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tusharkulkarni008 Original post #1
Aug 16, 2013 at 5:30 PM
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?
Ans:Battlefield 3/4 autodesk inventor and other 3d modeling and geometricl modeling apps

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 70k

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: no

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:windows7 or 8 ubuntu duel boot

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans:1 to 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:i want to use my samsung 6030 tv as a monitor

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

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: in q4

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: i have never built a desktop
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 am open to both local and online purchess i am from pune

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans:
I nither require rediculously high end parts
Nor nuclear reactor grade cooling for proccessor
I want a grid to suppourt my tv and have modest gaming
ankush28
Aug 16, 2013 at 11:58 PM
FX 8350 - 12k
Asus M990FX pro - 11k
G.skill RipjawsX 8GBx1 - 4.5k (add one more when needed later)
Seasonic S12ii 620 watt - (idk)
Asus nVidia GTX 770 - 33k
Corsair carbide 400r - 4.8k
WD blue 1TB - 3.9k
Asus 24x B5ST dvd writer - 1k

as you have nothing to do with OCing intel alternative is i7-4770 with any H87 board
i recommend i7-4770 here ...:)
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Aug 17, 2013 at 11:40 AM
Is there any AMD alternative for gtx 770
Cilus
Cilus #5
Aug 17, 2013 at 7:05 PM
Get the Custom version of HD 7970 and look for if the GPU clock is 1000 MHz Plus. Asus Direct CU II, Sapphire VaporX or Gigabyte WIndforce based models are based suited for you. Performance is around 5 to 7% lesser than GTX 770 in some cases but available at a far cheaper price like 29K.
ankush28
Aug 17, 2013 at 7:40 PM
ya if OP go for Gigabyte windforce 7970 then he can accomodate i7-4770
rijinpk1
Aug 17, 2013 at 8:36 PM
if you are never overclocking, you can consider i7 4770 along with an H87 mobo
anirbandd
Aug 23, 2013 at 8:30 PM
MOtherBOard :D