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anky
anky Original post #1
Sep 1, 2016 at 3:59 PM
Hi Guys,

I need your help in building a PC for my friend in Bangalore. His main focus is to get as much as powerful PC in terms of gaming in the mentioned budget and keeping it as compact/small as possible.


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: Gaming: Mainly CS:GO, but would like to play games for at least 2 years on decent settings.

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:45k, not more than this

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:no

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:Windows 10

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:Not for now, will be suing TV for now. will buy monitor next month

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

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: Within a week

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: YEs

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: Bangalore, open to online as well as local shops.

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Need the Pc for gaming and light applications like MS Office etc. Heavy softwares will not be used on this machine. And my friend wants the setup to be as compact as possible. So please suggest mini cabinets or portable cabinets for him.
bssunilreddy
Sep 1, 2016 at 4:09 PM
Budget -45K

Intel Core i3 6100 -8500,
Gigabyte H110M-S2 -4500,
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB 2400Mhz -2500,
WD Blue 1TB -3500,
Antec VP550P -4000,
Sapphire RX470 4GB -17500,
Cooler Master N200 mATX case -3500,
Logitech MK200 -800.
Total -44,800.

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SaiyanGoku
Sep 1, 2016 at 4:14 PM
Try to accommodate a RX470 or GTX 960 in that budget.
anky
anky #4
Sep 1, 2016 at 4:35 PM
Budget -45K

Intel i5 6500 -14500,
Gigabyte H110M-S2 -4500,
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB 2400Mhz -2500,
WD Blue 1TB -3500,
Antec VP550P -4000,
Zotac GTX950 2GB -12500,
Cooler Master 200 mATX case -2500,
Logitech MK200 -800.
Total -44,800.

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what if we buy some i3 6th gen and get 960 or rx470 as said by [MENTION=145143]SaiyanGoku[/MENTION]
Hrishi
Hrishi #5
Sep 1, 2016 at 5:03 PM
There is simply no way, I would suggest a gtx960/950 for the price it's being sold right now. Almost 60/70% faster GPUs are available in market for just a little more money. Yes, it's RX470 I am talking about. It's good for foreseeable time. 950 is legacy now.

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anky
anky #6
Sep 1, 2016 at 5:27 PM
I can surely do that, bu then I will need to compromise on cpu..although cpu will not be used intensively for anything other than games. can I use 6th gen i3?
bssunilreddy
Sep 1, 2016 at 5:28 PM
I can surely do that, bu then I will need to compromise on cpu..although cpu will not be used intensively for anything other than games. can I use 6th gen i3?
Budget -45K

Intel Core i3 6100 -8500,
Gigabyte H110M-S2 -4500,
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB 2400Mhz -2500,
WD Blue 1TB -3500,
Antec VP550P -4000,
Sapphire RX470 4GB -17500,
Cooler Master N200 mATX case -3500,
Logitech MK200 -800.
Total -44,800.

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bssunilreddy
Sep 3, 2016 at 3:49 PM
Budget -50K

Intel Core i3 6100 -8500,
Gigabyte H110M-S2 -4500,
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB 2400Mhz -2500,
WD Blue 1TB -3500,
Antec VP55 0P -4000,
Zotac GTX1060 6GB Mini -21500,
Cooler Master N200 mATX case -3500,
Logitech MK200 -800.
Total -48,800.

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bssunilreddy
Sep 3, 2016 at 3:50 PM
Dell S2216H 22" LED IPS -9000.

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K
krish1997 #10
Sep 26, 2016 at 8:47 PM
Harddisk -1TB

monitor Dell D2015H 20 Inch Backlight LED Monitor by Dell

motherboard Asus M5A78L-MLX3 for AM3+ Socket AMD MotherBoard Max. 16GB, DDR3 1866

gRAPHICS CARD ZOTAC GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Graphics Card (Black/Orange)

RAM Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 Memory Kit (CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10)

PSU Corsair VS Series VS450 - 450 Watt SMPS

cabinet Circle Gaming Cabinet CC 820 without SMPS by Circle

processor AMD FX 6-Core Black Edition FX-6300 3.5GHz Processor by AMD

price should less than 50K .. recommended GPU is nvidia 750TI and CPU is your choice Intel still performs better than AMD but AMD beats intel when comes to budget and gaming performence
R
Sep 27, 2016 at 11:09 AM
Case Cooler Master K380 Case
CPU Intel Core i5-4460 Haswell
Motherboard MSI B85M-E45
RAM G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (8GB x1) DDR3 1600Mhz Desktop RAM
SSD Sandisk SSD Plus 120GB
HDD Western Digital Blue 1TB
Graphic Card MSI GeForce GTX N750Ti-2GD5/OC
PSU CoolerMaster B-Series B600 Watt PSU

Approx cost: 51K

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bssunilreddy
Sep 27, 2016 at 11:38 AM
Harddisk -1TB

monitor Dell D2015H 20 Inch Backlight LED Monitor by Dell

motherboard Asus M5A78L-MLX3 for AM3+ Socket AMD MotherBoard Max. 16GB, DDR3 1866

gRAPHICS CARD ZOTAC GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Graphics Card (Black/Orange)

RAM Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 Memory Kit (CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10)

PSU Corsair VS Series VS450 - 450 Watt SMPS

cabinet Circle Gaming Cabinet CC 820 without SMPS by Circle

processor AMD FX 6-Core Black Edition FX-6300 3.5GHz Processor by AMD

price should less than 50K .. recommended GPU is nvidia 750TI and CPU is your choice Intel still performs better than AMD but AMD beats intel when comes to budget and gaming performence

Budget -49K

Intel Core i3 6100 -8500,
Gigabyte H110M-S2 -4500,
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB 2400Mhz DDR4 -2500,
WD Caviar Blue 1TB -3500,
Antec VP550P -4000,
Zotac GTX950 2GB OC -12500,
LG 22MP68VQ-P 22" LED IPS -9200,
Corsair SPEC-01 ATX case -3500,
Logitech MK200 -800.
Total -49,000.
anky
anky #13
Sep 27, 2016 at 12:10 PM
Oops ! Sorry to update you guys!
his wife did not agree for a PC! :p and now he is going for a laptop.
he found a laptop with i7 and 960m and full HD with 128GB SSD for 67k.
SaiyanGoku
Sep 27, 2016 at 12:11 PM
Oops ! Sorry to update you guys!
his wife did not agree for a PC! :p and now he is going for a laptop.
he found a laptop with i7 and 960m and full HD with 128GB SSD for 67k.

Link to the laptop?
I hope that i7 isn't a ULV one.
anky
anky #15
Sep 27, 2016 at 12:25 PM
he is buying from US , lenevo y700
i7 6700HQ
windows 10
15.6 full hd
gtx 960m
16 gb ddr4 ram
1TB + 128GB SSD
SaiyanGoku
Sep 27, 2016 at 12:37 PM
he is buying from US , lenevo y700
i7 6700HQ
windows 10
15.6 full hd
gtx 960m
16 gb ddr4 ram
1TB + 128GB SSD

Ask him to get a laptop with gtx 1060 instead. He won't be changing the laptop for another 2-3 years then. Would cost him close to 80k but it'll be worth it.

Mobile NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) - Benchmarks and Specs - NotebookCheck.net Tec

Can run recent games at 1080p ultra settings.