New Gaming PC - for 21"

S

Spectre

Skilled
I am planning to get a new gaming pc at my new place in KL, Malaysia

Every purchase would be done at LowYat

Budget: Nothing specific, just want a decent gaming rig for a 21" LCD playing all games at high settings. Nothing too extravagant.

As gaming time will be quite less and I am no more a graphics whore and play only selected genres, so just need something VFM

All prices in RM, 1 RM = 14.7 INR

Processor: need something new and bit powerful. Good enough to compliment mid range cards

Choices:

i3 - 2100 : 350

Mobo: As the proccy doesn't support OC, what would be best mobo choice ? i am not sure which chipset to go for.No CFX needed. A m-atx board would suffice

Choices:

MSI H67MA-E35 : 290

ECS H67H2-M3 : 280

RAM: As the selected board supports only 1333 Mhz DDR3

Choices:

Kingston 4GB*1 - DDR3 1333 : 120

Corsair 4GB*1 - DDR3 1333 : 120

Harddisk: I dont need a large storage, just for gaming and few movies

Choices:

Samsung SP F3 - 500GB : 115

Graphics Card: something good enough for HD gaming

Choices:

HIS 6850 1GB DDR5 : 550

HIS 6950 2GB DDR5 : 805

PSU:

Seasonic 500W Silence (A/80+) :195

LCD: 21" Full HD

Benq G2220HD : 400

Cabinet:

Cooler Master Elite 371 : 135

Please feel free to suggest any alternatives. I haven't been in the hardware scene for sometime now, so I need as much inputs as possible.

Even criticisms are welcome :p
 
Avoid ECS low end and go with MSI minumum. Ideally Asus or Gigabyte budget permitting.

One more suggestion is please get the i5 quad!!

HD6890 2GB @11.9k!! Lucky Bugger :) Though go with the HD6850 if you are not hard core gamer anymore!
 
Thanks DA

If I go for 2500, then i would get the k version for OC'ing, which again would need a better chipset and a cooling setup. Will add up a lot to the total cost

Instead, will it be better to invest a little more on a better gfx card like 6950

Which will be a better option ?

I intend to use the PC only for gaming and movies, not for anything else.

and why not ECS, is it a really that bad a brand. H67 at 4.1K is very enticing

EDIT: Found this mobo from MSI H67MA-E35 : 290. Looks like a better option :)
 
Told you. For ~Rs.150 more you get a mobo with all solid caps :)

SB has plenty of power in it and you dont need to OC for a HD6850 or even a HD6950. SB @ 3GHz has plenty of power!

What is the price of 2400/2500? IMO for a such a new rig and budget Quad is a must. The difference in price between i3 2100 and i5 2400 is ~3.5k in India. So it should be ~2.5k-3k in Malaysia (Pricing in INR)

i3 2100 dual core and a beastly HD6950!
 
@Spectre are u Bat $hizz Insane? going for a config like that? U know u are a gamer and always will be.

Go for something better.
 
What about this setup, though I am really trying to convince myself if I really need it

Core i5 i2500K : 640

MSI H67MA-E35 : 290

Kingston 4GB*1 - DDR3 1333 : 120

Samsung SP F3 - 500GB : 115

HIS 6950 2GB DDR5 : 800

Seasonic 620 M12II :365

Benq G2220HD : 400

Cooler Master Elite 371 : 135

Total: 2865 ~ 42 K

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Core i5 i2400 : 550

MSI H67MA-E35 : 290

Kingston 4GB*1 - DDR3 1333 : 120

Samsung SP F3 - 500GB : 115

HIS 6950 2GB DDR5 : 800

Seasonic 620 M12II :365

Benq G2220HD : 400

Cooler Master Elite 371 : 135

Total: 2775 ~ 40.7K
 
Components Description Price ( INR )

Processor Intel Core i5 2400 9500

Motherboard Gigabyte H67MA-UD2H 7500

RAM Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2x2GB 1600MHz 2600

HDD Seagate 500GB 7200.12 1750

GPU Sapphire HD6950 12000

Monitor Benq G2220HD 7300

Cabinet NZXT Gamma 2000

PSU Corsair VX450W 3500

1. 'K' series and H67 doesn't make sense at all. It should be 'K' series with P67 or non-K with H67/H61.

2. Though the Gigabyte H67MA-UD2H is a mATX board. It packs great feature with it. You can also grab Asus P8H67 M EVO @ 9k. The Asus P8P67 Pro motherboard is a great board comes with bluetooth, 8 SATA ports (4 x 3Gbps + 4 x 6Gbps) USB3 and SLI + CFX support. Or you can grab your MSI H67MA-E35 motherboard too.. Whats your total budget BTW?

3. Grab the XMS3 Kit. Run it on dual channel..Better than single module.

4. Grab AMD Radeon 6950 2GB(805RM=12K) as it can be unlocked to a 6970 itself (you will need to get the AMD reference edition though).

5. NZXT Gamma > Cooler Master Elite 371.
 
@Spectre - No point in going for K series and H67. Go for non-K 2400/2500 and save some bucks! (Unless you will upgrade to P67/Z68 in the future)
 
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