SenthilAnandh
Disciple
Hi All
The day has finally arrived. After some 6 years I am going to buy a new rig this march . I need all your input guys. Please bear with all my questions and please suggest some place to buy these components (at chennai or by shipping)
I am having a P4 system parts (its lying here and there) with 17" working monitor and keyboards.
MY total Budget is 50k max. +/- 5 (Depends on money availability
)
My requirements are gaming, movies, downloading only at night and some 3d stuff .
Requirements
1) I need a 22" monitor and min 500 GB of HD space and 4gb of ram.
2) The system should be upgradeable with minimum effort (after 2years) and should provide good performance for at least 2 years.
3) It should provide good gaming** performance in a 22" monitor (Resolution depends on monitor).
4) I don't need costly cabinets and coolers but if it is necessary then I don’t mind.
5) I am ready to sacrifice some performance for money.
6) I don't overclock but might do some in future.
7) I need HD4870 min. (Used gtx 260 is also fine)
8) Do I need UPS?? I am in chennai and I don’t do much of programming work other than some 3d stuff.
9) I need to use my old 80GB IDE HD and DVD writer.
10) Keyboard and mouse (ps/2) I will use from my old system. So I don’t need it.
11) I need absolute VALUE FOR MONEY
Questions
1) How C2D ,i7 and phenom II match in gaming ( As far as I know there is only some 5 to 10 fps difference as gaming depends on GPU and not CPU)
2) Do I have to go for intel rig instead of this?
3) Do I have to get an i7 rig by sacrificing the monitor. Can I get i7 with this budget?
4) Can 1680 x 1050 LCD play HD video?
5) Is HDMI input necessary to watch high quality video or gaming, Because E2200HD has hdmi input and Dell s2209 doesn't have it.
6) I will be watching HD videos so is Full HD monitor a necessary?
7) And of course any other valuable suggestions please.
Here are some of my suggestions and concerns.
AMD Phenom II x4 940 - 13khyeah:
Biostar AMD 790GX - 4.5K
Transcend Ram 4GB - 2.5K
Seagate 1TB - 5.5k (Do I have to live with bugs?)
MSI HD4870 - 13khyeah:
cabinet -1-2k
Monitor 22" - 12k
Corsair Vx 450w SMPS - 3.75k
Total 55k
Guys this is my hard earned money and I am dreaming this for more than 1 year. I may not be able to buy rig after this for at least 4 years. So please suggest components with good value for money :cool2: .
** Good Performance means playing with high quality with no AA or Medium quality with some AA (Crysis excluded)
People at chennai, if any one is familiar in computer assembly and if they are free some week end this march means PM me. I need your help.
Do suggest some good shop to buy in chennai. :hap2:
The day has finally arrived. After some 6 years I am going to buy a new rig this march . I need all your input guys. Please bear with all my questions and please suggest some place to buy these components (at chennai or by shipping)
I am having a P4 system parts (its lying here and there) with 17" working monitor and keyboards.
MY total Budget is 50k max. +/- 5 (Depends on money availability
)My requirements are gaming, movies, downloading only at night and some 3d stuff .
Requirements
1) I need a 22" monitor and min 500 GB of HD space and 4gb of ram.
2) The system should be upgradeable with minimum effort (after 2years) and should provide good performance for at least 2 years.
3) It should provide good gaming** performance in a 22" monitor (Resolution depends on monitor).
4) I don't need costly cabinets and coolers but if it is necessary then I don’t mind.
5) I am ready to sacrifice some performance for money.
6) I don't overclock but might do some in future.
7) I need HD4870 min. (Used gtx 260 is also fine)
8) Do I need UPS?? I am in chennai and I don’t do much of programming work other than some 3d stuff.
9) I need to use my old 80GB IDE HD and DVD writer.
10) Keyboard and mouse (ps/2) I will use from my old system. So I don’t need it.
11) I need absolute VALUE FOR MONEY
Questions
1) How C2D ,i7 and phenom II match in gaming ( As far as I know there is only some 5 to 10 fps difference as gaming depends on GPU and not CPU)
2) Do I have to go for intel rig instead of this?
3) Do I have to get an i7 rig by sacrificing the monitor. Can I get i7 with this budget?
4) Can 1680 x 1050 LCD play HD video?
5) Is HDMI input necessary to watch high quality video or gaming, Because E2200HD has hdmi input and Dell s2209 doesn't have it.
6) I will be watching HD videos so is Full HD monitor a necessary?
7) And of course any other valuable suggestions please.
Here are some of my suggestions and concerns.
AMD Phenom II x4 940 - 13k
hyeah: Biostar AMD 790GX - 4.5K
Transcend Ram 4GB - 2.5K
Seagate 1TB - 5.5k (Do I have to live with bugs?)
MSI HD4870 - 13k
hyeah: cabinet -1-2k
Monitor 22" - 12k
Corsair Vx 450w SMPS - 3.75k
Total 55k
Guys this is my hard earned money and I am dreaming this for more than 1 year. I may not be able to buy rig after this for at least 4 years. So please suggest components with good value for money :cool2: .
** Good Performance means playing with high quality with no AA or Medium quality with some AA (Crysis excluded)
People at chennai, if any one is familiar in computer assembly and if they are free some week end this march means PM me. I need your help.
Do suggest some good shop to buy in chennai. :hap2:
