Help Me get the latest pc for 60K

^Did you really buy the processor or just thinking of buying it... For your budget you can easily go for Intel Core i7 and you can easily upgrade in future as Intel changed its socket from Core 2 Quads to Core i7..

I have bought it as it was advised in digit mag....I hope it won't let me down....what say? :O

As you said you wanted the CPU to be future proof.. Core i7 is the way because of the socket change.. So if buy a C2Q and then want to upgrade in future then you have to change the motherboard also..

performance wise this wont let you down.. But never expect it reach i7 standards..

well I know ...but can't help it.
btw it's a new baby...let see what can it offer...

but hey now don't make me sad yaar....i don't want to be regretted.

What say about the motherboard???

well in future I can buy the cpu again....but I won't change the mobo so this time your advice gotta be working...I mean indeed you are....forget abt i7 for this case.....

You bought the best Core 2 Quad processor.. So no need to regret about that.. and I doubt Intel releases much stronger processor's with the same socket that your current processor.. Whatever motherboard I suggest it need to be changed for sure if you want to change processor.

But don't regret this purchase thinking about future.. it offers the best performance at present...

thanx dear

but I am not going to change my mobo for at least 3 years from now,I mean at lest I get a job and buy it with my own money

so now say, what would be the best fo this cpu?

you have lot of choices for motherboard..

Biostar TPower I45 @ 8k (Best mobo for overclocking from What I've read and heard..)
Asus P5Q Pro @ 10k
MSI p45 Platinum @ 10k
GA-EP45-DS3R @ 7.5k (this is the one I'm going to buy )

for Ram get Corsair or Gskill 2GB sticks, it should cost you around 3.5k..
cabinet - CM690 (the best here) and PSU - Corsair TX650 (but corsair prices are shooting up like anything.. also you dont need this much power also..)

EDIT: Soory I havent seen that you have already bought Nvidia graphic card.. all these suggestions have CF options.. Not useful for Nvidia as it needs SLi.. and I have no idea regarding that..

I'm a bit of asus fan

^nicee... I am a bit Gigabyte fan.. (I love fanboyism.. )

Quad Core Q9550 - (You Already Have)
Biostar TPower I45 - 8000
OCZ- Value Series OCZ2V8002GK 2 X 2GB DDR2 800MHz - 2250
Seagate / WD 500GB (32MB Buffer) - 3000
SAMSUNG SATA DVD-RW - 1200
CoolerMaster 690 - 4400
CoolerMaster 600W - 3450
Palit HD4870 Dual Sonic 1GB - 18000
Logitech Cordless Keyboard + Mouse Set Ex 100 - 1525

thanxxx man, that was a handful of choices...it's sure has a lot to offer!!!
thanx again

that was a sum of 59625/-

Varad Dilip Choudhari said:

Quad Core Q9550 - (You Already Have)
Biostar TPower I45 - 8000
OCZ- Value Series OCZ2V8002GK 2 X 2GB DDR2 800MHz - 2250
Seagate / WD 500GB (32MB Buffer) - 3000
SAMSUNG SATA DVD-RW - 1200
CoolerMaster 690 - 4400
CoolerMaster 600W - 3450
Palit HD4870 Dual Sonic 1GB - 18000
Logitech Cordless Keyboard + Mouse Set Ex 100 - 1525

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^^^^can I use nVidia card with the mobo from biostar??

^yes you can

Still if i were you i would regret not going for i7...If you can try giving back the q9550 for i7....It gives massive performance, just see my review(link in sig) or any of the 100s on the web.

No man I am not!!!!
When the quad core came in first it was like q6600 was better than anything but soon after its now became the old grandpa...so don't think twice.

And I know i7 is a rocking cpu but look at the other accessories that would take....mobo should be more than 15k>>ram 9k>>graphic card18K (other wise it's would be waste of money for going entry level and mid range cards)>>>>cooling device 2-3K>>>>>go on baby.......it's a never ending process you see......


well now don't tell me to wait for the next price cut that would be same like doing suicide.

So I am just bang on target…..


One more thing boss…if you able to overclock this cpu at 3.5ghz..then it won’t be less than i7(920) anyway…so don’t think twice it will be all right!!!

Lalalal lalal lala lalaaal laaa laaalalaaa

just give u r proccy back to the vendor....and ask for corei7....the vendor would cote the price of u r proccy about 15k and corei7 is also avaliable @ 15k....so he might take u r proccy back and give u core i7

60k??

i never bought a pc above 40k
good luck anyway

One more thing boss…if you able to overclock this cpu at 3.5ghz..then it won’t be less than i7(920) anyway…so don’t think twice it will be all right!!!

