loktar
Broken In
Hello everyone,
after a long hiatus the upgrade itch is back again . I am planning to get my new rig soon and already have scouted chandni chowk , kolkata for the quotations(given below).
any hepl /suggestion will be warmly appreciated ....
1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Stupid answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work. Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.')
Ans: About 80% time browsing , MS office ,movies, statistical analysis, 20% time gaming ( crysis 3 , watchdogs and upcoming GTA 5 , witcher 3 ), occasional OCR and PDF creation with ABBY reader, image editing with ACD see pro.
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: Rs 35 k (inc vat 5%) stretchable to max 40 k .
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: Not in near future . However if i can have the option within my budget , all the better.
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: windows 8.1 pro
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 2 tb (preferably, mainly for storing media files)
6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention which screen size and resolution do you want. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, again mention the size and resolution of monitor you have.
Ans: No. I'll be using my acer 18.5 " @ 1366 X 768
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: Monitor, Psu (cooler master extreme power 500w ),Mouse (logitech M185 wireless),sony dvd drive
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: Next weekend...... latest by the end of this month.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: I'll assemble it myself.
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:Kolkata and planning to get all components from chandni chowk. Don't plan on getting anything from internet.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: As the pc is mainly going to be used for light work , I'd like to have an intel rig with geforce750ti for low power consumption.All my past rigs were amd and I love them for the VFM, but the power draw of fx series is worrisome and same goes for radeon cards.. would like to know how much does having i5 system provide benefit in this regard. The same reason why I'm not too excited about overclocking...too much power wastage, & from my past experience I have found it provides very marginal benefit where it actually matters( e.g, 60 fps to oc 80 fps makes no diff for me, again 24 fps to oc 27 fps, still its unplayable
)
- - - Updated - - -
Here's the rig I have in mind :
Intel i5 3450
gigabyte b75 d3h
kingston hyperx blue ddr3 1600 mhz 4gb X 2
WD green 2 tb
zotac 750 ti 2 gb
thermaltake h21 cabinet
Rates from Vedant:
i5 3450-10.6k, gb b75 - 4.15 k , corsair vengeance 8gb x 1 - 5650, wd 2 tb - 5k,gainward 750ti - 10.3 k
from MD comp
i5 3450- 10.575k , gb b75-4.125k,wd green 2tb-4950,kingston hypx 4gb - 2625,tt h21-2450,asus 750 ti oc 11k
from lalani,
i5 3450 10.6k, b75-4.2, corsair vengnc 5.5, wd 2 tb -4.9,zotac 750 ti 10.2 k
Add 5% vat to each and the final budget is near 39 k.
my questions are,
1. wd blue is out of stock (could'nt find it despite lot of searching) ... how will be wd green as primary hdd (apart from slow speed which I can manage; also i have an old seagate 7200 rpm , 32 mb buffer Hdd; will it be better to install os in it for time being? not planning on ssd right now)
2. really confused about whether to go for 4th gen i5 (as they support more advanced instruction sets) , however performance diff is negligible compared to 3rd gen and cost of rig goes up by 2k (4440 @ 11k & b85 @ 5.4K). MAy be cause it has better igp but i dont need that as i'm getting discreet gfx. Also I read that not all psu support haswell... what is your experience on that?
3. Getting AMD fx 6300 seems like a nice solution but as mentioned, really worried by the electricity consumption ... how much diff really it makes compared to i5 ? users opinions are most welcome !
after a long hiatus the upgrade itch is back again . I am planning to get my new rig soon and already have scouted chandni chowk , kolkata for the quotations(given below).
any hepl /suggestion will be warmly appreciated ....
1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Stupid answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work. Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.')
Ans: About 80% time browsing , MS office ,movies, statistical analysis, 20% time gaming ( crysis 3 , watchdogs and upcoming GTA 5 , witcher 3 ), occasional OCR and PDF creation with ABBY reader, image editing with ACD see pro.
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: Rs 35 k (inc vat 5%) stretchable to max 40 k .
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: Not in near future . However if i can have the option within my budget , all the better.
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: windows 8.1 pro
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 2 tb (preferably, mainly for storing media files)
6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention which screen size and resolution do you want. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, again mention the size and resolution of monitor you have.
Ans: No. I'll be using my acer 18.5 " @ 1366 X 768
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: Monitor, Psu (cooler master extreme power 500w ),Mouse (logitech M185 wireless),sony dvd drive
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: Next weekend...... latest by the end of this month.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: I'll assemble it myself.
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:Kolkata and planning to get all components from chandni chowk. Don't plan on getting anything from internet.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: As the pc is mainly going to be used for light work , I'd like to have an intel rig with geforce750ti for low power consumption.All my past rigs were amd and I love them for the VFM, but the power draw of fx series is worrisome and same goes for radeon cards.. would like to know how much does having i5 system provide benefit in this regard. The same reason why I'm not too excited about overclocking...too much power wastage, & from my past experience I have found it provides very marginal benefit where it actually matters( e.g, 60 fps to oc 80 fps makes no diff for me, again 24 fps to oc 27 fps, still its unplayable
)- - - Updated - - -
Here's the rig I have in mind :
Intel i5 3450
gigabyte b75 d3h
kingston hyperx blue ddr3 1600 mhz 4gb X 2
WD green 2 tb
zotac 750 ti 2 gb
thermaltake h21 cabinet
Rates from Vedant:
i5 3450-10.6k, gb b75 - 4.15 k , corsair vengeance 8gb x 1 - 5650, wd 2 tb - 5k,gainward 750ti - 10.3 k
from MD comp
i5 3450- 10.575k , gb b75-4.125k,wd green 2tb-4950,kingston hypx 4gb - 2625,tt h21-2450,asus 750 ti oc 11k
from lalani,
i5 3450 10.6k, b75-4.2, corsair vengnc 5.5, wd 2 tb -4.9,zotac 750 ti 10.2 k
Add 5% vat to each and the final budget is near 39 k.
my questions are,
1. wd blue is out of stock (could'nt find it despite lot of searching) ... how will be wd green as primary hdd (apart from slow speed which I can manage; also i have an old seagate 7200 rpm , 32 mb buffer Hdd; will it be better to install os in it for time being? not planning on ssd right now)
2. really confused about whether to go for 4th gen i5 (as they support more advanced instruction sets) , however performance diff is negligible compared to 3rd gen and cost of rig goes up by 2k (4440 @ 11k & b85 @ 5.4K). MAy be cause it has better igp but i dont need that as i'm getting discreet gfx. Also I read that not all psu support haswell... what is your experience on that?
3. Getting AMD fx 6300 seems like a nice solution but as mentioned, really worried by the electricity consumption ... how much diff really it makes compared to i5 ? users opinions are most welcome !
