Gaming PC under 40000 rupees

mayankj · May 16, 2015

I want to make a new gaming pc.

I made a configuration:-
Intel core i3-4150 Processor
Gigabyte B85M-D3H motherboard
Asus gtx 960 strix graphics card
KIngston Hyper X 8gb ram
WD Blue 1TB
Corsair VS550 PSU
Antec ASK-4000B-U3 Cabinet

I don't want a monitor because I have an lcd which i'm gonna use as monitor.
My budget is 45000 rupees can stretch to like.
Thinking for intel build cause it has better upgrade paths.

Please feel free to make any changes and advice, this is my first pc

theowl18 · May 16, 2015

An intel is a better choice than amd because of better upgrade paths and I would get an R9 270X if it is possible

hrgamer · May 23, 2015

mayankj :

theowl18 :

i our country R9 270x is cheaper than gtx 960
and if you want amd based system then try this
processor=fx 6300
GPU=GTX 960 or R9 280
MOBO=gigabyte GA-78LMT/USB 3
RAm and hard disk which you have

mayankj · May 23, 2015

hrgamer :

mayankj :

theowl18 :

i our country R9 270x is cheaper than gtx 960
and if you want amd based system then try this
processor=fx 6300
GPU=GTX 960 or R9 280
MOBO=gigabyte GA-78LMT/USB 3
RAm and hard disk which you have

this motherboard supports ram only till 1333mhz right?
instead can i go for asus m5a78lm usb3 mobo?
I don't want to get into overclocking so shall i go for amd or intel?

And I have no plans to upgrade the pc for next 3-4 years!

Chayan4400 · May 23, 2015

mayankj :

Get an H97 board, B85 boards do not support the 4150 without a BIOS refresh. I reccommend this build:

CPU: i3 4150 : Rs 8085
GPU: GTX 960 : Rs 16485
RAM: 1x8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 : Rs 4645
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43: Rs 7020
PSU: Seasonic Eco Series 400w (80+ Bronze): Rs 2530
HDD: Western Digital Blue 500GB HDD :Rs 3530

Total: Rs 42,295 (Please note you will have to buy windows 8.1 / 7 64-bit separately)

All components sourced from: http://www.theitdepot.com/

Links:

CPU: http://www.theitdepot.com/details-Intel+Core+i3-4150+3....
GPU: http://www.theitdepot.com/details-Asus+Geforce+GTX960+2...(STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-2GD5)_C45P23877.html
RAM: http://www.theitdepot.com/details-Corsair+Vengeance+8GB...(CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10)_C6P13907.html
Motherboard: http://www.theitdepot.com/details-MSI+H97M-G43+32GB+DDR...
PSU: http://www.theitdepot.com/details-Seasonic+Eco+Series+4...(SS-400BT)_C14P23703.html
HDD: http://www.theitdepot.com/details-Western+Digital+Cavia...(WD5000AAKX)_C12P12582.html

(Copy and paste, they don't work when clicked for some reason.).

kwa-e · May 23, 2015

Nearly all B85/H81 boards support the 4150 out of the box.

I'd stick to your original build, and get change the PSU to this, which has better quality components.

mayankj · May 23, 2015

Chayan4400 :

mayankj :

Get an H97 board, B85 boards do not support the 4150 without a BIOS refresh. I reccommend this build:

CPU: i3 4150 : Rs 8085
GPU: GTX 960 : Rs 16485
RAM: 1x8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 : Rs 4645
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43: Rs 7020
PSU: Seasonic Eco Series 400w (80+ Bronze): Rs 2530
HDD: Western Digital Blue 500GB HDD :Rs 3530

Total: Rs 42,295 (Please note you will have to buy windows 8.1 / 7 64-bit separately)

All components sourced from: http://www.theitdepot.com/

Links:

CPU: http://www.theitdepot.com/details-Intel+Core+i3-4150+3....
GPU: http://www.theitdepot.com/details-Asus+Geforce+GTX960+2...(STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-2GD5)_C45P23877.html
RAM: http://www.theitdepot.com/details-Corsair+Vengeance+8GB...(CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10)_C6P13907.html
Motherboard: http://www.theitdepot.com/details-MSI+H97M-G43+32GB+DDR...
PSU: http://www.theitdepot.com/details-Seasonic+Eco+Series+4...(SS-400BT)_C14P23703.html
HDD: http://www.theitdepot.com/details-Western+Digital+Cavia...(WD5000AAKX)_C12P12582.html

(Copy and paste, they don't work when clicked for some reason.).

