PC Upgrade. Budget 40K

Casual Gamer

Disciple
Q: What is your budget?

a. 40K(Strictly, Can't Extend now)

Q: What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)

a. CPU- Intel C2Q Q9400 @3.35 Ghz

b. Motherboard- Gigabyte EP-43-UD3L

c. CPU Cooler- Thermaltake V1-AX

d. HDD-2XSamsung Spinpoint F3 1TB in RAID0 setup

e. RAM- Transcend 2X2GB Jetram DDR2 800Mhz

f. GPU- Gigabyte Radeon HD5770 @950Mhz(core)/1365Mhz(memory)

g. Monitor- Viewsonic VX2260wm 21.5'' FullHD LCD

h. SMPS- Thermaltake TR2 550 watt

i. Sound Card- Creative X-fi Titanium

j. Speaker- Altec Lansing MX6021 Expressionist Ultra

k.Keyboard- A4 tech Slim

l. Mouse- Logitech MX518

m. Cabinet- Thermaltake V3

Q: Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)

a. HDD- 2XSamsung Spinpoint F3 1TB in RAID0 setup

b. GPU- Gigabyte Radeon HD5770 @950Mhz(core)/1365Mhz(memory)

c. Monitor- Viewsonic VX2260wm 21.5'' FullHD LCD

d. Sound Card- Creative X-fi Titanium

e. Speaker- Altec Lansing MX6021 Expressionist Ultra

f. Keyboard- A4 tech Slim

g. Mouse- Logitech MX518

Q: Which hardware component are you looking to buy (component name). If you have already decided on a configuration then please mention

a. CPU- Intel 2500k

b. Motherboard- Any compatible P67 motherboard(B3 revised off course) which will help me to Overclock the cpu like 4.5Ghz 24/7

c. CPU Cooler- A good coooler which is suitable for above amount of OCing

d. RAM- Any good 2X2GB kit will be fine(Lantency7 or 8 would be preferred)

e. SMPS- I need a modular PSU badly to be away from the cable mess.

f. Cabinet- NZXT Tempest Evo( I choose this case because it comes with 6 fans at stock).

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

a. Yes, I will upgrade the GPU only within 3-4 months with a HD6950.

Q: Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)

a. S.P. Road, Bangalore.

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

a. No.

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

a. Gaming

b. Heavy Multitasking

c. Watching Blu-Ray Movies

d. Browsing

e. Sometimes downloading

Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.

a. Just don't recommend XFX products. Any other brand would be fine.

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

a. FPS- Crysis Warhead, Call of Duty Series, Medal of Honor series, Battlefield Bad Company 2

b. Sandbox- Mafia 2, GTA 4, The Saboteur, Assassin's Creed Series

c. RTS- Company of Heroes series

d. RPG- Dragon age Origins, Starcraft series

e. Racing- NFS series,Colin Mcre Dirt Series

f. Sports- Fifa series

I always like to play games by maxing out all the settings with 4XAA

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

a. Gaming- 1920X1080

b. Desktop- 1920X1080

Q: Are you looking to overclock?

a. yes..!! I love to push things to their limits..

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

a. Windows 7 64bit.
 
Processor Intel Core i5 2500k 11250

Motherboard MSI P67A-GD55 (B3 Revision) 9500

RAM Corsair XMS3 1600MHz CL9 2x2GB 2600

Cabinet NZXT Tempest EVO 5200

PSU Corsair HX650 6500

CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12P SE2 3750

Total 38800


Suggested you a mobo which is capable of overclocking i5 2500k/2600k to 5GHz...

I've suggested you a modular PSU but if you want more watts and better efficiency PSU then you can buy Seasonic X-760 which is selling for 8500... TheITWares has this PSU in stock so you can contact him if you want to buy it... :)
 
Hades. said:
Processor Intel Core i5 2500k 11250

Motherboard MSI P67A-GD55 (B3 Revision) 9500

RAM Corsair XMS3 1600MHz CL9 2x2GB 2600

Cabinet NZXT Tempest EVO 5200

PSU Corsair HX650 6500

CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12P SE2 3750

Total 38800


Suggested you a mobo which is capable of overclocking i5 2500k/2600k to 5GHz...

I've suggested you a modular PSU but if you want more watts and better efficiency PSU then you can buy Seasonic X-760 which is selling for 8500... TheITWares has this PSU in stock so you can contact him if you want to buy it... :)

Are you sure that corsair memory kit will be perfectly compatible with P67 boards? all these memory kits are of 1.65 volts if I am not wrong. But P67 boards only support memory sticks of 1.5volts max. Only G-skill ripjaws X series has memory modules of 1.5volts..
 
Casual Gamer said:
Are you sure that corsair memory kit will be perfectly compatible with P67 boards? all these memory kits are of 1.65 volts if I am not wrong. But P67 boards only support memory sticks of 1.5volts max. Only G-skill ripjaws X series has memory modules of 1.5volts..
Yes the board that i've suggested would support XMS3 RAMs easily... however if you want you can buy G.Skill Ripjaws 1600MHz 2x2GB kit also... its on you... :)
 
I heard that MSI motherboards has got blown mosfet issue due to Overclocking.. how true is that? If it is true then which motherboard will I instead of this within this price?
 
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