PC Peripherals HTPC/Gaming rig for 70k

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iceman1

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Hi,
I am Building one Gaming/HTPC rig. So, techies help me buy the best in my budget.Can stretch it to 75k max.

Want the following components:-

Cabinet
Hard Disk
Optical Drive
Processor
Motherboard
Power Supply
Ram
Keyboard
Mouse
LCD
Graphics Card
Sound Card
UPS (Optional)

P.S. I will be buying in November.
 
Cabinet : Cooler Master CM690 with transparent side panel

Hard Disk : WD caviar Black 1Tb : 5.5k

Optical Drive: samsung dvd burner

Processor : Core i5 750

Motherboard : Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2

Power Supply : Corsair VX550W or GlacialPower 650AA

Ram: Corsair TW3X4G-1600C9DHX 2x2GB DDR3 1600MHz or trasncend DDR3 1333Mhz 2x2GB

Keyboard: Logitech multimedia k/b and mouse

Mouse

LCD: Dell S2409W

Graphics Card : HD5850 or Palit GTX260 sonic

Sound Card : Asus xonar dx or creative x-fi xtremegamer

UPS (Optional): APC 1kVA
 
^^EVGA X58 SLI Micro LGA1366 costs not less than 14k. add to that 12k-14k for core i7. now, you get core i5 + P55 mobo for 19k. does core i7+X58 justify the 7k-9k extra price tag?? I don't think so because core i5's performance is very close to core i7's and not to forget the higher power draw of core i7.
 
i would suggest a i7 for the simple fact that if ur willing to spend upto 70k, the i7 has triple channel memory and better performance. also in the next 6 months intel will release its gulftown processors which are 6-core and will only fit on the lga 1366 platform.

i currrently purchased a motherboard+i7 920+6gb 1600mhz patriot ram for 34000.

with that kind of pricing its a godd buy i would say
 
Cabinet : Gladiator 600 transparent side / C M 690
Hard Disk : Seagate 250 gb
Optical Drive : Samsung
Processor : i5
Motherboard : Asus / Gigabyte
Power Supply : Cooler MAster Real power 460 w
Ram : G-skill
Keyboard: Razer
Mouse: C M Sentinel Mouse (5500 dpi and more feature )
LCD: viewsonic Vx series
Graphics Card :
Sound Card
UPS (Optional)
 
desiibond said:
Cabinet : Cooler Master CM690 with transparent side panel
Hard Disk : WD caviar Black 1Tb : 5.5k
Optical Drive: samsung dvd burner
Processor : Core i5 750
Motherboard : Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2
Power Supply : Corsair VX550W or GlacialPower 650AA
Ram: Corsair TW3X4G-1600C9DHX 2x2GB DDR3 1600MHz or trasncend DDR3 1333Mhz 2x2GB
Keyboard: Logitech multimedia k/b and mouse
Mouse
LCD: Dell S2409W
Graphics Card : HD5850 or Palit GTX260 sonic
Sound Card : Asus xonar dx or creative x-fi xtremegamer
UPS (Optional): APC 1kVA
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I don't want to spend much on Cabinet and i want sli/crossfire mobo.
 
then go for CM Elite 335 for 2.5k

now, afaik, P55 mobos with CF and GA-P55M-UD2 does come with CF support but second slot will be running at x4.

if you want both to run at x16, then better go for core i7 + X58 setup as even for P55, you may need to spend around 13k to get similar mobo.
 
For the cabinet, buy the 'iball workhorse.' Looks, good, costs around 2k max. Will serve your purpose for the time being until you make up your mind to buy a nice and small looking HTPC case (i.e. if you buy the micro-atx mobo). If you want to buy a normal mobo and a huge case, HAF 922 get's the thumbs up. Costs about 6k.

Processor and mobo are two things you should never compromise on. Buying a LGA1366 + X58 (i7 platform) setup will keep your options for upgrade open. Also, the current X58 based mobo's support upto 24GB DDR3 RAM. Should be enuf for the next 5 years at least.

When buying a premium setup, never compromise on upgradability options.
 
Core i7 i860 @ 14.5k
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 @ 7.7k
Sapphire HD5850 1GB GDDR5 @ 17.4k
Corsair TW3X4G-1600C9DHX 4GB Kit @ 6.6k
Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 @ 0.9k
Logitech MX518 Laser @ 1.5k
Logitech X540 5.1 @ 4.2k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB @ 4.2k
Corsair TX 650 @ 6.8k
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 @ 3.8k
Cooler Master Centurion 690 @ 4.5k
BenQ 24" G2420 FULL HD LCD Monitor @ 11.3k

A good Blu-Ray reader @ 4k....

Other option is:-
Sapphire HD5770 @ 11.5k
Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz B.E. @ 6.5k
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO @ 7k
 
comp@ddict said:
Core i7 i860 @ 14.5k
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 @ 7.7k
Sapphire HD5850 1GB GDDR5 @ 17.4k
Corsair TW3X4G-1600C9DHX 4GB Kit @ 6.6k
Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 @ 0.9k
Logitech MX518 Laser @ 1.5k
Logitech X540 5.1 @ 4.2k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB @ 4.2k
Corsair TX 650 @ 6.8k
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 @ 3.8k
Cooler Master Centurion 690 @ 4.5k
BenQ 24" G2420 FULL HD LCD Monitor @ 11.3k

A good Blu-Ray reader @ 4k....

Other option is:-
Sapphire HD5770 @ 11.5k
Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz B.E. @ 6.5k
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO @ 7k
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I don't need speakers. What can be upgraded ?
 
If you want to CROSSFIRE/SLI, then avoid the P55 boards. Rather, get an i7 920 + MSI PRO-E ( ~10.5k, courtesy banik).
 
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