo-F OR ASUS P5K-VM. Now the tricky thing here is Abit's gone out of Motherboard business, MSI board has both DDR2 and DDR3 support but DDR2 is 833MHz max and Asus board has while better DDR2 memory support(upto 1066MHz) it also has IGP thus allowing me to keep the GPU with me when I pass it on to my sister. Now I myself not able to decide between them, moreover see my below RAM config and help me out better.
3. GPU- HD4850
4. RAM- 2x1GB DDR2 833MHZ + 2x2GB DDR2 833MHZ
5. Cabinet- CM 690

Totaling it up- 5.5K+5.5K+10K+6K-8K+4K=31K-33K

I got my Corsair TX750W PSU today so no problem of power requirement. Please also tell me what would be better, less but faster RAM or more but moderate speed RAM?

After thinking hardly, I've eliminated Abit board outta the equation so the competition is between ASUS P5K-VM and MSI P35 Neo Combo-F!

AFAIK there is no DDR2833MHz RAM ......did you mean DDR2 800MHz ??

I suggest you go with the P5K-VM and get the E8400 + 2x2GB DDR2 800MHz RAM and a Palit HD4850.

 

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i would go with the selection one because its more future proof ...E7200 is good but i would suggest it only when u want to use the system for about 1.5 years or so,

there is no DDR2 833 MHz available in market it only comes in 667MHz or 800MHz,1066 MHz or 1200MHz

*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR2_SDRAM

*techreport.com/discussions.x/11393



also u will need to use a 64bit OS ...to actually use 4Gb of RAM else it will just show 3Gb.

i wouldn't go for MSI P35 as P35 chipset is getting old ..why would u want to go for a old chipset when u can actually afford a new better chipset and believe me ASUS p5Q pro make the other mobo look like .....

u will get performance almost 25% more from first option then second ....even if its tight for u now ..but for barebone its best available.... other things could be added later

 

[Plasma_Snake]

What about PSU and UPS match, ne way to test it out now thus make room for UPS too if any sign of trouble.

 

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What about PSU and UPS match, ne way to test it out now thus make room for UPS too if any sign of trouble.

UPS for corsair TX750W ....that will cost u fortune ...considering it will only accept a pure sine wave UPS .....which is already very difficult to come by in india AFAIK ...su-kam advertise their UPS as Pure sine wave ..but they aren't it seems ....APC has some high VA models u can check out ...a UPS supplying power to TX750W should provide constant power else TX750W will not work !

 

[Plasma_Snake]

So should try a dry run of my PSU with UPS now, I've a 1KVA MicroTek UPS! yeah, Yeah I know its a P.O.S but it worked flawlessly with my last config.

 

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So should try a dry run of my PSU with UPS now, I've a 1KVA MicroTek UPS! yeah, Yeah I know its a P.O.S but it worked flawlessly with my last config.

u could try that ..if it works well and good if it doesn't then ....look out for a new UPS

 

[Plasma_Snake]

CAn anybody tell me where I can get all the aforementioned stuff in Nehru Place, Delhi ???

 

[Plasma_Snake]

please help me out quick dudes, my D-day is 1st October 2008! BTW can ne1 tell me whether if I buy stuff through my Gold Debit Card(HDFC), is there going to be any surcharge to be paid or tax or is it going to be just plain shopping expenses cut from the bank account? My expected expenditure wud b 35K whilst the card's daily shopping limit is of 50K.