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vikingboy · Credits: 35476 My Scrapbook My Reading List 18 Books

Okay so finally we did all the shopping for our dream machine...
here are the things that made their way into my friends Fundoo gaming rig...

Processor - Intel core 2 duo 1.80 (E4300)
Rs. 5,100

Motherboard - Asus P5N-E SLI
Rs. 7,650

RAM - Kingston 1GB DDR2 667 Mhz (one pair)
Rs. 3,650

Hard disk - Seagate barracuda 160GB SATA2 7200rpm
Rs. 2,265

Optical drive - LG 16x dual layer DVD writer
Rs. 1,375

Graphics card - PCI-Express Point Of View 7600GT 256mb DDR3
Rs. 6,650

LCD monitor - Samsung 19" WideScreen 940NW
Rs. 11,300

Keyboard/mouse - Logitech G1 gaming combo
Rs. 1,550

UPS - APC 500VA Back-UPS
Rs. 2,085

Cabinet - Amigo ATX
Rs. 1,700

Power supply - Cooler Master 380W
Rs. 1,750

Speakers - Intex 5.1 channel 5800w
Rs. 3,650

Fan - 80mm fans x4
Rs. 120

Fan - LED fan 80mm
Rs. 50

Bluetooth - Orchid 100m dongle
Rs. 215

Card reader - Quantum all in 1
Rs. 140

Pen drive - Kingston 2gb data traveller
Rs. 740

Total ------->>> Rs. 49,990 incl. VAT

so keeping in mind our original target of 50,000 bucks, we still managed to save Rs 10 !!!

smanzar · Credits: 801 My Scrapbook

well if you are into gaming why not buy aplay station ,as the super computer of today is a dinosaur after a few months,for home use go for average ,but invest in ram ,1 gb.

vikingboy · Credits: 35476 My Scrapbook My Reading List 18 Books

thanks dear smanzar..
i already have a playstation 2 and i think its great for playing games... it has some advantages over PC based gaming like no installation needed and cheaper gaming...

but the PS2 platform is quite old and the graphics of modern games are much better enjoyed when played on a latest PC with good enough graphics card...
Need for speed Carbon is the latest example for which the PS2 hardware proves to be simply underpowered..
try playing NFS:Carbon on a PS2 and you'll be sadly disappointed by the graphics.. which is not the case for an adequately powered PC..

now this brings us to the PS3 which surpasses even the most cutting edge PC hardware in its graphics capabilities... yes it is a piece of beauty..
but sadly it is way overpriced when you consider it can be used only for gaming...
add to this equation the high price of PS3 games.. about 2500 rs a piece...

so until PS3 receives a price cut.. i'll prefer to stick with my PC

BGM · Credits: 105074 My Scrapbook

Excellent thread Vikingbhai! Very Informative & at the same time concise!

prolene · Credits: 5561 My Scrapbook

I just saw the finale post, i love the pictures. The cabinet is awesome.

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vzx · Credits: 4943 My Scrapbook My Reading List 5 Books

Hi Vikingboy

It's been a long time we had a talk (the last time I suppose was on [snip] or the "fav Game" thread).. hehe

Interesting topic you guys have got here. I'd like to add in my two cents of advice and flaunt my recently upgraded rig

First of all regarding the AMD chipsets - Well someone mentioned that they over heat. Of all my 5 years of PC experience I've experienced heating only on the the very earlier AMD chipsets (the ones available in 2002, I guess). Of late the the AMD chipsets are the most energy efficient, with the most silent CPU fans and produced less heat. All has changed with the advent of the C2D processors from Intel (they're at par with the AMD performance now). The rates of intel C2D processors and intel based MOBO's are actually cheaper ATM (just because they're more in demand). I guess whatever Intel does, it can never beat the overclocking capabilities of an AMD processor.

I still remember the good 'ol days when I used to overclock my AMD Athlon 300+ 1.8 ghtz to 2.4 ghtz (of course over clocking did produce some massive heat but fortunately I was sane enough to had an external cooling system installed). Anyway Let's not get carried away with brand wars over here. Let's just say that I've been a happy camper with the AMD and ASUS brands for over 5 years now and continue to do so in the future.

Now comes the fun part. I used to be on a very primitive system till december last year when I gathered enough money and relatives in USA

. I had made a systematic upgrade plan and pumped in about 1700$ over the last 6 months and just yesterday I upgraded the last piece of hardware on my PC - The "ASUS Silent Knight" CPU fan

My current sys config is:

CPU - AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 2.8 Ghtz
MOBO - ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe/Wireless Edition
GPU - ASUS EN8800GTX AquaTank/HTDP/768M
SMPS - ASUS A55GA SMPS
RAM - Transcend 4 GB DDR2 800mhtz
HDD - 300 + 300 GB Samsung SATA2
DVD RW + RAM - LG GSA 4613B

Cooling Solution:
CPU - ASUS Silent Knight
MOBO - Swiftech H2O-220 APEX Ultra Liquid Cooling Kit

Speakers - Well I don't use speakers. I've got my Bose headphones

Keyboard - Logitech diNovo Edge Bluetooth Keyboard
Mouse - Logitech MX Revolution
Monitor - Samsung 940MW 19" Monitor

Phew!!

Next upgrade - When I get my residency in MD Medicine

Edited by: RxPG Team
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blue_mars · Credits: 32143 My Scrapbook My Reading List 3 Books

vzx, please remove links from your signature

chmiq · Credits: 157 My Scrapbook

@blue_mars

hey what do u mean by Clocks should be compatible......

i'm newbie......and not a PC guru.....

help me out of this...?

----->>>> Make sure CPU, Graphic card and RAM clocks are compatible and @ closest possible MHz.or you will get BSOD frequently. <---------

blue_mars · Credits: 32143 My Scrapbook My Reading List 3 Books

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