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Well guys, i am absolutely new to Tom's Hardware and trust me, i have been through this ONE Website The whole day today (at least 10hrs ... 
)! I am a Graphics Designer and a 3D Artist and yeah, Occasional Gamer (mainly into racing games and occasionally into RPG like Max Payne II and GTA VC types, though havent played in a long time so dont know of the new titles.)
My problem is that i have a very limited budget, and i live in India where not everything is cheap (at least in terms of technology and gadgets.) so a lot of components which you guys get at a cheaper cost, it sometimes gets almost 1/3rd price increase in India and even double the price sometimes.
thats why i am really concerned about how to go about the build. anywhich ways, i have been through the local market here and have found a few options which i would like to share. and would expect the experts here to guide me through. (price WILL be a constrain .. heheh, though i would love the highest of i7, i really can not afford the same, unless there is a balanced match of mobo & processor)
i have got 2 configurations which i would wanna share with you, once done so, you all can tell me what to do.
Intel Based Machine
Intel i5 - 750 (2.66 GHz Turbo Boost To 3.2 GHz, 8MB Cache)
Asus P7P55D Pro
Corsair XMS3 2GB DDR3 1333 x 2
Palit GeForce® GTS 250 512MB
Cooler Master Gladiator 600
Cooler Master eXtreme PowerPlus 650 W
Cooler Master Hyper N520
AMD Based Machine
Phenom X4 Quad 965 BE
ASUS Crosshair III Formula
Corsair XTREME PERFORMANCE DDR3 XMS3 RAM 1333 C9 (4 GB)
ATI HD4850 1GB Palit
Cooler Master Gladiator 600
Corsair VX 550W
Cooler Master Hyper N520
I will be using My Bravia 32" as monitor (i wanted to know a bit more about HDMI but may be later in the posts ... right now the main focus is getting the rig done!). i am looking for a good keyboard mouse combo (not too expensive and NOT wireless. takes up too much battery. i already have one wireless from logitech the most basic series) ve got HDD of seagate .. i am not willing to buy 10k RPM HDD right now (its way too expensive here right now)
one more thing i wanted to know is the performance of Palit ATI HD5750 in comparison with the above mentioned cards as it seems to be a little affordable (depends on all of you guy's reviews to be honest, i can give it a thought if you guys suggest so.). 4890 is again $280 here ... not affordable, though i found it surprising that Palit ATI HD5750 is just about $200 / $210 here ....
Now the confusion is that should i go for i5 or should i go for 965BE. though, to be honest, both of these configuration are over the budget of $700 (INR 35,000). the first rig is about INR 45,000 ($900 appx) and the second one is about INR 53,000 ($1100 appx)
i have been using AMD for about 5 years now, and i have always been a fan because of good performance and cheaper price, though i still believe in AMD, this time i wanna give a chance to Intel (with their i5 ONLY and not with the Q series processors.)
The main expense is coming up on the board as both the board which i have mentioned above are higher end (it comes in the higher class in India as not a lot of boards like Maximus and Rampage etc are yet available in the local market) (i may find them in specialty shops, but whats the point? i will end up paying at least 50% more there .. i would rather go with whats available in the local market and make the rig as powerful as possible!)
another concern is Power Supply, as i do understand that its an important aspect, i dont understand the need of "How Much Watts?". if i go lower, it will be better for me in terms of money, but is it safe?
CPU Coolers, only Cooler Master is what i could find on my first visit, if anyone is aware of availability of any other good brand in Mumbai, i would not mind considering that as an option.
for AMD i found this board Crosshair, but as it turns out, its quite a highend board and it comes at about $300 here, which is quite expensive as thats almost half the price of the entire rig budget that i am looking at.
if you can suggest me a solid board like Crosshair III, it will help a lot.
Please suggest what should be done. my old comp is giving problems and my projects are on halt. i am willing to finish this up by Wednesday MAX.
Thanks for all your help. (this site is amazing. a lot of information and help, just one thing missing (for me) was the Indian market awareness on the site, but thats just me .. heheheh)
sorry for so much of text. just wanted to make sure that you guys understand the scenario difference from there to here.
thanks for reading.
