Gaming Rig for 90k · DIGIT-ARC

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*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

, Watching HD Movies and Surfing.

Games like- GTA 4, 5(maybe), Call Of Duty Series, Battlefield Series, Fifa Series, Crysis Series, FarCry 3, Metro Last Light, NFS Rivals, Metal Gear Rising

, Watch_Dogs, Witcher 2 and mainly WITCHER 3 WILD HUNT

*2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.*
Ans: 90k

~10k

*3. Planning to overclock?*
Ans: Maybe

*4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?*
Ans: Win 7/Win 8.1 Dual Boot

*5. How much hard drive space is needed?*
Ans: 1Tb is sufficient. SSD is must in this rig

*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: 24" or 27"

*7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?*
Ans: None

*8. When are you planning to buy the system?*
Ans: Feb 1st week

*9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?*
Ans: Yes. This rig will be assembled by me

*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

*11. Anything else which you would like to say?*
Ans: Please suggest the rig which can play all the above games on ultra

i5 4670k - 16.1k
asus z87 pro -17k or asus gryphon - 14k
kingston hyperblu 8gb X 1 - 5k
r9 290 - 36k
wd black 1 tb- 5.5k
Samsung Series 840 128GB SSD @ 7.3K
asus odd -1k
seasonic m12 ii 750 - 8.1k(sufficient for overclocking)
corsair carbide 400r-5.5k
Dell S2440l Led - 12k

A little over 1 lakh, but you could go with 280x instead and add some decent coolers(only 650W PSU needed.)

Make sure you get custom cooler version of R9 290 i.e Sapphire R9 290 Tri x

Cabinet option : Nzxt Phantom 410 White @ 6.2k

Mobo option : Gigabyte Z87-D3hp @ 11k

Overclockable rig:

i5 4570k (14800)
Asus Z87-K (12300)
CM Hyper 212 EVO (2700)
Kingston hyperX Blu 1600 MHz 4 GB x2 (4800)
WD Blue 1 TB (4100)
Samsung 840 EVO 120 GB (7500)
Zotac GTX 660 2 GB SLI (27000)
Corsair TX650v2 (6700)
CM 690 III with side panel (7700)
Dell S2440L (13600)

total: 101,200

Get single R9 280X to bring it within 90k.

non overclockable rig:

i5 4440 (12600)
Asus H87 ME (8800)
Kingston hyperX Blu 1600 MHz 4 GB x2 (4800)
WD Blue 1 TB (4100)
Samsung 840 120 GB (7500)
Zotac GTX 660 2 GB SLI (27000)
Corsair TX650v2 (6700)
CM 690 III with side panel (7700)
Dell S2440L (13600)

total: 92k

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Recommend you to go for sapphire 290 trix oc and a single stick of 8gb ram so that you can add another one if needed.

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Thank you for all of your replies, i am very
thankful for all of your opinions!

there are a lot of sites that have benchmarked
the GTX 780/780ti and the R9 290/290X and
all in all they will all do what i need them to
do with not too much of a difference in
performance.
so a price tag on the 780ti is a little
too much.
so considering the price of the other 3 i just
really want the card that will be most relied
upon to not give any driver problems or any
other problems that can come up with a
graphics card.

is it true that Nvidia cards are better known
for there reliability than AMD cards?

so all in all i just want to have a GPU that i can
rely on for the next 2-3 years without a
problem.

RIG IS FOR WITCHER-3

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And how do Xenon processor performs in gaming??

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Xeon*

it's basically an i7 without iGPU.

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Vish2a9l said:
Xeon*

it's basically an i7 without iGPU.

Can you elaborate?? Overclocking?

Cpt. Price said:
And how do Xenon processor performs in gaming??

Xeon is based on super computer or server sort of stuff not what is required at home get FX 8350 or i5 4670k and have a feast of lifetime .....

nikhilsharma007nikx said:
Xeon is based on super computer or server sort of stuff not what is required at home get FX 8350 or i5 4670k and have a feast of lifetime .....

There is nothing wrong in getting a Xeon for gaming. It's more powerful than a equally priced i5.

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harshilsharma63 said:
There is nothing wrong in getting a Xeon for gaming. It's more powerful than a equally priced i5.

Can be an issue when you go for resale during your next upgrade. Hardly any in the general public will for a Xeon considering its not meant for the masses. My suggestion to the op, go with the i5

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Ill stick with i7 then

Alrite here goes my choosen config(as of now

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Intel Core i7 4770k

Asus z87 Gryphon / ?????

Corsair Vengeance 16gb (8gbx2)

Cooler Master Hyper 212evo / Deepcool Assassin

Western Digital Caviar Green 2Tb

Samsung 840 Pro 120gb Ssd

Asus Gtx 780 / Sapphire R9 290/290x Tri x / ?????

Seasonic M12II 750Watts

Asus Dvd Writer 24x

Cooler Master CM 690 III

Logitech G105

Logitech G400

Apc 1.1 kva ups

Dell St2420l 24" Ips Monitor

Now the total will be somewhere near 148k/152k

Have some savings in my account and will use it on GPU

IS THIS RIG OVERKILL FOR 1080P :screwy: :screwy:

For HDD - Get Seagate 2TB or Wd red 2TB (wd provides better service support)

For Cabinet - Nzxt Phantom 410 white @ 6.2k

For Gpu - Sapphire R9 290 Tri x @ 36k

Ofcourse this is overkill for 1080p,but will not be overkill for future :wink:

Cpt. Price said:
there are a lot of sites that have benchmarked
the GTX 780/780ti and the R9 290/290X and
all in all they will all do what i need them to
do with not too much of a difference in
performance.
so a price tag on the 780ti is a little
too much.
so considering the price of the other 3 i just
really want the card that will be most relied
upon to not give any driver problems or any
other problems that can come up with a
graphics card.

is it true that Nvidia cards are better known
for there reliability than AMD cards?

