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dude1
dude1 Original post #1
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:59 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:For latest games like BF4, Starcraft ii-LoTV,Witcher 3, GTA V. To be run at very high settings for at least 2 years. 1080p only.

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:75k + 7k if worth.

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:Maybe.

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:I have Win 8 license.

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans:1 tb. Are sshd's good?

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:will need to buy 24 inch full HD display.

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

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans:2-3 weeks.

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

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:Online only. hence mention the sites from where u r quoting the respective price.

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans:I need to fit in a decent sound card as I will need it to drive audio technica M50x headphone(buying soon).Planning to buy gtx 970. Is gtx 970 enough or The amp edition drastically better?Thanks!
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Nov 19, 2014 at 2:13 AM
Intel Xeon 1230v3-17000.
Gigabyte B85M d3h-5300.
HyperX Fury 2*4GB -6000,
Seasonic S12II-5500.
WD blue 1TB-3800,
Zotac gtx 970-26500.
Corsair 200r-3700.
AOC i2369vm-9900.
TOTAL -76800.
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Nov 19, 2014 at 2:16 AM
Prices from mdcomputers,theitdepot,itwares....
bssunilreddy
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:03 AM
Intel Xeon 1230v3-17000.
Gigabyte B85M d3h-5300.
HyperX Fury 2*4GB -6000,
Seasonic S12II-5500.
WD blue 1TB-3800,
Zotac gtx 970-26500.
Corsair 200r-3700.
AOC i2369vm-9900.
TOTAL -76800.
+1 to this.
adityak469
Nov 20, 2014 at 12:23 AM
@op SSHDs are OK. But its better to get a 64/128GB SSD + 1/2/3TB HDD rather than opting for SSHDs IMO.

Intel Xeon 1230v3-17000.
Gigabyte B85M d3h-5300.
HyperX Fury 2*4GB -6000,
Seasonic S12II-5500.
WD blue 1TB-3800,
Zotac gtx 970-26500.
Corsair 200r-3700.
AOC i2369vm-9900.
TOTAL -76800.
IMO Corsiar 200R is small and hence cooling would not be good. Better to go for 300R or Phantom 410.
dude1
dude1 #6
Nov 20, 2014 at 2:47 PM
@op SSHDs are OK. But its better to get a 64/128GB SSD + 1/2/3TB HDD rather than opting for SSHDs IMO.


IMO Corsiar 200R is small and hence cooling would not be good. Better to go for 300R or Phantom 410.
Then I would go with ssd+hhd route(suggest one!).In the config suggested by deathblade, Should I go with xeon? It could be a problem if the gpu fails ? Also my question, should I buy zotac 970 or amp extreme edition?
adityak469
Nov 20, 2014 at 6:21 PM
Then I would go with ssd+hhd route(suggest one!).In the config suggested by deathblade, Should I go with xeon? It could be a problem if the gpu fails ? Also my question, should I buy zotac 970 or amp extreme edition?

Go with Samsung EVO 840 128 GB ~ 5k + WD Green 2TB ~ 5k (or WD Blue 1TB ~ 3.5k)

If the GPU fails you have onboard graphics on the mobo.
If you can then go with Amp! edition.
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Sadek #8
Nov 20, 2014 at 7:02 PM
Go with Samsung EVO 840 128 GB ~ 5k + WD Green 2TB ~ 5k (or WD Blue 1TB ~ 3.5k)

If the GPU fails you have onboard graphics on the mobo.
If you can then go with Amp! edition.
Where do you get WD Blue 1TB for 3.5k ?
adityak469
Nov 20, 2014 at 8:37 PM
in my locality (kolkata) WD Blue is not available for years, those who have asks for premium price :(

bad luck for you man :O WD Blue is available in my locality but for 4k :O
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Jripper #12
Nov 20, 2014 at 11:24 PM
You can get WD blue from flipkart/\. For some oddball reason, only WD green and WD black is available at kolkata. -_-
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vkl #13
Nov 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM
Go with Samsung EVO 840 128 GB ~ 5k + WD Green 2TB ~ 5k (or WD Blue 1TB ~ 3.5k)

If the GPU fails you have onboard graphics on the mobo.
If you can then go with Amp! edition.

