PC buying advice · DIGIT-ARC

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*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: engg needs like programming, games like Max Payne 2, AOE3, assassin creed revelation, movies, surfing

*2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.*
Ans: 30k, extendable

*3. Planning to overclock?*
Ans: not within a year

*4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?*
Ans: win 7 ultimate 64 bit

*5. How much hard drive space is needed?*
Ans: 1tb

*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: 22 inch

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

*8. When are you planning to buy the system?*
Ans: after a month

*9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?*
Ans: yes, I can assemble

*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: locally, (Sp road)

*11. Anything else which you would like to say?*
Ans: I too hav done some research (based on ur magazine)
Amd phenom II x4 955 BE
GIGABYTE MA78LMT s2p
Corsair Ram 4GB (2x2)
Seagate 1tb
Ati Radeon HD 5670
Benq g2222hdl
LG 22x DVD-rw
Ialso want speakers, keyboard mouse, UPS
Is atx cabinet with 400w psu fine???

Or plzzzz suggest..

After a Month is a long time. Better create the thread two weeks before the purchase. The components chosen by you are perfect, just couple of suggestion from my side:-
1. Get a single 4GB module and add another 4GB later.
2. Get Gigabyte HD 7750 1GB GDDR5 at 6.2K or MSI/Sapphire HD 6670 1 GB GDDR5 @ 5.1K
3. You need a good PSU, get FSP SAGA II or Corsair CX 430 V2 @ 2.2K
4. Phenom II processors are disappearing very quickly from the market. Better grab the processor as quickly as possible from the market.

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@cilus - thanx!!!!
Couple more questions
Can u suggest a 2.1 speakers+ keyboard + more +UPS for around 3.5k
Can ya tell wat s the difference bw local psu and a discrete component

I helped my friend buy a PC
Following is the config
Gigabyte MA78LMT-S2P
Amd phenom ii x4 955 BE
Seagate barracuda 1tb
Corsair 4GB (2x2)
Amd Radeon HD 5670
Benq g2222 HDL
Belkin keyboard mouse combo
Intex atx cabinet with 400w psu
Beetel 2.1 speakers
Win 7 ultimate 64 bit

Total cost 31k

Need suggestion

Keyboard mouse + cabinet + UPS+ speakers + psu
For around 5k Max

Your usage too diverse. Assasin Creed Revelations, Max Payne 2? Get a desktop

This-

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Gigabyte MA78LMT-S2P 3k
Amd phenom ii x4 955 BE 6.6k
Seagate barracuda 1tb 4.5k
Corsair 4GB 1.2k
Amd sapphire HD 6670 5.5k
Benq g2222 HDL 6.6k

@thetechfreak can u plzzzz extend this config
my budget can be expanded to 35k
Those gaming are not my immediate needs I may play aoe3
I'm keen on the above mentioned core components

How about these... Plzzzz tell the pricing.

Gigabyte MA78LMT-S2P
Amd phenom ii x4 955 BE
Seagate barracuda 1tb
Corsair 4GB Ram
Amd sapphire HD 6670 1 GB gddr5
Benq g2222hdl
LG DVD rw 24x
Fsp saga II 500 w
Zebronics bijli w/o psu
Amkette classic duo
Zebronics 600VA
Altec lansing bxr 1221

Thetechfreak, Check the price of Graphics cards...Now MSI HD 6770 is available at 6.5K only, almost 1K cheaper than the Sapphire model and also comes with a great cooler. Better suggest that from now on.

Local PSU and a good company PSU: In other words, local PSUs like Frontech, Intex etc sucks as they are overrated, hardly delivers the quoted wattagae. The so called 400/450W PSUs are actually deliver 250W in most of the cases. Also they are much prone for damage to Voltage fluctuations or ripple.

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Im engg student studying in Bangalore...
I'm more of a coder than gamer..
I do all my gadget shopping from Sp road, Bangalore...

Plzzzz suggest considering all these...

@cilus
I'm waiting for ur comment on the complete config
Plzzzz checkout my small info in the post

Gigabyte MA78LMT-S2P*
Amd phenom ii x4 955 BE*
Seagate barracuda 1tb
Corsair 4GB Ram
Amd sapphire HD 6670 1 GB gddr5
Benq g2222hdl
LG DVD rw 24x
Fsp saga II 500 w
Zebronics bijli w/o psu
Amkette classic duo
Zebronics 600VA
Altec lansing bxr 1221

Buddy, the config is good, just try to get the HD 7750 or 6770 @ 6.4K as I suggested before. At 1080P resolution, 6670 is not that much recommended.

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What wud b total cost of the above config including ur graphics card....

