All new TE was a bright surprise. Until it took me 10 mins to find where the option to create a new post was hidden[on desktop]
Here’s my “on the go” build. Small yet didn’t wanna go ITX. [perhaps in the future]
Ant Esports Box C Air -3717
Gigabyte RTX 5070 Ti WINDFORCE SFF- 83300
Gigabyte B850M GAMING- 15045
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D- 45076
XPG Lancer CL30 RGB 16GBx2- 10620
Corsair SF850 SFX- 17110
ADATA 860 M2 Nvme 2TB- 10384
Ant C612 Digital ARGB Cooler- 2124
Ant ARGB Case Fansx3- 1995
Other peripherals to complete the “on the go” build
LG C1 Oled 120hz [on wall]
Acer Nitro 275U 170Mhz [can travel]
Razer Cobra Pro Wireless
Razer Blackwidow V3 Pro Wireless
Notes
The Ant case isn’t great but it will do until I can source a nicer m-ATX case.
The PSU is overkill but its a lightweight 950g, which I love.
Wanted a Deepcool AG400 Digital but wasn’t available with dealer. Alternative suggested was the Ant; cheaper and no bad reviews, I thought what the heck, might as well go “all ant”. [ant psu anyone?]
What will I do with system?
Play games AAA RPGs/Action/Adventure + 4X Strategy + FM24. Have another 12400f/3080 FE build which can run everything in 1440p, except maybe Wukong. Now I can go 4k 120hz but mostly it was an itch that needed scratching.
Please suggest if these prices are fair. There was a time when SP road prices were cheaper than online but Computech has my guy beat. Are other SP road dealers offering better rates?
I am partial to buying from my dealer as there’s never been a problem in 15+ years and 6 builds and many parts. Every warranty issue is handled by him, I just have to send the item. Though I’m assuming this is the case for all the big shops in SP road. Are most of you buying online now? Isn’t handling warranty issues a pain?
PS: A side quest I’m completing here is to post again. Been busy for the past 12 odd years. My last post was in 2014 looking for Gmail invites. Member, lurker since 2005 and even before when all this started on Thinkdigit forums. I came back here to research the rig before buying and saw the new TE and wanted to join up again. Forgive me for any transgressions, did not read the community guidelines yet. soon
I find SP Road pricing to be on the expensive side, except for a few components. Your dealer must be one of the better ones—or perhaps they’ve changed—if they’re actually providing warranty support. In my experience, most of them tend to wash their hands of any issues by directing you to the brand’s warranty service.
Deepcool CH260 has been released not too long ago, might be worth taking a look at it. It’s a M-ATX case and given how good the CH160 (itx) case is, it won’t be a bad choice.
Go through a few reviews before taking any decision though.
Its dimensions are larger than the ant box c. I want a small and lightweight build. I know its not a great case but for 3-6months it’s a good deal at 3700.
I want the Zonsbo z20 in all honesty but its not being sold in India. I’ll get it somehow.
Think you are doing good with the PSU. You will have about a 100w headroom for you to upgrade your GPU in the future.
Plus if money permits, the hihgest efficiency in a PSU is achieved around the 30-50% mark and that suits well with your build.
Plus I honestly wouldnt go for a full ATX PSU these days, you can get from 350-1100w SFX ones, with high efficiency. And this gives you the ability to go SFX build in the future. Which is all I care for these days.
I dont think so.
Case is the only component you can cheap out on and to some extent Case Fans, and the system wont go kaput because of cheap components.
Heck one can even use Mobo box as a case to build a computer as a open air one and it would suffice.
Change the mobo to any wifi one and change both the CPU cooler & fans since this is your total build at one time not upgrading from an existing one.
Get any MSI, Gigabyte and Asrock B850M wifi mobos and Arctic 36 ARGB CPU cooler or Deepcool AG400 CPU cooler and Arctic or Deepcool 120mm ARGB fans. Okay.
Arctic products carry 6 years warranty and that’s why the hefty price when compared with others.
Normally all mobos carry 3 years warranty while Zotac gives 2+3 years extended warranty on its GPUs in India.
Sapphire also is giving 3 years warranty on its GPUs regarding RX 9070 XT GPUs.
Rumour is that RTX 5070 super 18GB and RTX 5070Ti super 24GB is going to come in a month or so while RX 9080 XT 32GB is going to come on AMDs side.
But these will be priced higher initially and will come down after 6 months or so.
By that time RTX 6000 series will get released and this process continues every year.
