PC Buying Guide 2012 - Q4

[Jaskanwar Singh]

PC Buying Guide

Contributions, Suggestions By

Our Suggestions on Various Budgets
Rigs From 20k - 30k
Rigs From 35k - 50k
Rigs From 60k - 100k

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[ico]

Happy New Year.

Happy New Thread.

[nilgtx260]

hey where is HD 7970 in 100K config? those who dont wanna go for HD 6950 (2x2GB) CFX @ 32K, they may go for a single HD 7970 which will cost here probably 34.5K

[Extreme Gamer]

wait for availability and actual pricing.

Workstation rigs should have Xeon chips IMHO

[d6bmg]

Nice to see this new thread. Belated Happy new year to Jas.

hey where is HD 7970 in 100K config? those who dont wanna go for HD 6950 (2x2GB) CFX @ 32K, they may go for a single HD 7970 which will cost here probably 34.5K

On topic: 7970 isn't available. At first let it come to the market then the suggestion would be better IMO. Otherwise people tend to be confused.

[linuxman]

Thank you so much for the effort. Prices have gone up?

[max_snyper]

Prices are up for the last month and a half...!!!!
hope so dollar/rupee ratio comes down in q1 of 2012...!

[Jaskanwar Singh]

happy new year everyone

hey where is HD 7970 in 100K config? those who dont wanna go for HD 6950 (2x2GB) CFX @ 32K, they may go for a single HD 7970 which will cost here probably 34.5K

Prices are up for the last month and a half...!!!!
hope so dollar/rupee ratio comes down in q1 of 2012...!

this isn't new updated guide. continuing from november-december
actually i am waiting for 7 series to launch here.

bu seeing skyrocketing processor prices i think this needs to be updated!

[kapilove77]

can my psu handle 2 6950's?

[Extreme Gamer]

no. Get 800w.

[Tenida]

can my psu handle 2 6950's?

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[Toocool]

The prices have increased by 20%.. Your 20k RIG actually costs about 25k.. So basically, the whole list is screwed up now..

[aby geek]

happy new year everyone

glad to see the ws listings too.

btw what is the chassis in the frst post in the pic?

[Extreme Gamer]

looks like a lan li.

[Skud]

looks like a rosewill.

[d6bmg]

The prices have increased by 20%.. Your 20k RIG actually costs about 25k.. So basically, the whole list is screwed up now..

Exactly why its very bad time to buy anything.

btw what is the chassis in the frst post in the pic?

That's just a good pic. Don't worry about chassis.

[Jaskanwar Singh]

The prices have increased by 20%.. Your 20k RIG actually costs about 25k.. So basically, the whole list is screwed up now..

what if i prove you wrong
http://www.lynx-india.com/index.php?...g=athlon-ii-x2(its 260 and i have mentioned 250!)
http://www.smcinternational.in/index...mart&Itemid=76 (100 rs cheaper)
http://www.flipkart.com/computers/co...6-5c0ff59d8bb0 (50 rs cheaper)
http://www.flipkart.com/computers/co...1-39271329c95a (400 more)
http://www.theitwares.com/asus-sata-...er-p-2087.html
http://www.theitwares.com/saga-400w-...ply-p-806.html
http://www.smcinternational.in/index...art&Itemid=177 (MK100 is cheaper)
http://deltapage.com/list/index.html (for ups - 175 rs more)

monitor is no longer listed at deltapage though!

so please tell how its 25k?

[Cilus]

Jas, I think we need to update the configs of 50K+ configs with the latest prices.
Now the market price of i5 2500K is 13.5K and a good motherboard is around 9.5K with SLI and Crossfire support. You'll be needing a standard after-market 2K+ CPU cooler as the stock Intel Coolers are nothing more than piece of scrap metals and for even normal speed they aren't sufficient enough.

Now we have one option: Phenom II X6 1090T BE processor. The price is now 8.8K in SMC and an after-market cooler like Hyper 212 EVO will cost you around 2K. Regarding performance of 1090T, at stock it is matched with i5 2400 and beats it in almost all the multi-threaded applications except the special ones where AVX instructions are used. Now I really doubt how much you guys are gonna use those kind of apps. And when 1090T is overclocked to 4.1 GHz, it actually performs very close to Gulftown based Intel six core Core i7 980X.
Phenom II X6 1055T and 1090T review
So IMO, 1090T based config is very much justified at the 50K to 70K rigs because of the high price of Intel counterparts.

Here are couple of configs:-

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T BE @ 8.8K
CM Hyper 212 EVO @ 1.9K
GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 @ 9.5K
Gskill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL @ 1.5K
Seagate 250GB SATA 7200.12 @ 3.5K
Corsair GS600 @ 4K
BenQ G2220HD 21.5" LCD @ 7K
NZXT Source 201 Elite @ 2.2K
ASUS Black 24X DVD Writer @ 1K
Sapphire HD 6950 1GB GDDR5 @ 14.3K
Logitech G400 1800 DPI Gaming Mosue @ 1.3K
Logitech Media Keyboard K200 @ 0.4K
APC 800VA UPS @ 2.8K

Total 59.8K. Now we have a 6 core CPU with unlocked multiplier, a 990X motherboard with SATA III and USB 3.0 and with Crossfire and SLI support, a very good CPU cooler and a powerful Gfx card within 60K. Phenom II X6 can reach 3.7/3.8 GHz with the stock cooler and with a aftermarket cooker, hitting 4.5 GHz is not an issue. So please share your opinios.
Logitech Z313 @ 1.6K

[vijeshv]

Why isn't Amd Llano not considered in making the list?
I am asking because i was planning to go for that in a low budget medium gaming desktop with a budget of 15k for motherboard ram and processor.
Please help me out

[gvamsikris]

Friends please help me out in finalizing the configuration ...
Config for Gaming 60k

i need a desktop very badly ...

[Jaskanwar Singh]

ok cilus. will add them in the update.

llano will also be added vijeshv.

[whitestar_999]

i think athlon II X4 should be dropped from the configurations as it is very hard to find now.in fact in nehru place the lowest option for phenom II is now quoted at ~Rs.6800 by most shopkeepers.

[pramudit]

looks like only ati radeon fans here...... no nvidia fans like me....

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Sub 60k (High end gaming)


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Sub 70k (High end gaming)

Optional upgrades for 70k -

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Sub 85k (High end gaming)


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Sub 100k (High End Gaming)


Optional upgrades for 100k -

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ohhhhhhhhhhhh........... didn't thought that thailand flood will increase HDD prices by this much.... i had bought 500GB HDD for 2,000rs in june 2010......

[Cilus]

We are not at all fans to any company, only list those products which offer best performance at a certain price point. Wait for the final configs; you'll see lots of GTX 560 Ti along with the HD 6950.