My new gaming rig for under 1 Lakh

kvikram

kvikram

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Q: What is your budget?
Under 1 Lakh

Q: What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)
It's very old so it's not worth mentioning

Q: Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)
None

Q: Which hardware component are you looking to buy (component name). If you have already decided on a configuration then please mention the (component brand and model) as well, this will help us in fine tuning your requirement.
- I was thinking of the GTX 580 or the Radeon 6970, and perhaps one of the new Sandy Bridge CPUs. Also, what about the AMD Phenom II processors? The are supposed to be very cost-effective.
And also, the Dell U2311H.

Q: Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future. If yes then please mention when and which component
Perhaps in three years I might SLI or CrossFire.

Q: Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
In my own city (Salem, TN)
Q: What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
Gaming
Browsing
Desktop Processing
HTPC
Watching HD movies

Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
I really want good after-sales service, whatever be the brand.

Q: If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
Maxing out Crysis 2 and similar games

Q: What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
Gaming - 1920x1080
Desktop - 1920x1080

Q: Are you looking to overclock?
No

Q: Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
Windows 7 64 bit
 
Well, have a look at my rig....it almost matches your requirements..

CPU: i7 930@4.2ghz with HT on (1.312 vcore)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H70 push/pull with xigmatek XLFs

Motherboard: Asus P6X58D Premium

Graphics Card: MSI GTX 580 Twin Frozr II @ 850/1700/2100

Memory: Gskill trident 6gb ddr3 1600mhz @ 6-7-6-20

Hard disk: Seagate barracuda 1TB 7200rpm & WD Caviar Blue 320GB

Power Supply: Corsair HX750

Case: Cooler Master Cosmos S with 7 xigmatek XLF fans(blue)

Sound Card: Asus Xonar DX

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium

and Now to meet your EXACT reqs...Here is the rig wid some alterations>

CPU: Intel i7 2600k

CPU Cooler: Cooler master V8 (Though, as ure not interested in overclocking....u'll be fine with the stock cooler)

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 PRO or DELUXE (B3 rev)

Graphics Card: MSI GTX 580 Twin Frozr II ( Best cooling and overclocking capability)

Memory: Gskill Sandy Bridge 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 4GB X 2 OR Gskill Sandy Bridge 4GB 1600 Mhz DDR3 2GB X 2

Hard disk: Seagate barracuda 1TB 7200rpm and OCZ 40GB SSD for OS

Power Supply: Corsair HX850 or Cooler Master Silent pro 850 (as u might go for sli in future)

Case: Antec 1200 (EPIC AIRFLOW and is HUGE too), CM HAF X, CM COSMOS S, NxGT Phantom

Sound Card: Asus Xonar DX

Monitor: Dell ST2410 Full HD

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
 
xOVErClOcKeRx said:
Well, have a look at my rig....it almost matches your requirements..

CPU: i7 930@4.2ghz with HT on (1.312 vcore)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H70 push/pull with xigmatek XLFs

Motherboard: Asus P6X58D Premium

Graphics Card: MSI GTX 580 Twin Frozr II @ 850/1700/2100

Memory: Gskill trident 6gb ddr3 1600mhz @ 6-7-6-20

Hard disk: Seagate barracuda 1TB 7200rpm & WD Caviar Blue 320GB

Power Supply: Corsair HX750

Case: Cooler Master Cosmos S with 7 xigmatek XLF fans(blue)

Sound Card: Asus Xonar DX

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium

and Now to meet your EXACT reqs...Here is the rig wid some alterations>

CPU: Intel i7 2600k

CPU Cooler: Cooler master V8 (Though, as ure not interested in overclocking....u'll be fine with the stock cooler)

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 PRO or DELUXE (B3 rev)

Graphics Card: MSI GTX 580 Twin Frozr II ( Best cooling and overclocking capability)

Memory: Gskill Sandy Bridge 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 4GB X 2 OR Gskill Sandy Bridge 4GB 1600 Mhz DDR3 2GB X 2

Hard disk: Seagate barracuda 1TB 7200rpm and OCZ 40GB SSD for OS

Power Supply: Corsair HX850 or Cooler Master Silent pro 850 (as u might go for sli in future)

Case: Antec 1200 (EPIC AIRFLOW and is HUGE too), CM HAF X, CM COSMOS S, NxGT Phantom

Sound Card: Asus Xonar DX

Monitor: Dell ST2410 Full HD

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
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Epic airflow is nice, but i want a case that is as compact as possible with minimum compromise on cooling and air flow. Also it would be nice if the computer was at just room noise even at full load.

