New gaming PC under 90k

Need config for a friend

1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run?
Ans: Latest games, Browsing, Movies. Basically more of gaming.

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 90k

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: Yes. CPU only.

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Win 7 64-bit

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 2 TB

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: Don't need a monitor. Got a 22" Full HD.

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

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: ~15 days

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: I will do it myself

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: Keeping all options open

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Confused whether to go for AMD or Intel. Also I don't know if this is a good time to buy a new GPU. Would prefer a silent setup.

Basically need to accomodate all this in the budget:
Processor
Motherboard
CPU Cooler
RAM
Graphics Card
PSU
Cabinet
DVD Drive
Keyboard/Mouse

Would like a wireless kbd/mouse, 8GB RAM and a CM Storm Stryker(Open to other options as well).

V

You already have a rig. Building another one? Or for someone else?
(Curiosity

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Vish2a9l said:
You already have a rig. Building another one? Or for someone else?
(Curiosity )

sharang.d said:
Need config for a friend

Probably op has told that.... :-D

Links are only for indicative prices

Processor : Intel 3.5 GHz FCLGA1155 Core i7 3770K Processor | Processor | Flipkart.com @ 21347

MobO : ASUS P8Z77-M Motherboard | Motherboard | Flipkart.com @ 11088

Graphics : ZOTAC NVIDIA AMP! Edition GeForce GTX 670 (ZT-60302-10P) 2 GB DDR5 Graphics Card | Graphics Card | Flipkart.com @ 30952

RAM : G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 2 GB (1 x 2 GB) PC RAM (F3-12800CL9S-2GBXL) | Ram | Flipkart.com*2 @ 1760

PSU : Corsair CMPSU-650TXV2UK 650 Watts PSU | Psu | Flipkart.com @ 6440

Cooler : Noctua NH-U12P SE2 | Cooler | Flipkart.com @ 4709

HDD : Seagate Barracuda 2 TB Desktop Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM001) | Internal Hard Drive | Flipkart.com @ 6600

for Cabinet suggest Carbide 400r.. ;-)

V

Intel i5 3570k/2500k
Asus P8Z77 V Pro
G.Skill RipjawsX(1600MHz) DDR3 4GB*2 - 3k
Corsair carbide 400r
Corsair hx650 - 6.9k (Modular PSU for better cable management)
Cooler master hyper 212 evo (moderate overclocking) or Noctua NH-D14(for higher clocks)
The SAPPHIRE HD 7970 OC Edition - 32k or GIGABYTE GV-N670WF2-2GD - 25.5k or sapphire vapor x hd7950 -23.5k
Seasonic barracuda 2TB
Asus DRW-24B5ST - 1k
Keyboard/Mouse - Your choice(Razer DA for mouse is a personal choice though)

Preferably go for an ATX mobo.
For gaming he won't need very high overclocks.So hyper 212 evo would do fine.Unless he overclocks too high which is not required for gaming I don't think more money should be spent on cooler.

V

Asus Nvidia GeForce 2GB GTX 680 DirectCU II OC Graphics Card:Amazon:Computers & Accessories you can go with that. For 34k, it's vfm. (Instead of getting a 670) keyb: get logitech g510/110/105 depending on ur budget, and mouse: cyborg rat3 or rat5 or a deathadder..

Vish2a9l said:
You already have a rig. Building another one? Or for someone else?
(Curiosity )

For a friend..

vkl said:
Intel i5 3570k/2500k
Asus P8Z77 V Pro
G.Skill RipjawsX(1600MHz) DDR3 4GB*2 - 3k
Corsair carbide 400r
Corsair hx650 - 6.9k (Modular PSU for better cable management)
Cooler master hyper 212 evo (moderate overclocking) or Noctua NH-D14(for higher clocks)
The SAPPHIRE HD 7970 OC Edition - 32k or GIGABYTE GV-N670WF2-2GD - 25.5k or sapphire vapor x hd7950 -23.5k
Seasonic barracuda 2TB
Asus DRW-24B5ST - 1k
Keyboard/Mouse - Your choice(Razer DA for mouse is a personal choice though)

Preferably go for an ATX mobo.
For gaming he won't need very high overclocks.So hyper 212 evo would do fine.Unless he overclocks too high which is not required for gaming I don't think more money should be spent on cooler.

CPU, Mobo, RAM, HDD, PSU approved

Man what about AMD? They don't do any good in gaming rigs?
Also he really wants a CM Storm Stryker.

Vish2a9l said:
Asus Nvidia GeForce 2GB GTX 680 DirectCU II OC Graphics Card:Amazon:Computers & Accessories you can go with that. For 34k, it's vfm. (Instead of getting a 670) keyb: get logitech g510/110/105 depending on ur budget, and mouse: cyborg rat3 or rat5 or a deathadder..

Amazon.co.uk!!!

V

If he doesn't mind getting it from there, why not? 400 pounds= Rs. 34400~

here: www.smcinternational.in/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=2542&category_id=9&keyword=680&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=90

Or www.smcinternational.in/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=2111&category_id=175&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=465

If budget allows then get this SSD as well
OCZ Agility 3 60 GB SSD Internal Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) | Internal Hard Drive | Flipkart.com

V

CM storm stryker is quite good.
When primary purpose is gaming go with a 2nd/3rd gen i5.
Even at FHD there are quite a number of games which give noticeably lesser frame rates with fx8150 than that with 2nd/3rd gen i5.
If going for ssd preferably get atleast 128GB of storage.

For Graphics Card better get a GTX 670 as it offers better VFM. 90% performance at 80% price when compared to GTX 680. Better save the money for future SLI.

For KB and mouse get Logitech G110 & G400.

IMO you should buy Zotac GTX670AMP @ 29k (It beats all stock GTX680) or Sapphire Radeon 7970 DualX 3GB Edition @ 31k (Top notch GPU)

For SSD : Stick to Crucial M4

Stryker is monster.

CPU/Mobo : i5 3570k + Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 ~ 16.5k

Core Components

Intel Core i5 2500K/3770K - Rs 12500/19500
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Cooler - Rs 2000
ASUS Maximus V Gene - Rs 15900
CORSAIR RAM VENGEANCE 8GB DUAL CHANNEL DDR3 - Rs 4150
SAPPHIRE GRAPHIC CARD HD 7950 VAPOR-X OC WITH BOOST - Rs 23000
HDD - Seagate 1TB - Rs 4300
CM Stryker - Rs 12000 (Stryker is an ok option not as good as the HAF X when its cooling )
Corsair CMPSU-650TXV2UK - 6000

Total Rs 79,850.

Intel Core i7-3770K 20k
ASUS Maximus V GENE 15.5k or ASUS P8Z77-V 16k
Corsair Hydro H80 6k or Noctua NH-D14 5.7k
G.Skill RipjawsX 4GB * 2 3k
ASUS GTX670-DC2-2GD5 27.7k or Asus HD 7950 DirectCU II Top GDDR5 3GB 27.5k
Corsair TX650 5.6k
Corsair 400R 5k
Asus DVD/RW 1.2k
Razer Cyclosa Bundle 2.5k
Seagate Barracuda 2 TB (ST2000DM001) 6.5

Total Rs 92.7k

When the OP is planning to Overclock then he would better get a sandybridge rather than ivybridge as Sandybridge would give more headroom for overclocking without any issues.

Thanks everyone.
So far this is what is fixed:

Corsair HX 650
Cooler Master Storm Stryker
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
G.Skill RipjawsX 4GB * 2

For now I need suggestions for a good 2 TB HDD. Not WD Black.. It's too costly.

sharang.d said:
For now I need suggestions for a good 2 TB HDD. Not WD Black.. It's too costly.

Get Barracuda 2TB

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Seagate Barracuda 2 TB Desktop Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM001) -> This one?

gameranand said:
When the OP is planning to Overclock then he would better get a sandybridge rather than ivybridge as Sandybridge would give more headroom for overclocking without any issues.

Its true but Ivy bridge gives 10-15% performance gain over Sandybridge and consumes less power.
And in todays date I would prefer Ivybridge though it sucks at overclocking.

V

Ivy bridge also gets more heated.The difference generally is ~5%.In many applications difference is not noticeable.
Native usb 3.0 ,faster quick sync are the only real world advantage of ivy over sandy.

