Gaming PC - Your Suggestions Please

[Anirudha]

Given your requirements, I would be looking at B75 boards like the GA-B75M-D3H for Rs. 4500. That'll free up a good chunk of your budget to improve the GPU or SSD.

Yes i have checked it out, but it a micro atx... will it fit my radeon 7850 msi twin frozr.... i dont want to get cramped for enough space...

 

[Anirudha]

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[lehtv]

7850 twin frozr is a pretty compact card, it'll fit pretty much any microATX case fine.

But the NZXT case in your OP is an ATX case.

 

[mfenn]

Yes i have checked it out, but it a micro atx... will it fit my radeon 7850 msi twin frozr.... i dont want to get cramped for enough space...

A full sized card will fit fine in your case. Just because you get a MicroATX board doesn't mean that you have to get a MicroATX case. MicroATX is the same as ATX, just shorter and (slightly) narrower and will mount in an ATX case no problem.

 

[Anirudha]

Given your requirements, I would be looking at B75 boards like the GA-B75M-D3H for Rs. 4500. That'll free up a good chunk of your budget to improve the GPU or SSD.

ok.... will a B75 mobo suport a 2.5 inch sata3 ssd even if it doesnt support intel SRT? I think it does but better to ask than to be sorry! To be precise, will Gigabyte GA-P75-D3 support a SATA 3 SSD?

 

[lehtv]

Yes, there is at least one (and usually just one) SATA 6gb/s or SATA3 port on all B75 boards. Intel SRT is only required for using the SSD as a cache drive, if you plan to use it as a regular drive then that's not needed.

By GA-P75 I assume you mean B75

 

[Anirudha]

Yes, there is at least one (and usually just one) SATA 6gb/s or SATA3 port on all B75 boards. Intel SRT is only required for using the SSD as a cache drive, if you plan to use it as a regular drive then that's not needed.

By GA-P75 I assume you mean B75

ok... GA P75 is the name of the B75 board. I am planning to go for a OCZ 60 GB AGILITY 3 SATA III 2.5 inch SSD on which I plan to install OS and MS Office and few important softwares to achieve fast performance.

However, a few questions...

1. Is there any way to use a part of SSD for OS and rest as a cache in B75?
2. Will such a use really help me?
3. Will it be helpful if I install OS on SSD and use balance space for installing the current game being played and uninstall it once done to install another game?

Limiting to 64 GB SSD as going higher doesnt fit my budget
Please let me have your inputs.

Based on inputs from all members, here is my updated config: (it fits my earlier budget well)

1. Cabinet NZXT LEXA S Crafted Series PC Case - Black
2. Keyboard + Mouse Logitech Gaming Combo G100
3. HDD Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA 6Gb/s; 500GB, 7200 rpm, 16mb Cache (model No.WD5000AAKX)
4. SSD OCZ 60 GB AGILITY 3 SATA III 2.5 inch SSD (Plus drive bracket)
5. Optical Disk Drive LG Internal 24x Super-Multi Drive (GH24NS72)
6. Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P75-D3
7. Processor Intel Core i5-3570 (6M Cache, 3.4GHz) (Non "k" version)
8. RAM Corsair Vengeance 8GB (4GB x2) PC3-12800 DDR3-1600 DDR3
9. Graphics Card Asus Nvidia Geforce GTX660-DC2-2GD5 (Non "OC" version)
10. SMPS / PSU Corsair Builder Series CX500 V2 - 80 Plus

I will really appreciate if you guys can study the specs of this mobo and let me know your view on the same. (http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4152#sp)

 

[lehtv]

1. B75 doesn't support caching. But it is not possible even if the chipset supported caching, or at least not recommended... the cache drive should not be the same physical drive as your system drive
2. I think you'll be fine using it for the OS and the main programs
3. Not recommended to reinstall and install all the time. Install all games on the HDD, and if loading times are problematic in a particular game you're playing at the moment, move the game from your HDD to your C: drive using a junction. This way you avoid reinstalling or installing any game

 

[Anirudha]

1. B75 doesn't support caching. But it is not possible even if the chipset supported caching, or at least not recommended... the cache drive should not be the same physical drive as your system drive
2. I think you'll be fine using it for the OS and the main programs
3. Not recommended to reinstall and install all the time. Install all games on the HDD, and if loading times are problematic in a particular game you're playing at the moment, move the game from your HDD to your C: drive using a junction. This way you avoid reinstalling or installing any game

Thanks for the link... But what does the software actually do and hw does it function?

Also pls let me knw ur views on the selected mobo and hdd

 

[mfenn]

Thanks for the link... But what does the software actually do and hw does it function?

The program that lehtv linked is a GUI for the built-in command called "mklink". It makes symbolic links, which you can think of as a kind of shortcut that is transparent to all programs. