New build for 50k

Please fill up *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-compon...new-pc-help-answer-these-questions-first.html and then post it here if you want suggestion from us.

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:The main purpose of this computer is GAMING.It will be running almost 16 Hours a day.I wanna max out all the games coming next year.I also run some engineering simulation softwares and watch HD Movies,Microsoft Office.The games i will be playing are BF3 BF2BC2 Bf4 MW 1,2,3 BLack Ops 1,2 All Assasins creed series and more.I will also be coverting videos recorded using fraps.

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

Ans: My overall Budget is 50k.I can extend the budget only if its worth investing by max 3k.

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:No,Not at all

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: I already have a legit windows 8 Pro.

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans:1 TB is enough for now.

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: Yeah I need monitor.I am thinking of going to 21.5 Inch monitor and resolution is 1920*1080.

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?

Ans:I don't need OS,keyboard,Mouse,Speakers.

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans:In about a Month

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?

Ans: i didn't Build a desktop but i am building this myself.Also suggest me a screwdriver for driving all the nuts

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:I live in Tirupati.I will order most of the parts from flipkart and theitwares.Please suggest according to flipkart prices.Thank you

11. Anything else which you would like to say?

Ans:I would prefer a Intel cpu and amd gpu.Also the case should have good cooling system.Also suggest me parts from vendors whose service center are in Tirupati/Chennai.I will be upgrading this after i get a job(2 years).So suggest parts like motherboard,PSU suitable for future upgrade.


Thanks for the time taken to help me!!

i5 4430 (12600)
Asus B85M-G (6600)
G.Skill ripjawsX 1600 MHz 4 GB (2400)
WD Blue 1 TB (4200)
Zotac GTX660 (15000)
Antec VP450P (2600)
NZXT Gamma (2500)
Asus Optical drive (1000)
Dell S2240L (8500)

total: 55000.

Asus B75M-G (6600)

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I guess you're talking about the B85 chipset based motherboard

Cilus said:

I guess you're talking about the B85 chipset based motherboard

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Yeah, that was a typo thanks.

Here is my suggestion:

FX -6300 (6 Core, 3.6 GHz with 4.1 GHz Turbo, 6 MB L2 + 8 MB L3) @ 7.35K (smcinternational.in)
ECS A970M-A-Deluxe Motherboard @ 5.6K (Theitdepot - ECS A970M A Deluxe 32GB DDR3 AMD Motherboard)
A-Data 1333 MHz CL9 DDR3 1333 MHz 4GB X 1 @ 1.74K (Theitwares.com, comes with life time or 10 years of warranty)
WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gbps HDD @ 4K
NZXT Source 210 Elite @ 2.7K
CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 @ 3.6K
Sapphire HD 7870 XT 2 GB GDDR5 @ 18K (mdcomputers.in)
Asus SATA DVD R/W @ 1K
Dell S2240L 21.5" IPS Panel 1080P LED @8.5K

Total: around 53K

^^ Nice balanced config. Just add a GTX 760 for around 20k ( zotac one with 5 years warranty).

ZOTAC GRAPHICS CARD GTX 760 2GB DDR5

Actually 6300 is a recommended gaming processor considering productivity in the equation, at a cheaper price.

Best Mid-Range Gaming Processors: $110 To $200 - Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: July 2013

Cilus's updated rig:

FX -6300 (6 Core, 3.6 GHz with 4.1 GHz Turbo, 6 MB L2 + 8 MB L3) @ 7.35K (smcinternational.in)
ECS A970M-A-Deluxe Motherboard @ 5.6K (Theitdepot - ECS A970M A Deluxe 32GB DDR3 AMD Motherboard)
A-Data 1333 MHz CL9 DDR3 1333 MHz 4GB X 1 @ 1.74K (Theitwares.com, comes with life time or 10 years of warranty)
WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gbps HDD @ 4K
NZXT Source 210 Elite @ 2.7K
CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 @ 3.6K
Zotac Gtx 760 2 GB GDDR5 @ 20K (mdcomputers.in)
Asus SATA DVD R/W @ 1K
Dell S2240L 21.5" IPS Panel 1080P LED @8.5K

Total = 55k

harshilsharma63 said:

i5 4430 (12600)
Asus B85M-G (6600)
G.Skill ripjawsX 1600 MHz 4 GB (2400)
WD Blue 1 TB (4200)
Zotac GTX660 (15000)
Antec VP450P (2600)
NZXT Gamma (2500)
Asus Optical drive (1000)
Dell S2240L (8500)

total: 55000.

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The build is good.I would like to have an amd card.Is there a equivalent card for gtx660 in amd.Thank you

Cilus said:

Here is my suggestion:

FX -6300 (6 Core, 3.6 GHz with 4.1 GHz Turbo, 6 MB L2 + 8 MB L3) @ 7.35K (smcinternational.in)
ECS A970M-A-Deluxe Motherboard @ 5.6K (Theitdepot - ECS A970M A Deluxe 32GB DDR3 AMD Motherboard)
A-Data 1333 MHz CL9 DDR3 1333 MHz 4GB X 1 @ 1.74K (Theitwares.com, comes with life time or 10 years of warranty)
WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gbps HDD @ 4K
NZXT Source 210 Elite @ 2.7K
CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 @ 3.6K
Sapphire HD 7870 XT 2 GB GDDR5 @ 18K (mdcomputers.in)
Asus SATA DVD R/W @ 1K
Dell S2240L 21.5" IPS Panel 1080P LED @8.5K

Total: around 53K

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is the updated vishera cores good enough for gaming? i have heard games dont take advantage of multi cores?