Yeah overheating is a big problem specially in India where temperature gets too much in Summers. If planning to overclock I guess Sandybridge would be better but the thing is that they are getting old so......

Get a good CPU cooler, I hope it will help to cool things down, maybe a water cooling..
I am using sandy bridge right now & it also gets heats up very much, and the summer temperature is big problem..

If Sandybridge is hot for you then just imagine about Ivybridge which gets hotter than Sandybridge. This is the reason I am saying Sandybridge would be better. The advantages of Ivybridge is not worth it,
PCle 3.0 native support - We haven't even reached the speed of PCle 2.0 speed threshold.
USB 3.0 Native support - Sandybrige performs better with USB 3.0 speeds rather than Ivybridge.
10% performance gain - You can overclock Sandy more than Ivy to get similar or better performance without problems.

V

gameranand said:
If Sandybridge is hot for you then just imagine about Ivybridge which gets hotter than Sandybridge. This is the reason I am saying Sandybridge would be better. The advantages of Ivybridge is not worth it,
PCle 3.0 native support - We haven't even reached the speed of PCle 2.0 speed threshold.
USB 3.0 Native support - Sandybrige performs better with USB 3.0 speeds rather than Ivybridge.
10% performance gain - You can overclock Sandy more than Ivy to get similar or better performance without problems.

Nope.Though there can be some anomalies but in general it is not true.
Z68 chipset motherboards which had usb3.0 used 3rd party usb3.0 controllers like asmedia usb3.0 controller.
Z77 chipset mobos have both Intel® Z77 chipset usb 3 and 3rd party usb3.0 controllers like ASMedia® USB 3.0 controller.
In reviews(both in CrystalDiskMark and HD Tune) it has been seen that the Intel Z77 USB 3.0 Controller is quite a bit faster than the asmedia and other 3rd party usb3.0 controllers which is quite reasonable as Intel is native whereas asmedia is used as an add-on chipset which adds to latency.
Overall though the difference in speed is not that much as of now.

Just look at some benchmarks and you will get the idea. I don't give a damn if its a anomaly or bug or anything. If its giving me better performance then its good. Ain't it ?? Also I am not suggesting him to go for a Z68 chipset. I would say get a Z77chipset mobo.

Just look at some benchmarks and you will get the idea. I don't give a damn if its a anomaly or bug or anything. If its giving me better performance then its good. Ain't it ?? Also I am not suggesting him to go for a Z68 chipset. I would say get a Z77chipset mobo.

V

According to benches only one thing is clear that the native intel controllers are giving better speeds than the 3rd party controllers.
I don't get your point of slower usb3.0 speeds with a ivy bridge processor than with a sandy bridge processor on the same motherboard.Any logic??

No I was just saying that its better to get newer chipset Z77 rather than the older one Z68. Thats all.

sharang.d said:
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Seagate Barracuda 2 TB Desktop Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM001) -> This one?

Yeah that one........

Sorry for the late response. This is the Order he placed:

i5-3750k
Asus p8z77-v pro
8GB G.Skill RipjawsX 1600Mhz
CM Hyper 212 EVO
Seagate Barracuda 2 TB Desktop Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM001)
CM Storm Stryker
Corsair HX650
SAPPHIRE HD 7970 OC Edition
Logitech G105
Steelseries Kinzu V2 Pro
Some DVD Writer

From Havok Nation, Pune.
Around 1.1 lac I think..

Thanks Sharang. This rig will going to blow every upcoming games by big margin

sharang.d said:
Sorry for the late response. This is the Order he placed:

i5-3750k
Asus p8z77-v pro
8GB G.Skill RipjawsX 1600Mhz
CM Hyper 212 EVO
Seagate Barracuda 2 TB Desktop Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM001)
CM Storm Stryker
Corsair HX650
SAPPHIRE HD 7970 OC Edition
Logitech G105
Steelseries Kinzu V2 Pro
Some DVD Writer

From Havok Nation, Pune.
Around 1.1 lac I think..

If possible, could we have the individual prices please ?

^Will post when he gets the bill. Lol.

For prices contact Rajat from havok nation. Lol
I don't have the bill.
Close thread XD

Also everything's running good. No complaints about seller