Upgrading cpu. mobo. ram. and psu.

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: Gta4, Crysis 3, Max payne 3 and GTA 5 hopefully. watching movies, browsing yada. yada.

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:14k

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans

unno.

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:Using Windows 7 currently and would use the same.

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans:None have 1tb already.

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:Nope I already have 17inch 720p.

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans:Monitor, keyboard, mouse, graphics card, and case.

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans:Soon this month only.

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans:Nope. Would ask my friend.

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:New Delhi.

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: I've shortlisted AMD FX 6300 for processor and CX 430v2 for psu please suggest me mobo and ram and any other processor if its better than FX 6300 at gaming and I have HD 7750 GPU currently.

FX 6300 @ 7.3k
Asus m5a97 r2.0 @ 6k
Antec VP450P @ 2.6k (remove cx430v2 it have some issues)
Ram G.skill RipjawsX 4gb @ 2.3k
this is minimum

you should get
Or gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 @ 5.2k

Option 1:

i3 3220 (7000)
Gigabyte B75M DH3 (4000)
Corsair Value Select 4 GB (1900)
Corsair CX430V (2700)

total: 15.6k

option 2:

same as askush28's suggestion.

Nighthawk12 said:
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:Gamingwatching movies, browsing yada. yada.

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ankush28 said:
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My bad updated. Haven't posted for a while lol.

ankush28 said:
FX 6300 @ 7.3k
Asus m5a97 r2.0 @ 6k
Antec VP450P @ 2.6k (remove cx430v2 it have some issues)
Ram G.skill RipjawsX 4gb @ 2.3k
this is minimum you should get
Or gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 @ 5.2k

Is there any other cheaper mobo?

^ no cheaper mobo.that is minimum

cheaper am3+ mobo are there but I'll not recommend them better stick with what I suggested get gigabyte one and
corsair value select 1333mhz CL9 Ram @ 1.8k

^Can you please tell me the reason for it? Because I'm tight on budget.

low end MoBo AM3+ motherboards needs to be flashed with latest BIOS to work with latest Piledriver processors unless you get revised version like GA-78LMT-USB3 rev5.0 @ 3.6k better spend 1.6k more and be tension free

spending extra money worths you will not need to worry for next 3-4 years

@Ankush I'm thinking to buy this gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 @ 5.2k mobo as u suggested and yeah I need one more help. Would that mobo will fit in my cabinet? Umm currently i'm using 945gcm-s2l mobo it fits quite easily.
I'm using cabinet given by HCL. And I'm very tight on budget... can't afford cabinet atm.

P.S excuse my English lol.

it is micro atx should fit better post pic IDK which cabby you are talking about

Hey @Ankush how is this mobo Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 ? Does it support FX 6300 outta the box?

^ no you will need to flash latest bios i.e. 1401

ASUS - Motherboards- M5A78L-M/USB3

check cpu support

Is it complicated to flash the bios? Because there is no other Micro-ATX board are available at this range....

Nighthawk12 said:
Is it complicated to flash the bios? Because there is no other Micro-ATX board are available at this range....

Its not complicated, but you will need another am3/am3+ cpu to flash it (in case the board doesn't support flashing without cpu).

And how will I know that if the motherboard support flashing without cpu? And if it doesn't it'll screw up because I don't have any other AMD CPU....

OP if you are very strict on budget then better go for i3-3220 it is very very near to FX 6300 if you dont want to run highend cpu intensive program and 3d modeling editing stuff bla bla.
Very few current games are multithread optimised.

source:- AnandTech | Bench - CPU

ankush28 said:
OP if you are very strict on budget then better go for i3-3220 it is very very near to FX 6300 if you dont want to run highend cpu intensive program and 3d modeling editing stuff bla bla.
Very few current games are multithread optimised.

source:- AnandTech | Bench - CPU

Good suggestion for tight budget..

Nah mate, I'm avoiding i3.. cause I think AMD one will be more future proof compared to i3. Since the upcoming games will require more than 2 cores.. i.e BF4, GTA 5 etc.

Nighthawk12 said:
And how will I know that if the motherboard support flashing without cpu? And if it doesn't it'll screw up because I don't have any other AMD CPU....

