Want to buy a gaming rig before February 2013

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Suggest me and help me to buy a gaming rig before February 2013 in Mumbai

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: Adobe photoshop, nfs most wanted 2012,far cry 3, assassin's Creed 3, battlefield 3, hitman absolution, ops 2, etc and for animation purpose my sister does animation so don't have idea about its application

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 70k

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: not really

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 3tb 6gbps

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:I'm having hp 19inch monitor

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

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: before February 2013

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: I have built but assembled by other

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: Mumbai, yes buying locally, I don't buy much online

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans:Need advice from you members and need a genuine store

Configuration :

Cpu : Amd fx 8350
Motherboard : Asus Crosshair V Formula z 26500 (cpu+motherboard)
GPU : Gigabyte hd 7870 2gb OC or sapphire hd 7870 2gb OC 17500 (rough price)
PSU : Corsair gs 600 4350
Ram : Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz ( 8gb x 2) 5000
Cabinet : CM Storm Stryker 10000 (rough price)
Hard Disk : 3tb 6gbps 8500

I'm posting 1st time here... Need your advice and review on my config which I have decided to buy.... I live in Mumbai so I'm going to buy from Lamington road... So please let me know any genuine shops who provide genuine goods and proper bill and who isn't a cheat... Any1 who sells systems can contact me.. Guys please free to contact me and please let me know ASAP as I wanna buy before February 2013

Regards,
Chinmay.

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at that budget you should aim for 7950 minimum.....
for cabinet, 300r or 400r from crosair BTW pls post indivisual prices of those components that you are getting

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draco21 said:
at that budget you should aim for 7950 minimum.....
for cabinet, 300r or 400r from crosair BTW pls post indivisual prices of those components that you are getting

7950 is crossing 20k
400r is little small cabinet and with less features and less fancy.... I'm just in love with cm storm Stryker
I haven't got the prices of some parts as I planned to upgrade them according to my budget

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your choice...

the PC looks very good. Make sure to buy 1*WD black and a green and install OS in black....

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draco21 said:
your choice...

the PC looks very good. Make sure to buy 1*WD black and a green and install OS in black....

I'm thinking about Seagate 3tb hdd.. Howz it? I want only 1 hdd I'm already having 2tb hdd

Hi welcome to TDF....the following rig can be accomodated

Processor : AMD FX 8350 - Rs 11,400
Motherboard : Asus m5a97 - Rs 5,700
RAM : G.Skill Ripjaw 1600fsb 2*4gb - Rs 3,100
HDD : WD 2tb - Rs 5,900
Cabinet : Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker - Rs 10,500
Graphics Card - Sapphire 7950 vapour x - Rs 20,400
PSU - Corsair tx 650 - Rs 5,300
Monitor - Dell s2240l - Rs 9,000

Total- Rs 71300 ............with the crosshair v its 81900.................its not advised to get one 3tb specially seagate which has 1 year warranty....if it goes bad you loose 3tb of data...also do get the 7950 vapour x....the games you mentioned...the 7850 would struggle....plus the 3gb vram will help your sister render huge video sample's which is neccessary at times

Godoftheforbiddenlight said:
Cabinet : Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker - Rs 10,500

Any source?

Godoftheforbiddenlight said:
Hi welcome to TDF....the following rig can be accomodated

Processor : AMD FX 8350 - Rs 11,400
Motherboard : Asus m5a97 - Rs 5,700
RAM : G.Skill Ripjaw 1600fsb 2*4gb - Rs 3,100
HDD : WD 2tb - Rs 5,900
Cabinet : Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker - Rs 10,500
Graphics Card - Sapphire 7950 vapour x - Rs 20,400
PSU - Corsair tx 650 - Rs 5,300
Monitor - Dell s2240l - Rs 9,000

Total- Rs 71300 ............with the crosshair v its 81900.................its not advised to get one 3tb specially seagate which has 1 year warranty....if it goes bad you loose 3tb of data...also do get the 7950 vapour x....the games you mentioned...the 7850 would struggle....plus the 3gb vram will help your sister render huge video sample's which is neccessary at times

dude seriously where are u getting this prices at?

havoknation said:
Any source?

