Mid+ Range RIG 35k+ · DIGIT-ARC

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1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run?
Ans: Adobe CS, HD Games, Movies, Programming, Android ROM builds etc... Heavy processing... System up 24/7....

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 35K + 5K depends...

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: Yes. Maybe.

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Ubuntu, Win7 & 8

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: Already have 2TB considering an SSD Kingston V100 64 GB

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. 22" Plan to use same.

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

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: Weekend!!

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. Locally.

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Processor Considering i5 3450 & 3570 K
MB: Gigabyte B75M... For OC considering ASRock Z77 suggestions?
GFX: MSI R7850 1GD5
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB
PSU: Corsair GS 600
Cabinet: CM Elite 120

I5 3450
Mobo....dont know
Gfx:zotac gtx 650ti 2gb
cabinet:nzxt source 210
Ram and Psu are fine....!!!

intel i5 3470 - rs 11000

Gigabyte b75 mobo - rs 4000

Corsair Vengeance 4x2= 8GB - rs 4100

Corsiar Gs500w - rs 4000

Nzxt gamma cabinet - rs 2500

Gigabyte gtx 660 2gb -rs 14400

Total - rs 40000

FX 8350 (11500)
Asus M5A97 R2.0 (6900)
G.Skill ripjawsX / sniper 1600 MHz 8 GB (3900)
Corsair GS500 (4000)
Asus GTX 660 (16000)
NZXT Gamma (2500)
Arctic silver 5 (650)
120 mm fans (1300)

total: 46750

fx 8350 is better suited to the tasks you've mentioned the i5 xxxx.

harshilsharma63 said:
FX 8350 (11500)
Asus M5A97 R2.0 (6900)
G.Skill ripjawsX / sniper 1600 MHz 8 GB (3900)
Corsair GS500 (4000)
Asus GTX 660 (16000)
NZXT Gamma (2500)
Arctic silver 5 (650)
120 mm fans (1300)

total: 46750

fx 8350 is better suited to the tasks you've mentioned the i5 xxxx.

His budget is 40k and not 47K. If OP gets the Gtx 650 Ti for 10k it will be balanced

Sainatarajan said:
His budget is 40k and not 47K. If OP gets the Gtx 650 Ti for 10k it will be balanced

I mentioned that because for 6 k more, he would get significant performance benefit. If OP can't go this high, then GTX 650ti it is.

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Thanks for reply!

I'm keen on getting i5 3570 K
Suggest some motherboard for OC....
Cabinet NZXT Gamma not sure if it's available if yes will buy it!

I was planing to get some CM compound.... Arctic is bit out of budget...

asrock z77 extreme 3 mobo

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Xtreme 3 Out of budget... is Z77 Pro 3 seems good suggestions?
PSU fine for OC....

Are you surely going to overclock? Maybe" "iffy" will hamper as to what you can get otherwise. Cause a K and Z will seriously eat in to the vital components budget that is the GPU.And moreover you will get a middle of the road Z77 mainboard in your specified budget which will be neither here nor there.

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There is some msi z77 mobo on flipkart for around 7.5k-8k in flipkart, it also supports sli/cf. And I found some people could overclock their i5-3570k's at 4.5ghz easily. I think thats a perfect board for you. But remember to get 212 evo with it.

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Hmm.... Yes... Locked on 3570K to OC!! maybe not to extreme levels... hmm... Is Z77 Pro 3 not worth for OC?
What about MSI ZH77A ? Please suggest...

vaibhavs800 said:
There is some msi z77 mobo on flipkart for around 7.5k-8k in flipkart, it also supports sli/cf. And I found some people could overclock their i5-3570k's at 4.5ghz easily. I think thats a perfect board for you. But remember to get 212 evo with it.

Thanks

Can you please suggest some models numbers? This does MSI ZH77A (6K) is H77 chipset...

H77 chipset cant be overcloaked. So only choice is Z77...

Why dont you go with a FX 8350 and a Asus M5A97 Evo R2 @ only 18k .. .

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Man does games include latest titles like crysis 3 or farcry 3??

if yes, get 7850 minimum
get 3450 if needed or u can get 7870 by going 3450....

if no, 650ti will do fine...... u can go 8350 way.......

fx mobo 650 will cost 30k app.