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Lol In what benchmarks are you talking about? gaming or something? In all other real world benchmarks its way faster...and wont Overclocking require a good mobo + cooler + RAM? Also since your not upgrading for 3 years this would be the logical choice..ALL future games will be multicore and HT aware so i7 will get a huge boost in gaming this year...already we have seen this in GTA 4.

And if you are worried about if it will fit your budget then:
core i7 920--15k
mobo--gigabyte DS4--14k
RAM--transcend 3gb--8k
HDD--3k
cabby--4k
PSU--5k
palit HD4870 sonic 512MB--16k

TOTAL--65k an extra 5k for 40% more power doesnt soundd unreasonable to me.

Oh and about the cooler FYI you dont need one, I have mine at 3.35Ghz with stock cooling and its stable 24x7.(8hrs under prime)

man you sound like an expert which is not mine......but what if the i7 920 get soon older?? and it's just 2.66/.67 i guess.....instead the q9550 is clocking at 2.83....isn't it more than that?...I mean tell me yaar....

and which one is better?...palit 4870 512 mb or zotac 9800 gtx amp???

^i7-920 wont get older anytime soon...the Q9550 is the older one...i7 920 at 2.66Ghz has 4 cores and 8[/8] threads...That acts like 8 cores in windows and core to core its faster than every other processor made today...Clock speed doesnt determine the speed of the procy, there are many factors like archaetecture of the processor...If clock speed was the only factor then a core2duo E8600 at 3.0Ghz should have been better than i7 but its more than 70% slower....core i7 920>>>Q9550>>E8600
Oh and did I mention the Turbo mode? it increases your clock multiplier to 22 and thus takes the i7-920 to 2.8Ghz on load.

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The blue one is core2quad Q9550...red is core i7....see the performance....its 70% faster.

Palit HD4870 PWN's the 9800gtx...In fact if you get the 1GB sonic edition for 18k it performs nearly as well as GTX 280.

thanx a lot man for the great reviews....

yes I know the palit 1gb is the high end card...and its the best out of the lot...but my concern was....can I use nVdia card on the gigabyte mobo??

please confirm me guys....I am going to change my product based on your words...and the dealer agreed to do so.....last time...should I change to i7 920?????



please this is so important to me......

^Dude you can use any pci-e graphics on that mobo...and if you want to go SLI(2 nvidia cards) or crossfire(2 ATi cards) you can do that too.

thinknano said:

please confirm me guys....I am going to change my product based on your words...and the dealer agreed to do so.....last time...should I change to i7 920?????

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Yes. With a budget of 60K, it would be a mistake not to go for the Core i7 920.

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4---14.5K
CPU: Core i7 920---15.5K
RAM: 3GB DDR3 Corsair XMS3---8.5K
HDD: Seagate 32MB buffer 500GB---3.5K
GPU: Palit HD4850 Sonic---11.5K
SMPS: Corsair 650W---7K

I probably have overstated the prices on some of the components a little (+Rs.500/-) just to be on the safer side because I'm not sure the prices on those websites are with VAT or without. Still depending on your choice of the SMPS, you will be able to get a cabinet within your budget. I think the lowest priced cabinets are from Zebronics, Rs.1100/-

thinknano,
1. Which monitor do you plan to use with this machine?
2. Have you already bought Zotac 9800 GTX?
3. Do you have a keyboard+mouse?
4. Is immediately having a TV tuner absolutely essential to your dream machine?

afonofa said:

Yes. With a budget of 60K, it would be a mistake not to go for the Core i7 920.

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4---14.5K
CPU: Core i7 920---15.5K
RAM: 3GB DDR3 Corsair XMS3---8.5K
HDD: Seagate 32MB buffer 500GB---3.5K
GPU: Palit HD4850 Sonic---11.5K
SMPS: Corsair 650W---7K

I probably have overstated the prices on some of the components a little (+Rs.500/-) just to be on the safer side because I'm not sure the prices on those websites are with VAT or without. Still depending on your choice of the SMPS, you will be able to get a cabinet within your budget. I think the lowest priced cabinets are from Zebronics, Rs.1100/-

thinknano,
1. Which monitor do you plan to use with this machine?
2. Have you already bought Zotac 9800 GTX?
3. Do you have a keyboard+mouse?
4. Is immediately having a TV tuner absolutely essential to your dream machine?

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1. dell 22" not now but soon....
2. no I haven't
3. No I don't.
4. Yes..why?

And if I buy the Mobo then I'll go for the ultra durable gigabyte one....that's just 2k more than that mobo..but offers a rich feature and a lot more stability....isn't it?

