Suggestions for upgrading

Hi,

I'm upgrading my computer and need suggestions. Please recommend a decent computer configuration with which I can play games like Half-Life 2 and CS Source quite easily, and run Vista.

I don't require RAM, DVD/CD-Rom Drives, Speakers, Keyboard and Mouse.

I need:
[*]A Processor (Core 2 Duo or Quad)
[*]A Motherboard
[*]A decent graphic card (I've heard that Asus 8800GT is good)
[*]A hard drive with decent memory (>=250GB) and good speed
[*]A cooling solution
[*]A LCD Moniter (optional)
[*]A UPS

I have a budget of around Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 45,000.

Thanks.

C2Q-Q6600 Procy, ASUS P5N-SLI Mobo, ATi HD4850 and WD250GB HDD...CoolerMaster PSU...Any UPS with long backup time...

Mobo : ABit IX38 QuadGT Intel� X38 Exp/ICH9R Chip 1333 FSB Rs. 11450

Processor : Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz E8200 Rs. 7700

Gfx : Palit HD 4850 Rs. 11500

Seagate 500 GB 4000

SMPS : CoolerMaster RealPower 550W Rs. 5000

Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Rs. 2500

APC UPS 650VA Rs. 3300

Total : 45540.

R

08150 - Asus P5Q
05800 - Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53ghz
04000 - Seagate 500 GB (32 MB Buffer)
06350 - Corsair 620W Power Supply (CMPSU620HX)
05400 - APC 800VA
02550 - Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme
00400 - Arctic Cooling MX-2 (4gms)
11950 - XFX 8800GT 512 MB DDR3 PV-T88P-YDF4
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44600
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Prices are subject to vary from place to place. Sourced from itwares

I've increased my budget to around Rs. 60000.
I've selected these components:
Processor: Intel Q6600
|-->Price: Rs. 9,000 approx.
Graphics Card: Palit HD 4870 Sonic(Ati Radeon HD 4870)
|-->Price: Rs. 17,900 approx.
Moniter: Dell SP 2208 WFP
|-->Price: Rs. 15,386
Please suggest a Motherboard, Cooling and CPU Case, UPS, HDD( 750 GB), and a keyboard and mouse set(not expensive, basic) keeping in mind my encreased budget.
Also correct any mistakes I made with the prices or any components.
And I can increase my budget in case a component is expensive but worth the additional cost...
And my Thanks to all those who gave suggestions...

If you are not too much into multitasking then you should go for e8500 as it has more frequency than the cores q6600 has

@ ADC_Xtreme

Q6600?
If so then ensure that it has G0 stepping..

Mobo : ASUS P5Q Pro - 9k or MSI P45 Neo2 FR - 8.4k
Cooling Thermal Paste: OCZ Freeze - 400bucks
Cabinet : Cooler Master Elite 330 Cabinet - 2k
PSU : CoolerMaster EP500W - 2.3k or PowerSafe Silver 500W SMPS - 1.7k or Corsair VX450W - 3.2k
HDD : Seagate 750GB 32MB Buffer - 5.5k
UPS : APC 650VA UPS - 3.3k
RAM : Transcend/Corsair/Kingston 2GB DDR2 800MHz - 1.7 to 2k(depends on the brand u choose)
KB+Mouse : Logitech Wireless Kit - 1.4k
Speakers : Logitech T6060 - 4.3k or Altec Lansing VS3251E - 3.4k

Did i miss anything else....

U've increased to 60k?

Now I seriously ask, increase to 70k, and wait for 2 months.

U'll get Nehalem, and everything u wud want.

Jus my 2 cents

^^Nehalem sux in gaming... results are pretty much same as Quads which also suck at gaming.

E8400
MSI P45 Neo-F
WD Caviar SE16 640GB HDD
Palit HD4870 512MB GDDR5
Get a Sunbeam Core Freezer and Panaflo Medium Speed fan for cooling
Antec 850VA UPS
CM Elite 330 cabinet
Corsair HX520W PSU

Monitor :- Dell 198WFP 19" LCD or Dell 228WFP 22" LCD (depends on the bulge of ur wallet

).