7870 3450 mobo will go 33-34k app. or with 7850, 30k

take 1st if not much into gaming else go 2nd.

note:- 7850/7870 is much faster than 650ti and GPU performance matters in gaming.

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Sainatarajan said:
H77 chipset cant be overcloaked. So only choice is Z77...

Why dont you go with a FX 8350 and a Asus M5A97 Evo R2 @ only 18k .. .

P.S. This seems to be unique board! Link --> MSI ZH77A

Nope I want Intel

draco21 said:
Man does games include latest titles like crysis 3 or farcry 3??

if yes, get 7850 minimum
get 3450 if needed or u can get 7870 by going 3450....

if no, 650ti will do fine...... u can go 8350 way.......

fx mobo 650 will cost 30k app.

7870 3450 mobo will go 33-34k app. or with 7850, 30k

take 1st if not much into gaming else go 2nd.

note:- 7850/7870 is much faster than 650ti and GPU performance matters in gaming.

Yup!!!! Aware of that.... That's why staring @ Mobo reviews!

i5 3570k + good Z77 mobo = 21k -22k
FX 8350 + good 990FX mobo = 18k (saved 4k for a better GPU)

@Vivek.ikid
It is a H77 Based Motherboard only.. I think you are an Intel Fanboy .!!! For the tasks you have mentioned the FX would kill anything for its price...

At his budget and specified scope of work ....ONE MORE VOTE FOR the FX 8350 and M5A97. The M5A97 is available at Rs 5900/6100 in Kolkata!!! Amazing value for money.

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Your rig is gonna be working 24/7 and you can save over 100 watts using i5-3570k. The motherboard I was talking about is msi z77MA-g45. Its out of stock on flipkart now and I saw it go as low as 7.4k on flipkart only and it supports sli/cf.
If you want any serious fhd gaming dont go below hd7850 1gb/ 650ti boost 1gb
7850 is around 13k and boost will launch in india around next week.
With this combo you will have to shell out around 21-22k with sli/cf support!!
Get this mobo blindly as its the cheapest one of its kind. And you can overclock your whole system in one click in its bios

OP, if you have plan for high overclocking then don't get sub 9K cheaper Motherboards. Their VRM (Voltage Regulation Module) design is not at all good and high overclocking might lead to damage of PC components.

At 7K we all know what quality the Z77 mobo will be.The VRM Phase to Caps to Heatsinks and thickness of PCB that will be used! Suicidal to overclock with those parameters found on a sub 9K ,Z77board.

The ASUS M5A97 Evo R2 is a very good board at its price. A 6 + 2 phase makes it a Overclocker . I will sum up the things.
FX 8350 + Asus M5A97 Evo R2 @ 18k
The FX is Good for the tasks you have mentioned. I5 3570K + Any Good Z77 Mobo will cost atleast 9k to 10k = 23k
You are saving around 5K which you can spend on the gfx card...

Sainatarajan said:
The ASUS M5A97 Evo R2 is a very good board at its price. A 6 + 2 phase makes it a Overclocker . I will sum up the things.
FX 8350 + Asus M5A97 Evo R2 @ 18k
The FX is Good for the tasks you have mentioned. I5 3570K + Any Good Z77 Mobo will cost atleast 9k to 10k = 23k
You are saving around 5K which you can spend on the gfx card...

that's exactly what I'm trying to say in my previous post. The saved money can be used in any other component, even in getting an even better motherboard.

The Incinerator said:
At his budget and specified scope of work ....ONE MORE VOTE FOR the FX 8350 and M5A97. The M5A97 is available at Rs 5900/6100 in Kolkata!!! Amazing value for money.

You mean the M5A97 R2.0, right ?
There seems to be a M5A97 Evo R2.0 also.

The FX8350 + M5A97 R2.0 is way better and cheaper than a i5 3570k + some sub 10k mobo.
Good thing about amd mobo's is that they are way cheaper than their intel counterparts without compromising on the quality.

M5A97 R2.0 Evo costs just 1k more than non EVO, and is a bang for the buck.

Get the Evo R2 . A good oc'er

Myth said:
You mean the M5A97 R2.0, right ?
There seems to be a M5A97 Evo R2.0 also.