I'm inclined towards intel build but will it go good with the upcoming next-gen games cause I've no plans to upgrade it for next 3-4 years!
Will amd be good in long run? BTW this is my first pc, and am just confused b/w amd and intel and I'm going with Sapphire R9 270 for some cost-cutting

Chayan4400 · May 24, 2015

mayankj :

Chayan4400 :

I'm inclined towards intel build but will it go good with the upcoming next-gen games cause I've no plans to upgrade it for next 3-4 years!
Will amd be good in long run? BTW this is my first pc, and am just confused b/w amd and intel and I'm going with Sapphire R9 270 for some cost-cutting

The i3 actually will perform a bit better than the fx-6300, and in terms of upgradability intel builds are indeed better, since amd cpus are more power hungry and perform worse then their intel counterparts. Try to at least get an r9 270X, and don't get the VS series PSU, corsair's quality has recently come down quite a bit. Again, the B85 board doesn't support the 4150, so get an H97 board (or a Z97 board if you plan on upgrading to the i5 4690K in the future, and plan to overclock it.).

kwa-e · May 24, 2015

The i3 and 6300 fight toe-on-toe with each other, but the 6300 can be overclocked to perform even better than their Intel equivalents, but the Intel indeed has a better upgrade path. (OP said he won't be able to upgrade for a long time, The FX 6300 will be better in this case.)

And in terms of power consumption the 6300 isn't that much more power hungrier than an I3, with the 6300 being only 45W more than the i3.
Unless electricity costs an arm-and-a-leg where you live this won't make much of a difference.

Chayan4400 · May 24, 2015

kwa-e :

Stock vs stock, the i3 is the better gaming chip. When the FX-6300 is overclocked, it will trade blows depending on the specific game, but is not longer really comparable as overclocking the 6300 to a meaningful level (over 4.5ghz) will cost nearly as much (better PSU, more expensive motherboard, better cooler, etc.) as implementing an i5-4440, which performs about on par with an FX-9370 in gaming overall.

The i3 offers a much better upgrade path since the FX platform is dead.

Coincidentally, electricity does indeed cost an arm and a leg in india, so yeah....

. And I'm sorry, but a 95W TDP? The 4150 has a TDP of only 54W, meaning the 6300 needs almost twice the power to offer slightly worse performance than the 4150. For me, this is a no brainer.

kwa-e · May 24, 2015

Chayan4400 :

http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/average-electricity-prices-kwh
Power technically isn't that expensive in india as to other countries but everything else is also expensive, so you do have a valid point but I digress.

And performance-wise there are pretty decent gains to see from overclocking the chip, with fully threaded performance far surpassing that of the i3, and the VS 550 should be able to power it fine.

A 960 will only consume about 120 average@ gaming load, with the CPU at 150W overclocked and the all the HDD's and Disk drives (30W on average for a regular gaming build) you come on at about 300W of power, and the VS 550 should have all the headroom he needs. (Although I'd definitely recommend going with a seasonic 500W if possible which has better capacitors, but both units are stable enough for OC nonetheless.)

Upgradability wise OP mentioned that he won't have much money, and that buying a cooler to OC the 6300 would be much more cost effective than upgrading to a completely different chip itself.

Chayan4400 · May 24, 2015

kwa-e :

Chayan4400 :

http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/average-electricity-prices-kwh
Power technically isn't that expensive in india as to other countries but everything else is also expensive, so you do have a valid point but I digress.

And performance-wise there are pretty decent gains to see from overclocking the chip, with fully threaded performance far surpassing that of the i3, and the VS 550 should be able to power it fine.

A 960 will only consume about 120 average@ gaming load, with the CPU at 150W overclocked and the all the HDD's and Disk drives (30W on average for a regular gaming build) you come on at about 300W of power, and the VS 550 should have all the headroom he needs. (Although I'd definitely recommend going with a seasonic 500W if possible which has better capacitors, but both units are stable enough for OC nonetheless.)

Upgradability wise OP mentioned that he won't have much money, and that buying a cooler to OC the 6300 would be much more cost effective than upgrading to a completely different chip itself.