Thanks in advancd
 
A configuration which will serve you in good stead bruv --

Intel Core i7 2600 -- 15000/- INR Intel® Core

ASUS P8H67 M EVO OR ASUS P8P67 EVO -- 9000/- INR / ~12000/- ASUS P8H67-M EVO Review | Motherboards.org / ASUS P8P67 EVO Sandy Bridge Motherboard | ASUS P8P67 EVO,Motherboard,LGA-1155,Review,Intel Sandy Bridge,P67-Express,Performance,Olin Coles,ASUS P8P67 EVO Motherboard Intel Sandy Bridge P67-Express Performance Review by Olin Coles

RAM 1600 MHz 4GB x 2 sticks G.Skill RIPJAWS ~ 5500/- Gskill Sandy Bridge 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 4GB X 2

AMD HD 6970 OR nVidia GTX 570 ~ 19000/- OR 22000/- (take your pick according which games you'll play) benches are here -- Bench - GPU11 - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News

NZXT Tempest EVO -- 6500/- NZXT Tempest EVO Review - Page 1/6 | techPowerUp -- (A killer case at the given price, pre-bundled 6-fans + E-ATX support, at such a price I find the Tempest the VFM king + awesome airflow)

Corsair TX v2 Bronze 650W SMPS ~ ------ (no idea of price) Enthusiast Series OR Cooler Master Silent Power Pro M700 ~ 6500/- Silent Pro M700 - Cooler Master

Monitor -- Dell U2311H Ultrasharp IPS panel monitor ~ 13500/- LCD Panel Technology Explained - S-IPS, H-IPS, S-PVA, MVA and TN... why it is the best monitor at the price.

UPS -- APC 1 KVA Back-UPS ~ 4400/-, you'll need a beefy UPS to keep your system from dying in a power cut.

Razer Death Adder + Razer Goliathus ALPHA Fragged Control Edition gaming mat ~ 2250/- + 950/- Razer DeathAdder 3500 dpi Right-Handed Gaming Mouse + Razer Goliathus-Fragged Standard Mouse Pad-Control

Razer Black Widow Gaming Keyboard ~ 4400/- Razer Blackwidow

I hope this is good, I've not mentioned speakers as I have no idea on them, plus here are a few points that I wish to tell you --

1) there is no need to SLi OR CrossFire 3 years down the line as then generation cards even mid-range will outperform your outdated hardware.

2) SLi and CrossFire need you to over-clock your system as without this the CPU itself acts as a bottleneck to the GPU's.

3) Now that you have such a fine budget, please purchase original Windows instead of pirating, I'm sure you'll not regret this. Confession of an original Windows user.
 
Wow your budget is huge.

Also I recommend not to spend 30k on a GPU since performance difference between a 17k GPU and 30k GPU (take HD6950 2GB and GTX580 for example) is not worth the price tag.

Save the 13k, you can then upgrade again this year when 28nm chips come out.
 
