PC Peripherals Greatest 50K Rig

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Even I dont want to fight, but you are assuming that he is interested in overclocking. ( are you, cybertragic?) This thread is not "What will you do with 50k".
Anyways, if the OP is unsure about overclocking, and since I have zero exp in this, maybe you could elaborate on the benifits of overclocking with regards to the following applications:-
1) Music
2) Movies
3) MS-Office
4) Internet Surfing, chatting, p2p
5) AOE

Peace.

zhopudey posted 6.9 minutes later:

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hey bottle, is the prodigy available in india?
 
Hmm As far as quality goes MSI is a pretty good. OCING it sucks, but if you can afford then stick with Asus A8n e. Also doing MBA in the preimier institutes will not give you anytime to do anything !!!
My cousin's in IIM B and he has to do projects and stuff till 3 in the morning every single day !!!
 
Aces170 said:
Hmm As far as quality goes MSI is a pretty good. OCING it sucks, but if you can afford then stick with Asus A8n e. Also doing MBA in the preimier institutes will not give you anytime to do anything !!!
My cousin's in IIM B and he has to do projects and stuff till 3 in the morning every single day !!!
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So he wont be having any time at all for tweaking. All he'll care about will be nice relaxing music at the end of a hard day.

P.S. If nvidia come out with the NF4 IGP, it would solve all the problems.
 
I dont want to comment further.

Once he find the benifits of OCing he shud not be stuck at 1.8 thats why i suggested
him A8N-E , and after reading the OCing articles on TE one wud be easily tempted
to try and gain a few more Mhz.

I also know that its no use getting a A8N-E if you want to do this on your PC.
1) Music
2) Movies
3) MS-Office
4) Internet Surfing, chatting, p2p
5) AOE

Let cybertragic decide what he wants.

@cybertragic - if you want to just do the above mentioned 5 things with your PC
than MSI RS480 is the best bet and you will save money on the 6600GT and some
money on the mobo you wud be spending on the A8N-E

Hey zhopudey - its just my opinion
Peace
 
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No problems quad. I value your opinions a lot, and will surely ask you for OCing advice when I get my new rig in july, but I didnt think that cybertragic would be interested. ( and this is just my opinion )

Peace.
 
Sure m8 , but i am not practically tried OCing but have a fair bit of knowledge.

The OC lords of TE are Darky,Deejay,Bottle,Masky,Funky,Chaos and many more
[Guys forgive me if i have missed someone]

As they are the one who buy special hardware to take there system to new highs
When i will get my Rig in July i will consult them first.

They all have helped me a lot in gaining the OC knowledge reading there posts
helped me understand a lot about OCing.

Guys sorry this thread is going Off Topic.

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Well cybertragic do let us know what you finalize on.
 
zhopudey said:
hey bottle, is the prodigy available in india?
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i got my card from singapore but i got this from the audiotrak site

INDIA
M/s Bharat Music House
Attn. Gurvinder Singh
148, Punchkuian Road, New Delhi-110001, INDIA
Tel : +11-23362612
Fax : +11-23367948
e-mail : bharatmh@yahoo.com

INDIA
SETRON INDIA INCORPORATED
Attn: Naresh Dhawan
E-2 GREATER KAILASH ENCLAVE-1
NEW DELHI - 110 048 INDIA
Tel : +91 11 55688030
Fax : +91 11 26471250
e-mail : sales@setronindia.com

http://www.audiotrak.net/international.htm#c32
 
That looks like a real nice rig. Might I suggest you go for 1G of ram instead of 512. Also the MX5021 will sound terrible on realtek onboard audio. Go for atleast an audigy2 value(it was 3.5k last time i checked - its sold with the name audigy 2005 in india basically a 2zs minus the firewire and gold plated connectors) if not better. If you can afford it, go for a maudio revo/audiotrak prodigy/terratek aureon/emu 0404(not available in india but it 0wns the rest in quality + costs just 99$). The smartpower 350 psu will be good enuf for this rig. No need for anything better. In fact it has higher amps on 12V than the powersafe 500W :P.
 
@yogi
but overclocking is out of the question right now as he has suggested he is a noob like ne
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Well, yogi, thats not exactly what I suggested. I said given my requirements it sounds like I must be a n00b but I'm not atleast when it comes to software. Its just that I've only had cash enough for budget systems till now (You know the 25 grand ones with a celeron, d845 mobo, local speakers .... :no: ugh .. and the like) so havent really had the option to OC etc.

@ Quad & Zhopudey ... thanks for the tips guys. :hap2:

@ Zhopudey
Anyways, if the OP is unsure about overclocking, and since I have zero exp in this, maybe you could elaborate on the benifits of overclocking with regards to the following applications:-
1) Music
2) Movies
3) MS-Office
4) Internet Surfing, chatting, p2p
5) AOE
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Well Zhopudey, these are just examples of the apps I'll be using and not all. Moreover, most of these will be running simulatneously. And I am not into high -end gaming mostly coz I just dont have the option with my current Celeron and 845 onboard graphics. Once at college I'll probably do a lot of LAN gaming and who knows what kinda games I start palying. Moreover AOE3 is debuting later this year and they say its one of the most taxing games ever.

