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gagan_kumar
gagan_kumar Original post #1
Sep 22, 2014 at 5:11 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? Avoid the word 'et cetera.')
Ans:gaming dota 2, metro last light, bf4

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:45-47k

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:yes gpu only

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:win 7

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans:na

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:yes >21inch

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans:cpu(i5 2400) motherboard

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans:in 2 weeks

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans:yes

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:bangalore

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: i would like to know release date and price of gtx970
monitor should be less than 10k
need the following
--cabinet
--monitor
--gpu
--psu
--extra fans if possible
J
Sep 22, 2014 at 6:49 PM
Cabinet -Deepcool Tesseract BW -3200,
Monitor -Dell S2240L LED IPS 22" -8500,
GPU -Zotac GTX970 4GB -29500, (mdcomputers.in)
PSU -Seasonic S12II 520 -5000.
TOTAL -46,200.
gagan_kumar
Sep 22, 2014 at 11:56 PM
1. monitor he want at below 10k any 22incher or greater, non glossy
2. for cabinet he is looking at scout 2 plz tell any info regarding this , like availability India and all...........
3. psu plz suggest, but i think to be on a safer side, minimum 600 watt psu is a must ............
4. plz tell abt gpu i have no idea abt it which to go for, he wants nvidia only , have to do cuda programming also...........
adityak469
Sep 23, 2014 at 11:48 AM
1. monitor he want at below 10k any 22incher or greater, non glossy
2. for cabinet he is looking at scout 2 plz tell any info regarding this , like availability India and all...........
3. psu plz suggest, but i think to be on a safer side, minimum 600 watt psu is a must ............
4. plz tell abt gpu i have no idea abt it which to go for, he wants nvidia only , have to do cuda programming also...........

1. AOC I2369VM should be good enough
2. can't say, Tesseract will do the job too.
3. 520W is enough if you are goon with GTX 970
4. GTX 970
gagan_kumar
Sep 23, 2014 at 12:43 PM
1. AOC I2369VM should be good enough
2. can't say, Tesseract will do the job too.
3. 520W is enough if you are goon with GTX 970
4. GTX 970

is that matte screen??? cost and any other options , the more the options are there the better due to availability issues............
adityak469
Sep 23, 2014 at 10:08 PM
is that matte screen??? cost and any other options , the more the options are there the better due to availability issues............

AFAIK yes. cost would be 11k online and people have reported as low as 8k locally.