Budget 51-70k Gaming PC for 1440p 60 FPS gaming

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gourav

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Seeing the falling prices of graphics cards, I'm finally getting tempted into buying a gaming PC. At first I wanted an SFF PC and even made a thread about it. While I didn't get too many responses, I read a bit and watched a few videos and eventually I figured it wasn't worth the extra price to me. I would also find it difficult to maintain due to the cramped nature and I don't want to have to run to a service center just to upgrade my RAM when I want to. So I decided to stick to a normal mid-tower build.

Here are my requirements:
What is your budget?
~65k

What is your existing hardware configuration?
Monitor - LG 27" 4k
Nothing else that I can use with this

Which hardware component are you looking to buy?
Cabinet, CPU, Motherboard, RAM, SSD/HDD, Graphics card

Is this going to be your final configuration?
As of now, yes. I might add more RAM/storage later if needed.

Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)?
Mumbai (Lamington), online, TE classifieds

Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market?
Yes

What is your intended use for this PC/hardware?
Gaming

Do you have any brand preference or dislike?
None.

If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
Racing, action adventure games like Tomb Raider

What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage?
Gaming - 2560x1440
Desktop - 3840x2160

Are you looking to overclock?
No

Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
Windows 10/11

I visited Lamington last week, and based on the prices, this is the build I'm considering:
Ryzen 5 5600
17,000​
Motherboard B450 based (need suggestions)
5,000​
RAM 16 GB single stick (need suggestions)
5,000​
SSD WD Blue SN570 500 GB
4,000​
Modular 80+ Gold PSU (Need suggestions)
4,000​
Cabinet (Need suggestions)
3,000​
TOTAL
38,000​

For graphics card, I'm considering either RTX 3060 (~35,000) or RX6600 (~30,000). These will fit within my budget. So here are my questions:
  1. Please suggest specific models for the parts I have mentioned as needing suggestions
  2. Is RTX 3060 worth paying extra 5000 for or should I stick to RX6600? Alternatively, I could get an RX6600XT for about 3k more than 3060. Would that be a better option?
  3. Which brand's graphics card should I buy? I hear Zotac gives the longest warranty of 5 years. Should I go for Zotac?
I have never had a proper gaming PC or console, so I've only played games casually. With my busy schedules, I mostly see myself playing about an hour a day on weekdays and 3-4 hours a day over weekends. So I don't want to spend a bomb on this. I'll mostly be selling my NUC to cover some of the costs.
 
2. RTX 3060 is worth the higher price over RX 6600 IMO. It performs slightly faster but mainly has DLSS, so a better choice for high resolution gaming. In DLSS supported games, you can run the game at 4K Quality, Balanced or Performance mode to get good fps while getting slightly better visuals than native rendering at 1440p or 1080p, good as you have a 4K monitor.
DLSS and FSR.JPG

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3. I prefer Zotac for GPUs, especially non-high end ones, like 3080. So a Zotac RTX 3060 at 35k would be great, but most likely will cost 38k or so.

1. Coming to parts itself, if you get R5 5600 for 17k & a decent B450 mobo with 2x M.2 slots & 4 RAMs for 5k, then would be a good deal for sure. Also, B450 is PCIe 3.0, so like 3-4% less performance than PCIe 4.0 GPU slot mobos. The GPUs in consideration are all PCIe 4.0.
This is the cheapest decent B450 I could see, costs 6.2k: https://mdcomputers.in/asrock-b450m-pro4.html
Cheaper at 5.4k but lacks 2nd M.2 slot: https://www.primeabgb.com/online-price-reviews-india/msi-b450m-pro-vdh-max-amd-b450-motherboard/

CPU - Intel i3 12100F - 9k
Mobo - Asus Prime H610M-E D4 - 7.3k
RAM - 2x8GB DDR4 3200MHz CL16 - 5.5k
GPU - Zotac RTX 3060 - 38k
M.2 SSD - WD SN570 500GB - 4.5k
HDD - None
PSU - Deepcool PM650D 80+ Gold - 4.9k (non-modular)
Cabinet - Deepcool Mattrexx 40 3FS - 3.7k (microATX case)
Total - 72.9k
Going above your budget for sure.

If possible get this:
CPU - Intel i5 12400F - 14k
Mobo - Gigabyte B660M DS3H - 10k
RAM - 2x8GB DDR4 3600MHz C18 - 6.5k
GPU - Zotac RTX 3060 - 38k
M.2 SSD - WD SN570 500GB - 4.5k
HDD - none
PSU - Deepcool PM650D 80+ gold - 4.9k
Cabinet - Deepcool Mattrexx 40 3FS - 3.7k (microATX case)
Total - 81.6k
This can potentially handle a much higher end GPU w/o noticeable bottleneck, so if you fancy, can change GPU later. Same can be said for R5 5600 based rig but with B450 will be restricted to PCIe 3.0 for GPU & SSD.

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OMEGA44-XT said:
2. RTX 3060 is worth the higher price over RX 6600 IMO. It performs slightly faster but mainly has DLSS, so a better choice for high resolution gaming. In DLSS supported games, you can run the game at 4K Quality, Balanced or Performance mode to get good fps while getting slightly better visuals than native rendering at 1440p or 1080p, good as you have a 4K monitor.

3. I prefer Zotac for GPUs, especially non-high end ones, like 3080. So a Zotac RTX 3060 at 35k would be great, but most likely will cost 38k or so.
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Lamington Road prices were quite a bit lower than online prices, when it comes to GPU. So I'm hoping RTX3060 will be 35-36k. But 38k will also work for me.

OMEGA44-XT said:
1. Coming to parts itself, if you get R5 5600 for 17k & a decent B450 mobo with 2x M.2 slots & 4 RAMs for 5k, then would be a good deal for sure. Also, B450 is PCIe 3.0, so like 3-4% less performance than PCIe 4.0 GPU slot mobos. The GPUs in consideration are all PCIe 4.0.
This is the cheapest decent B450 I could see, costs 6.2k: https://mdcomputers.in/asrock-b450m-pro4.html
Cheaper at 5.4k but lacks 2nd M.2 slot: https://www.primeabgb.com/online-price-reviews-india/msi-b450m-pro-vdh-max-amd-b450-motherboard/
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I was not aware of this. In that case, I guess I'll just stretch my budget a bit and go for a B550 motherboard. I don't really need two M.2 slots. It would be nice if I can get, but I'd prioritize PCIe 4.0 over it.

OMEGA44-XT said:
CPU - Intel i3 12100F - 9k
Mobo - Asus Prime H610M-E D4 - 7.3k


If possible get this:
CPU - Intel i5 12400F - 14k
Mobo - Gigabyte B660M DS3H - 10k
RAM - 2x8GB DDR4 3600MHz C18 - 6.5k
GPU - Zotac RTX 3060 - 38k
M.2 SSD - WD SN570 500GB - 4.5k
HDD - none
PSU - Deepcool PM650D 80+ gold - 4.9k
Cabinet - Deepcool Mattrexx 40 3FS - 3.7k (microATX case)
Total - 81.6k
This can potentially handle a much higher end GPU w/o noticeable bottleneck, so if you fancy, can change GPU later. Same can be said for R5 5600 based rig but with B450 will be restricted to PCIe 3.0 for GPU & SSD
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I can stretch my budget a bit. I'd definitely avoid getting an i3, even though the 12th gen is actually pretty good. I'd go with the i5 option. Although, I must say, it did come as a surprise to me just now that i3 12100 scores higher in single threaded performance on passmark as compared to Ryzen 5 5600.

Given that all other things are same, I'll check the prices of 5600+B550m Vs. 12400F+B660M at the stores and take a call on the spot.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

At what price difference would you say an RX6600XT becomes better than RTX3060? Because I got a quote of 37k for RX6600XT from Lamington.
 
I would suggest to wait for at least for Am5 processors and next gen gpus if you are building now
They should arrive within 6-9 months , no point in buying Am4 boards now
 
6-9 months is a long time. And given that prices are higher initially, I'll have to wait for them to fall to reasonable levels. So at least a year. That's a lot of waiting. It's not a matter of a month or so. I've already been waiting for a few months for GPU prices to fall.
 
gourav said:
Lamington Road prices were quite a bit lower than online prices, when it comes to GPU. So I'm hoping RTX3060 will be 35-36k. But 38k will also work for me.


I was not aware of this. In that case, I guess I'll just stretch my budget a bit and go for a B550 motherboard. I don't really need two M.2 slots. It would be nice if I can get, but I'd prioritize PCIe 4.0 over it.



I can stretch my budget a bit. I'd definitely avoid getting an i3, even though the 12th gen is actually pretty good. I'd go with the i5 option. Although, I must say, it did come as a surprise to me just now that i3 12100 scores higher in single threaded performance on passmark as compared to Ryzen 5 5600.