AMD Phenom II X4 955BE @ 6K
GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-S2P (Rev 3.1) @ 2.6K
Corsair Value series 4GBX1 1333 MHz DDR3 @ 1.1K
WD Blue 500GB @ 4K
Gigabyte HD 7750 1GB GDDR5/MSI HD 6770 @ 6.4K
LG 22X SATA DVD R/W @ .85K
FSP Saga II 500W/Corsair CX 430 V2 @ 2.2K
Zebronics Bizli w/o PSU @ 1.3K
Amkette ClASSIC DUO @ 0.4K
Altec Lancing Speaker @ 1.2K
BenQ G2220HD @ 7K/ G2220HDL @ 7.4K

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Cilus said:
AMD Phenom II X4 955BE @ 6K
GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-S2P (Rev 3.1) @ 2.6K
Corsair Value series 4GBX1 1333 MHz DDR3 @ 1.1K
WD Blue 500GB @ 4K
Gigabyte HD 7750 1GB GDDR5/MSI HD 6770 @ 6.4K
LG 22X SATA DVD R/W @ .85K
FSP Saga II 500W/Corsair CX 430 V2 @ 2.2K
Zebronics Bizli w/o PSU @ 1.3K
Amkette ClASSIC DUO @ 0.4K
Altec Lancing Speaker @ 1.2K
BenQ G2220HD @ 7K/ G2220HDL @ 7.4K

I want a change in motherboard (I want Lil bit advanced) without affecting budget much...
Also the latest pricing as f now...
I'm gng to buy this weekend...

^^What's your maximum budget for the whole rig?

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36k is the strict upper limit...

Component Make Price
CPU Intel Pentium G620 3330
Motherboard ASUS P8H61-M LX 3050
RAM G.Skill DDR3 4GB 1150
GPU MSI Radeon HD 6850 8850
HDD WD Caviar Blue 500GB 4270
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24B3ST 1110
Case Zebronics Bijli 1200
PSU FSP Saga II 500w 2300
Monitor BenQ G2222HDL 7500
KB + Mouse Logitech MK200 800
UPS Intex 1KVA 2600
Total 36160

BTW skipped the speakers.

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I want to just change the motherboard in the config

Gigabyte MA78LMT-S2P*
Amd phenom ii x4 955 BE*
Seagate barracuda 1tb
G skill 4GB Ram
gigabyte HD 7750 1 GB gddr5
Benq g2222hdl
LG DVD rw 24x
Fsp saga II 500 w or corsair cx 430 v2
Zebronics bijli w/o psu
Amkette classic duo
Zebronics 600VA
Altec lansing bxr 1221

Also the latest pricing

Biostar A880GZ - 3450
Amd phenom ii x4 955 BE - 6100 (Not so sure if its available or not)
Seagate barracuda 1tb - 5500
G skill 4GB Ram - 1150
gigabyte HD 7750 1 GB gddr5 -6550
Benq g2222hdl - 7500
LG DVD rw 24x - 950
Fsp saga II 500 w or corsair cx 430 v2 - 2400
Zebronics bijli w/o psu - 1200
Amkette classic duo - 380
Zebronics 600VA - 1400
Altec lansing bxr 1221 - 1150

Total 37.7k

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RiGOD said:
Biostar A880GZ - 3450
Amd phenom ii x4 955 BE - 6100 (Not so sure if its available or not)
Seagate barracuda 1tb - 5500
G skill 4GB Ram - 1150
gigabyte HD 7750 1 GB gddr5 -6550
Benq g2222hdl - 7500
LG DVD rw 24x - 950
Fsp saga II 500 w or corsair cx 430 v2 - 2400
Zebronics bijli w/o psu - 1200
Amkette classic duo - 380
Zebronics 600VA - 1400
Altec lansing bxr 1221 - 1150

Total 37.7k

Thanx dude...
If u can suggest a gigabyte motherboard!!!!
Cuz I'm using gigabyte gpu na...

^^Nothing like that buddy, this combo will work fine. BTW there's no Gigabyte board in this price range AFAIK.

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RiGOD said:
^^Nothing like that buddy, this combo will work fine. BTW there's no Gigabyte board in this price range AFAIK.

Thanx a lot fr ur time n suggestion!!!!

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Of course not. PC is way better than laptop. On top of that, you can even upgrade the component whenever you want.

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RiGOD said:
Biostar A880GZ - 3450
Amd phenom ii x4 955 BE - 6100 (Not so sure if its available or not)
Seagate barracuda 1tb - 5500
G skill 4GB Ram - 1150
gigabyte HD 7750 1 GB gddr5 -6550
Benq g2222hdl - 7500
LG DVD rw 24x - 950
Fsp saga II 500 w or corsair cx 430 v2 - 2400
Zebronics bijli w/o psu - 1200
Amkette classic duo - 380
Zebronics 600VA - 1400
Altec lansing bxr 1221 - 1150

Total 37.7k

I got my Rig from SP.road few days ago..Go for Amd phenom ii x4 960T..
It is available in Jainex computers 6200+tax..
Fsp saga II 500 w or corsair cx 430 v2---these 2 are difficult to find in SP....Chk the PSU in the below config..