A configuration which will serve you in good stead bruv --

Intel Core i7 2600 -- 15000/- INR Intel® Core
ASUS P8H67 M EVO OR ASUS P8P67 EVO -- 9000/- INR / ~12000/- ASUS P8H67-M EVO Review | Motherboards.org / ASUS P8P67 EVO Sandy Bridge Motherboard | ASUS P8P67 EVO,Motherboard,LGA-1155,Review,Intel Sandy Bridge,P67-Express,Performance,Olin Coles,ASUS P8P67 EVO Motherboard Intel Sandy Bridge P67-Express Performance Review by Olin Coles
RAM 1600 MHz 4GB x 2 sticks G.Skill RIPJAWS ~ 5500/- Gskill Sandy Bridge 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 4GB X 2
AMD HD 6970 OR nVidia GTX 570 ~ 19000/- OR 22000/- (take your pick according which games you'll play) benches are here -- Bench - GPU11 - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News
NZXT Tempest EVO -- 6500/- NZXT Tempest EVO Review - Page 1/6 | techPowerUp -- (A killer case at the given price, pre-bundled 6-fans + E-ATX support, at such a price I find the Tempest the VFM king + awesome airflow)
Corsair TX v2 Bronze 650W SMPS ~ ------ (no idea of price) Enthusiast Series OR Cooler Master Silent Power Pro M700 ~ 6500/- Silent Pro M700 - Cooler Master
Monitor -- Dell U2311H Ultrasharp IPS panel monitor ~ 13500/- LCD Panel Technology Explained - S-IPS, H-IPS, S-PVA, MVA and TN... why it is the best monitor at the price.
UPS -- APC 1 KVA Back-UPS ~ 4400/-, you'll need a beefy UPS to keep your system from dying in a power cut.
Razer Death Adder + Razer Goliathus ALPHA Fragged Control Edition gaming mat ~ 2250/- + 950/- Razer DeathAdder 3500 dpi Right-Handed Gaming Mouse + Razer Goliathus-Fragged Standard Mouse Pad-Control
Razer Black Widow Gaming Keyboard ~ 4400/- Razer Blackwidow

I hope this is good, I've not mentioned speakers as I have no idea on them, plus here are a few points that I wish to tell you --
1) there is no need to SLi OR CrossFire 3 years down the line as then generation cards even mid-range will outperform your outdated hardware.
2) SLi and CrossFire need you to over-clock your system as without this the CPU itself acts as a bottleneck to the GPU's.
3) Now that you have such a fine budget, please purchase original Windows instead of pirating, I'm sure you'll not regret this. Confession of an original Windows user.
 
Yep....to eliminate the bottleneck...u HAVE to OC your proccy while running high-end gpus...And BTW buying an i7 2600k and not overclocking it, is HEIGHT OF FOOLISHNESS IMO....So get urself a good enough cpu cooler (noctua NH-D14 or corsair H70 etc..) and OC your i7 to its limits.

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comp@ddict said:
Wow your budget is huge.

Also I recommend not to spend 30k on a GPU since performance difference between a 17k GPU and 30k GPU (take HD6950 2GB and GTX580 for example) is not worth the price tag.

Save the 13k, you can then upgrade again this year when 28nm chips come out.
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LoL.....comparing a gtx580 to a single 6950 is like comparing a Lamborghini to Maruti....(slight exaggeration)

Here is a link showing some numbers between gtx580 and 6950 CF. In general, I would stay with single GPU.

ASUS Radeon HD 6950 CrossFire Review - Page 21/23 | techPowerUp
 
^^

Oh one more thing OP, if you feel to put in more money in case any is left out of your budget go for a 64 GB SSD put your OS on that and watch the response times blaze. It'll be worth the premium, in your case.

Solid-state drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

LoL.....comparing a gtx580 to a single 6950 is like comparing a Lamborghini to Maruti....(slight exaggeration)

Here is a link showing some numbers between gtx580 and 6950 CF. In general, I would stay with single GPU.
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I think comp@ddict was saying that the difference is not huge because the HD 6950 2GB has a very high probability of unlocking into a HD 6970, which performs at par with the nVidia GTX 570, whilst consumes lesser power and both these cards deliver enough punch to take on most current day games @full HD resolution and above as well as AMD has the EyeFinity advantage. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/305?vs=292 EYEFINITY BY AMD -- http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/amd-eyefinity-technology/for-consumers/Pages/what-is-eyefinity.aspx

Yep....to eliminate the bottleneck...u HAVE to OC your proccy while running high-end gpus...And BTW buying an i7 2600k and not overclocking it, is HEIGHT OF FOOLISHNESS IMO....So get urself a good enough cpu cooler (noctua NH-D14 or corsair H70 etc..) and OC your i7 to its limits.
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No need to force OP on the issue of over-clocking if you're comfortable with idea go ahead, don't tell others you need to over-clock necessarily to derive the benefits of applications, I mentioned it in my post because of CrossFire and SLi which due to the limitations of a CPU to feed enough data to a single card leaves the dual-card set-up pretty much unused in most circumstances, also you don't need to over-clock your system if you play a game like Solitaire and run apps like Autodesk MAYA. It is only you who has suggested the K series processor I've read his post and put in a non-K processor, on stock both systems will perform same.

hellgate said:
I really dont know what made you say this.