Given that all other things are same, I'll check the prices of 5600+B550m Vs. 12400F+B660M at the stores and take a call on the spot.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

At what price difference would you say an RX6600XT becomes better than RTX3060? Because I got a quote of 37k for RX6600XT from Lamington.
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I will not pick AMD GPUs, unless it is 6700XT over 3060, because of DLSS. Your monitor is 4K, and Nvidia GPUs can use FSR 2.0 as well. So you get to use both upscaling tech. 3060 is close to 6600XT as shown in that graph at 1440p, heck might outperform 6600XT at native 4K (if some games aren't too demanding). Nvidia GPUs are generally better than AMD at higher resolutions relatively. Like 6600XT will be a few more % ahead of 3060 at 1080p than at 1440p.

R5 5600 + cheap B550M or i5 12400F + B660M, either is actually fine. Just check the prices & features of the mobo. 2x M.2 slots & 4 RAM slots are minimum as those are very common except for some really cheap mobos of those chipsets (B550 or B660). Likely i5 + Gigabyte B660M DS3H will be cheaper, I have that mobo. Good budget B660, got WiFi variant at 10.5k.

Definitely don't wait for next-gen. Mid range next gen parts will likely be almost 9 months away. Intel might bring i5 13400 in Jan 2023. If AMD repeats what it did with R5 5600, there might not be a R5 7600 soon. Not to forget AM5 is DDR5 only, high prices of DDR5 for now. Now is a good time for a mid-range system. For someone building a high-end system, if they can, better wait till Dec for next gen high-end parts.
 
I think I'll find an Asrock B550M motherboard for 7-8k. Will bargain a bit, should be able to get the processor + motherboard within 25k and that should be fine for me, even though it will stretch my budget a bit. I'll check Intel as well, if I can get i5 12th gen in that price range, that would be better. Don't want to cheap out on something I plan to use for a few years.

And based on your suggestions, and other people's opinions which I read, I guess I'll stick to 3060 and try to squeeze in 3060Ti into the config, to make it slightly more future proof. Will also keep an eye on the market section in case anything better turns up.

I'll go check the prices at Lamington again tomorrow or day after with these specifics in mind. Last time I did a more general check without asking about specific models. And I was also checking prices of ITX builds, so the search wasn't that focused.
 
gourav said:
I think I'll find an Asrock B550M motherboard for 7-8k. Will bargain a bit, should be able to get the processor + motherboard within 25k and that should be fine for me, even though it will stretch my budget a bit. I'll check Intel as well, if I can get i5 12th gen in that price range, that would be better. Don't want to cheap out on something I plan to use for a few years.

And based on your suggestions, and other people's opinions which I read, I guess I'll stick to 3060 and try to squeeze in 3060Ti into the config, to make it slightly more future proof. Will also keep an eye on the market section in case anything better turns up.

I'll go check the prices at Lamington again tomorrow or day after with these specifics in mind. Last time I did a more general check without asking about specific models. And I was also checking prices of ITX builds, so the search wasn't that focused.
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Check B550 mobo VRM test by Hardware Unboxed. There are some comically bad AsRock mobos, models below their Pro4 line.

Zotac Twin Edge 3060Ti is 52k with most sellers, some 3060Ti were 45k once, maybe you will be lucky. Some Inno3D & Colorful ones are 50k with most sellers.
 
Ok, thanks for the suggestions. I'll check the reviews.

It seems the motherboard is where my budget will take the biggest hit and might force me to scale down the processor or stretch my budget beyond what I'm comfortable with.
 
Why not go used route for gpu as prices are down....3060 can be had for some 30k and 3060ti for 40-42k. will be miner cards mostly but if with bill then no harm in taking those and will be 6-8 months old mostly.
 
rockyo27 said:
Why not go used route for gpu as prices are down....3060 can be had for some 30k and 3060ti for 40-42k. will be miner cards mostly but if with bill then no harm in taking those and will be 6-8 months old mostly.
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In all honesty, I'm looking at the used GPU prices here and they are pretty much the same as the quotes I got from Lamington, barely 1-2k lower. For instance, I got a quote of 43k for 3060Ti. So why would I spend 40k on a used one? The only good deal I've seen so far was someone selling 6700XT for 40k when I got a quote of 37k for 6600XT.