I guess now it is simply a case of intel vs amd

!!! So its' all up to whether the OP wants better upgradability, lower power usage and stronger core performance with the 4150, or more cores, the ability to overclock, and slightly lower price with the 6300.

kwa-e · May 24, 2015

Agreed.

mayankj · May 25, 2015

kwa-e :

fx 6300 n i3 nearby cost the same.!
It's just i will not upgrade it soon! So in the long run which will prove better?
6 cores better than intels hyperthreaded 4 cores?
I just want to play all the upcoming games with good fps.

kwa-e · May 25, 2015

The 6300 will fare much better than the i3 in the long run,

Get the 6300 with a board like this and just buy a CPU cooler when you need more performance in the future and you're good to go!
(This is the absolute cheapest board I can ever recommend to you for overclocking because of VRM cooling, all the other boards will throttle)

http://www.flipkart.com/gigabyte-ga-78lmt-s2pv-motherboard/p/itme5hq3cz4g4htg?pid=MBDE5H9YGZGS8BHP&ref=L%3A4288403167611407751&srno=p_4&query=78lm&otracker=from-search

mayankj · May 25, 2015

kwa-e :

will this be a good motheboard for fx 6300 or can it support fx 8320?

http://www.flipkart.com/asus-m5a78l-m-usb3-motherboard/p/itmdk2kauzgdtyvy?pid=MBDDK2KAUZGDTYVY&otracker=from-search&srno=t_1&query=m5a78lm&ref=0c628384-b1db-4296-973e-50bd622e017d

kwa-e · May 25, 2015

It's a decent board but don't expect it to OC the 6300 very far, and 8320's will likely just throttle on that board due to the poor VRM cooling

This is much better:
http://www.junglee.com/Gigabyte-GA-78LMT-USB3-DDR3-Micro-Motherboard/dp/B009FC3YJ8

mayankj · May 25, 2015

kwa-e :

is m5a97 le r2.0 good? my local dealer is quoting me 14200 for it with fx 6300 combo!
I might save up and get fx 8320 with le mobo! as the procssor nly cost 2k more
anyways thank you guys for helping out with my 1st pc!

kwa-e · May 25, 2015

While board build quality is good but overclocking is terrible, The FX 6300 will overclock about 4.3Ghz and the 8320 will likely not overclock at all. With the GA-78LMTUSB3 shown above you're looking at about a good 4.8GHZ on the 6300 and 4.2-4.5GHZ overclock on the 8320/8350.

hrgamer · May 25, 2015

kwa-e :

their are two option for you either take asus M57A78L-M/USB 3 or gigabyte GA78LMT/USB 3
asus = 1600 mhz and 1833 Mhz OC but downside VRM 3.1
while
Gigabyte = 1333 Mhz and 1600 Mhz OC which is downside but the advantage is that it has VRm 4.1
and i have a PC build in which #Ms Chayan 4400 helped me
mobo= gigabyte GA 78LT/USb3
processor=fx 6300
GPU=R9 280
HDD= 1 Tb
RAM=8 GB
PSU=600 w
and
TOTAL=39000-42000
and this is the best what you can get in this budget which i think compete PS4 OR XB1

mayankj · May 25, 2015

hrgamer :

kwa-e :

their are two option for you either take asus M57A78L-M/USB 3 or gigabyte GA78LMT/USB 3
asus = 1600 mhz and 1833 Mhz OC but downside VRM 3.1
while
Gigabyte = 1333 Mhz and 1600 Mhz OC which is downside but the advantage is that it has VRm 4.1
and i have a PC build in which #Ms Chayan 4400 helped me
mobo= gigabyte GA 78LT/USb3
processor=fx 6300
GPU=R9 280
HDD= 1 Tb
RAM=8 GB
PSU=600 w
and
TOTAL=39000-42000
and this is the best what you can get in this budget which i think compete PS4 OR XB1

do gigabyte GA 78LT/USb3 support ram upto 1600 mhz?
I may go with the same build as yours!

can you tell which psu u have?

kwa-e · May 25, 2015

While the 78LMT only natively supports 1333MHZ RAM out of the box the RAM can easily be clocked to 1600MHZ through the BIOS, with the latency and voltage set by the manufacturer of the RAM. (This will only take you 5 minutes!)

007jamesbond · May 25, 2015

hey all are posting wrong
1st - b85 supports i3 4150
2nd - with fx 6300 you will get almost same fps try you tube
3rd - change mobo from gigabyte to asus or other because gigabyte is currently supplying this mobo with low components
4th - gtx 960 outperforms r9 270x & r9 285 so gtx 960 is best
5th - get bronze rated psu

hrgamer · May 25, 2015

007jamesbond :

i dnt about mobo but i m damn sure about GTX 960 ,R9 280 is far more better than GTX 960 . it outperforms GTX 960, while GTX 960 sucks

007jamesbond · May 25, 2015

hrgamer :

what to think is r9 280 & gtx 960 both will be bottlenecked with i3 4150 or fx 6300 so r9 270x is enough

& i was saying of mobo from original build not the amd one

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