Thank you guys....

Psychosocial said:
^^Nehalem sux in gaming... results are pretty much same as Quads which also suck at gaming.

The same setup, and the E8400 ki jagah i920, u get double frames per second.

^^You cant run i920 on MSI P45 Neo-F

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Ok, jokes apart, I again saw the reviews and yup you are right

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I know, but u can run it on a 65k budget, although u'll hav to wait 1-2 months for the prices to fall a bit.

^^

Immediate Option:
Q9300
ASUS P5Q
2*2GB DDR2 1066MHz OCZ
Wait for a bit, and get HD4850X2 @ 20k max.

H

at this point of time its no use getting a LGA775 socket based rig when 1 has a 60k+ budget.its better to wait 4 sometime and get a i7 920 based rig.

^^absolutely what I'm tryin' to say

ok.....i'll wait for some months (how many???) and buy a i7920 based rig....
my final configuration is wt Psychosocial suggested....

E8400
MSI P45 Neo-F
WD Caviar SE16 640GB HDD
Palit HD4870 512MB GDDR5
Get a Sunbeam Core Freezer and Panaflo Medium Speed fan for cooling
Antec 850VA UPS
CM Elite 330 cabinet
Corsair HX520W PSU

only change tht i'll change get a i7-920 based rig instead of E8400...
my last request.....can any1 provide my final list with all the prices.....thanks

Psychosocial said:
^^Nehalem sux in gaming... results are pretty much same as Quads which also suck at gaming.

E8400
MSI P45 Neo-F
WD Caviar SE16 640GB HDD
Palit HD4870 512MB GDDR5
Get a Sunbeam Core Freezer and Panaflo Medium Speed fan for cooling
Antec 850VA UPS
CM Elite 330 cabinet
Corsair HX520W PSU

Monitor :- Dell 198WFP 19" LCD or Dell 228WFP 22" LCD (depends on the bulge of ur wallet ).

go wit this or a E8600 instead of 84 and ASus P5Q board instead of MSi rest is fine ...

H

^^^ afaik E8600 costs a hell lot more than a E8400 for only 300MHz inc in stock speed.

^^Which can be achieved by OC.

H

^^^ that much can be easliy achived thru oc.
just a general info:
any1 getting a E8xxx procy now plz see that u buy the new E0 stepping not the older C0/M0 stepping.
the E0 stepping procies oc well at lower vcore vals as compared to prev C0/M0 ones.

ADC_Xtreme said:
ok.....i'll wait for some months (how many???) and buy a i7920 based rig....
my final configuration is wt Psychosocial suggested....

E8400
MSI P45 Neo-F
WD Caviar SE16 640GB HDD
Palit HD4870 512MB GDDR5
Get a Sunbeam Core Freezer and Panaflo Medium Speed fan for cooling
Antec 850VA UPS
CM Elite 330 cabinet
Corsair HX520W PSU

only change tht i'll change get a i7-920 based rig instead of E8400...
my last request.....can any1 provide my final list with all the prices.....thanks

No, this won't be ur rig aftr a few months, 2-3 max, when u shud buy Nehalem.

By then 55nm Nvidia GTX2xx cards will be out, which shall be cheaper, and faster than the current.

wts the best (and cheapest) motherboard available fr Nehalem i7-920 and its price...

H

afaik the total combo of i7 920,X58 mobo & 3*1GB DDR3 triple ch kit sud cost u a min of 35k

ADC_Xtreme said:
wts the best (and cheapest) motherboard available fr Nehalem i7-920 and its price...

Kuch din rukh, tab pata chalega

Min 15k

comp@ddict said:
Kuch din rukh, tab pata chalega

Min 15k

LOL
Caught me

comp@ddict said:
LOL
Caught me

Again

H

Core i7 920 is costing 15.9k in Kolkata.i've orderd for it 2day and i was told that i'll receive it 21 days later.

^^Congo. Nice purcahse. And the board
??

H

^^^ thnx dood.i'm sad bout the fact that it'll taking 21 f**king days for the procy to reach me.
shall speak with rashi 2morrow and see wat they hafta say bout the Asus P6T Dlx.not in a hurri cant get the procy immediately.

