TE PC Buying Guide - August 2011

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is the MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III 6950 2gb card compatible with the Intel DH67BL board? (sorry if it's a really stupid question)
 
Med End Gaming Rig (Budget 51k)

Motherboard Intel DH67BL(B3)

can any one recommend an alternative GIGABYTE board ?

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GA-H67MA-UD2H-B3 how about this one?
 
4gb ddr3 for < Rs 1000 soon ?

DRAM pricing to plunge in rest of 2011, says IHS

The ASP for DDR3 in the 2Gb density - the bellwether DRAM product - is projected to drop to US$1.60 in the third quarter, down 24% from US$2.10 in the second quarter. The dive would be the biggest decline for the year, following a surprisingly solid second quarter during which pricing fell only 5% from the first quarter, IHS said. Moving into the fourth quarter, the price could plummet another 22% to US$1.25 - dangerously close to cash costs for many manufacturers. Only a year ago in the third quarter, pricing stood at US$4.70, IHS observed.
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worth reading : USB 3.0 Speed Tests: 7-Way Host Controllers Roundup
 
Can anyone help me about the Zebronics Bijli W/O PSU?

Where can I get it in Rs 1100.00 in Mumbai?

I tried at PrimeABGB but they told Rs. 1400 .
 
Rajeshjain_77 said:
Can anyone help me about the Zebronics Bijli W/O PSU?

Where can I get it in Rs 1100.00 in Mumbai?

I tried at PrimeABGB but they told Rs. 1400 .
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Forget the Bijli. I don't think you can find it for 1100 anymore. Add a little more and get the CM Elite.
 
Thanks for the price list man:hap2:

bought pc for my friend ---15k

CPU-AMD Athlon II x2-250

MOTHERBOARD-Msi 785gm-p45

RAM-2gb kingston DDRIII

MONITOR-Dell 1920IN

HDD-seagate 500gb 7200.12

SPEAKER-Creative 2.1

and keyboard mouse,cabinet, psu are generic

bought it from computer empire- nehru place

they charged 250Rs. extra for assembling:@

ps:smc international assembles for free
 
DarkAngel said:


Home Theater Enthusiast

Components Description Price (INR)
Processor AMD LLANO A3850 6900
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-A75M-D2H 6600
RAM Corsair 2*2GB DDRIII 1600MHz 1900
HDD Seagate 1TB 7200.12 2750
GPU Integrated AMD HD6550D -
Monitor Any Good Full HD LCD TV(32" and upwards) 30000+
 Cabinet Silverstone SG02B 4500
PSU/SMPS FSP SAGAII 350w 1500
Key Board Logitech Wireless Desktop MK320 1200
Mouse NA -
TV Tuner Hauppauge Colossus 01414 $140
ODD LITEON 4X BLURAY ROM IHOS104- 06 6500
Sound Card ASUS Xonar DX 4200
Speakers Altec Lansing 5.1 FX5051E 8000
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For a HT, is it a good idea to go for a 40 inch LCD? I use my rig for surfing/downloading/watching movies. I'm wondering if surfing the web with a 40 inches monitor is good for the eyes.
 
Celeron G540 and Celeron G440 Processors Review

X-bit labs - Print version

Of course, if we look at the specifications, we will see that the new Celeron CPUs have lower clock frequencies and smaller L3 cache compared to Pentium. But the results of our tests show that it has very little effect on actual performance. There is no huge gap between LGA1155 Celeron and Pentium processors like the one we previously saw between Core i3 and Pentium CPUs. In other words, these two processor families are really close.