And if I buy the Mobo then I'll go for the ultra durable gigabyte one....that's just 2k more than that mobo..but offers a rich feature and a lot more stability....isn't it?

gopi_vbboy said:

60k??

i never bought a pc above 40k
good luck anyway

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How many PCs have u bought till date man???

thinknano said:

1. dell 22" not now but soon....
2. no I haven't
3. No I don't.
4. Yes..why?

And if I buy the Mobo then I'll go for the ultra durable gigabyte one....that's just 2k more than that mobo..but offers a rich feature and a lot more stability....isn't it?

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If you are going to use a dell 22" monitor then you should get a better GPU than the Palit HD4850 Sonic, that would mean another 4-6K. If you don't have keyboard+mouse and if you must have a tv tuner right away then its another 3-5K(?) to the budget. Now if you add the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 motherboard that would mean an addition of 2K more. So if you want to have it all right away then it takes the overall cost for a Core i7 920 machine, quite a bit beyond your budget of 60K.

If you can wait for another month(till the next pay cheque) to buy the tv tuner and make do with a low cost keyboard+mouse till then, then you can still consider expanding your budget to get a better GPU and the GA-EX58-UD5 motherboard.

So you have either:

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Option #1:
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Cabinet: Zebronics---1K
SMPS: Corsair 650W---7K

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4---14.5K
CPU: Core i7 920---15.5K
RAM: 3GB DDR3 Corsair XMS3---8.5K
HDD: Seagate 32MB buffer 500GB---3.5K
GPU: Palit HD4850 Sonic 512MB---11.5K

Keyboard+Mouse:---really low cost, maybe Rs.500
TV Tuner:---next month or maybe at the time of getting the Dell 22" monitor, 3K(?).
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TOTAL: ~62K right away + later on ~5K(?) for keyboard+mouse and tv tuner
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OR

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Option #2:
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Cabinet: Zebronics---1K
SMPS: Corsair 650W---7K

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5---16.5K
CPU: Core i7 920---15.5K
RAM: 3GB DDR3 Corsair XMS3---8.5K
HDD: Seagate 32MB buffer 500GB---3.5K
GPU: Palit HD4870 Sonic 512MB---16.5K

Keyboard+Mouse: really low cost for now and later on Microsoft 2K(?)
TV Tuner: next month, 3K(?)
______
TOTAL: ~68K right now + later on ~5K(?) for keyboard+mouse and tv tuner
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OR

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Option #3:
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A Core 2 Quad rig which will be definitely within your budget.

The prices I've used are probably more than the actual price, so the real budget expansion should be lower than what I calculated(option #1 may not even require a budget expansion). Accordingly you make the decision whether to expand the budget a little and go with a Core i7 rig or stay within the budget and go with a Core 2 Quad rig.

Since its been a lot of patience(on your part) and money(on your dad's part ) to get to the point of buying your dream machine, I urgep) you to go for the Core i7 rig(option #2).

Note: You didn't say anything about a dvd burner so I did not calculate the cost of that. Assume it's ~1.5K for any typical(chinese zhing zhong ) dvd burner.

option 2 looks good...since your not upgrading for 3 years its best if you buy the most powerfull rig you can now.

yes man you are right!!!!

I am going for the i7 920.
and it's final.....well once again I can have a lil patient this time around....

and for keyboard and mouse my hot favorite is either Microsoft or TVS.....

and do you guys have any information on such X58 motherboard price cut soon??

well for now I'll take my new i7 proccy with me to my bed just like a baby....and then when the whole system components will be bought then toh Jhingala la la((D)))

afonofa said:

If you are going to use a dell 22" monitor then you should get a better GPU than the Palit HD4850 Sonic, that would mean another 4-6K. If you don't have keyboard+mouse and if you must have a tv tuner right away then its another 3-5K(?) to the budget. Now if you add the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 motherboard that would mean an addition of 2K more. So if you want to have it all right away then it takes the overall cost for a Core i7 920 machine, quite a bit beyond your budget of 60K.

If you can wait for another month(till the next pay cheque) to buy the tv tuner and make do with a low cost keyboard+mouse till then, then you can still consider expanding your budget to get a better GPU and the GA-EX58-UD5 motherboard.