Brand New:

Graphics: Palit 9600GT 512MB : 06600.00
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 6MB L2 3.0Ghz.1333Mhz. : 09100.00
Mother Board: MSI P45 Neo-F DDRII 1333Mhz. Support : 05600.00
RAM: Kingston DDRII 800 2GB : 01350.00
Cabinet: iBall Diamond : 01100.00
PSU: CoolMaster 500W Extreme Edition : 02850.00
Monitor: View Sonic VA1918 10000:1 Contrast 19" Wide Screen : 09000.00
HDD: Seagate 250GB ST3250620A : 02300.00
DVD-RW: Samsung Octo SH-203B : 01300.00
KeyBoard: iBall Dark MM Plus : 00350.00
Mouse: Logitech : 00400.00
Pen Drive: Kingston 4GB Data Traveller : 00380.00

Existing Transfer:

UPS: Luminous Tez 600 LX
Speakers: Creative 2.1
LAN Card: D-Link
DVD-RW: Samsung Octo Technology
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 40GB HDD Slave
OS: Win XP MCE + MS Office 2003

^^ ????

hellgate said:
^^^ thnx dood.i'm sad bout the fact that it'll taking 21 f**king days for the procy to reach me.
shall speak with rashi 2morrow and see wat they hafta say bout the Asus P6T Dlx.not in a hurri cant get the procy immediately.

Great !

I Suggested What I Bought And The Rig Is Good...

ya right....you people made me increase my budget (again)

booobooo said:
Brand New:

Graphics: Palit 9600GT 512MB : 06600.00
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 6MB L2 3.0Ghz.1333Mhz. : 09100.00
Mother Board: MSI P45 Neo-F DDRII 1333Mhz. Support : 05600.00
RAM: Kingston DDRII 800 2GB : 01350.00
Cabinet: iBall Diamond : 01100.00
PSU: CoolMaster 500W Extreme Edition : 02850.00
Monitor: View Sonic VA1918 10000:1 Contrast 19" Wide Screen : 09000.00
HDD: Seagate 250GB ST3250620A : 02300.00
DVD-RW: Samsung Octo SH-203B : 01300.00
KeyBoard: iBall Dark MM Plus : 00350.00
Mouse: Logitech : 00400.00
Pen Drive: Kingston 4GB Data Traveller : 00380.00

Existing Transfer:

UPS: Luminous Tez 600 LX
Speakers: Creative 2.1
LAN Card: D-Link
DVD-RW: Samsung Octo Technology
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 40GB HDD Slave
OS: Win XP MCE + MS Office 2003

Quite cost-effective

E8400 is 9.1k?

Suggestion

ADC_Xtreme said:
Quite cost-effective

You Will Not regret My Friend. I Can Assist You In Shopping For The parts if You Are From Delhi...

But that quite low.

comp@ddict said:
Okay I've had enug^^^

Leave him. You are quite an old member. Ignore his posts or you will get banned. I know this forum

.

comp@ddict...What's Wrong With You...I See No Reason For Your Upscale Temper Buddy.

And Yeah...I Can be Equally Helpful...

Helping others is always good.

Re: Suggestion

booobooo said:
You Will Not regret My Friend. I Can Assist You In Shopping For The parts if You Are From Delhi...

ya, i'm frm Delhi...

booobooo mahine do mahinee mein ek do baar hi darshan deta hai. Ab uska intzaar karte rehna.

^Please don't spam around.

@ADC_Xtreme :-
No need for anyone's help. Nehru Place (or is it Plaza ? I dont live in Delhi)... is the best place to find hardware in Delhi.

Either u order online, or go to the IT hub as suggested, yes, NEHRU PLACE.

I Can Supply Addresses if needed With tel.

booobooo said:
I Can Supply Addresses if needed With tel.

tht will be really helpful...thx

If any one helping take it. But he should be wise enough.

^How many times do I report the same guy in one hour?

^^You only have to report once. Mods wil react soon

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No, he's spammed in all the 8 posts he's made so far.