While its power consumption is at comparable level with the rivals’, it offers slightly better computational performance and radically better graphics, which is also capable of hardware HD video decoding. As a result, Celeron G440 based platforms can successfully compete with AMD Brazos in many aspects, including price. And even though E-350 processors appeal to users with their more advanced graphics, Celeron G440 CPUs boast higher average performance in regular applications and flexibility for future upgrades.
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Edit : listed : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...7 600095610 600005539&IsNodeId=1&name=Celeron
 
If you would have bought the same pc from SMC you would have paid 1/1.5k more

crytek said:
bought it from computer empire- nehru place

they charged 250Rs. extra for assembling:@

ps:smc international assembles for free
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deltapage is listing :

A4-3400 2.7 GHz, 1M, FM1 3750

A6-3500 2.1 GHz, 4M, FM1 4775

edit : for 9,300 you could get 4 usb 3.0 (?) + 6 sata 6gb with a4-3400 + asus F1A75-M LE.
 
Hi Darkangel
You recommended 6850's for xfire rig will it show the microshuttering?

I read that cards below 6950 suffer from this issue when xfired.
 
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PoBoy said:
deltapage is listing :

A4-3400 2.7 GHz, 1M, FM1 3750

A6-3500 2.1 GHz, 4M, FM1 4775

edit : for 9,300 you could get 4 usb 3.0 (?) + 6 sata 6gb with a4-3400 + asus F1A75-M LE.
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Yup, excellent choice for people who want t make a general purpose rig with rich connectivity features :)
sasikanth8 said:
Hi Darkangel

You recommended 6850's for xfire rig will it show the microshuttering?

I read that cards below 6950 suffer from this issue when xfired.
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Honestly I hadnt even heard of the term couple of months back and then couple of articles popped up. One recently in Tech report and that too was not very conclusive in the end. The jist is that even with microstuttering if the FPS doenst go below 60FPS during troughs one wouldn't notice it. So this adds another -ve to the multi-GPU setups. May be since the HD6850 XFire dips below 60FPS while micro stuttering in the highest settings for the most taxing games it might be visible in it.

Though will keep this in mind while writing the next guide and read up a little more.
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Intel rolls out 16 new desktop and mobile processors :

Intel rolls out 16 new desktop and mobile processors - TechSpot News

http://static.techspot.com/images2/news/bigimage/2011-09-05-image-6.jpg
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Celeron G530($42) is ideally suited for our market and should be priced @~2.1k-2.2k in India if it follows the pricing trend.

But sadly Intel doesn't release many of these low end celerons in Indian market which is ideally for such cheap processors :(
 
A quick question, would any one know if the Inter Gseries SB processors have launched in Chennai? Any idea about the pricing? can't find it in delta/challenger..

Also, would the G620 be a better bet than the X2 260 for a office system?
 
I am currently running a HTPC setup with onboard NVIDIA grpahics.I am planning to shift to a dedicated VGA card.should I go for Asus GT520 or ATI 6450.The display is a FullHD LG Jazz 32 Inch .Current PSU is a 450 watts Hunterkey..I am planning to use Ubuntu in place of Windows 7+XBMC.Which has got better driver support for linux?? Any particluar brand suggestions???

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I am using a HTPC cabinet which supports full size cards.I do only causal gaming.Earlier I used an ASUS 5850
 
Hi Frndz,

I am in very confused state for the mobos -

I. MSI Z68A-GD55(B3) II. ASUS P8Z68-V PRO III. GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 IV. Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

I suppose GIGABYTE would be best choice for me considering that it has the lowest price among the pack and it supports XFireX, has OC Button. I would be using two GPUs max and hence the limitation of 3rd PCI slot doesn't bother me much. But still need Expert Opinion. My budget is around 60K below is my config -

Processor INTEL i5 2500K 10500

Motherboard Around 11K

RAM Corsair 1X4GB Vengence 1600

Graphics Card MSI HD R6950 Twin Frozr III 15000

HDD Seagate 7200.12 1TB 2800

Monitor Benq G2222HDL 6900

Cabinet CM Elite 431 Plus 2600

PSU Corsair GS600 3800

DVD SONY 22X 900

KB+Mouse Logitech MK260 1200

TOTAL 45300 (excluding mobo)
 
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