Processor : AMD FX 8350 - Rs 11,400 (Vedant Computers)
Motherboard : Asus m5a97 - Rs 5,700 (Vedant computers)
RAM : G.Skill Ripjaw 1600fsb 2*4gb - Rs 3,100 (Vedant Computers)
HDD : WD 2tb - Rs 5,900 (M.D.Computers)
Cabinet : Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker - Rs 10,500 (M.D.Computers)
Graphics Card - Sapphire 7950 vapour x - Rs 20,400 (Vedant Computers)
PSU - Corsair tx 650 - Rs 5,300 (M.D Computers)
Monitor - Dell s2240l - Rs 9,000 (Vedant Computers)

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Godoftheforbiddenlight said:
Hi welcome to TDF....the following rig can be accomodated

Processor : AMD FX 8350 - Rs 11,400
Motherboard : Asus m5a97 - Rs 5,700
RAM : G.Skill Ripjaw 1600fsb 2*4gb - Rs 3,100
HDD : WD 2tb - Rs 5,900
Cabinet : Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker - Rs 10,500
Graphics Card - Sapphire 7950 vapour x - Rs 20,400
PSU - Corsair tx 650 - Rs 5,300
Monitor - Dell s2240l - Rs 9,000

Total- Rs 71300 ............with the crosshair v its 81900.................its not advised to get one 3tb specially seagate which has 1 year warranty....if it goes bad you loose 3tb of data...also do get the 7950 vapour x....the games you mentioned...the 7850 would struggle....plus the 3gb vram will help your sister render huge video sample's which is neccessary at times

What if I get 3tb WD green? Is it okay? Or u want me to go for 2tb wd black? And sapphire 7950 vapour x has low frequency... Is it over clock able easily with its factory cooling? Is it suitable? I'm buying the system at max to max tomorrow...
Please revert back... N howz corsair gs 600?

Godoftheforbiddenlight said:
Processor : AMD FX 8350 - Rs 11,400 (Vedant Computers)
Motherboard : Asus m5a97 - Rs 5,700 (Vedant computers)
RAM : G.Skill Ripjaw 1600fsb 2*4gb - Rs 3,100 (Vedant Computers)
HDD : WD 2tb - Rs 5,900 (M.D.Computers)
Cabinet : Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker - Rs 10,500 (M.D.Computers)
Graphics Card - Sapphire 7950 vapour x - Rs 20,400 (Vedant Computers)
PSU - Corsair tx 650 - Rs 5,300 (M.D Computers)
Monitor - Dell s2240l - Rs 9,000 (Vedant Computers)

Can any1 please let me know some genuine shops in Lamington road except prime abgb and if I can get discounts anywhr

ChinxThaKing said:
What if I get 3tb WD green? Is it okay? Or u want me to go for 2tb wd black? And sapphire 7950 vapour x has low frequency... Is it over clock able easily with its factory cooling? Is it suitable? I'm buying the system at max to max tomorrow...
Please revert back... N howz corsair gs 600?

don't get one 3tb .....get the 1 tb black and 1 tb green from wd

the sapphire 7950 vapour x is really really cool...the vapour x technology works and is overclockable to meet a 7970 plus more on stock cooling

the gs series is not advised as the psu is one of those components that are future proof or you don't change then often therefore get the tx series its great

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Godoftheforbiddenlight said:
don't get one 3tb .....get the 1 tb black and 1 tb green from wd

the sapphire 7950 vapour x is really really cool...the vapour x technology works and is overclockable to meet a 7970 plus more on stock cooling

the gs series is not advised as the psu is one of those components that are future proof or you don't change then often therefore get the tx series its great

Buying 2 1tb's will go out of budget. For me... N what's so difference in gs 600 n tx 650?m juz in love with gs 600

the 1tb black + 1tb green would be around 9800.....the 3tb cost 9+ if i am not wrong...

the difference between the gs600 to the tx650 are quality and efficiency

the tx has japanese made capacitors which last long and are the best money can buy
the tx in terms of efficiency is a 80+ bronze

corsair sets up its psu's in this order AX<HX<TX<GS<CX<VX

Godoftheforbiddenlight said:
the 1tb black + 1tb green would be around 9800.....the 3tb cost 9+ if i am not wrong...

the difference between the gs600 to the tx650 are quality and efficiency

the tx has japanese made capacitors which last long and are the best money can buy
the tx in terms of efficiency is a 80+ bronze

corsair sets up its psu's in this order AX<HX<TX<GS<CX<VX

GS series is also 80+ bronze certified.
TX series comes with 5 years warranty. GS comes with 3 years.

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New GS series is bronze certified,still to be widely available in India.Older GS series is only 80+ certified.

arsenalfan001 said:
GS series is also 80+ bronze certified.
TX series comes with 5 years warranty. GS comes with 3 years.

the warranty itself will make me buy the tx :-D

gs is 80+ certified....the newer models will be 80+ bronze

Godoftheforbiddenlight said:
Processor : AMD FX 8350 - Rs 11,400 (Vedant Computers)
Motherboard : Asus m5a97 - Rs 5,700 (Vedant computers)
RAM : G.Skill Ripjaw 1600fsb 2*4gb - Rs 3,100 (Vedant Computers)
HDD : WD 2tb - Rs 5,900 (M.D.Computers)
Cabinet : Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker - Rs 10,500 (M.D.Computers)
Graphics Card - Sapphire 7950 vapour x - Rs 20,400 (Vedant Computers)
PSU - Corsair tx 650 - Rs 5,300 (M.D Computers)
Monitor - Dell s2240l - Rs 9,000 (Vedant Computers)

Some of the items do not include the tax.