Thanks a lot
dAttitude
)! I am a Graphics Designer and a 3D Artist and yeah, Occasional Gamer (mainly into racing games and occasionally into RPG like Max Payne II and GTA VC types, though havent played in a long time so dont know of the new titles.)My problem is that i have a very limited budget, and i live in India where not everything is cheap (at least in terms of technology and gadgets.) so a lot of components which you guys get at a cheaper cost, it sometimes gets almost 1/3rd price increase in India and even double the price sometimes.
thats why i am really concerned about how to go about the build. anywhich ways, i have been through the local market here and have found a few options which i would like to share. and would expect the experts here to guide me through. (price WILL be a constrain .. heheh, though i would love the highest of i7, i really can not afford the same, unless there is a balanced match of mobo & processor)
i have got 2 configurations which i would wanna share with you, once done so, you all can tell me what to do.
Intel Based Machine
Intel i5 - 750 (2.66 GHz Turbo Boost To 3.2 GHz, 8MB Cache)
Asus P7P55D Pro
Corsair XMS3 2GB DDR3 1333 x 2
Palit GeForce® GTS 250 512MB
Cooler Master Gladiator 600
Cooler Master eXtreme PowerPlus 650 W
Cooler Master Hyper N520
AMD Based Machine
Phenom X4 Quad 965 BE
ASUS Crosshair III Formula
Corsair XTREME PERFORMANCE DDR3 XMS3 RAM 1333 C9 (4 GB)
ATI HD4850 1GB Palit
Cooler Master Gladiator 600
Corsair VX 550W
Cooler Master Hyper N520
I will be using My Bravia 32" as monitor (i wanted to know a bit more about HDMI but may be later in the posts ... right now the main focus is getting the rig done!). i am looking for a good keyboard mouse combo (not too expensive and NOT wireless. takes up too much battery. i already have one wireless from logitech the most basic series) ve got HDD of seagate .. i am not willing to buy 10k RPM HDD right now (its way too expensive here right now)
one more thing i wanted to know is the performance of Palit ATI HD5750 in comparison with the above mentioned cards as it seems to be a little affordable (depends on all of you guy's reviews to be honest, i can give it a thought if you guys suggest so.). 4890 is again $280 here ... not affordable, though i found it surprising that Palit ATI HD5750 is just about $200 / $210 here ....
Now the confusion is that should i go for i5 or should i go for 965BE. though, to be honest, both of these configuration are over the budget of $700 (INR 35,000). the first rig is about INR 45,000 ($900 appx) and the second one is about INR 53,000 ($1100 appx)
i have been using AMD for about 5 years now, and i have always been a fan because of good performance and cheaper price, though i still believe in AMD, this time i wanna give a chance to Intel (with their i5 ONLY and not with the Q series processors.)
The main expense is coming up on the board as both the board which i have mentioned above are higher end (it comes in the higher class in India as not a lot of boards like Maximus and Rampage etc are yet available in the local market) (i may find them in specialty shops, but whats the point? i will end up paying at least 50% more there .. i would rather go with whats available in the local market and make the rig as powerful as possible!)
another concern is Power Supply, as i do understand that its an important aspect, i dont understand the need of "How Much Watts?". if i go lower, it will be better for me in terms of money, but is it safe?
CPU Coolers, only Cooler Master is what i could find on my first visit, if anyone is aware of availability of any other good brand in Mumbai, i would not mind considering that as an option.
for AMD i found this board Crosshair, but as it turns out, its quite a highend board and it comes at about $300 here, which is quite expensive as thats almost half the price of the entire rig budget that i am looking at.
if you can suggest me a solid board like Crosshair III, it will help a lot.
Please suggest what should be done. my old comp is giving problems and my projects are on halt. i am willing to finish this up by Wednesday MAX.
Thanks for all your help. (this site is amazing. a lot of information and help, just one thing missing (for me) was the Indian market awareness on the site, but thats just me .. heheheh)
sorry for so much of text. just wanted to make sure that you guys understand the scenario difference from there to here.
thanks for reading.Thanks a lot
dAttitude
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