A Mid Gaming Rig 25-30k

so my cousin wants a new gaming PC.he's elder than me and is not into hardware(but much into software) and he likes racing games so he wanted me to assemble a gaming pc for him to play games like The Crew, DriveClub, Next Car Game, Rivals, etc.

1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run?

Ans: Daily use and Racing Games like Rivals, Driveclub.

2.What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.

Ans:25-30k

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3. Planning to overclock?

Ans: No.

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?

Ans: Windows 7 x64

5. How much hard drive space is needed?

Ans: 1TB
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: Resuse. 720p i.e 1280 x720

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?

Ans: Monitor and probably optical drive

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans:End of this month.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?

Ans: Assembler.

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: Ranchi. I hate the IT shops here..they are noobs of level -9000..i'll only go to them for assembling and if i'll get it at a cheaper rate. I prefer online shops.

11. Anything else which you would like to say?

Ans: Only racing games. No monitor. Other daily uses. WANT A PLAIN CHASIS.(i'll mention the name like which chasis it should be).

Here's the rig i assembled-

AMD FX 6300

4GB 1333MHz RAM

1TB HDD

Antec VSK4450B with 450W SMPS (THE CHASIS SHOULD BE PLAIN LIKE THIS)

ASUS M5A78L-M/U3
AMD
Sapphire R7 250 2GB(availiable @ FK for 6.5k!!!)

Aim for a R7 250X atleast.. its equivalent to a HD 7770
R7 250 is too weak for today's games

adityak469, please specify the resolution of the monitor 1st so that we can suggest a Graphics card accordingly. Also for motherboard, try to spend a little to get a AMD 970 chipset based motherboard like Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 @ 5.2K. They offers newer chipset, better compatibility with AM3+ processors and also better featureset.

Fx 6300 7K
Gigabyte 78LMT s2 3K
corsair 4gb RAM 2.5K
CM Elite 310/344 2.2k
Zotac GTX 750 10K (Or maybe 750ti @ 12K)
Corsair VS450 2.3K (i'd prefer Antec VP450p @ 2.8K)
Seagate 500GB 3k (i'd prefer Seagate 1TB @ 4K)

Total 30.5K
if you take the items i've written in brackets then 34K, and they're worth the extra 3.5K

@Cilus edited now

it'll be 720p

@funkysourav does he need a GTX 750Ti for 720p? And i'll be getting the 1TB HDD and the CM Elite 344 now. But it's like 2.7k on snapdeal[ Cooler Master Elite 344 CPU Cabinet (Silver) - Buy @ Best Price in India | Snapdeal ]...any other links? And i'll also be getting the Corsair VS450 ...i'll look into the mobo sometime later tho....

dont go for corsair vs series psus. antec vp450p should be the minimum. also such a lower end motherboard is not recommended.
fx 6300 - 7.3k
gigabyte 970a ds3-5.2k
kingston hyperx blue 4gb - 2.7k
gtx 750-10k
wd blue 1 tb - 3.8k
antec vp450p -2.6k
local cabby -0.7k. upgrade to a better one later.

adityak469 said:
@Cilus edited now it'll be 720p

@funkysourav does he need a GTX 750Ti for 720p? And i'll be getting the 1TB HDD and the CM Elite 344 now. But it's like 2.7k on snapdeal[ Cooler Master Elite 344 CPU Cabinet (Silver) - Buy @ Best Price in India | Snapdeal ]...any other links? And i'll also be getting the Corsair VS450 ...i'll look into the mobo sometime later tho....

> Elite 344 isn;t any good cabinet.

> What are the parts you have decided till now?

S

Get the Elite 311 at 3.4k

Shiva

harshilsharma63 said:
> Elite 344 isn;t any good cabinet.

> What are the parts you have decided till now?

well i asked him and he wants a cabinet like the one i mentioned..pure plain....and for the parts, FX6300 is fixed, Antec 450p is fixed, struggling to chose the GPU, WB 1TB Blue is also fixed..i have a spare RAM [ G.Skill NT DDR3 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) PC RAM (F3-10600CL9S-4GBNT) - G.Skill: Flipkart.com ] so the RAM is also fixed..

S

Don't u already have a WD Green 1TBvdrive, why don't u use that?

Shiva

rijinpk1 said:
dont go for corsair vs series psus. antec vp450p should be the minimum. also such a lower end motherboard is not recommended.
fx 6300 - 7.3k
gigabyte 970a ds3-5.2k
kingston hyperx blue 4gb - 2.7k
gtx 750-10k
wd blue 1 tb - 3.8k
antec vp450p -2.6k
local cabby -0.7k. upgrade to a better one later.

+1
get the above mentioned thats the best in you're budget

shivakanth.sujit said:
Don't u already have a WD Green 1TBvdrive, why don't u use that?

Shiva

what who told you that?and this rig is for my cousin not for me....