Check the motherboard's features. Also, if a shopkeeper in you city is selling the motherboard which you want to buy, you can check the sticker on the box for the bios version and then see if it will require a bios update or not.

Nighthawk12 said:
Nah mate, I'm avoiding i3.. cause I think AMD one will be more future proof compared to i3. Since the upcoming games will require more than 2 cores.. i.e BF4, GTA 5 etc.

Absolutely correct..
I said that because you are tight on budget..

harshilsharma63 said:
Check the motherboard's features. Also, if a shopkeeper in you city is selling the motherboard which you want to buy, you can check the sticker on the box for the bios version and then see if it will require a bios update or not.

And how to check that if I could update it w/o processor.. Or can I update bios through FX 6300..

try to find this GA-78LMT-USB3 @ 3.6k rev 5.0 i.e. BIOS VERSION F3
or asus one mentioned above better get the one with required bios dunno this two mobo supports flashing w/o cpu , might be gigabyte one supports let other members comment on that!

Well If I buy the fx 6300 and the 780 series board today... can't I just update the bios through FX 6300 or it will not boot at all..

If you get the Gigabyte one with Rev 4.1 or 5 then you can easily boot and update the BIOS. Not sure about the Asus one.

Cilus said:
If you get the Gigabyte one with Rev 4.1 or 5 then you can easily boot and update the BIOS. Not sure about the Asus one.

Can I update the bios with this mobo Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 using FX-6300?

no ^ .you need older amd cpu or bulldozer series to update

leave the idea of upgrading bios better find the one with supported bios

ankush28 said:
leave the idea of upgrading bios better find the one with supported bios

Meh I'm not finding any motherboard that support AMD FX 6300... and this is annoying me please help.

What the hell...The Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3, both the versions (Rev 4.1 and Rev 5.1) support FX-6300 out of the box. Here is the link of CPU suuport list for the 4.1 version:- GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Socket AM3+ - AMD 760G - GA-78LMT-USB3 (rev. 4.1)

And it is completely wrong information that an AM3+ board designed for Bulldozer CPU will not boot when a Piledriver CPU is plugged into it. It will boot but the CPU might not get detected properly. Just update the BIOS and you are good to go.

no mate 4.1 doesent see the BIOS column F3 is needed to use FX 6300.
-x-x
check my pm cilus

Cilus clarify it please....

Hey guys, I've contacted Flipkart today for the Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 mobo. They told me that do not know the manufacturing date as of now but they confirmed me that the mobo supports FX 6300 out of the box and I not need to flash the bios. So shall I purchase it from flipkart? Please suggest.

no many times even FK dont know about that.

Based on my experience what I can tell is that if you plug an AM3+ Processor in an AM3+ Motherboard, it will work and will boot up for sure but there may be some instability issues if the BIOS is not updated. My Motherboard, Sabertooth 990FX was designed for AMD Bulldozer CPU initially but when I plugged in my new FX-8350, it was detected and booted up without any issues. Then I updated my BIOS to 1604 which is designed to bring proper Piledriver CPU support.
So IMO the Gigabyte Motherboard will boot up surely with FX-6300 and then you need to update the BIOS (if not already present) to the latest version for maximum stability and performance.

Hey Buddy's. I've extended my budget to 18k -19k max including PSU.
Can I get an i5 config with this budget? I mean I'm trying to avoid AMD since I haven't used it before and mobo problems(Support and ****).
I could have gone for 970A mobo but there is no MicroATX mobo available at 970 modles..
So yeh if it's possible in that budget please suggest an i5 or any other config.

The parts I need is-Mobo(Micro ATX only my cabby doesn't support ATX), Processor and PSU.

And yeah please tell me how much an i5 will be better than FX 6300 in terms of gaming...

PSU : Antec VP450 @ 3k
CPU : i5 - 3470 @ 12k / i5 3330 @ 11.5k
MotherBoard : Asus P8B75M-LX @ 4.5k

for gaming performance :
AMD FX-8350, FX-8320, FX-6300 and FX-4300: All Vishera Processors in One Review!. Page 6 - X-bit labs

get vp450p.
If you can stretch little more ,get i5 4430 and gigabyte ga b85m d3h

I've finally bought it!!! Both locally.
Core i5 3470 @ 12,150
Gigabyte B75M D3H @4,600.

Congrats

Congrats