Which Intel Haswell chipset : H81 vs B85

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harshilsharma63 said:
Why do you want 8 GB ram? Even 4 GB is enough.
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Yes....Nice suggestion....Will save some money :)

BTW, I'm FORCED to go fo MSI board because of non-availability of H81 boards with HDMI except ASRock H81M-HDS (ITDepot), but that board has older audio chipset and MSI board is cheaper too. Any thoughts ?
 
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URPradhan said:
Yes....Nice suggestion....Will save some money :)

BTW, I'm FORCED to go fo MSI board because of non-availability of H81 boards with HDMI except ASRock H81M-HDS (ITDepot), but that board has older audio chipset and MSI board is cheaper too. Any thoughts ?
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Don't go for MSI boards. MSI is officially closed in India and availing A.S.S. may be problematic. You can buy the motherboard online from sites like theitdepot, mdcomputers.in, primeABGB etc.
 
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To have a HDMI port, which option is better for a home multimedia PC ?

Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1 no HDMI (rs4000) + Asus AMD/ATI Radeon HD 5450 1 GB DDR3 (rs2000) = rs6000


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Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H (rs6000) with HDMI =rs6000
 
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URPradhan said:
To have a HDMI port, which option is better for a home multimedia PC ?

Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1 no HDMI (rs4000) + Asus AMD/ATI Radeon HD 5450 1 GB DDR3 (rs2000) = rs6000


-OR-


Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H (rs6000) with HDMI =rs6000
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get the latter. hd 4400 will be faster than 5450.
 
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URPradhan said:
Thank you friend. But Intel HD4400 is also present in Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1.
Then what is the advantage of Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H ? Only the HDMI port?
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none of the lga 1150/1155 based motherboards have igpu. it lies on the cpu die itself. so Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1 does not have any igpu.
 
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I got my answer.

GA-H81M-S1 and GA-B85M-D3H are haswell motherboards so all haswell CPUs will have HD4400 graphics.
Where as the difference is in number of USB,SATA,expansion slots, graphics output ports,etc

And as far as Radeon HD5450 is concern it ranks at 371 where as Intel HD4400 ranked 252 !!!

Source: Mobile Graphics Cards - Benchmark List - NotebookCheck.net Tech
 
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URPradhan said:
I got my answer.

GA-H81M-S1 and GA-B85M-D3H are haswell motherboards so all haswell CPUs will have HD4400 graphics.
Where as the difference is in number of USB,SATA,expansion slots, graphics output ports,etc

And as far as Radeon HD5450 is concern it ranks at 371 where as Intel HD4400 ranked 252 !!!

Source: Mobile Graphics Cards - Benchmark List - NotebookCheck.net Tech
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again wrong. igpu you will get depend on cpu you have. if you have core i7/i5s , you will get hd 4600 which is superior than hd 4400. hd 4400 is included in core i3 cpus.
 
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I finally pulled the trigger for a home multimedia/development PC using the Citibank 10% cash back offer at Snapdeal.

1. MSI B85M-G43 Motherboard : 5900 - 10% = 5310
2. Intel i3-4130 : 8200 - 10% = 7380
3. Corsair DDR3 4GB Desktop RAM: 2794 - 10% = 2515
4. Antec VP450P SMPS : 2625 - 10% = 2363
5. HDD will buy locally (confused between WD blue 1TB or WD green 2TB)
6. Case will buy locally (ColerMaster Elite 311)
 
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URPradhan said:
I finally pulled the trigger for a home multimedia/development PC using the Citibank 10% cash back offer at Snapdeal.

1. MSI B85M-G43 Motherboard : 5900 - 10% = 5310
2. Intel i3-4130 : 8200 - 10% = 7380
3. Corsair DDR3 4GB Desktop RAM: 2794 - 10% = 2515
4. Antec VP450P SMPS : 2625 - 10% = 2363
5. HDD will buy locally (confused between WD blue 1TB or WD green 2TB)
6. Case will buy locally (ColerMaster Elite 311)
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congrats. good price indeed.
get wd blue 1tb.
you should have got asus b85 m g or gigabyte b85m d3h. you may face issues of warranty with msi. if the order hasn't processed yet, i would say to cancel the order for the motherboard now.
 
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Thank you all friends for your help and suggestions.

Finally my PC buying activity has ended, which costs me approx Rs 40,000/-
Below are the details of my purchase and I have assembled it of my own (first time) !!!

1. MSI B85M-G43 Motherboard : 5900 - 10% = 5310
2. Intel i3-4130 : 8200 - 10% = 7380
3. Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4GB 1600mhz RAM: 2794 - 10% = 2515
4. Antec VP450P SMPS : 2625 - 10% = 2363
5. Seagate SATA3 6gbps 2TB 7200rpm 64MB cache (local market): 5700
6. CoolerMaster Elite 311 case (local market): 2300
7. AOC i2369vm 23" FHD AH-IPS monitor (local market): 12500
8. Logitec wireless KB+mouse combo (online): 1500

Oh! How can I forget to attach some images, here you go :)

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One query.

Why the memory index is showing 5.9 out of 7.9. I heard Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4GB 1600mhz RAM shows 7.2 in some machine !!!
I have attached the RAM to the 3rd slot to keep away from CPU fan. Is it the reason the score is low ? What is the best memory slot for a single ram ? Slot1/2/3 or 4 ?

*i.imgur.com/XX0BUbU.jpg
 
rijinpk1

rijinpk1

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URPradhan said:
One query.

Why the memory index is showing 5.9 out of 7.9. I heard Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4GB 1600mhz RAM shows 7.2 in some machine !!!
I have attached the RAM to the 3rd slot to keep away from CPU fan. Is it the reason the score is low ? What is the best memory slot for a single ram ? Slot1/2/3 or 4 ?

*i.imgur.com/XX0BUbU.jpg
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Select XMP from your motherboard bios.
 
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