So you have either:

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Option #1:
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Cabinet: Zebronics---1K
SMPS: Corsair 650W---7K

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4---14.5K
CPU: Core i7 920---15.5K
RAM: 3GB DDR3 Corsair XMS3---8.5K
HDD: Seagate 32MB buffer 500GB---3.5K
GPU: Palit HD4850 Sonic 512MB---11.5K

Keyboard+Mouse:---really low cost, maybe Rs.500
TV Tuner:---next month or maybe at the time of getting the Dell 22" monitor, 3K(?).
______
TOTAL: ~62K right away + later on ~5K(?) for keyboard+mouse and tv tuner
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OR

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Option #2:
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Cabinet: Zebronics---1K
SMPS: Corsair 650W---7K

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5---16.5K
CPU: Core i7 920---15.5K
RAM: 3GB DDR3 Corsair XMS3---8.5K
HDD: Seagate 32MB buffer 500GB---3.5K
GPU: Palit HD4870 Sonic 512MB---16.5K

Keyboard+Mouse: really low cost for now and later on Microsoft 2K(?)
TV Tuner: next month, 3K(?)
______
TOTAL: ~68K right now + later on ~5K(?) for keyboard+mouse and tv tuner
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OR

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Option #3:
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A Core 2 Quad rig which will be definitely within your budget.

The prices I've used are probably more than the actual price, so the real budget expansion should be lower than what I calculated(option #1 may not even require a budget expansion). Accordingly you make the decision whether to expand the budget a little and go with a Core i7 rig or stay within the budget and go with a Core 2 Quad rig.

Since its been a lot of patience(on your part) and money(on your dad's part ) to get to the point of buying your dream machine, I urgep) you to go for the Core i7 rig(option #2).

Note: You didn't say anything about a dvd burner so I did not calculate the cost of that. Assume it's ~1.5K for any typical(chinese zhing zhong ) dvd burner.

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thanx for the so much of effort toward my dream machine......thanx a million man
And yes I want buy a dual layer writable LG dvd writer but not the chinese one hahaha

and for keyboard and mouse my hot favorite is either Microsoft or TVS.....

and do you guys have any information on such X58 motherboard price cut soon??

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Get microsoft, TVS quality sux

And I don't think there are gonna be any price cuts for X58 soon...apparantly it takes a minimum of 180$ just to make the expensive chipset.

I thought TVS is good :O

my dad's last keyboard was TVS and it was rock solid.....

2 TVS k/b in my dad's office lasted roughly 5 days before keys started popping up.

man...that's must be a tragic part of it...but the old TVS products were good for sure....

isn't it true that cordless k/b and mouse are not good for gaming???

^It is true especially in online gaming...there is a slight lag between your key stroke and the actual response so its bad....you also get gaming k/b's and mice which give less then 5ms responses.

yes..it's true...which one is cheap and best gaming k/b you know?

thinknano said:

thanx for the so much of effort toward my dream machine......thanx a million man

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You are welcome . It was no problem because option #1 (I use a CRT monitor) is the machine I'm going to buy, probably after the end of this financial year. I'm not waiting for a price cut on the motherboard or processor but I'm hoping the prices of DDR3 RAM will fall by then.

thinknano said:

And yes I want buy a dual layer writable LG dvd writer but not the chinese one hahaha

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That reminds me of a line from the movie Armageddon, "American components, Russian components, all the same. All made in TAIWAN!"

Congrats on your decision to buy a Core i7 machine. Just don't forget to post back the actual prices of the components when you buy them. And depending upon the reliability of the power supply in your locality, buy a good UPS as soon as possible. Last thing you want is to have that machine ruined by a power cut.

Last thing you want is to have that machine ruined by a power cut.

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why man?..can certain power ruin the machine??? :O OMG.....

the price of the CPU(core i7 920) is 15750/- without shipping from nehru place....!!!

And I am happy...

Frequent power cuts mean that you are not able to turn off the comp safely. That can and will damage your comp, especially the HDD. So if you live in an area that experiences frequent power cuts, then you need to have a UPS that will give you enough backtup time to shutdown the comp safely. But if you live in an area where power cuts are rare then you can afford to wait till you have enough money to get a UPS (to space out the load on your wallet, instead of having to buy all the components at the same time).

Yes it's a precautionary thing.....but yes I always keep that in mind....I have a good habit of turn off the computer at the night....otherwise I keep in hibernate all day!!
but thanx for the kind info man.....

hey guys I have got the i7 today...it's cool yaar...now moving forward.

hey now I want to buy a sweet mobo...and i can't use the cheat code here (IFIWEREARICHMAN in GTA3 days) in my real life so..please let me know if the Gigabyte EX58 DS4 should be my choice or other board in the same price tag......

what really sucks is I can't go SLI with this board and my most favorite cards are in geForce cards...

at first my plan was to buy 1 geforce 9800 gtx amp edition from zotac for now and then go SLI after a six month or so....so that I can spend my money on other stuffs....

but the GA EX58 UD5 mobo is much costly.......please help me out???...

what should I do??? ;( ..............