There is no problem with amd gpu,both nvidia and amd make top quality products,Amd drivers have improved a lot now.

R9 290 is great for price,it performs slight behind then r9 290x/780ti for almost 10-12k less price

@OP; first decide whether you WILL overclock or not.

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Yes i will overclock but only when needed

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ASHISH65 said:
For HDD - Get Seagate 2TB or Wd red 2TB (wd provides better service support)

For Cabinet - Nzxt Phantom 410 white @ 6.2k

For Gpu - Sapphire R9 290 Tri x @ 36k

Ofcourse this is overkill for 1080p,but will not be overkill for future

There is no problem with amd gpu,both nvidia and amd make top quality products,Amd drivers have improved a lot now.

R9 290 is great for price,it performs slight behind then r9 290x/780ti for almost 10-12k less price

What is the difference b/w WD Red, Blue, Green and Black??

Will that cabinet provide better air flow than the CM 690 III??

:agreed:

for gpu

harshilsharma63 said:
There is nothing wrong in getting a Xeon for gaming. It's more powerful than a equally priced i5.

You sure that xeon and i5 are same priced ? Xeon cpu cost more their motherboards cost more ... they have OC abilities still their mobo don't support it.... so i wouldn't recommend .

Buddy, do a little google search. There are couple of Xeon Processors available, for both LGA 1155 and KGA 1150 sockets. They are basically Core i7 nok K CPUs with ECC Ram support.
Check this one: Newegg.com - Intel Intel Xeon E3-1230V3 Haswell 3.3GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1150 80W Quad-Core Server Processor BX80646E31230V3. In India, it is available around 17K price point.

ok you got a cheap Xeon but is it really worth that price for gaming ?

what about amd 8350?

^if purely gaming then go for i5 not xeon or 8350 processor they will cost more plus dont help much in gaming performance invest more on graphic card.

pkkumarcool said:
^if purely gaming then go for i5 not xeon or 8350 processor they will cost more plus dont help much in gaming performance invest more on graphic card.

some where i read that i5 is expensive comapre to amd8350 in cost but amd gives much more perfomance.

pkkumarcool said:
^if purely gaming then go for i5 not xeon or 8350 processor they will cost more plus dont help much in gaming performance invest more on graphic card.

Will you please elaborate how an FX 8350/20 rig will be more expensive than an equivalent i5 rig?

jaimin100 said:
some where i read that i5 is expensive comapre to amd8350 in cost but amd gives much more perfomance.

i5 provides better gaming experience but an 8350/20 rig costs ~2k less which can be invested in a better graphic card, thus improving the overall gaming experience.

harshilsharma63 said:
Will you please elaborate how an FX 8350/20 rig will be more expensive than an equivalent i5 rig?

i5 provides better gaming experience but an 8350/20 rig costs ~2k less which can be invested in a better graphic card, thus improving the overall gaming experience.

He tried to say that Xeon are expensive bro ...

nikhilsharma007nikx said:
ok you got a cheap Xeon but is it really worth that price for gaming ?

Xeon E3-1230V3 is steal for the price it is available.It is basically an i7 4770 without igpu and better than i5 as xeon supports hyper threading which can be useful in future games

you can compare here - ARK | Compare Intel® Products

xeon cpu is compatible with almost all 1150 socket motherboards

jaimin100 said:
some where i read that i5 is expensive comapre to amd8350 in cost but amd gives much more perfomance.

Nope.Amd gives more performance for your Money,but it doesn't beat i5 in gaming :wink:

pkkumarcool said:
^if purely gaming then go for i5 not xeon or 8350 processor they will cost more plus dont help much in gaming performance invest more on graphic card.

Lolz, Fx 8350 is very good cpu for money,In tight budget you can accommodate better gpu with amd rig

Cpt. Price said:
What is the difference b/w WD Red, Blue, Green and Black??

Will that cabinet provide better air flow than the CM 690 III??

There is difference of speed between them. Black > Red > Green.

Black provides 5 years warranty,red provides 3 years warranty,green - 2 years

Both are great cabinet imo..phantom is more eye candy

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Thanks @ASHISH65

This will be my final build. Please advice if something or the other is not compatible or stuff like that

Proccy- i7 4770k(Would like to go with the i7 rather than XENON)

Cooler- Corsair H100i

Mobo- Asus z87 k

Ram- Corsair Vengeance 16gb (8gbx2)

Storage 1- Samsung 840 Evo 120gb SSD
Storage 2- Western Digital Caviar Red 2tb

OD- Asus 24x DVD Writer

Gpu- R9 290 Trix- OC

Psu- Seasonic M12II 750watts

Cabinet- NZXT 410

Display- Dell U2713 1440p 27"

Mouse- Logitech G105

K/B- Logitech G400

Ups- APC 1.1kva

Total will be ~180k

Queries:-

1. Should i go with i7 4770k or save some cash and go with i5 4670k?
2. Any other cooler recommendations?
3. Should i buy R9 290 or go and invest(one time) on GTX 780?

*imp*
4. Is it the good idea to go and buy 1440p monitor when 4k's are around the corner??? Also 1440p is overkill or ????

Thanks in advance