Xeon e3-1230v3 lacks IGP and there's no on-board graphics on those mobos.
[MENTION=157200]dude1[/MENTION] If you want integrated graphics then look for xeon e3-1246v3 ~18.6k,has higher clocks as well.
adityak469
Nov 22, 2014 at 1:00 PM
Xeon e3-1230v3 lacks IGP and there's no on-board graphics on those mobos.
[MENTION=157200]dude1[/MENTION] If you want integrated graphics then look for xeon e3-1246v3 ~18.6k,has higher clocks as well.

didnt notice that and that 1246 is a mislist. its 1245.
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vkl #15
Nov 22, 2014 at 1:06 PM
didnt notice that and that 1246 is a mislist. its 1245.

e3-1246v3 is newer with 100MHz higher base and boost clocks over e3-1245v3.It got launched along with other Haswell-refresh line-up.
ARK | Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1246 v3 (8M Cache, 3.50 GHz)
adityak469
Nov 22, 2014 at 1:15 PM
e3-1246v3 is newer with 100MHz higher base and boost clocks over e3-1245v3.It got launched along with other Haswell-refresh line-up.
ARK | Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1246 v3 (8M Cache, 3.50 GHz)

didnt knew that :| thanks for the info :)
dude1
dude1 #17
Dec 2, 2014 at 12:49 PM
Guyz Thank you all for suggestions. Initially I was going to buy everything online but as my father(of course he was paying!) insisted getting everything from oldschool "PC-wallah". First he didn't have xeon e3-1246v3, other xeons he had didn't have igp. So got i5 4690k instead for 15k seamed ok as I was using mostly for games.
So, my final build:-
Cpu- i5 4690k.
Mobo- Msi z97 pc mate.
Gpu- Zotac gtx 970 amp! extreme edition 4GB.
Cabinet- coolermaster k380.
Psu- seasonic s12 620W.
Ram- 8GB corsair venegance 1600mhz.
Monitor- Lg 24 inch, 5ms RT.
HDD- 2TB WD Blue.
Keyboard- Logitech G105 backlight.
All components + assembly at 84k(really overshooted my budget:p).
Will be getting "the Beast" in 2 Days!!!
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Dec 2, 2014 at 1:16 PM
Congrats dude
HE-MAN
HE-MAN #19
Dec 2, 2014 at 10:05 PM
Guyz Thank you all for suggestions. Initially I was going to buy everything online but as my father(of course he was paying!) insisted getting everything from oldschool "PC-wallah". First he didn't have xeon e3-1246v3, other xeons he had didn't have igp. So got i5 4690k instead for 15k seamed ok as I was using mostly for games.
So, my final build:-
Cpu- i5 4690k.
Mobo- Msi z97 pc mate.
Gpu- Zotac gtx 970 amp! extreme edition 4GB.
Cabinet- coolermaster k380.
Psu- seasonic s12 620W.
Ram- 8GB corsair venegance 1600mhz.
Monitor- Lg 24 inch, 5ms RT.
HDD- 2TB WD Blue.
Keyboard- Logitech G105 backlight.
All components + assembly at 84k(really overshooted my budget:p).
Will be getting "the Beast" in 2 Days!!!

individual prices plz and congratz
dude1
dude1 #20
Dec 3, 2014 at 12:03 AM
Congrats dude

Thanks [MENTION=135546]deathblade[/MENTION].These 2-3 days would be horrific waiting!

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Cpu- i5 4690k. =15k
Mobo- Msi z97 pc mate.= 8k
Gpu- Zotac gtx 970 amp! extreme edition 4GB.=31k
Cabinet- coolermaster k380.=3k
Psu- seasonic s12 620W.=5.5k
Ram- 8GB corsair venegance 1600mhz.=5.5k
Monitor- Lg 24 inch, 5ms RT.=10k
HDD- 2TB WD Blue.=6k
Keyboard- Logitech G105 backlight.=3k
~84k+3k for keyboard.