Gigabyte UD5 is the cheapest SLI X58 mobo so you have no choice.

OP,

All I wanna say is, WAIT, wait till Feb mid, wait for P2 prices to fall, and then get:

P2 920 @ 11-14k(hopefully)
780G mobo @ 4-6k
4GB RAM @ 3k (good one with gud OC capability)
CM cabby @ 2k
CM Real Power 550W @ 5.4k
640GB WD HDD @ 3.7k
Good kbd/mouse for 2k
5.1 speakers Logitech/Creative @ 4-5k

HD4850x2 ~ 18-20k

@amitash
if I get one hd4850 for now is that would be gud buy??..coz that way I can save a lil money....I mean is hd4850 is a future proof card???

HD4850x2 the best one^^^^^^, it's price i mean HD4850s shud be not more than 6-7kcuz it's for 129$ outside, but o'course, this is INDIA. So better HD4850x2 from any shop u can grab, some 20k.

thinknano said:

@amitash
if I get one hd4850 for now is that would be gud buy??..coz that way I can save a lil money....I mean is hd4850 is a future proof card???

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Really good idea get one ATI 4850 now and stay in budget and buy another one later and price should also been gone down a bit by then for your second 4850. Then it could last long with you.

ATI 4850x2 should perform better then ATI 4870 and almost at par with Nvidia 280.

hey I've been concerned about the GA ex58 ds4 before now what about Asus P6T Deluxe Motherboard??? Please let me know the retail price of this asus board/if possible the details of the vendor...I want to purchase one...thanx

^Asus p6t is about 22k my dealer said...thats not a good buy, you can get gigabyte extreme for 20k but DS4 is the cheapest x58 and y do you want SLI? It has crossfire which is good enough.

HD4850x2 the best one^^^^^^, it's price i mean HD4850s shud be not more than 6-7kcuz it's for 129$ outside, but o'course, this is INDIA. So better HD4850x2 from any shop u can grab, some 20k.

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Not worth it imo you can get 2 saphire HD4850's and crossfire for 17k.

now everything is fixed no more changin....gonna get a hd4850....and afterward another one.....

@amitash let me know the best SMPS for my config..as you know everything by now..

^Since you are going for another HD4850 in the future you will need a good PSU...core i7 also has a 130W TDP so i suggest atleast 650-700W PSU with 80% efficiency...You can get the one I've got..Tagan BZ700 modular PSU for 7.3k or maybe the corsair TX650 for 7k...I like my PSU...It's got cool connectors with LED's attached and a blue LED fan...It even came with a cool bag to store all the cables you arent using, a TAGAN badge for your case AND anti-static gloves...It runs my config OC'd to 3.3Ghz 100% stable under full stress just fine..(dont want to OC further cus cpu gets hot)

i think the corsair TX650 is around 5K....so I would go for it....yes?No?..what?...

^I dun think it's for 5k at all, there's Antec Trio 550W with 2x6 pin and 8 pin connectors for 5.5k.

no????

nice thread

TX650 is for 7k

is there anyone bought something from Lynx-india.com

are they are trustworthy???...I don't know anything about them but the price of the GA-EX58-DS4 is really low...so I am very interested dealing with them....should I go for it???

please let me know about this product also G-Skill F3-10666CL9T-3GBNQ 3GB Kit

thinknano said:

is there anyone bought something from Lynx-india.com

are they are trustworthy???...I don't know anything about them but the price of the GA-EX58-DS4 is really low...so I am very interested dealing with them....should I go for it???

please let me know about this product also G-Skill F3-10666CL9T-3GBNQ 3GB Kit

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Just these:

It's supertrustworthy

hey back in my mind one idea is growing up....

what if I buy two Palit HD 4650 Sonic 512MB DDR3 for now...it won't be more than 10k from lynx-india.......


or what if i get only a single one????.....

is this card can play gta4?????....and what would be the picture quality?????

Are you crazy boy?

With such generous budget and specs its a huge crime to go with that low Quality single graphic card and there is a difference of just 3k or even less between Palit HD 4650 Sonic 512MB DDR3 and Palit HD 4850 512MB DDR3.

Stick with single Palit HD 4850 512MB DDR3 now should be around 8.5K nowadays. And buy next one when you can afford prices falls very frequently so next one should cost you even lesser.

sorry boss...but I like to check all the options out!!!!
PLEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG

To this option, it's a no, rather spend on a Palit HD4850 for Rs.8800, and get another one in two-three months time.

yes I am going for it...thanxxxx comp@ddict

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