60k Gaming rig · DIGIT-ARC

Hello,

Today is my first day at TDF,kindly help me out with my rig. :blush:

1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run?
Ans: Purpose is gaming at 1080p resolutions at ultra settings in games like-
1. Battlefield3
2. Farcry 3
3. Crysis Series (Including 3)
4. Upcoming games like GTA 5 etc
5. Ultra light video editing with AE( only montages etc), surfing the internetz, schoolwork in MS office suite.

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:Basically 60k is my budget, but can extend to about 65k is really needed

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:Yes, but in future(So, no coolers)

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:Windows 8, can anyone tell if games have any compatibility issue with windows 8? If yes, i'll go for Win7.

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 1TB, or can go 500gb now and put a 128gb ssd later.(In both cases gona put SSD later)

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, not now butif somebody could give suggestions for later, it'd be great.

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans:Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor, OPD.

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:Never built, will build myself 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 Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Buying online, because locally we don't have any shops(I think), but if shops are present i will buy locally or get it shipped from other states.

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: It is preferred if you suggest a config with these,
Sapphire 7950 OC with Boost- Heard a lot about it, guess it will give decent 60-fps on most games after OCeing
i5 3570k or AMD 8350
I am inclined towards AMD, just because it s cheaper, but intel gives more performance in gaming for 2-3k more, so intel is my primary preference

Anyways these are my preferences, I may also be wrong, I will gladly accept any config as long as it performs better.
I was thinking about this-
i5 3570k- heard its a beast overclocker
ASRock z77 extreme4- Suggested by a ton of guys online, but still confused
7950 OC w/ boost
tx650 PSU (non Modular)
G.skill sniper 8gb 1600mhz 4x2
Seagate Barracuda 1tb
HAF 912 w/ transparent side panel

Thank you in advance, Have a nice day/night!
:hyper:

Really exited

AMD Configuration
AMD FX 8350 @ 12K
Asus 990FX Pro Rev 2.0 @ 10K
Kingston HyperX Blue 1600 MHz CL9 4GB X 2 @ 3.2K (Flipkart)
Toshiba 7200 RPM 1TB SATA HDD @ 4.3K
Seasonic SS750-JS 750W 80+ PSU @ 5.6K
Corsair Carbide 400R @ 4.8K
Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X OC with Boost @ 22K (Kolkata Price, can help you to get it from Kolkata)

Total = 61.9K

Intel Configuration
Core i5 3570K @ 14.5K
Gihabyte Z77X-UD3H @ 13.4K

The out of the box gaming performance is better with the Intel Ivy Birdge Processor whereas Multi-threaded performance like Video Editing/Encoding better with AMD 8 Core FX. Another thing, AMD solution comes with a very good stock cooler and 4.3 to 4.4 GHz stable overclocking is possible with it. AMD also provides better software support for overclocking. Intel Stock Cooler is of extreme bad quality and you need an after-market cooler for slightest overclocking.

You didn't mention the resolution of your existing Monitor, please do mention it. At 1080P, gaming experience is more dependent upon GPU and going with the AMD config you can get the Graphics card you want. If you can spend around 65K then actually you can accomodate a Sapphire HD 7970 around 28K within your budget with the AMD config.

Cilus said:
AMD Configuration
AMD FX 8350 @ 12K
Asus 990FX Pro Rev 2.0 @ 10K
Kingston HyperX Blue 1600 MHz CL9 4GB X 2 @ 3.2K (Flipkart)
Toshiba 7200 RPM 1TB SATA HDD @ 4.3K
Seasonic SS750-JS 750W 80+ PSU @ 5.6K
Corsair Carbide 400R @ 4.8K
Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X OC with Boost @ 22K (Kolkata Price, can help you to get it from Kolkata)

Total = 61.9K

Intel Configuration
Core i5 3570K @ 14.5K
Gihabyte Z77X-UD3H @ 13.4K

The out of the box gaming performance is better with the Intel Ivy Birdge Processor whereas Multi-threaded performance like Video Editing/Encoding better with AMD 8 Core FX. Another thing, AMD solution comes with a very good stock cooler and 4.3 to 4.4 GHz stable overclocking is possible with it. AMD also provides better software support for overclocking. Intel Stock Cooler is of extreme bad quality and you need an after-market cooler for slightest overclocking.

You didn't mention the resolution of your existing Monitor, please do mention it. At 1080P, gaming experience is more dependent upon GPU and going with the AMD config you can get the Graphics card you want. If you can spend around 65K then actually you can accomodate a Sapphire HD 7970 around 28K within your budget with the AMD config.

I do have a monitor, i.e. a 720p (1366x768, 18.5 inch), I will be going for a good monitor after buying the PC(3-5 weeks), want it to be 1920x1080 probably, dont know too much bout them.

