Xena said:
@ cooleagle : i went to lamington road today , I visited two shops ,
1> primeabgb
2> Nxt step technologies
i first went to slimlim square and visited primeabgb,
prices at primeabgb:
asus m5a88m and amd phenom 2 x4 955 be - 11.7k
Corsair 4Gb Vengeance 1600mhz - 1.6k
NZXT 210 Elite - 2.2k
Dell IN2030M - 5.9k
Sapphire 6770 1gb - 7k
Sony Dvd r/rw - 1.05k
500gb seagate 7200rpm - 4.1k
Seasonic 520watt SMPS - 3.5k
Apc 650va ups - 3.25k
Logitech Combo K/m - 0.65k
Creative sbs a335 - 1.35k
plus prime wants me to pay 0.5k for assembling ...
So total cost becomes 42.8k , its way ahead of my budget ...
After that i visited very 1st shop NXT-STEP TECHNOLOGIES ...
Prices at NXT-STEP TECHNOLOGIES :
Asus M5A88M and Amd phenom 2 x4 955 be - 11.75k
Corsair 4gb 1600mhz Vengeance - 1.5k
Western Digital 500gb Hdd 7200rpm - 3.6k
Sony dvd r/rw - 0.8k
Dell IN2030M - 5.775k
logitech combo k/m - 0.5k
NZXT 210 elite - 2.2k
creative a335 - 1.5k
coolmaster 550watt smps - 3.65k
apc 650va ups - 1.9k
sapphire 6770 radeon - 7.2k
plus they will assemble for free and give Mouse pad , card reader, dust cover, headphone , mike , spike gaurd and pen drive for free ...
So total cost i have to pay is 40.375k , its still way ahead of my bugdget but still i can manage to save that much and buy pc in january ...
Power Supply:
1. Isn't this the
Cooler Master 550W you are talking
about ??
2.
Seasonic 520W S II
*Both are equally good in terms of quality but CM 550W has 2 X PCIe 6+2 pins whereas Seasonic has 1 X PCIe 6+2 and
1 X PCIe 6 that makes difference to you if you want to install 2 x high quality graphic card in CrossFire.
* Also please confirm that in case your psu fails then which company is better at providing replacement/repair under warranty.
I also use a seasonic psu but touch wood I did not have to go to the service center of Seasonic and I hope it remains the same.
GPU:
We suggested Sapphire, but if your budget permits then go for XFX it's also good but a bit costly in comparison.
Motherboard I'll tell you in a few mins.
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Xena said:
Hmm...
Gigabyte ga880gm usb3 vs Asus M5a88m usb3 ...
lets have some discussion this ...
Motherboard:
1.
Gigabyte GA-880GM-USB3<=AM3+Socket
2.
Asus M5A88-M<=AM3+ Socket
Difference between the boards:
Gigabyte GA-880GM-USB3:
-Has eSata and firewire ports v/s asus doesn't have them.
Asus M5A88-M
-Has a better South Bridge AMD SB850 v/s gigabyte has AMD SB710.
-Has 6 x 6Gb/s Sata ports v/s gigabyte has 5 x 3GB/s ports.
-Memory OC upto 2000Mhz v/s Gigabyte 1800MHz. This will help in future if you upgrade as AMD FX Series CPU on ASUS motherboard supports up to DDR3 1866MHz as its standard memory frequency.
Although not applicable in your case as you are connecting a dedicated GPU but just use this as reference:
[ -Integrated ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 4250 GPU with Maximum shared memory of 1024 MB v/s Gigabyte not specified,
Supports HDMI with max. resolution 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz v/s gigabyte 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200
Supports DVI with max. resolution 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz v/s gigabyte 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 ]
Finally it comes down to price
-Gigabyte GA-880GM-USB3 + Amd phenom 2 x4 955 be= You didn't specify what price did they quote ??
-Asus M5A88M + Amd phenom 2 x4 955 be= 11.75k
I think Asus wins hands down if they cost nearly the same. But I think a better Gigabyte might be available at that cost if not then go ahead and buy Asus. But do bear in mind sometimes and I mean really sometimes having Asus products replaced turns out to be time consuming for which buying from a shop which helps in the replacement process might help a bit, but i don't know about Gigabyte replacement/repair policy so it might be the same.
Hope it Helps.
