Suggestion for a pc rig[help]

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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: I will be using adobe photoshop, illustrator, inkscape for graphic designing!
Next I will use carbide.ui 4.3 by nokia for developing themes for symbian!!
Next I'll be developing some apps and games for wp7 using xna game studios and silver light! Also visual basic for wp7!!
I wud watch movies and nd listrn songs on 5.1 channel speakers!!
Nd some mid range good quality gaming like every latest game should atleast run in it!!
I will be using internet to manage my forum and blog too!!
Nd regular net usage!!
Other applications like video convertor and all will also be uused because I'm a youtuber too!!
So video and editing softwares should also run!!

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
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verall budet will be 45k and it can be extended upto 52k!!

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:Yes if required in future!!

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: win 7 professional and windows 8!! :-D

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: atleast 1 Tb because themes take up a lot of space in temp folder!

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: screen size shud be 24inches nd full hd resolution!!
I prefer lg e2360v. Howz it??

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans:I would be using a fresh rig!

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: Starting of april 2012

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: yes!! But i got fooled nd i was handed over with a pentium 4 nd a very bad pc! So i opted for a hp laptop later!

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: Delhi! Yes I'm open enough for online purchases as i usually do online purchases!

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Yes i wud want a wifi built in bgn complaint. Nd i want a usb 3.0 A high speed dvd reader nd writer!! If possible the blu ray reader!!
I want everything to run super fast!!
Hdmi and a very good mouse and keyboard coz ill be doing graphic designing!!
Cabinet should be very good looking and it shud have memory card reader!
A web cam for skype !!
A 5.1 channel speaker with high bass!!
I'm already having a genuine win7 professional key with me so no need to include it!!
Atleast 6 gb or 8gb of ram for multitasking with atleast 1333 mhz
A dedicated graphics card!!
dedicated sound card!!
A tv tuner of possible!!
If possible then wireless keyboard but corder will also be fine!!
Ethernet
Nd I've heard that 3rd generation intel core processors are coming so should i wait for them???
Hoping for good replies!

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T @ 9.8K
BIOSTAR TA 990FXE @ 8.5K
G-skill RipjawX 1600 MHz DDR3 4GB X 2 @ 3.1K
Seasonic S12II 520 Bronze @ 3.7K
Seagate 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD (1Yrs warranty) @ 5K
Corsair Carbide 400R Cabinet @ 4.7K
BenQ G2220HDL 21.5" Full HD LED Display @ 7.5K
Gigabyte HD 7770 1 GB GDDR5 @ 8.2K
Logitech MK200 Keyboard & Mouse @ 0.7K
Numeric 800VA/1KVA @ 3/3.5K
Total: 54.2K

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Cilus won't it be better to go for Core i5 2400 or 2500 if Phenom X6 costs 9800.
can those two extra cores outperform Sandybridge in multithreaded apps?

single core performance might be lower, but in multithreaded apps u will benefit from the phenom suggested.

ajaymailed said:
Cilus won't it be better to go for Core i5 2400 or 2500 if Phenom X6 costs 9800.
can those two extra cores outperform Sandybridge in multithreaded apps?

Seeing the usage of OP-

scubix said:
1. What is the purpose of the computer?
Ans: I will be using adobe photoshop, illustrator, inkscape for graphic designing!
Next I will use carbide.ui 4.3 by nokia for developing themes for symbian!!
Next I'll be developing some apps and games for wp7 using xna game studios and silver light! Also visual basic for wp7!!

Better go for Phenom Config :wink:

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But whats the basic differece between phenom and i5!!
I noe that phenom wud perform better in multithreaded apps!!
But what about i5 2500k??
Won't it be good??
I may sound noob!
But please help!

^^That's why I have suggested the Phenom. In all those apps, Phenom II 1090T and 1100T is ahead of i5 2400. Also OP has specified that he has plan for overclocking in future. You guys believe it or not: when a Phenom II X6 is overclocked to 4.2 GHz, it outperforms a Core i7 975 and performs 95% of 6 core i7 980 Extreme.

1st of all i5 2500K + Z68 config will not come to your budget if you want a balanced rig. 2ndly 1100T is also same or better in multi-threaded apps than a stock 2500K.

scubix said:
But what about i5 2500k??

For many people buying a i5 2500k looks attractive but its not. Z68 has to be bough for OC. No use to buy k processor if one doesnt wants to Overclock

scubix said:
But whats the basic differece between phenom and i5!!
I noe that phenom wud perform better in multithreaded apps

The 1090T would be better than i5 in multi core apps. So no point spending more and getting that.

AnandTech - Bench - CPU

In all multithreaded benches, Phenom > Intel i5

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@techfreak,you might want to change the above link as it shows i5 2400 ahead in all benchmarks except 2(x264 2nd pass & POV neglecting difference of 2 in sys2007).

@cilus,i am not much familiar with adobe photoshop, illustrator, inkscape but according to the link by @techfreak in photoshop CS4 test i5 2400 is faster than 1090T.also only core intensive applications which i can think of in which 1090T might be faster are x264 encoding(but with not much difference),POV,3d rendering(depends on software) etc.of course if overclocking i5 2500k to 4.5GHz is considered if budget permits then it is not even a competition.however because of op's budget phenom II X6 is the best & only option.

P.S.if someone thinks i am mistaken on the above point then i would be glad to be corrected on this

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So guys according to u all amd is better for me!!
But I've heard a lot that people don't prefer AMD!!
Y so??
Nd how come the 1tb hdd is soo cheap, i think currently the hdd are costly!!
Is it a good hdd??
Nd what about the monitor i suggested lg 2360v
It looks awesome! :]

^^See this Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD

A year back I bought the same for 2.9k. That's why they say that the prices are sky high. 24" LED you say? Check out Dell ST2420L.

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Hey guys but can u sugget me some better keyboard and specially mouse??
Nd what about wifi??

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Nd guys the dvd/bluray is missing!!

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You can buy Sony Optiarc BD-5300S Blu-ray
Disc Writer for 7.3k. The components suggested by others are already costing 52k. So buying the blu ray writer is out of your budget. You need to either increase your budget or sacrifice in some components.

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Ohhk!
So tell me some good dvd writer

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You can get good dvd writer at 1k from brands like asus, lg, samsung, sony.

For keyboard/mouse, get Logitech Gaming combo G100@1.6k from flipkart.And dvd writer get ASUS 24B3ST.
Flipkart.com: Logitech Gaming Combo G100 Keyboard: Keyboard
Flipkart: Asus DRW-24B3ST Internal Optical Drive: Internal Optical Drive

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Guys what about the lg monitor i mentioned
It looks super sexy so is it good or no!!
Please tell
Sugget a wifi also becoz I'm having a wifi router in my home so i need a wifi card in the pc too!
Nd looks also matter to me a lot!
So is the cabinet good looking??
Those two big fan circles in the cabinet!
Nd please suggest some gook key and mouse for around 2500k
Nd budget can be increased to 60k!
So suggest the best!!
Will the phenom processor work fast enough for day to day use also??
Is it better than i5 2500??

scubix said:
But I've heard a lot that people don't prefer AMD!!
Y so??

better ask them why they don't prefer. they'll give reasons that will make you go ROFL (if you know the right answer).

scubix said:
Nd how come the 1tb hdd is soo cheap, i think currently the hdd are costly!!
Is it a good hdd??

remember warranty is just 1yr. else look for WD 500Gb Blue. have 3yr warranty acc to Flipkart but acc to WD it will carry 2yr warranty.

scubix said:
Nd looks also matter to me a lot!
So is the cabinet good looking??
Those two big fan circles in the cabinet!

Carbide 400R is better than most cabinets found at that price.

scubix said:
Will the phenom processor work fast enough for day to day use also??
Is it better than i5 2500??

i5/i7 is faster than Phenom II X6 but those are theoretical numbers. in real life you won't notice much difference between Core i5/i7 & Phenom II X6. but i5 overclocked will outperform a Phenom II X6 overclocked but a descent i5 cost twice that of a Phenom II setup. main problem is the motherboard cost a lot in case of Intel.

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thanq all of you guys but please answer rest of my questions!

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@Tenida already suggested a good kb/mouse combo.cheap usb wifi dongle costs ~500 no need for a card.you can search for corsair carbide 400R pics & decide for yourself.lg e2360v is a new model so not many here are familiar with it.again check for yourself by watching a demo of your test video clips on a monitor(i think many shops allow this).

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I know.Apart from normal combo, I am suggesting some good budget gaming combo.Nothing wrong in that i think as op can increase his budget.

^^Wi-Fi card - D-Link DWA-525.
Yeah the monitor is pretty good. Has decent reviews.
Check out the NZXT Guardian 921 (First choice would be Corsair 400R).
Wireless - Logitech Wireless Combo Desktop MK320
Wired - Razer Cyclosa Bundle

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y not card instead of usb dongle??
Nd i want something good looking key board with back lighting and a very good looking mouse

Backlid keyboard- Logitech G110
Mouse- Logitech G300 with RGB led light.

Tenida said:
Backlid keyboard- Logitech G110
Mouse- Logitech G300 with RGB led light.

I thought OP's budget for the combo was 2.5k.

^^But he asked for backlid keyboard. Backlid keyboard doesn't come cheap.
And I've already suggested him a cheaper option.

I must say Take the G300 for sure. Proud owner