And yes, am open to anyone, amd or intel, whichever lets me get a 7970 :hyper:

I can get 7970 under 65k?
If yes i will increase my budget to 65 if im getting a 7970, i will then overclock it :bananana:

Cilus, can you please suggest a config( any config) for 65k which will give me a 7970? And for intel config 65k which GPU do you suggest?

P.S.- where are the prices from please mention, and i couldnt find the ram on flipkart a link would help greatly

^^ See some other threads in this section having similar budget, you'll get the idea.

gameranand said:
^^ See some other threads in this section having similar budget, you'll get the idea.

For example...*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-components-configurations/169707-gaming-rig-under-65k.html

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Here is my suggestion

AMD FX8350 11800
Gigabyte 990 FXA UD3 9000
Kingston Hyper X (1600Mhz) 8Gb Kit 3100
Western Digital Caviar Green 1Tb (64Bit) 4400
Sapphire HD 7970 OC 27500
Corsair TX650 5400
NZXT Source 210 Elite 2800
Asus Dvd Writer 925
TOTAL 64925

+1 for hitmans suggestion, but op doesnt need a writer so budget will be 64k, cpu and mobo combo good for gaming?

I would like to make slight change in Cilus' config:

AMD FX 8350 @ 12K
Asus 990FX Pro Rev 2.0 @ 10K
Kingston HyperX Blue 1600 MHz CL9 4GB X 2 @ 3.2K (Flipkart)
WD 1 TB Black @ 4500 for better service
Corsair 650-TX @ 5600 (it's not that
Corsair Carbide 400R @ 4.8K
Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X OC with Boost @ 22K

total: 62100

Intel Core i5 3570K - Rs 13700
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H- Rs 12075
Gskill 8GB RAM F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL- Rs 1900
GPU - Sapphire HD7970 OC - Rs 28500
Toshiba 7200 RPM 1TB SATA HDD - Rs 4300
PSU - Corsair TX650V2UK - Rs 5500
Cabinet - Corsair Carbide 400R - Rs 4800

Total - Rs 70,775

@harshil
Where are you getting WD black for so cheap please provide a link, other than that config looks good, and i guess you meant 79'5'0 and not the 7970

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harshilsharma63 said:
WD 1 TB Black @ 4500 for better service

pm me the shop asap i m buying right away.....

Cilus said:
Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X OC with Boost @ 22K (Kolkata Price, can help you to get it from Kolkata)

That should be HD7950

WD 1 TB Black Desktop Internal Hard Drive (WD1002FAEX)

Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X OC with Boost @ 22K (Kolkata Price, can help you to get it from Kolkata)

Cilus mentioned that :-D

even I think it's 7950 and not 7970

The HDD price is 5500 not 4500.

Thank you all for your suggestions, @gameranand, sam_738844, hitman4, cilus, harshilsharma63, dotexe and incinerator
this is what i concluded-

Intel rig-
Intel i5 3570k- Rs 13700
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H- Rs 12075
Gskill 8GB RAM F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL- Rs 1900, going for 4gb now will upgrade later.
Toshiba 7200 RPM 1TB SATA HDD @ 4.3K
Seasonic SS750-JS 750W 80+ PSU @ 5.6K
Coolermaster HAF 912 w/side panel 4.9k
For the gpu I am deciding to go for 7950 w/boost Vapor-x, cant go for the 7970 due to budget, might CF 7950 later down the road.
Budget around 64k
Pics-

View attachment 8902

AMD config-
AMD 8350- 12k
Asus 990FX Pro Rev 2.0 @ 10K
Kingston HyperX Blue 1600 MHz CL9 4GB X 2 @ 3.2K
Toshiba 7200 RPM 1TB SATA HDD @ 4.3K
Seasonic SS750-JS 750W 80+ PSU @ 5.6K
Coolermaster HAF 912 w/side panel 4.9k
Again, i am thinking to go for 7950 w/ boost vapor x
Budget is nearly 61k

Please tell me where I can buy these components(preferably online or local, if anybody could provide dealer from A'bad will be really appreciated)
Anything else you pros wanna tell? Dont forget to see the spoiler for extra info.

Trololololololol :bananana:

^ post it in the bazaar section.

@ bavusani

post your query here:-

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/bazaar/139625-how-much-can-i-sell-my-old-stuff.html

Get the AMD config and see if you can get a 7970 in that. I mean you have to go for a 66K or 67K budget then.

harshilsharma63 said:
I would like to make slight change in Cilus' config:

AMD FX 8350 @ 12K
Asus 990FX Pro Rev 2.0 @ 10K
Kingston HyperX Blue 1600 MHz CL9 4GB X 2 @ 3.2K (Flipkart)
WD 1 TB Black @ 4500 for better service
Corsair 650-TX @ 5600 (it's not that
Corsair Carbide 400R @ 4.8K
Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X OC with Boost @ 22K

total: 62100

Could you provide me a link where WD Caviar Black is available at 4.5K? Also, there is no point of getting a WD Caviar Green HDD as they are slow and do have reliability issues. Get either WD Blue of Toshiba 1 TB HDD.