I'm going to visit Lamington again in a few days. Will confirm the exact brands and prices. It is possible that Lamington quotes were without GST, and I'll have to confirm that. If that's the case, then yes, I might get a used GPU. Otherwise not.
 
gourav said:
In all honesty, I'm looking at the used GPU prices here and they are pretty much the same as the quotes I got from Lamington, barely 1-2k lower. For instance, I got a quote of 43k for 3060Ti. So why would I spend 40k on a used one? The only good deal I've seen so far was someone selling 6700XT for 40k when I got a quote of 37k for 6600XT.

I'm going to visit Lamington again in a few days. Will confirm the exact brands and prices. It is possible that Lamington quotes were without GST, and I'll have to confirm that. If that's the case, then yes, I might get a used GPU. Otherwise not.
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Always confirm if price quotes are with gst or not.....as i highly doubt that 3060ti for 43k wud be with gst
 
rockyo27 said:
Always confirm if price quotes are with gst or not.....as i highly doubt that 3060ti for 43k wud be with gst
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Yeah, I didn't think of that day till someone pointed it out here on the forum. I guess they sell without proper invoices without GST, so they might have been quoting those prices. But they never mentioned it on their own and I didn't think of it either.

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rockyo27 said:
Always confirm if price quotes are with gst or not.....as i highly doubt that 3060ti for 43k wud be with gst
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You were right. I called them up and confirmed, 43k was without GST, so with GST it's something like ₹50,500.

Now it makes sense why people were finding the prices quoted to me too low.
 
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First of all no gold PSU comes at that price.
You can still do
11400f+h510+ dual channel 3600mhz 16GB RAM+500GB nvme+ 80 bronze 650W psu+ a decent case for 3500 INR all summing to 35500. INR max including GST. And get a 3060 for 37.5 k with GST. 11400f will be as good as 5600 and you are not getting a upgrade in future with newer AMD processors anyway.
 
For 11400f, should I stick with the stock cooler or go for after market cooler? Can I get better cooling performance with a cooler within 3k?
Thinking of going for the following config:

AMD Ryzen 5600 17350
AMD MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI 10300

Intel i5 12400F 14700
Intel Gigabyte B660M DS3H AX 12650

RAM Corsair Vengeance Lpx 16GB 4950
PSU Deepcool PM650D 4900
SSD Kingston A2000 7300
case Deepcool mattrex 30 2700
GPU MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT Mech 2X OC 41000

Intel total 88200
AMD total 88500

That's way over my initial budget, but I would rather not cut corners.
Any suggestions/opinions on this?
 
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Stock cooler won't keep it cool in Indian summer. But for peace of mind I would save money and get a Deepcool 400 v2 under 1500. It is much efficient and used by my two friends on AMD 3600 and 3500. No complaints. No need to spend extra on cooler master. Deepcool does a very good job.
 
gourav said:
For 11400f, should I stick with the stock cooler or go for after market cooler? Can I get better cooling performance with a cooler within 3k?
Thinking of going for the following config:

AMD Ryzen 5600 17350
AMD MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI 10300

Intel i5 12400F 14700
Intel Gigabyte B660M DS3H AX 12650

RAM Corsair Vengeance Lpx 16GB 4950
PSU Deepcool PM650D 4900
SSD Kingston A2000 7300
case Deepcool mattrex 30 2700
GPU MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT Mech 2X OC 41000

Intel total 88200
AMD total 88500

That's way over my initial budget, but I would rather not cut corners.
Any suggestions/opinions on this?
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Go for 11400f+b560 ds3h instead of 12400f+b660. Gammaxx 400 v2 is enough for these CPUs but if you can stretch the budget by 1 thousand then you can get the ak400
 
Thanks for the suggestions. I think i can add a Gammax 400 V2, it's not very expensive.

As for 11400, since I don't plan to upgrade soon, I think I'll go with the latest gen. Price difference will be max 4k and performance difference is significant enough to justify it.
 
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gourav said:
Thanks for the suggestions. I think i can add a Gammax 400 V2, it's not very expensive.

As for 11400, since I don't plan to upgrade soon, I think I'll go with the latest gen. Price difference will be max 4k and performance difference is significant enough to justify it.
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Actually the difference is not the point but the price is. I told 11400f since you were on budget but if you really want to stretch then we are nobody to stop. BTW you have wrong price for GPU. That varient is selling for 37999 on vedantcomputers. Why to waste more? And remember, ALWAYS BUY RAM IN DUAL CHANNEL; NO MATTER WHAT PLATFORM YOU ARE. Example- 16gb= 8gb*2 stick. 32 gb=16gb*2stick.
 
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