Cpu----AMD P-II 960T---6200
Mobo---GA-880GM-D2H(rev 3.1)-3800
Ram----corsair value select 4gb 1333---1100
HDD----WD 500gb(64mb cache)---4200
GPU----HD6670 DDR5 1gb---4800
PSU----corsair VS450---2100(binary world)
Optical Drive---LG---950

I would suggest you Binary world(indiranagar)..

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beastrider said:
I got my Rig from SP.road few days ago..Go for Amd phenom ii x4 960T..
It is available in Jainex computers 6200+tax..
Fsp saga II 500 w or corsair cx 430 v2---these 2 are difficult to find in SP....Chk the PSU in the below config..

Cpu----AMD P-II 960T---6200
Mobo---GA-880GM-D2H(rev 3.1)-3800
Ram----corsair value select 4gb 1333---1100
HDD----WD 500gb(64mb cache)---4200
GPU----HD6670 DDR5 1gb---4800
PSU----corsair VS450---2100(binary world)
Optical Drive---LG---950

I would suggest you Binary world(indiranagar)..

I thought f getting my rig from "computer mega mart"
Btw where s this binary world...
Give the full adress...

GA 880GM D2H (rev3.1)
Amd phenom ii x4 955 BE / 960T
Seagate barracuda 1tb
G skill 4GB Ram
gigabyte HD 7750 1 GB gddr5
Benq g2222hdl
LG DVD rw 24x
corsair cx 430 v2
Zebronics bijli w/o psu
Amkette classic du
Zebronics 600VA
Altec lansing bxr 1221

Can anyone post the local prices of these components in sp rd, bangalore...

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aftablonely786 said:
I thought f getting my rig from "computer mega mart"
Btw where s this binary world...
Give the full adress...

GA 880GM D2H (rev3.1)
Amd phenom ii x4 955 BE / 960T
Seagate barracuda 1tb
G skill 4GB Ram
gigabyte HD 7750 1 GB gddr5
Benq g2222hdl
LG DVD rw 24x
corsair cx 430 v2
Zebronics bijli w/o psu
Amkette classic du
Zebronics 600VA
Altec lansing bxr 1221

Can anyone post the local prices of these components in sp rd, bangalore...

I don't think 955BE is available now..Its replaced by 960T.

Here is the link for CPU Buy "CPU AMD Phenom II 3 Ghz. 960T X4 Black Edition Socket AM3 " @ iTerials in Bangalore

BWINDIA
#19, BDA Complex, Indiranagar, Bangalore 560038.

Contact Numbers
Regular Telephone lines
+91 080 25290397
+91 080 25290398
+91 080 25290402
+91 080 25284661
+91 080 25284662
+91 080 25253622

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Finally I got my rig!!!
From SP road,

Biostar A880GZ - 3.2k
Seagate 1tb - 4.9K
Amd phenom II X4 960T - 6.2 K
G-skill 4gb - 1.25K
Cooler Master CMP 350 - 1.7K
LG 24x DVD RW - 0.9K
Corsair VS450 - 2.35K
Microsoft Combo - 0.65K
Benq g2222 hdl 21.5 inch - 7.7K
Zebronics 600VA - 1.2k
Altec lansing bxr 1221 - 1.2k

Total 32K (incl tax)...

You could have gone with CORSAIR CX430 V2 @ 2.3K

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Sainatarajan said:
You could have gone with CORSAIR CX430 V2 @ 2.3K

it's not available in SP road...

Then OK . Everything is fine.
Wt abt GFX card.

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Sainatarajan said:
Then OK . Everything is fine.
Wt abt GFX card.

Denied by Dad :-(

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Why cooler master psu?? -__-

And also, what will you power your 21 inch monitor with now?

Integrated graphics?
Get the gpu.

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Jripper said:
Why cooler master psu?? -__-

And also, what will you power your 21 inch monitor with now? Integrated graphics?
Get the gpu.

You mistook the cabinet as psu. He took corsair vs450 as psu.

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^ Oh yeah see that now

Good good.

Sorry about the mixup X_X

@OP But do get a gpu.

aftablonely786 said:
Finally I got my rig!!!
From SP road,

Biostar A880GZ - 3.2k
Seagate 1tb - 4.9K
Amd phenom II X4 960T - 6.2 K
G-skill 4gb - 1.25K
Cooler Master CMP 350 - 1.7K
LG 24x DVD RW - 0.9K
Corsair VS450 - 2.35K
Microsoft Combo - 0.65K
Benq g2222 hdl 21.5 inch - 7.7K
Zebronics 600VA - 1.2k
Altec lansing bxr 1221 - 1.2k

Total 32K (incl tax)...

Congrats on your purchase.
Even if you do not buy Graphics card, iGPU of 880G is good enough for the monitor you have bought. But You can't play PC game(s) though.

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Hope to get it soon

^^Did the 960T unlock to 6 cores?

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RiGOD said:
^^Did the 960T unlock to 6 cores?

This s my first PC bro....
So I'm taking tym exploring...
Vl do it after 2 months r so...