The FX8350 + M5A97 R2.0 is way better and cheaper than a i5 3570k + some sub 10k mobo.
Good thing about amd mobo's is that they are way cheaper than their intel counterparts without compromising on the quality.

Yes the R2.0 is 5900/6100
The Evo R2.0 is Rs 6900/7100

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Yesh! Intel Boy :cry:

Anyways thanks for all the AMD suggestions

Now back to point.... did some market research today... MSI board are not available!! :O

Thinking to go with AsRock Z77 Extreme 4 <--- Good right?
GFX MSI 7850 not available (though one guy said he'll get it by Saturday! ) going with Sapphire...
Cabinet confusion! Gamma v/s Antec 200
PSU TX v/s GS... TX AFAIK is better!

Get the NZXT Gamma . No one can beat this at its price. And get the Sapphire HD 7850 2 GB too

Vivek.ikid said:
Yesh! Intel Boy Anyways thanks for all the AMD suggestions

Now back to point.... did some market research today... MSI board are not available!! :O

Thinking to go with AsRock Z77 Extreme 4 <--- Good right?
GFX MSI 7850 not available (though one guy said he'll get it by Saturday! ) going with Sapphire...
Cabinet confusion! Gamma v/s Antec 200
PSU TX v/s GS... TX AFAIK is better!

Don't get Extreme 3 and try for ASRock Fatal1ty Z77 Professional-M Motherboard @ 11.5K.

I dont see a finalized config yet :-?

OP, post whatever you have finalized as of now.

Your answer to the 3rd question has to be binary, YES or NO. Maybe wont help. There is quite a difference between a locked and an unlocked proc setup. You will incur extra cost for an OCable setup.

I am assuming you want to stick with an intel setup. The mobo suggested by Cilus above is a great board with a lot of features for its price.

How about amd gpus ? Or do you prefer nvidia cards ? :razz:

AMD A10-5800k -8500,
Asus F2A55-M-LE -4800,
Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 4GB -2200,
Corsair GS500 -3900,
NZXT Source 210 Elite -2900,
Asus 24B5ST DVD-RW -1000,
WD Caviar Blue 500GB -3100,
Sapphire HD7850 2GB -13500,
Logitech Gaming Combo G100 -1600.
TOTAL -41,500.

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locked on Intel i5 3570K
Mother Board Asrock Fatal1ty Z77 is out of budget will try if I get @ 12k
90% decided on Asrock Z77 Extreme 4
GFX Sapphire 7850 2GB
RAM Corsair Vengance 8 GB
Cabinet Gamma
PSU Corsair TX 650

Any suggestions?

Vivek.ikid said:
locked on Intel i5 3570K
Mother Board Asrock Fatal1ty Z77 is out of budget will try if I get @ 12k
90% decided on Asrock Z77 Extreme 4
GFX Sapphire 7850 2GB
RAM Corsair Vengance 8 GB
Cabinet Gamma
PSU Corsair TX 650

Any suggestions?

I don't really think buying AsRock is a good suggestion in India due to lack of good A.S.S. AFAIK. Can someone confirm this?

Yes. Dont go with Asrock Mobos .... You will get the worst experience buying it.

Vivek.ikid said:
locked on Intel i5 3570K
Mother Board Asrock Fatal1ty Z77 is out of budget will try if I get @ 12k
90% decided on Asrock Z77 Extreme 4
GFX Sapphire 7850 2GB
RAM Corsair Vengance 8 GB
Cabinet Gamma
PSU Corsair TX 650
Any suggestions?

Cilus was talking about this : ASRock Fatal1ty Z77 Professional-M
The older brother is ASRock Fatal1ty Z77 Professional

Take the gskills rams. They OC better.
You dont need 650w with a 7850. A 500w will do well.

harshilsharma63 said:
I don't really think buying AsRock is a good suggestion in India due to lack of good A.S.S. AFAIK. Can someone confirm this?

Sainatarajan said:
Yes. Dont go with Asrock Mobos .... You will get the worst experience buying it.

Asus service is also crap (mostly due to to rashi), but we still buy those boards because asus has a better build quality among other features.
Personally, I dont fancy AsRock either, but the asrock fatality series are good.

Check the below comparison. The asrock is quite vfm with its features package and low price.
ASRock Fatal1ty Z77 Professional-M vs ASUS Maximus V GENE