My i-7 Gaming Rig :)

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nick_17in

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Hi friends im going to assemble a rig containing mid level components, ive selected my choices, kindly pour in ur advices :)

1. Q: What is your budget?

85K

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

Not needed as ive donated it to my cousin

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

N.A.

4. Q: Which hardware component are you looking to buy (component name). If you have already decided on a configuration then please mention the (component brand and model) as well, this will help us in fine tuning your requirement.

CPU : Intel Core i5 2500K, 3.3 GHz, Socket LGA 1155 : Rs 11600

GPU : MSI GTX 560 Twin Frozer II : Rs 15400

Display : Benq G2220HD : Rs 7400

Board : MSI P67A GD55 : Rs 9750

UPS : APC Back-UPS 1.1 KVA, 230 V : Rs 5445

Sound Card : Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI Sound Card : Rs 5035

Power Supply : Seasonic S12D 750w : Rs 6500

Speakers : Creative Inspire T6160 5.1 Channel : Rs 3400

Printer : HP 1050 All in one : Rs 3350

HDD : WD 1TB SATA Green : Rs 2850

Headset : Steelseries Siberia White Headset : Rs 2755

RAM : G-Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600 (2x2 GB) : Rs 2500

Mouse : Razer Deathadder Black Edition : Rs 2100

Keyboard : Razer Arctosa : Rs 2000

CPU Fan : CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus : Rs 1850

Cabinet : CoolerMaster Elite 310 with side window (Red) : Rs 1840

DVD Writer : Sony 24x Dual Layer DVD Writer : Rs 1049

Mouse-Pad : Steelseries Qck Mini : Rs 499

TOTAL PRICE : RS 85,323 /- ONLY

5. 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

No, I'll be upgrading a lil bit so I require the following in my mobi : (a) SATA III, (b) USB 3 : 2 ports, (c) HDMI/DVI/D-LED2 connectivity, (d) PCI Express x 16 : atleast 2 slots, (e) SLI and Crossfire

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

1. Delhi

2. Open to online purchase (but only from india)

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

No

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

Gaming

Browsing

Desktop Processing

Watching HD movies

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

No

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

FPS : Quake 4, COD, Halo Reach, CS

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

1. Gaming - 1280x728

2. Desktop - 1440x900

12. Q: Are you looking to overclock?

Maybe in the future, but not before i liquid cool my system

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

Windows 7 64 bit
 
Sandy Bridge is already out and it pwns i7 870. With the revised B3 mobos out get i5 2500(10.25k) and Gigabyte GA-H67MA-UD2H-B3(7.5k) ~ 17.75k (For combo)

As Hades said follow the template for better suggestions!!

EVGA doesnt have much presence in India. I would suggest the MSI HD6850 ~ 10.2k or Sapphire HD6950 1GB ~ 14.8k.

Get the Corsair VX550 or Seasonic S12II 620w instead of Corsair GS600
 
ALPHA17 said:
^^

+1 to Hades --

Either go for the revamped Sandy-Bridge setup OR wait for BullDozer shocker \,,/
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i dont overclock so i dont need the sandybridge setup plus as i mentioned i need all the types of components mentioned above, so it isnt in my budget
 
Use the template buddy... just edit ur post...

See if u wont follow the template and if u wont tell ur requirements then we wudn't b able to suggest u anything... :)
 
DarkAngel said:
Sandy Bridge is already out and it pwns i7 870. With the revised B3 mobos out get i5 2500K and Gigabyte P67A-UD3R ~ 21k (For combo)

As Hades said follow the template for better suggestions!!

EVGA doesnt have much presence in India. I would suggest the MSI HD6850 ~ 10.2k or Sapphire HD6950 1GB ~ 14.8k.

Get the Corsair VX550 or Seasonic S12II 620w instead of Corsair GS600
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EVGA is giving lifetime warranty, xfx is too costly, others give around 3 years, plus i m not a big fan of Red Team so no HDs for me. i'll consider wat u said bout corsair :) thanks :)
 
nick_17in said:
EVGA is giving lifetime warranty, xfx is too costly, others give around 3 years, plus i m not a big fan of Red Team so no HDs for me. i'll consider wat u said bout corsair :) thanks :)
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In India u wont get Lifetime warranty wid any product whether its EVGA Card or Sapphire... :p
 
nick_17in said:
EVGA is giving lifetime warranty, xfx is too costly, others give around 3 years, plus i m not a big fan of Red Team so no HDs for me. i'll consider wat u said bout corsair :) thanks :)
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Lifetime doesnt mean your lifetime :p It just means the lifetime in which the product is in production. The GPU lineup is refreshed every year. So it would be current line up and next one. So it would come to way lesser than 3 yrs :p

Since you dont OC i have changed my recommendation to i5 2500(10.25k) and Gigabyte GA-H67MA-UD2H-B3(7.5k) ~ 17.75k (For combo) Edited first post too.

