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    PC Peripherals <11k Need 20+ inch Monitor+UPS+Keyboard+Mouse

    What is your budget? 11000K What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model) CPU - AMD PHENOM II 555BE Motherboard - GPU - RAM - 2GB DDR2 PSU - Corsair 650W 120GB HDD Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)...
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    CPU/Mobo Arctic MX-4 or Arctic Silver 5

    A friend of mine is in currently in the States, and it seems like a good idea to have him get stuff that is sorta rare back home. I have a Inel i5 2500k cpu running with a crappy 20 rupee paste. Arctic MX-4 and Arctic Silver 5 are the two choices I have settled down on. Could anyone tell me...
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    Audio Desktop headphones for gaming, films and music. Budget: 2k

    I'm no expert on headphones. The current one I've been using, a Philips headset, has rather muted audio. I'm looking for something that has decent clarity. I've done searching myself, and I'm thing of choosing between the two of these: Sony MDR-XB400 Sennheiser HD 202 II Any other options are...
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    CPU/Mobo Asus Mobo RMA Woes: Advice needed Edit: SOLVED

    Seems I now have an RMA horror story of my own for posterity. The genesis lies a month back when a massive voltage fluctuation turned my PSU into a prodigal paperweight. On booting up my pc, for the first time in a week, I found that the internet and a usb port weren't working. I handed over the...
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    PC Peripherals Corsair PSU RMA

    How do I go about RMAing my Corsair TX 650M PSU? I don't have a bill with me. Should I contact the local service center or do I need to sign-up online first? Here's the problem I'm having: Until a week or so back all games had been running just fine on my system. I had been playing some heavy...
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    PC Peripherals Buying custom mousepads

    Earlier on I had been thinking of getting a Steelseries or a Razer mouspad, but it seems like a generic one will do fine. I looked for sites making cutom mousepads over on Google, and there are a bunch of them. Do you guys know of a good, reliable site that offers quality mousepads? Preferable...
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    Graphic Cards Got myself a 7950. Thoughts.

    Let me talk about the card for now. I ordered the card last Friday, via Flipkart, and it reached me on Monday noon. The card was shipped on Friday itself from Flipkart's Delhi warehouse, and would have made it earlier had the 26th of Jan not fallen in between. That's impressive as the...
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    Graphic Cards A bit urgent: No display on 7950

    [Solved] No display on 7950 So, I got the Sapphire 7950 Vapor-X today. I've installed the card into the PCI-e 3x16 slot, attached two 2+6 power connectors. There's no display on the monitor on booting up, the gpu lights up and the fans do move on switching the power button. The onboard...
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    Graphic Cards 660ti or 670 for 1080p?

    The other thread I made was about was choosing a good enough current-gen card, but techreport's editorials on the large frame time spiking in AMDs cards have convinced me to overlook AMD for this gen. Among Nvidia's line-up, the 660 ti seems decent enough for 1920x1080 but it too stumbles at...
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    Graphic Cards Video Cards: Buy now or wait for new-gen?

    There are rumors floating about AMD's 8xxx cards, and from the specs sheet that has been floating around they look pretty darn impressive. Currently I have a malfunctioning 9800gt. Should I go get myself a 7870 or 660, or wait for new series to be launched?
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    Audio Need medium-priced headset for VOIP

    So, I'm looking for a headset between 200-800 bucks. Since I need this for online gaming and Skype, the microphone's quality is the most important factor for me. I can compromise with the headphones as long as the mic is decent. I'd prefer something for Logitech or Philips as these brands are...
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    PC Peripherals Need help ASAP, new APC 1100 Back-Ups not turning on.

    I just got myself a new system in the evening, I have connected everything and attached the monitor and cabinet wires to the battery back-up sockets and the lan wire and speaker cable to the surge protector plugs. Here's what's happening: -After switching on the power button of the ups, nothing...
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    Budget 71-90K How much will this config cost?

    Building a new pc from the ground up. Here's the config: Monitor: DELL U2312HM PSU: Corsair TX650V2 CPU: i5 2500k (or Ivy Bridge equivalent) GPU: AMD 7870 (preferably from Sapphire or Asus) RAM: G-Skill...
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    PC Peripherals PC not booting up, no activity whatsoever.

    A few days back my pc shut off while browsing the internet and isn't booting up now. There's no light no the keyboard or mouse, no beeps and none of the fans run. There is a single red led flash on the mobo when I press the power button but it doesn't happen again if I repeatedly press the power...
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    Buying BF3 via Origin

    I'm pissed off. I've spent the last couple of months trying to procure a retail version of the damned game, unsuccessfully. The Limited Edition is out of stock online, the one I ordered from Game4U never came and there's no sign of it at the retail shops in my city. Today, I tried buying the...
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    Graphic Cards Availability of AMD 7-series

    I was thinking of getting a new pc and was wondering if they (the 7950 specifically) were available to retailers? If yes, could you guys tell me which manufacturers they're from?
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    Budget 75-80k. Required for gaming.

    Q: What is your budget? 75k though I can take it to ~80k Q: Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model) Generic 120GB HDD, around 4 years old Q: Which hardware component are you looking to buy (component name). If you have already decided on a...
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    Buying PC games in Chandigarh

    Is there a place where I can get these? There are some shops in Sector 22 and Music World in Sector 17 but they don't have that much of a catalogue, and I've busted my ass looking for Battlefield 3.
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    PC Peripherals Looking for ergonomic computer chair. Budget ~10k

    Alright, I have been using an ordinary steel chair for about an year or so and now that work requires me to sit at the pc for several hours, I've started getting aching in the neck and lower-mid back. Which chair would be most suitable? Budget is near about 10k, thought the chair shouldn't...
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    Need to know price of mid-end gaming desktop.

    I am thinking of getting a new pc, these are the parts I have zeroed in on: Monitor: DELL U2311H PSU: Corsair TX650V2 CPU: i5 2500k GPU: Sapphire 6950 Toxic RAM: G-Skill RipJaws/Corsair Vengeance 2x2GB Motherboard: Asus P8P67 (B3 revision)/ Intel DP67BG3 HDD: Seagate 1TB 3.5" Cabinet: NZXT...
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