Mid-End Gaming Rig. Need help :)

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Hello all,

I'm purchasing a new PC soon. Needed some help in the configurations.

Q: What is your budget?

>: 65k - 70k

Q: What is your existing hardware configuration?

>: CPU - Intel E7400

Motherboard - Asus P5N73-AM

GPU - Nvidia 9800GT (Palit)

RAM - Transcend 1x2GB 800Mhz

Monitor - Samsung T220

PSU - Coolermaster RS-460-PCAR-A3

Cabinet - Coolermaster 690 (CM 690)

HDD - Seagate 500GB SATA

Q: Which hardware will you be keeping?

>: PSU - Coolermaster RS-460-PCAR-A3

Cabinet - Coolermaster 690 (CM 690)

Monitor - Samsung T220 (Not sure)

Q: Which hardware component are you looking to buy?

>: CPU - Core i-5 760

Motherboard - MSI X58 Pro-E

GPU - Not sure, Help needed.

RAM - Gskill F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM (2Gx2) 1600MHz DDR3

Monitor - DELL U2311H / DELL U2711

HDD - 1 TB Seagate 7200.12

Q: Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future?

>: No.

Q: Where will you buy this hardware?

>: Mumbai.

Q: Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market?

>: No.

Q: What is your intended use for this PC/hardware?

>: Gaming

Browsing

Watching HD movies.

Download rig (Not 24x7, but will be on most of the time.)

Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike?

>: I prefer Intel processors and Nvidia GPU. (Been using them and they haven't given me any problems yet. Hence want to stick to them.)

Q: If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?

>: Strategy

Action

Racing

First-person shooter (FPS)

Q: What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage?

>: Gaming - Not sure.

Desktop - 1440 x 900 (This is my current configurations's resolution. Higher would also be better.)

Q: Are you looking to overclock?

>: No.

Q: Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?

>: Windows 7 - 32 / 64 bit.

If anything better than this is available for the said budget, please do suggest. :)

This is the configuration that I am looking for. The configurations are a combination from the *TE PC Buying Guide*.

Also I saw a video that the Motherboard that I've chosen (MSI X58 Pro-E) has heating issues and needs a mod. Here is the video for it.

YouTube - Reducing the Northbridge temps on the MSI X58 PRO-E Motherboard

Please help me out. Thank you :)
 
i5 proccy doesnt work with the X58 mobo... change either proccy to i7 or mobo to p55...

amd 6800 series is just out and the 6870 would suit u just fine... read the reviews... slightly better than 5850 for 5770 price... should be here in a week or 2 i guess...

else get a GTX 460... more than sufficient for anything @ 1920x1080... If u want more power u could xfire/sli either of these :D... also u would need a beefier power supply... try the corsair vx550 for a single card or a 650/750 watt corsair for dual card...
 
>>>: PSU - Coolermaster RS-460-PCAR-A3

I have exact same PSU and I'll suggest you better get some thing else. Not that its very BAD, its doing OK on my rig,

but its not very good for its price . it goes 2.5+, just produce over 300 watts on both 12v rails, you are better with vx450, add one more K and you'll have a PSU which is 80+ efficient at peak load. Plus can deliver 450+ as well if required.
 
@Varun - I had checked the CPU support for X58 mobo. and the maximum supported CPU given there was the 1-7, hence I thought the i-5 will be supported as well. Guess I was wrong :(

@Adi - Haven't had any issues with my PSU so far, I guess it was adequate for my old configuration. I'm hoping it'll be sufficient enough for my new configuration as well.

Open to more suggestions to fine-tune my PC. Will be ordering the stuff mostly this week. Hence don't have much time :(
 
>>Haven't had any issues with my PSU so far, I guess it was adequate for my old configuration

I thought you are going to buy it and thought to inform you. My Bad
 
CPU - Core i-5 760 ~9.8k
Motherboard - MSI P55-GD65~7.9k
GPU - MSI N460GTX HAWK-Talon Attack Version ~ 13.8k
RAM - Gskill F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL(2Gx2) 1600MHz DDR3 ~ 4.5k
Monitor - DELL U2311H ~ 14.5k
HDD - 1 TB Seagate 7200.12 ~2.8k
PSU - Corsair VX550 ~ 4.8k

Total: 58.1k
 
@ DarkAngel - Thanks for the price help :)

If there are any better configurations available, please do let me know. Got time till the end of this week or next week at max.

Thank you :)
 
Hmm the i5 760 is a better proposition when compared to AMD's X6 proccy? For gaming atm, it seems marginally faster, but developers have no way to go but improve multi threading performance for all applications, X6 should do better in that case.
 
Thanks for your suggestions.. But I'm all the more confused now :P... Could you please just set 1 config for like 60k and put it out & I'll go with it.

Sorry for the trouble :(
 
go with the rig Dark Angel suggested... it is powerful, power efficient and great for gaming coz it has "Intel Core i5 760" which has better single threaded performance and 8 mb L3 cache ;)

Dont Think Much You Will Get Confused :P
 
Yea was gonna go for the same thing, but the motherboard that he suggested ain't available anywhere. Also having a hard time finding the GFX card and the RAM. Guess have to go online :(
 
CPU - Core i-5 760 - around 10k

Motherboard - MSI P55-GD65 / GIGABYTE GA-P55-USB3 - around 8k

GPU - MSI N 460 GTX CYCLON - around 13k

RAM - Gskill Trident F3-12800CL8D-4GBTD 1600 MHZ - around 5.2 k

CPU Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - around 2k

Monitor - DELL U2311H - around 14 k / Benq 2420 HD - around 10.3k

HDD - 1 TB WD - around 2.6 k

PSU - Corsair VX550- around 4.5k
 
proccy-Intel Core i5 750 around 10k

mobo- asus p7p55d-E around 10k

psu-CORSAIR VX 550-around 5k

Ram-corsair dominator 2*2 gb ddr3 kit 1600mhz(10 years warranty)-around 5k

monitor-samsung 2230-around 8k

hard disk-seagate 1 tb 7200rpm-around 3k

dvd writer-SONY BLACK SATA DVD WRITER-around 1.5k

cabinet-CM Elite 310 Blue-around 2.5k

gpu-nvidea geforce gtx 460-around12k
 
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