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P.S: From where did you get the EVGA quote? Usually EVGA Indian warranty is only 2 yrs. Have seen EVGA deals in TE. Its better to avoid IMO.

If you want only green team cards then i suggest the below cards.

MSI N460GTX HAWK--Twin frozer II - 11.6k

MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozer II/OC - 15.5k

But keep in mind that the Red cards are more VFM for gaming if you dont need the CUDA of green team at this price points
 
Guys if u give any suggestion, kindly see to it that it fits my overall budget including all other components that i wish to buy, and thanks for enlightning me on the lifetime warranty feature :p

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DarkAngel said:
Lifetime doesnt mean your lifetime :p It just means the lifetime in which the product is in production. The GPU lineup is refreshed every year. So it would be current line up and next one. So it would come to way lesser than 3 yrs :p

Since you dont OC i have changed my recommendation to i5 2500(10.25k) and Gigabyte GA-H67MA-UD2H-B3(7.5k) ~ 17.75k (For combo) Edited first post too.

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P.S: From where did you get the EVGA quote? Usually EVGA Indian warranty is only 2 yrs. Have seen EVGA deals in TE. Its better to avoid IMO.

If you want only green team cards then i suggest the below cards.

MSI N460GTX HAWK--Twin frozer II - 11.6k

MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozer II/OC - 15.5k

But keep in mind that the Red cards are more VFM for gaming if you dont need the CUDA of green team at this price points
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hey thanks for the GPU recommendations. since ive always felt dat evga and xfx are the best after trying numerous GPUs (P.S. m an avid quake gamer), dats why i chose evga. but if u recommend MSI, then i'll surely consider dis option as far as the indian market is concerned.
 
Processor Intel Core i5 2500 10250

Motherboard MSI P67A-GD55 (B3 Revision) 9800

RAM Corsair XMS3 1600MHz CL9 2x2GB 2600

GPU MSI GTX560 Twin Frozr II 15400

HDD Seagate 7200.12 1TB 2700

Cabinet CM 690 4300

Monitor BenQ G2220HD 7400

PSU Seasonic S12D 750w 6500

Keyboard Razer Arctosa 2000

Mouse Razer Deathadder 2100

Mousepad Steelseries Qck Mini 500

Speakers Creative Inspire T6160 5.1 3400

Soundcard Asus Xonax DX 4500

DVD Writer Samsung 950

Total 72400


Suggested u a decent processor as u r not looking to overclock and this proccy is best for gaming

Gigabyte H67MA-UD2H @ 7.5k is really not worth... so i've suggested u a full ATX motherboard motherboard which supports CFX & SLI... and U'd b having an option to add another GTX560 Twin Frozr II in the future...
 
Components Description Price (INR)

Processor Core i5 2500(3.3Ghz, 4 cores) 10250

Motherboard Gigabyte GA-H67MA-UD2H-B3 7500

RAM Corsair XMS3 CMX4GX3M2A1600MHz C9 2600

HDD 1 TB Seagate 7200.12 2700

CPU Cooler OEM Intel Cooler -

GPU MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozer II/OC 15500

Monitor Benq V2210 LED with HDMI 11100

Cabinet CM RC-690 4600

PSU/SMPS Corsair VX550/Seasonic S12II 620w 4700/5000

Key Board Razer Arctosa 2000

Mouse Razer Deathadder Black Edition 2100

Mouse pad Steelseries Qck Mini 500

ODD L.G./Samsung OEM SATA DVD-Writer 850

Speakers Creative Inspire T6160 5.1 Channel 3400

Total 67800/68100

UPS : APC Back-UPS 1.1 KVA, 230 V : Rs 5445

Printer : HP 1050 All in one : Rs 3350

Headset : Steelseries Siberia White Headset : Rs 2755

Total: Rs. 79350/79650

Sound Card : Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI Sound Card : Rs 5035 --> Why a 5k Sound card for such low end 3.4k worth speakers !!! Not worth it IMHO. Better save 5k

@Hades. Any particular reason for pairing a P67 for a non OC, nonSLI, non XFire rig!!!