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HE-MAN said:
+1
get the above mentioned thats the best in you're budget

Only the cost of mobo bugs me....

L

hows this ati rad6670 hd ddr5 ??

adityak469 said:
well i asked him and he wants a cabinet like the one i mentioned..pure plain....and for the parts, FX6300 is fixed, Antec 450p is fixed, struggling to chose the GPU, WB 1TB Blue is also fixed..i have a spare RAM [ G.Skill NT DDR3 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) PC RAM (F3-10600CL9S-4GBNT) - G.Skill: Flipkart.com ] so the RAM is also fixed..

make sure it is the antec vp450p model only. what is the remaining budget for gpu??

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adityak469 said:
what who told you that?and this rig is for my cousin not for me....

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Only the cost of mobo bugs me....

get the suggested mobo.

S

adityak469 said:
what who told you that?and this rig is for my cousin not for me....

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Sorry, wrong thread.

Shiva

rijinpk1 said:
make sure it is the antec vp450p model only. what is the remaining budget for gpu??

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get the suggested mobo.

well around 10-12k is left...will go for Zotac 750 or 750Ti....

adityak469 said:
well around 10-12k is left...will go for Zotac 750 or 750Ti....

750 ti then.

rijinpk1 said:
750 ti then.

yep!

but i can't find any link for WD Blue....any help?

adityak469 said:
yep! but i can't find any link for WD Blue....any help?

better you buy from any local shops. anyway here is one WD Blue WD10EZEX 1 TB Internal Hard Drive - WD: Flipkart.com .

local shop?

if you go to local shops here and ask for like a GPU(well they won't understand GPU, you'll have to say a graphics card) which can play all games on medium, they'll hand you a GT210. I think that explains everything about them.

adityak469 said:
local shop? if you go to local shops here and ask for like a GPU(well they won't understand GPU, you'll have to say a graphics card) which can play all games on medium, they'll hand you a GT210. I think that explains everything about them.

that is not the case with hdd

rijinpk1 said:
that is not the case with hdd

can't say....still i'll try....if they give it in like 3.4k....

adityak469 said:
can't say....still i'll try....if they give it in like 3.4k....

that is too much to ask. you may get it for 3.8k or so, but dont expect a 1tb for 3.4k unless you import from abroad.

rijinpk1 said:
that is too much to ask. you may get it for 3.8k or so, but dont expect a 1tb for 3.4k unless you import from abroad.

maybe around 3.6k btw i mailed primeabgb asking about the psu and it's Antec vp450 not vp450p...is it okay?

adityak469 said:
maybe around 3.6k btw i mailed primeabgb asking about the psu and it's Antec vp450 not vp450p...is it okay?

vp450 is old model without an active pfc circuit. the new one is the vp450p which is even cheaper than vp450 and comes with active pfc circuit. get the new one available cheaper at snapdeal, i think.

rijinpk1 said:
vp450 is old model without an active pfc circuit. the new one is the vp450p which is even cheaper than vp450 and comes with active pfc circuit. get the new one available cheaper at snapdeal, i think.

ok then i'll get a Cooler Master N300 with Antec vp450p

adityak469 said:
ok then i'll get a Cooler Master N300 with Antec vp450p

good then

The Final Build-

FX 6300 [Snapdeal]@7269
Gigabyte 970A-DS3[PrimeABGB]@5783
Cooler Master N300[Snapdeal]@3499
Antec VP450P[Snapdeal]@2608
Zotac nVidia 750Ti[mdcomputers]@12699
1TB WB Blue[Flipkart]@3800
G.Skill RAM[from me]@1.5k

will go to local shops and see if i can get em' for cheap..any more suggestions?

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rijinpk1 said:
good then

thanks for all the help!

adityak469 said:
The Final Build-

FX 6300 [Snapdeal]@7269
Gigabyte 970A-DS3[PrimeABGB]@5783
Cooler Master N300[Snapdeal]@3499
Antec VP450P[Snapdeal]@2608
Zotac nVidia 750Ti[mdcomputers]@12699
1TB WB Blue[Flipkart]@3800
G.Skill RAM[from me]@1.5k

will go to local shops and see if i can get em' for cheap..any more suggestions?

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thanks for all the help!

this board is better Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Motherboard - Gigabyte: Flipkart.com get this board over the other.

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everything else is fine.

rijinpk1 said:
this board is better Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Motherboard - Gigabyte: Flipkart.com get this board over the other.

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everything else is fine.

ok thanks a lot!!

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just curious, can he overclock this rig?

adityak469 said:
ok thanks a lot!!

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just curious, can he overclock this rig?

welcome .. it is possible.

. make sure he gets a good after market cooler. nevertheless, stock cooler can be used for 200-300 mhz bump.

Ok .thanks again. CM N300 is good for LC so there should be no problem.