Cilus said:
Could you provide me a link where WD Caviar Black is available at 4.5K? Also, there is no point of getting a WD Caviar Green HDD as they are slow and do have reliability issues. Get either WD Blue of Toshiba 1 TB HDD.

buddy, I mistakely wrote the price as 4500, the correct price is 5400 at flipkart, other people already mentioned the mistake. Get a wd black, its a good hard disk and wd's service is better.

flyingcow said:
Thank you all for your suggestions, @gameranand, sam_738844, hitman4, cilus, harshilsharma63, dotexe and incinerator
this is what i concluded-

Intel rig-
Intel i5 3570k- Rs 13700
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H- Rs 12075
Gskill 8GB RAM F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL- Rs 1900, going for 4gb now will upgrade later.
Toshiba 7200 RPM 1TB SATA HDD @ 4.3K
Seasonic SS750-JS 750W 80+ PSU @ 5.6K
Coolermaster HAF 912 w/side panel 4.9k
For the gpu I am deciding to go for 7950 w/boost Vapor-x, cant go for the 7970 due to budget, might CF 7950 later down the road.
Budget around 64k
Pics-

View attachment 8902

AMD config-
AMD 8350- 12k
Asus 990FX Pro Rev 2.0 @ 10K
Kingston HyperX Blue 1600 MHz CL9 4GB X 2 @ 3.2K
Toshiba 7200 RPM 1TB SATA HDD @ 4.3K
Seasonic SS750-JS 750W 80+ PSU @ 5.6K
Coolermaster HAF 912 w/side panel 4.9k
Again, i am thinking to go for 7950 w/ boost vapor x
Budget is nearly 61k

Please tell me where I can buy these components(preferably online or local, if anybody could provide dealer from A'bad will be really appreciated)
Anything else you pros wanna tell? Dont forget to see the spoiler for extra info.

Trololololololol

Please guys, tell me about these rigs.

My suggestion will be the AMD config, along with a HD 7970. If you plan to get another HD 7950 later, HD 7970 + HD 7950 will also work in CF. But the thing is CF/SLI of two mid-range cards like HD 7870 or GTX 660 Ti are good option for 1080P gaming, no point in CF or SLI of two highest end cards at 1080P. They are for XHD (2560X1440 or 2560X1600) resolution gaming.

@Cilus,
Ok, thanks for the suggestion,I am going for an AMD config, is this the final config I should go for?
AMD 8350- 12000 rs
ASUS 990FX pro rev 2.0- 10000 rs, please tell where to get this at 10k, ( and is it this you are talking about?Not buying from amazon, just for a reference. Asus 990fx
Sapphire 7950 OC- 21500 rs/ 7970- 28500 rs,
G.skill 4gb 1600 mhz- 1500 rs
TX 650W Psu- 5600 rs
HAF 912 Advanced- 5000 rs
Toshiba 7200RPM 1tb- 4200 rs

Total- 7950- 59800 rs/ 7970- 66800rs

There are two things that bother me,
1. I am confused between GPU's, I am thinking to go with a 7950 to save some money rather than the 7970, really don't want to sped that much for the GPU, wanted to go for the cheaper option, I mean like i dont wanna spend extra 7-8k for just 5-6 frames more..., saving rest of the money for an ipod 5g and other upgrades. Please correct me if im wrong.... and thank you all for your suggestions

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I would go with 7950 if i were to buy a monitor or mobile or other gadget as 7950 is very nice itself and you would be able to game no problem.....

also save that money in a piggy bank and break it while buying monitor. It will allow a good 24 inch monitor....

7970 is not just 5-6fps more, it will also last you longer. CF that and you add a few years more.

Anyway, if you are concerned about the budget, take the HD7950 and OC it.

Try for 1tb wd black and another 4gb ram.

Yes buddy, 7950 is a good card if you are on a budget and oc ot later. And about the ram too, upgrade it to 8gb, if on a budget upgrade ram later. You are good to go at this config.

Please tell whether the asus 990fx rev 2.0, is the sabertooth 990fx rev 2.0(because at 10k it doesnt seem like it....