@ Quad, its true I havent really gone down the OC lane as yet, but if it's not too tough and is entirely software based, guess I'll give it a try. Wud be great to get the performance of a 3400+ from a 3000+ (and if I committed some major faux-pas there forgive me, I have very li'l idea regarding OC)

To all the OC Lord Vaders ... Will I need some special hardware like fans etc. for even minor OCing or will the Antec SLK 1650B with its 350W PSU do. Also, are software tweaks enough or do I have to tweak hardware too.

@Aces
Hmm As far as quality goes MSI is a pretty good. OCING it sucks, but if you can afford then stick with Asus A8n e. Also doing MBA in the preimier institutes will not give you anytime to do anything !!!
My cousin's in IIM B and he has to do projects and stuff till 3 in the morning every single day !!!
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Well, yeah, life in premier B-Schools is majorly taxing I hear but people do find a lot of time for their interests by cutting down on sleep etc. Esp. tech enthusiasts like ppl here will always find time for their passions no matter where they are or how hectic their schedule is. Its basically like work hard and play harder (as long as u have a decent PC I'd add ;-)

@SM
I know it makes more sense to go with cheaper speakers and add a soundcard, but like I said I will be gettin a soundcard later and since I'll need somethin really, really good at loud volumes (without cuttin down on clarity) to rip the whole damn hostel :clap:
 
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Chaos said:
The smartpower 350 psu will be good enuf for this rig. No need for anything better. In fact it has higher amps on 12V than the powersafe 500W :P.
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According to me Powersafe 500W has 18A on 12V line
And Antec Smart power 350 has 16A on 12V line
[rank=www.antec.com/specs/sl350_spe.html]link here[/rank]

Antec 350W Smart Power
+12V - 16A
+5V - 35A*
+3.3V - 28A*
* +5V and +3.3V combined output: 230Watts max.
* +5V, +3.3V and +12V combined output: 330Watts max

Dont know about Powersafe 400W
hope it also has 16A on +12V line.

Peace
 
Quad Master said:
According to me Powersafe 500W has 18A on 12V line
And Antec Smart power 350 has 16A on 12V line
[rank=www.antec.com/specs/sl350_spe.html]link here[/rank]

Antec 350W Smart Power
+12V - 16A
+5V - 35A*
+3.3V - 28A*
* +5V and +3.3V combined output: 230Watts max.
* +5V, +3.3V and +12V combined output: 330Watts max

Dont know about Powersafe 400W
hope it also has 16A on +12V line.

Peace
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Oops sorry! I thought it was 22A and not 16A. Turns out thats the spec for the true330 and not smart 350. Sorry for that. Anyway the powersafe 400W is 17A on 12V and 500W is 18A on 12V. Not much of a difference :).
 
Hey guys. It was great to get all your suggestions. Sorry for reviving this dead thread but I'd like to build a perfect system for once. Here's the updated config I've decided on after reading thru your suggestions n doing a li'l more research. (Once agai, please lemme know if the prices go wrong somewhere. Mine are just estimates I picked up from various places. Also since I'll be buying this from Jamshedpur what do you think of the availability)

CPU - Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 939 - Winchester) - 7500/-

MoBo - Asus A8N E - 8000/-

RAM - Transcend 400 DDR - 512*2 - 5500/-

Graphics Card - 6600 GT PCIe - 10500/- (Relatively inexperienced regarding this so I'll need help on brand and any other options available on this board)

Cabinet/SMPS - Antec SLK 1650B with supplied 350W SmartPower PSU - 3000/- (Once again is 350W enough as it is an Antec. Also do you think I'll get this at Jamshedpur. Wats the price of the SLK3700bqe)

Hard Disk - Seagate 160 GB SATA - 4000/- (Will also attach my existing Seagate 120 gb PATA along with it)

Monitor - Samsung 793MB - 7500/-

DVD RW - Liteon Dual Layer - 4500/-

Keyboard & Mouse - Logitech or Microsoft Wired - 1000/-

UPS - APC 500VA - 2500/-

Sound Card - Onboard for now (Shall add 1 later when I have the dough)

Speakers - Altec Lansing ATP3 - 3000/- (Okay, given all u ppl's suggestions I dont think I'll be goin for the MX5021 now. Any other suggestions here, if the budget could go up to 5-6 grands. Prime purpose is music and watching DivX movies)

That's all for now. Please do chip in with your comments/suggestions.
 
cybertragic said:
Speakers - Altec Lansing ATP3 - 3000/- (Okay, given all u ppl's suggestions I dont think I'll be goin for the MX5021 now. Any other suggestions here, if the budget could go up to 5-6 grands. Prime purpose is music and watching DivX movies)

That's all for now. Please do chip in with your comments/suggestions.
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get the altec lansing 621's ....i just downgraded from them to atp3 :(
huuuge difference...the atp3 sound very puny compared to the 621's...
 
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