Also the S12II 520 is currently out of stock with Rahul

Also the U2311H prices seems to have increased to 15k :( Dell UltraSharp U2311H

But as Hades suggested i would also advice the OP to invest the cash saved in the Sound card and get this monitor instead :D
 
DarkAngel said:
Components Description Price (INR)

Processor Core i5 2500(3.3Ghz, 4 cores) 10250

Motherboard Gigabyte GA-H67MA-UD2H-B3 7500

RAM Corsair XMS3 CMX4GX3M2A1600MHz C9 2600

HDD 1 TB Seagate 7200.12 2700

CPU Cooler OEM Intel Cooler -

GPU MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozer II/OC 15500

Monitor Benq V2210 LED with HDMI 11100

Cabinet CM RC-690 4600

PSU/SMPS Corsair VX550/Seasonic S12II 620w 4700/5400

Key Board Razer Arctosa 2000

Mouse Razer Deathadder Black Edition 2100

Mouse pad Steelseries Qck Mini 500

ODD L.G./Samsung OEM SATA DVD-Writer 850

Speakers Creative Inspire T6160 5.1 Channel 3400

Total 67800/68500

UPS : APC Back-UPS 1.1 KVA, 230 V : Rs 5445

Printer : HP 1050 All in one : Rs 3350

Headset : Steelseries Siberia White Headset : Rs 2755

Total: Rs. 79350/80050

Sound Card : Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI Sound Card : Rs 5035 --> Why a 5k Sound card for such low end 3.4k worth speakers !!! Not worth it IMHO. Better save 5k

@Hades. Any particular reason for pairing a P67 for a non OC, nonSLI, non XFire rig!!!
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sound card isnt just for my low end speakers, its for my bose home theatre i have in my lab, my original config mobi had sli and crossfire, i'm not gonna overclock but i may usi sli for bridging 2 gtx cards :)
 
nick_17in said:
sound card isnt just for my low end speakers, its for my bose home theatre i have in my lab, my original config mobi had sli and crossfire, i'm not gonna overclock but i may usi sli for bridging 2 gtx cards :)
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if u r gonna SLI then buy the mobo that i've suggested plus buy the sound card as u r gonna connect ur home theatre wid this config
 
nick_17in said:
sound card isnt just for my low end speakers, its for my bose home theatre i have in my lab, my original config mobi had sli and crossfire, i'm not gonna overclock but i may usi sli for bridging 2 gtx cards :)
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  • Then you need to mention that ;)
  • If you have SLI in mind then you should answer that in Question 5 instead of just saying final one :|
  • I dont think you would need one IMHO. Its better to go SLI immediately. By the the time you feel you need to SLI few months down the line GTX6xx cards based on 28nm fab with more power and efficiency will be here and SLI wouldnt make sense.
  • But if you insist then you should get a good P67 mobo ~ 10k and a good 750w Seasonic/Corsair PSU ~ 7k-7.5k
 
@Hades. Any particular reason for pairing a P67 for a non OC, nonSLI, non XFire rig!!!
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the gigabyte H67MA-UD2H is highly overpriced and its not even as feature rich as P67A-GD55... for 2300 more is really a great mobo... :)

plus he is buying a discrete GFX so buying an H67 is really not worth as after adding the GFX the ondie IGP wud automatically get disabled...
 
Hades. said:
the gigabyte H67MA-UD2H is highly overpriced and its not even as feature rich as P67A-GD55... for 2300 more is really a great mobo... :)

plus he is buying a discrete GFX so buying an H67 is really not worth...
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So how does the P67 for this setup justify the premium of 2.3k (non-OC,non-SLI,non-XFire) He doesn't use any of the extra features the P67 offers and still ends up paying 2.3k (~30% more than the H67MA-UD2H) He can use the IGP in case he needs to RMA the GPU with a H67 mobo or when selling a current GPU and waiting to buy a new one(Just for a realistic scenario)

The OP had mentioned SLI intentions only in his later posts.

IINM there is no Asus mobo for 7.5k which has 4 DIMM slots and offers both USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps. The P8H67M doesn't have USB 3.0 and still priced @ 7.6k!!!
 
DarkAngel said:
So how does the P67 for this setup justify the premium of 2.3k (non-OC,non-SLI,non-XFire) He doesn't use any of the extra features the P67 offers and still ends up paying 2.3k (~30% more than the H67MA-UD2H) He can use the IGP in case he needs to RMA the GPU with a H67 mobo or when selling a current GPU and waiting to buy a new one(Just for a realistic scenario)

The OP had mentioned SLI intentions only in his later posts.

IINM there is no Asus mobo for 7.5k which has 4 DIMM slots and offers both USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps. The P8H67M doesn't have USB 3.0 and still priced @ 7.6k!!!
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the 2.3k premium is really worth for that board... as its a full ATX motherboard... has right angled Sata ports... better layout... CFX and SLI support... internal USB3 header... more SATA ports etc etc...
 
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