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bestpain
bestpain Original post #1
Feb 11, 2013 at 11:47 AM
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:bf3,ac3,max payne3,gta 5,htman

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:25k

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:yes

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:windows 7 64

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: i have 500gb already

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 i have 15`6 inch 1366x768

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans:cabinet,optical drive,hdd,monitor

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans:10 march 2013

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans:no

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:will buy from kolkatta

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: it should be a gaming rig.....and it parts can be used for a future upgrade
for gpu i have selected msi 7770
cpu core i3 3220
mobo msi zh77a g41 6k
any 4 gb 1600 mhz ram
500 watt psu
harshilsharma63
Feb 11, 2013 at 12:04 PM
i5 3450 (11000)
gigabyte B75M D3H (4100)
MSI HD7770 (8400)
Logitech mk200 KB & mouse combo (700)
Corsair cx430v2 (2700)
G.Skill RipjawX 4 GB 1600 MHz 4 GB (1700)

Total: 28600

I know it's out of your mentioned budget, but the extra 3600 is worth the extra you'll be getting. Try to get that if possible.

Else, you may opt for i3 3220 (7000), then the total will be: 24600
bestpain
Feb 11, 2013 at 12:16 PM
i5 3450 (11000)
gigabyte B75M D3H (4100)
MSI HD7770 (8400)
Logitech mk200 KB & mouse combo (700)
Corsair cx430v2 (2700)
G.Skill RipjawX 4 GB 1600 MHz 4 GB (1700)

Total: 28600

I know it's out of your mentioned budget, but the extra 3600 is worth the extra you'll be getting. Try to get that if possible.

Else, you may opt for i3 3220 (7000), then the total will be: 24600

does the mobo support crossfire,which i will do in future......i have keyboard n mouse......cant afford above 25k
The Incinerator
Feb 11, 2013 at 1:05 PM
Intel i3 3220 - Rs 7100
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H - Rs 4100
Corsair Value Ram 4 GB - Rs 1450
GPU - Asus GTX 650Ti - Rs 10300
SMPS - CORSAIR SMPS-CX430V2 - Rs 2550

Rs 25,500
harshilsharma63
Feb 11, 2013 at 1:12 PM
He he, there is one downside, although there are 2 pcie slots, one of them is pcie 3.0 x16 and other one is pcie 2.0 x4. Other than that, there are on overclocking options, but that may change with a bios update. But you cant expect those features as this price.
The Incinerator
Feb 11, 2013 at 1:22 PM
If you are going for Crossfire then you have to get an i5 in the first place for bottle neck issues . Then you cant do with that Corsair CX430V2 too. For dual GPU you have to look at atleast a CX600 and better. Then B75 offers one lane of the two at x4 speeds ,and that is not all advisable for scaling, or Crossfire.
harshilsharma63
Feb 11, 2013 at 2:35 PM
Op, go for incinerator's config, the 650ti is a very good card.

Op, go for incinerator's config, the 650ti is a very good card.
bestpain
bestpain #10
Feb 11, 2013 at 4:20 PM
final choice

Intel i3 3220 at 7k
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H Motherboard at 4k
msi 7770 gpu at 8 k
Corsair VS550 550 Watt PSU at 3.2k
Corsair DDR3 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) PC RAM at 1.5k

total 24k
Sainatarajan
Feb 11, 2013 at 4:34 PM
Add 1 more 4 GB RAM and the Logitech MK200 . You wont regret it.
harshilsharma63
Feb 11, 2013 at 8:10 PM
^ Nothing, he mentioned that because he didn't saw any km & mouse in the config