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Upgrade or Buy new PC?? budget : 50k

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/upgrade-or-buy-new-pc-budget-50k.184751/

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faraazbh Original post #1
Jun 19, 2014 at 5:12 PM
Approximate Purchase Date: this week


Budget Range: (e.g.: $800-850 ) Rs.50000


System Usage from Most to Least Important: (e.g.: Folding@Home, gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies) Gaming (Football Manager 2014, GTA V, FIFA, NFS , Battlefield 4,COD,Skyrim,DMC) ,HTPC,Download rig,Watching HD movies

Are you buying a monitor: No


Parts to Upgrade: (e.g.: CPU, mobo, RAM) **Include Power Supply Make & Model If Re-using**


Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: (e.g.: flipkart.com -- to show us selection & pricing)

Location: Mumbai,India

Parts Preferences: have never used AMD CPUs

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1366x768

Additional Comments:

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: PC is old, also DDR3 slot in Motherboard not working, current PC lagging and works slow

Existing hardware configuration:
?CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.5Ghz
?Motherboard - Gigabyte G41-GA-G41M-COMBO-GQ ( DDR3 RAM slots not working)
?GPU - Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 1GB DDR3( 10 months old)
?RAM - Kingston 2 X 1GB DDR3 (also have a spare DDR3 4GB RAM)
?Monitor - BENQ LED 18.5" 1366x768
?PSU - X-tech SMPS 450W
?iBall KB and Mouse Combo
?Creative basic 2.1 Speakers ( one of the speaker side is not working i.e. Right)
?2 HDD (WD 500GB 54000RPM and another HDD of 150GB )

Components I plan on keeping:
?GPU - Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 1GB DDR3( 10 months old)
?Monitor - BENQ LED 18.5" 1366x768
?not sure if i should keep the Processor
?might keep the 2 hard disks

component looking to buy
?Have not decided anything, Should I keep the existing Harddisks and buy a new HDD or SSD or SSHD? or should i buy a ssd and buy a external harddisk?? what is better?
?Also I guess I should buy a new Mobo+Proccessor+RAM+Cabinet+PSU
?If i'm missing something , please suggest
Might add a RAM stick if needed or SSD
bssunilreddy
Jun 19, 2014 at 5:26 PM
Mobo - Gigabyte Z87M-D3H -9500,
Processor - Intel Core i5 4670k -15500,
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB)1600Mhz -5800,
HDD - WD Caviar Blue 1TB -3800,
Cabinet - Corsair Carbide SPEC-01 -3600,
PSU - Antec VP650P -4500,
Speakers - Logitech Z313 -2800,
GPU - Sapphire R7 260 2GB DDR5 -9500.
TOTAL -55,000.

By selling this "Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 1GB DDR3( 10 months old)" you can get 4.5k.
Add another 5k and get the above GPU.Ok.
gagan_kumar
Jun 19, 2014 at 6:10 PM
@op you should consider upgrading your monitor because at 1366x768 even low end gpu will suffice and ...........
adityak469
Jun 19, 2014 at 6:44 PM
sell everything from your old PC(except HDD, if you wanna keep them but don't use them as primary HDD.). It'll fetch around 12k-13k i think. Your budget is now around ~63k.
Now get this rig-

FX 8350 ~ 12.5k
Gigabyte GA 970A DS3P ~ 5.5k
HyperXBlu 4GB ~ 2.5k
Seasonic S12II ~ 5k
Deepcool Tessaract ~ 2.5k
WD Blue 1TB ~ 4k
Dell S2240L ~ 8.5k
Sapphire R9 280x ~ 22k
get a cooler kf you want.
F
Jun 29, 2014 at 6:06 PM
guys , this is what I have decided so far, (want to run Hackintosh on my PC, so please guide me on the configuration)

Guys this is the config that I have decided, any suggestions or I can save some money on this?

Processor i5 4590 @13780 (itdepot) *www.theitdepot.com/details-Intel+Core+i5-4590+3.3+GHz+Processor_C30P21733.html
OR
i5 4670k @15294 snapdeal Intel 3.4 GHz LGA1150 4670K i5 4th Generation Processor - Buy Processor Online @ Best Price on Snapdeal.com

Motherboard Gigabyte Z87M-D3H @9450 (flipkart) (If i can save some money on the motherboard and get a cheaper and hackintosh compatible mobo, it would be great)

SSD Samsung EVO 840 120Gb @5133(primeabdg) Buy Online SAMSUNG 120GB SSD 840 EVO MZ-7TE120BW in India

PSU Seasonic S12II 520 @4766(primeabdg) / suggest another PSU for less price if possible :p

Memory Corsair Vengeance (4x2) GB DDR3 RAM 1600 MHz @ 5800k Buy Online CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 in India

Case Deepcool Tesseract (@2600 theitdepot) This is the only case i could find at such a low price

I already have a Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 1GB DDR3 Card, which I'm trying to sell and then buy a R9 270X card, so please suggest a PSU accordingly

I'm open to suggestions regarding the componets, just want the PC to be hackintosh compatible,

Btw i went thru tonymac86's june 2014 guide, bt i'm not sure about selecting a CPU and compatible motherboad( in my budget)

Please help me out

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guys , this is what I have decided so far, (want to run Hackintosh on my PC, so please guide me on the configuration)

Guys this is the config that I have decided, any suggestions or I can save some money on this?

Processor i5 4590 @13780 (itdepot) *www.theitdepot.com/details-Intel+Core+i5-4590+3.3+GHz+Processor_C30P21733.html
OR
i5 4670k @15294 snapdeal *www.snapdeal.com/product/intel-34-ghz-lga1150-4670k/1185922148

Motherboard Gigabyte Z87M-D3H @9450 (flipkart) (If i can save some money on the motherboard and get a cheaper and hackintosh compatible mobo, it would be great)

SSD Samsung EVO 840 120Gb @5133(primeabdg) *www.primeabgb.com/samsung-120gb-ssd-840-evo-mz-7te120bw.html

PSU Seasonic S12II 520 @4766(primeabdg) / suggest another PSU for less price if possible :p

Memory Corsair Vengeance (4x2) GB DDR3 RAM 1600 MHz @ 5800k *theitwares.com/corsair-vengeance-4gb-240-pin-ddr3-sdram-ddr3-1600-pc3-12800-desktop-memory-model-cmz4gx3m1a1600c9

Case Deepcool Tesseract (@2600 theitdepot) This is the only case i could find at such a low price

I already have a Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 1GB DDR3 Card, which I'm trying to sell and then buy a R9 270X card, so please suggest a PSU accordingly

I'm open to suggestions regarding the componets, just want the PC to be hackintosh compatible,

Btw i went thru tonymac86's june 2014 guide, bt i'm not sure about selecting a CPU and compatible motherboad( in my budget)

Please help me out