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Sandeep Roy Original post #1
Jul 30, 2012 at 11:31 PM
Price for Processor + Mobo: Rs. 10,000 to Rs.12000

Terms:

a) PSU will be 400w or 500w at most, no cooler will be used.
b) A cheap 1gb Gddr5 GPU of Rs. 4500 will be used.
c) Optical Drive will not be used for reduction in current consumption.

Recently loosing my i3 Sony Vaio with 465gt, I need to replace it with a desktop by the first week of october. Basic help I need is a suggestion of which AMD processor to choose with what motherboard. Sole purpose is gaming, specially FIFA. Budget strictly in the limit, any help will be appreciated.
Hrishi
Hrishi #2
Jul 30, 2012 at 11:50 PM
How about the Phenom II X4 960/980 BE ? It can be safely unlocked to 6 cores with compatible motherboard.

Although Core I3-2100 , might be better at around 7K overall , but I have read some people suggesting 960Be over I3 for gaming.Maybe due to more # of Cores.

I think , AM3 mobo will be cheaper too.

Here is my suggestion :
MoBo : ASUS M5A88-M Motherboard.@5.2K
Proccy : AMD Phenom II X4 960BE, @6-7K.
Total will be around 11-12K as you specified.

There might be better models also within similiar price range.
T
Jul 31, 2012 at 12:05 AM
^ Wrong peace of info. Only phenom II x4 960T can be unlocked to six cores.
My suggestion :
Asus M5A88M(5.8k) + AMD Phenom ii x4 960t (6.7k)
U
Jul 31, 2012 at 10:36 PM
+1 to the_conquerer's suggestion ^