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So you imply to gain on an average ~ 10 -- 15 fps more in games you are willing to spend 15000/- extra on the card not to talk of the fat electricity bill you'll get. Nice logic there, check your numbers POWER CONSUMPTION ON LOAD & fps difference between the cards, OP might as well run the gauntlet and unlock his card to an HD 6970 and crank the settings on that. :facepalm:
 
xOVErClOcKeRx said:
Yep....to eliminate the bottleneck...u HAVE to OC your proccy while running high-end gpus...And BTW buying an i7 2600k and not overclocking it, is HEIGHT OF FOOLISHNESS IMO....So get urself a good enough cpu cooler (noctua NH-D14 or corsair H70 etc..) and OC your i7 to its limits.

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LoL.....comparing a gtx580 to a single 6950 is like comparing a Lamborghini to Maruti....(slight exaggeration)

Here is a link showing some numbers between gtx580 and 6950 CF. In general, I would stay with single GPU.

ASUS Radeon HD 6950 CrossFire Review - Page 21/23 | techPowerUp
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Maybe you didnt READ WHAT I WROTE. read it again and then reply.

I think comp@ddict was saying that the difference is not huge because the HD 6950 2GB has a very high probability of unlocking into a HD 6970, which performs at par with the nVidia GTX 570, whilst consumes lesser power and both these cards deliver enough punch to take on most current day games @full HD resolution and above as well as AMD has the EyeFinity advantage. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/305?vs=292 EYEFINITY BY AMD -- http://www.amd.com/us/products/techn...eyefinity.aspx
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Alpha understood exactly what i wrote and meant, thats maybe because he read the whole post..
 
Totally with compaddict here. Also, thanks to the driver improvements, now 6970 performs closer to 580 than 570. (Source: Nvidia's GeForce GTX 590 graphics card - The Tech Report - Page 12) If you buy the 6950, with unlocking and overclocking you are already at 580 performance! Even if you don't, makes no sense paying >75% more money for <25% more performance. And you save 13k and gob loads of power and heat. Of course, even a 6870 is good enough for 1920x1080 resolution.
 
@kvikram

u can find high end pc stuff from your city Salem, so u need to travel chennai by bus or your own car then buy all the pc part and assmbled first at your friend place or relative if working condition and then go back it your city before enjoy it your new rig or u can buy from online dealer like SMC, it-wares and itdepot

and i recommend u have to go for ALPHA17 that what he mention as good conif :)
 
vpraveenis said:
NZXT Tempest evo is priced at 5390/- here. I am planning to go the shop to check out the case and verify the amount. Looks tempting
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I quote prices from Bangalore and this is the latest update I got, so thanks for update but even at IT Depot the shipping starts at ~ 400/- depending on the courier company and destination. If you plan to buy the case trust me you will not be disappointed, the only issue is static on the front audio ports.
 
^^ Do people really use the front audio ports on a 1Lac Rig that is configured to have a dedicated Sound card? I think not.. Heck, I have never ever hooked up the front audio header in any of my rigs in the last 14 years.

So I guess you can safely assume that static on front audio ports is not going to be much of an issue for rig such as this.
 
Lord Nemesis said:
^^ Do people really use the front audio ports on a 1Lac Rig that is configured to have a dedicated Sound card? I think not.. Heck, I have never ever hooked up the front audio header in any of my rigs in the last 14 years.

So I guess you can safely assume that static on front audio ports is not going to be much of an issue for rig such as this.
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It was for the vpraveenis Sire, not for OP.
 
Yup thats what i did, bought a 50" LG plasma with a response time of less than .12ms and got a ps3 for 18k, u don't get games like ucharted 2 ucharted 3 killzone 2 killzone 3 for the PC, these exclusive titles make it all of it worth it, i have had more fun playing uc2 online in the past 1 year than gaming on PC for the last 10 years, a gaming rig is like jack of all trades and master of none. but then to each his own, just an opinion, no flak please

Thanks !!!
 
kuld33p said:
IMO one should buy a PS3 and an XBOX and a huge TV or Projector.. if one wants to play games only.
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And miss out on epic titles like the Total War series and the other RTS gamers they can't twiddle commands over an analog controller, also most of the best RPG titles are PC exclusives Witcher series, the Elder Scroll series and many more.
 
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