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And yeah can anyone provide the sites from which links were taken?

here you go for 990FX Pro R2.0: *www.deltapage.com/list/index.html

sorry buddy, still couldnt get what are you saying,extremly sorry to trouble you but just tell the whole model no. Or just tell whether its sabertooth 1 or the M-something one

ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
This is the exact model.

ok, thanks for clearing up for me and op

flyingcow said:
Please tell whether the asus 990fx rev 2.0, is the sabertooth 990fx rev 2.0(because at 10k it doesnt seem like it.... )
And yeah can anyone provide the sites from which links were taken?

Rev 2 will be available in any shop by now.

Let me have your professional advice guys,
1.There have been a lot of rumors about the haswell, so should i go for that? I can surely wait till may/june.
2.There also have been rumors about the new graphic cards in 2013 and other components

So is it worth waiting till may/june?

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actually it is nvidia that will be making things intresting in next few months....

hashwell?? dude it will take sometime to release and then mobo's of that socket type will release and then it will take time for price to settle down....

so imo hashwell will be purchasable towards the end of the year.But again if you wait and save up some funds then you will get better pc.

actually it is nvidia that will be making things intresting in next few months....

hashwell?? dude it will take sometime to release and then mobo's of that socket type will release and then it will take time for price to settle down....

so imo hashwell will be purchasable towards the end of the year.But again if you wait and save up some funds then you will get better pc.

so is it good for op to wait for just gpu?, btw when are they getting relesed (approx)

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Titan releases this 18...

but it may cost too much... also not many cards will be made i think as gtx780 will release later this year...

dotEXE said:
so is it good for op to wait for just gpu?, btw when are they getting relesed (approx)

No I don't think so. If a card is going to be released in Q4 this year then the mainstream cards will release nest year. So 1 year waiting is not worth it. Just buy whats best for you right now.

@gameranand, ok so GPU is not worth waiting, so do i buy the rig right now?

Yeah you should.

Can somebody tell the difference between m5a97 and m5a99fx, I was thinking to save some money here.
1.I am only going to OC 8350 to 4.2-4.3 ghz
2.Not planning for CFX ( will buy new gpu when 7950 gets outdated)

flyingcow said:
Can somebody tell the difference between m5a97 and m5a99fx, I was thinking to save some money here.
1.I am only going to OC 8350 to 4.2-4.3 ghz
2.Not planning for CFX ( will buy new gpu when 7950 gets outdated)

Asus M5A97 has no Front USB 3.0 Connector but M5A97 R2.0 has.

Asus M5A97 R2.0 has one 16x pcie slot and one 4x pcie slot =6.5k
Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0 has two 16x pcie slots and one 4x pcie slot =10.3k

Better go for M5A97 Evo R2.0(7.5k) because it has 4 fan connectors than 3 fan connectors of M5A97 R2.0

M5A97 is based on AMD 970 chipset whereas M5A99FX is based on AMD 990FX, the flagship chipset for AMD AM3+ platform.

Ok better get the m5a99fx

Hey i just want to know....
I see threads where people are getting 7870 for 16-17k from vedant, So I was thinking to buy a 7870 and overclock it and save some cash.
I don't know much about their performance difference and I heard that 7870 is a bang for buck card. I rally don't know what to do please give some advice....

You want to buy 7870 instead of which other gpu ? 7950 ?

A 7870 cannot compete with the 7950. They are in different segments here.

When highly overclocked, HD 7870 might touch the performance of a stock HD 7950 with GPU Clock of 850 MHz. But most of the current HD 7950 models come with the new Boost BIOS with frequency of 925 to 950 MHz and available around 23K. For example, Sapphire HD 7950 VaporX OC with BOOST comes with the latest boost BIOS (950 MHz clock speed), great custom cooler which can be overclocked to further level for better performance. So they are in a different league compared to HD 7870.

Ok then i will get a 7950 then and then overclock the hell out of it

, btw what is the safe overclock i should do, i mean like the average?

There are different types of 7950 variants available. Prefer a non-ref.

There is nothing specific as a safe/average OC. Keep OCing within safe temp and playable limits.
Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Vapor-X Video Card Review - Sapphire 7950 Vapor-X Overclocking - Legit Reviews

^^ Current Sapphire Vapor-X is a very good choice considering the price, and overclocking headroom it provide.
It should be available in the market for ~21-22K

Go for 7970 if you can...imo you are spending 60k - 65 k and after that you gonna end up with a weaker card.....if you interested in a long term investment......or dont buy 7970 wait for amd 8*** series.....

Why cannot you go for this Config:

AMD FX 8350 -11400,
Asus M5A97 Evo R2.0 -7100,
Gigabyte HD7850 2GB -13500,
Intel 335 240GB SSD -10500,
Seasonic X660 -7500,
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz -3000,
Corsair H60 Cooler -3700,
Corsair 300R -3900,
CM 140mm 4 BLUE LED fans -2200,
Asus 24B5ST DVDRW -1000.
TOTAL -63,800.