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Need to buy Motherboard and CPU for Gaming.

8 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/need-to-buy-motherboard-and-cpu-for-gaming.171744/

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SamuraiKenshin Original post #1
Mar 21, 2013 at 12:22 PM
Hi all,

I have planned to by a motherboard and CPU for gaming and my budget is 20k.

Please suggest me some.
ASHISH65
ASHISH65 #2
Mar 21, 2013 at 12:57 PM
tell us your other specs like gpu,ram,psu
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SamuraiKenshin #3
Mar 21, 2013 at 2:13 PM
ASHISH65 said:
tell us your other specs like gpu,ram,psu
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Hi Thank you for ur reply... :)

GPU - ZOTAC NVIDIA GTX 650 Ti 1GB GDDR5
PSU - Corsair CMPSU-600GUK 600 Watts PSU
RAM - Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 4 GB * 2

Please let me know whether these specs needs an upgrade or not...
sumalatha
sumalatha #4
Mar 21, 2013 at 2:17 PM
SamuraiKenshin said:
Hi all,

I have planned to by a motherboard and CPU for gaming and my budget is 20k.

Please suggest me some.
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Intel Rig:
Intel Core i5 3570k -13900,
Asrock Z77 Pro3 -7500.
Total -21,400.

AMD Rig:
AMD FX 8350 -11000,
Asus M5A97 R2.0 -6000.
Total -18,000.

But the most VFM config will be AMD one.
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SamuraiKenshin #5
Mar 22, 2013 at 10:32 AM
sumalatha said:
Intel Rig:
Intel Core i5 3570k -13900,
Asrock Z77 Pro3 -7500.
Total -21,400.

AMD Rig:
AMD FX 8350 -11000,
Asus M5A97 R2.0 -6000.
Total -18,000.

But the most VFM config will be AMD one.
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Thank you Sumalatha...

I have modified my list

GPU : ZOTAC NVIDIA GTX 650 Ti 1GB 1 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card
Motherboard : ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard
Processer : Intel Core i5 3570k
Memory : G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) PC RAM (F3-12800CL10S-8GBXL)
PSU : Corsair CMPSU-600GUK 600 Watts PSU

Please let me know this list is ok or any modifications is required... :)
Cilus
Cilus #6
Mar 22, 2013 at 10:43 AM
Choice of Motherboard is really bad. Extreme 4 is known to have certain issues with the VRM design. Assuming you already have 10K for GPU, 14K for CPU and 10K for Motherboard, here is my suggestion:-

FX-8350 @ 11.5K
MSI 990FXXA-GD65 @ 9.2K
Sapphire HD 7870 2GB GDDR5 @ 16.5K

Total: 37.2K

If you are asking for a gaming setup then this one is far better than the one you have decided. Getting a lower-middle end GPU along with a costly Processor does not serve the purpose of a gaming PC, you need proper balance between them. FX-8350+ HD 7870 combination will perform far better than the i5 3570K + GTX 650 Ti combination in gaming.
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rakesh_ic #7
Mar 22, 2013 at 11:49 AM
Cilus said:
Choice of Motherboard is really bad. Extreme 4 is known to have certain issues with the VRM design. Assuming you already have 10K for GPU, 14K for CPU and 10K for Motherboard, here is my suggestion:-

FX-8350 @ 11.5K
MSI 990FXXA-GD65 @ 9.2K
Sapphire HD 7870 2GB GDDR5 @ 16.5K

Total: 37.2K

If you are asking for a gaming setup then this one is far better than the one you have decided. Getting a lower-middle end GPU along with a costly Processor does not serve the purpose of a gaming PC, you need proper balance between them. FX-8350+ HD 7870 combination will perform far better than the i5 3570K + GTX 650 Ti combination in gaming.
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Cant agree more on this.