Most of the recent games are optimized to use multiple cores abd it is okay for the gaming needs.

deepak_fps said:

is the updated vishera cores good enough for gaming? i have heard games dont take advantage of multi cores?

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the most recent games and almost all future games will be multi core optimised
the big reason is current gaming console viz. ps3 , xbox

I guess it will be PS4 and XBOX Next, not PS3 which use a complete different architecture based on Cell processor. But since PS4 and the XboX Next are using AMD 8 Core x86 based Jaguar Processors and GCN based customized GPU, most of the upcoming games, especially the multi-platform ones are going to be optimized for using 8 or more threads. Hence 4 Core or higher core based processors are highly suggested for new PC builds for gaming.

but i doubt i wont be using all the processing power so suggest me an amd quad cores,new athlon are released right?

I am just on tight budget here

deepak_fps said:

but i doubt i wont be using all the processing power so suggest me an amd quad cores,new athlon are released right?

I am just on tight budget here

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FX 6300 is already available for 7.2k, how much cheaper do you want? Even i3 2100 will cost 6.9k.

Buddy it's just 3k & may be you will regret doing so..

My never underestimate your processing requirements. ( also you said u hav a lot of encoding to do it requires a better multi core powerful processor.)

how much difference it will make choosing a fx 4300 over 6300? i will like to invest only where i need it buddy!

The ATHLON II X4 processors which can be plugged in an Am3/AM3+ Motherboard are not available in India. Athlon II X4 741K is not an AM3+ socket processor, it is an APU based on Richland series (A10-6800K) with its IGP disabled and needs an FM2 motherboard for it. It is also not available in India. So if you still need to reduce price, opt for FX-4300 which is around 6.6K and your savings will be not more than 700 bucks.
Now you have mentioned than your work requires lots of video files to be converted for video file which needs mp4 container along with H264 codec. You can use tools like Cyberlink Media Espresso, TMPGENC Express 4 or Handbrake (Free as well as Open Source). All of these apps are hevaily multi-threaded in nature and can use as many CPU core you can throw. So a 6 Core FX-6300 is a best VFM processor here, providng very proper balance beween productivity performance, gaming performance and value.

okay buddy! If that matters so much i will try increasing my budget!! Fx6300 it is then.

If its worth the money then i will go for fx 6300 then! the motherboard is fine(usb 3 sata3 windows 8 support).Now the discrete gpu?
guys i prefer amd over nvidia(gtx 520mx is having major driver issues)...please suggest me amd card which has equal performance with gtx 760!! thank you

Hey guys sorry for the late reply,The CPU and motherboard is fine to me but nvidia is not the company i don't have good experience. Please recommend Amd GPU!!

How about Sapphire hd 7870 ghz edition? i checked the benchmarks i know there is tab bit performance difference! i am just trying to save 3k.with that 3k i will be buying UPS!!!

HD 7870 is ok..
If possible get HD 7870XT.

If you want GTX 760 level performance then opt for Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X OC with Boost version, currently available around 23K. However, I don't think you will face any driver issues with desktop GPUs from nvidia. GT 520MX is a mobility GPU and sometimes got customized by Laptop manufacturers itself, resulting driver issues with the official Driver release from nVidia. In case of Desktop GPU, no such issues exist.

nVidia is a *bit* better in terms of drivers & frame latencies but...

In another story.
I guess a 23k card will b out of budget for op cause he is already trying to save 3k for UPS so for tighter budget HD 7870 can b recommended(I guess)

i decided to go for amd coz there will be no next gen cards till next year...more support for the cards!

besides that nvidia cards in my budget is gtx 660...

gtx 660 vs hd 7870 ghz edition? what do you say guys

deepak_fps said:

i decided to go for amd coz there will be no next gen cards till next year...more support for the cards!

besides that nvidia cards in my budget is gtx 660...

gtx 660 vs hd 7870 ghz edition? what do you say guys

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7870 Is faster. If possible get 7870XT version.

SAPPHIRE GRAPHICS CARD HD 7870 2GB DDR5 XT WITH BOOST

This is 7870XT, a plain HD 7870 can be found easily..

Deepak if you can come to Hyderabad then you need to go to Arun Computers,Chenoy Trade Center(CTC),Secunderabad for overall best prices. I bought an Intel 3570k Gaming PC in April/2012 for best prices and 1 one of the TDF members Mr.Gosala also bought almost the same below config except an Intel CPU&MB in Nov/2012. But your budget is 55k at max, so here is the configuration I recommend:

1.AMD FX 6300 (6 Cores) -6900,
2.Asus M5A97 Evo (6+1 Phases) -7600,
3.Corsair Vengeance 4GB 1600MHz -2500,
4.WD Blue 1 TB -4300,
5.Corsair 300R-4000
6.Corsair GS600 -5000
7.Sapphire HD7950 3GB Vapor-X Edition -24000,
8.Asus 24B5ST 24X DVD-RW -1000,
9.Dell S2240L 22" IPS LED -8500.

TOTAL -55400.

Best Vendors in CTC,Secunderabad:
Arun Computers,
PL Computers.

Also ask for Mr.Ramu in Arun Computers and visit the shop only after 12pm because by then they will settle down and you can ask as many queries as you want about different products. They have all the products from numbers 2-9 except 6&1. So it may take couple of hours. You ask for a overall discount after confirming to buy from them.OK. Mr.Ramu Cell No:9246548162.

Computer Dealers from Tirupati and Chennai might dupe you by recommending components of their choice. Even If you bought from Hyderabad still you can RMA your parts in Chennai right.