Godoftheforbiddenlight said:
the warranty itself will make me buy the tx

gs is 80+ certified....the newer models will be 80+ bronze

Didnt know that. Thanks for the info

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arsenalfan001 said:
Didnt know that. Thanks for the info

Thanx a lot guys.... Will think on this thing.... Especially on this tx thing

Godoftheforbiddenlight said:
Motherboard : Asus m5a97 - Rs 5,700 (Vedant computers)
Cabinet : Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker - Rs 10,500 (M.D.Computers)
Graphics Card - Sapphire 7950 vapour x - Rs 20,400 (Vedant Computers)

Very old prices. Price of all of them have been increased a LOT. Add ~1K to every product.

d6bmg said:
Very old prices. Price of all of them have been increased a LOT. Add ~1K to every product.

these prices are of this week itself i am afraid

HD 7950 Vapor-X with boost is 21.4K including tax in Vedant.

Cilus said:
HD 7950 Vapor-X with boost is 21.4K including tax in Vedant.

that's 20500 without vat

^^ We quote prices with VAT cause, here people come with an overall budget, and it is inclusive of VAT.

Intel Core i5 3570 - Rs 13100
Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H - 6900
Gskill 8GB RAM F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL- Rs 3200
HDD - Toshiba DT01ACA200 - Rs 5800
GPU - Sapphire HD7970 - Rs 28,700
PSU - Corsair TX650V2UK - Rs 5500
Cabinet - CM Storm Stryker - Rs 11300

Total - Rs 75,475.

Since you wont be overclocking the FX8350 with a Crosshair is a pure wastage of money and features here. Rather get a powerfull GPU,since you have mentioned games that will need it for them to look and feel good. The rig has been suggested I hope you have a 1920x1080 dispaly.The storm stryker is another big investment at that budget,but I will never oppose spending on the cabinet but you are also way good with a NZXT Phantom too at Rs 7800-8200 range.

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The Incinerator said:
Intel Core i5 3570 - Rs 13100
Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H - 6900
Gskill 8GB RAM F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL- Rs 3200
HDD - Toshiba DT01ACA200 - Rs 5800
GPU - Sapphire HD7970 - Rs 28,700
PSU - Corsair TX650V2UK - Rs 5500
Cabinet - CM Storm Stryker - Rs 11300

Total - Rs 75,475.

Since you wont be overclocking the FX8350 with a Crosshair is a pure wastage of money and features here. Rather get a powerfull GPU,since you have mentioned games that will need it for them to look and feel good. The rig has been suggested I hope you have a 1920x1080 dispaly.The storm stryker is another big investment at that budget,but I will never oppose spending on the cabinet but you are also way good with a NZXT Phantom too at Rs 7800-8200 range.

I didn't like this config much....the mobo looks very bad and i wanna try amd...n m juz in love with crosshair.....does fx 8350 run smoothly without water cooling>?

ChinxThaKing said:
I didn't like this config much....the mobo looks very bad and i wanna try amd...n m juz in love with crosshair.....does fx 8350 run smoothly without water cooling>?

Usually people here will suggest components that will give you best value for your money.
If you are going to pick components, why dont you just select good looking components instead of wasting others time? Why even asking for help?

ChinxThaKing, AMD FX-8350 is good and it can without water cooling. Water cooling is for high overclocking. Now, being a FX-8350 owner, I know the pros and cons of this CHIP very well. Unless you overclock it, you can't really utilize the full potential of it. So pairing it with the highest end AMD Motherboard which is meant for extreme overclocking and not overclocking it is complete waste of money. in that case, better stick with Intel 3570 Processor which offers better gaming performance at stock speed than the AMD processor.

FX8350 with a Crosshair is like a Nuclear Bomb.......but then you dont like Chain reaction!!! Its like buying a Koenigsegg AgeraR and driving it in the bylanes of Dharavi!

So I suggested you the non overclocking PC since you wont be doing any clocking.

And what would do with a good looking Motherboard??? :twisted:

^^ Meaning of the first part of your post please. I mean in more simpler way.
P.S. if you are talking about oc'ing then many guys here and in other forums don't actually do 24x7 overclock. Actually very few guys OC 24x7.