Help me assemble a rig ~35K

[Netjunkie]

Guys I need to assemble a computer ~ 35K

Plz help me with the configuration.

Cpu
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 or E6400

Motherboard
Suggest a good mobo, preferably ASUS
How abt Asus P5LD2 VM SE or P5B-VM ??
As I am investing in a graphics card, i dont want a mobo with onboard graphics.

Monitor
SyncMaster 740N

Graphics Card
I need some serious help here
I am not a hardcore gamer, i just want some good performance graphics card which can run Windows Vista Aero interface to the optimum level.
6600GT or 7600GS ??

Ram
Transcend DDR2 667 512*2

HardDisk
Seagate SATA II NCQ 7200.10 160GB

Speakers, UPS, cabinet etc are not a serious concern.
Plz Suggest any modifications or changes that are required.

[samrulez]

E6300
Asus P5LD2 VM SE
Transcend DDR2 667 512*2 or 1GB*2
XFX 7600GS..7k or 7600GT...12k
Seagate 200GB SATA II...3.8k..

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by Netjunkie

Guys I need to assemble a computer ~ 35K

Plz help me with the configuration.

Cpu
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 or E6400

Motherboard
Suggest a good mobo, preferably ASUS
How abt Asus P5LD2 VM SE or P5B-VM ??
As I am investing in a graphics card, i dont want a mobo with onboard graphics.

Monitor
SyncMaster 740N

Graphics Card
I need some serious help here
I am not a hardcore gamer, i just want some good performance graphics card which can run Windows Vista Aero interface to the optimum level.
6600GT or 7600GS ??

Ram
Transcend DDR2 667 512*2

HardDisk
Seagate SATA II NCQ 7200.10 160GB

Speakers, UPS, cabinet etc are not a serious concern.
Plz Suggest any modifications or changes that are required.

Every thing you opted is good enough and under budget. But RAM........ Transcend sucks go for corsair or kingston. Corsair rocks I am telling you. As far as Graphic card is concerned 7600 GS from XFX is the best bet.

[Netjunkie]

i know that Transcend is no match for Corsair but it will cost me a bomb..

[drvarunmehta]

Transcend is quite reliable at stock speeds. Go for Corsair only if you want to OC. Otherwise it's just a waste of money.

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by Netjunkie

i know that Transcend is no match for Corsair but it will cost me a bomb..

I got my 1 GB 667 Mhz Corsair for 5600/-. Is it too expensive?

[drvarunmehta]

That's quite a good price for Corsair. What are the memory timings?

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by drvarunmehta

That's quite a good price for Corsair. What are the memory timings?

Is it Latencie you mean by timing. If yes its 4-4-4-12. Else I am not sure about memory timings...Also let me tell you I have 2x512 modules. I could'nt get one stick of 1 GB.

[janitha]

Originally Posted by drvarunmehta

Transcend is quite reliable at stock speeds. Go for Corsair only if you want to OC. Otherwise it's just a waste of money.

For non-overclockers Corsair Value Select Series of Rams are available which is not costly compared to Transcend, Kingston etc.

[Netjunkie]

Help me decide on the motherboard & Graphics card (7600 GS)
Intel DG965WH or Asus P5B-VM ?
Geforce or XFX
Is anybody aware of the prices?

[akshayt]

some thing needs to be clarified.

1)do you think you will run vista aero with just 1GB RAM?

2)Transcend is a decent brand, in fact it is the second best value brand in India, after corsair.

3)Transcend RAM till now was a better ocer than Corsair Value select. Corsair Value is fine for running at stock, but wasn't that good for oc. Transcend was much better. Now things have changed, and some corsair chips are good overclockers even in the value segment.

4)You shouldn't expect noticeable performance change from either Transcend or Corsair. Corsair might be imcompatible with some motherobards more as well.

[Ch@0s]

I'm using Transcend jetram 667 until my overclocking ram arrives. It does 850 or so easily at 4-4-4 @2.1V. Might do more at 5-5-5 didn't try. Excellent value for money if you buy in India heh. These sticks are basically low grade micron D9 so they should do well if you push the volts. D9 is the best ddr2 IC currently available. Earlier batches of corsair were D9 as well but these days its just garbage chips like nanya and psc being dumped into it.

[Netjunkie]

@akshayt
Then do u think i ll have to upgrade to 2GB?
I think 1GB Ram with a 7600GS will be sufficient to run Vista Aero.
Correct me if i am wrong.

[akshayt]

7600GS should be sufficient. But running Vista maxed out with 1GB RAM will be running XP with 128-256MB RAM. Although I recommend Vista users 4GB RAM, since none of us has it, including me, therefore a minimum of 2GB is strongly recommended as of now, but the requirements wil increase in the future with service packs and all, the same happened with XP.

[janitha]

@akshyat
As per A8N-E manual, dual channel is not supported by Corsair VS Ram. But I have been using 2x1GB of it with dual channel support in the same board for the past several months without any problem. (The chips are Samsung)

[Ch@0s]

Originally Posted by akshayt

7600GS should be sufficient. But running Vista maxed out with 1GB RAM will be running XP with 128-256MB RAM. Although I recommend Vista users 4GB RAM, since none of us has it, including me, therefore a minimum of 2GB is strongly recommended as of now, but the requirements wil increase in the future with service packs and all, the same happened with XP.

Vista+Oblivion runs fine on 1GB . Go jump in a well if u can't get ur comp to work.

[caleb]

Originally Posted by sam9s

I got my 1 GB 667 Mhz Corsair for 5600/-. Is it too expensive?

It is definately not at all expensive as the 1GB ram has touched Rs.6200 as of 20th october

[samrulez]

Originally Posted by Ch@0s

Vista+Oblivion runs fine on 1GB . Go jump in a well if u can't get ur comp to work.

Maybe his X1900XTX cannot run it!

[Netjunkie]

i have decided to opt for the 965 chipset
so the mobo options i have are Intel DG965WH or Asus P5B-VM.
do you guys think i should wait for the DX10 cards to come.
How is the onboard graphics of these mobos ?

[drvarunmehta]

Originally Posted by Netjunkie

do you guys think i should wait for the DX10 cards to come.
How is the onboard graphics of these mobos ?

Certainly not unless you don't mind spending 30k+ on a Geforce 8800GTX.

Onboard graphics are as good as onboard graphics can be. All games will start but newer games won't run at more than 800x600.

[bhabendrasaikia]

can u suggest it under 30k. it should have good audio-video performance. gaming is low on priority.

[Aniruddh]

Buddy i dun think u need 2 Gb ram at this point of time...wen u start using vista etc etc later if it dun work properly wid 1 gb then u can get more while dat time so rite now stick wid 512*2 667Mhz DDR2-Transcend,Kingston.
:-U Can go for MSI 965 Neo pretty decent board which will cost u arnd 6k+-,if u r a big overclocker then dun go for dis one...as it has limited capability for overclocking.

[samrulez]

naaa.....don't go for 512X2 if you'r going to get another GB.........get 1GB stick for now and then get one more 1GB stick and then run them in dual channel mode......
If u get 512X2 now and afterwards get another 512X2 then you will be blocking your upgrade path...I hop you'r getting what i'm saying...

go for 1GB stick for now.

[spyingshadow]

Listen people Beware there are cheap Corsair rams available in the market. du know how? they are fake Corsiar RAMS. Corsair Rams have always been costly and will remain so.
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Go for Samsung sp2504c hard drive. At 3.5 k it is a steal! For only a few bucks more u get 250GB SATAII HDD that's blazingly fast n best of the lot. Go, see Digit august shootout to satisfy urself.