Graphic Cards Radeon 6850 or GTX 460 for immediate purchase

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try this.since anyway you need a new card with the vx450, get the HIS 6850 now. USe it for gaming...As and when you upgrade your rig, if you extra cash left, get another 6850 and crossfire. You will never need the gtx460. Especially since it uses less power.
However, if you wait, there is speculation that the gtx560 uses only 180watts.
 
Hades. said:
Its a great mid range case... build quality is great... spacious and can take in a 10inch long card :D

For more info: NZXT Gamma Review - Overclockers Club
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Yeah. I've been through every review I can find. Wanted an actual user review. Searched most of Pune but no one seems to stock it :(

All right guys, thanks very much for your advice. Taking all of it into account, I see 2 options before me..

1. Wait a few months and get CPU+Mobo+RAM+GPU then. What I'd like to know is if Sandy Bridge will require me to get a new PSU as well? If I take this option, I might buy the Dell monitor now. Will my current GPU be able to run it? General usage only, no games.

2. Since my CPU is the bottleneck, what CPU would you recommend as (very) temporary upgrade (if any)? There are a lot going for sale in the Market section. Unfortunately I'm rather limited in this as well, what with my board being a Rev 1, thus doesn't support the last generation of Core 2's.

I don't want to go the temporary low-end GPU way. I'd rather buy something high-end (in my view), or not buy at all. I've gone down this route often in the past, and I've always regretted it later.
 
If you are not going to OC then a Core i5 2400/2500(9.5k-10.5k) and good H67 mobo ~6.5k would be sufficient enough and you can get something like the MSI HD6850 for 10.8k with the VX450.

If you want to OC then i would suggest you go for a PSU upgrade too. i5 2500k ~ 11k and a good P67 mobo ~ 9.5k-10k and a good 500w like the VX550 ~ 4.7k. This proccy easily hits 4.2GHz-4.4GHz.

Keep in mind that non-K versions of SB dont OC at all (very negligible OC of ~150MHz-200MHz max.)
 
DarkAngel said:
If you want to OC then i would suggest you go for a PSU upgrade too. i5 2500k ~ 11k and a good P67 mobo ~ 9.5k-10k and a good 500w like the VX550 ~ 4.7k. This proccy easily hits 4.2GHz-4.4GHz.
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This is exactly what I have in mind. SB i5 2500K + P67 (considering Asus/MSI).

I'm not sure if I'll OC (I have OCd my current cpu), although I'd certainly like to do so, or at least have the option to do so. If the price difference is negligible (~1k), I'd definitely take the 2500K.

The reason I'm not upgrading right away is the early adopter pricing. The processors themselves may be close to their US pricing, but the estimated rates for mobos are ridiculously overpriced (eg: Gigabyte P67 UD4 being approx 13-14k, $199 US).

Then there's ram to consider too. 8 gigs ddr3 (2x4gb) is around 80-90 USD on Newegg, but nearly double here.
 
Maestro said:
I might buy the Dell monitor now. Will my current GPU be able to run it? General usage only, no games.
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IMO yes... Ur current GPU will support the Dell monitor u r thinking to buy... :)
 
If you go ahead with the 6850 IMO I dont see any issues using the Corsair VX450. Heck I was pushing the Cooler Master 390W EPP, as the max load for 6850 is 297w/ avg is somewhere 220w although I ended up taking a 550w PSU, but your PSU should give 350w easily. Unless the Creative SBLive 5.1 takes more than 30-40w I dont see any issues. Also I am running C2D 2.6gz OC to 2.88gz with HAWX running fine at 1920x1080, although frankly when I take extreme fast turns i see frame drops.. not sure that is related to CPU though.
 
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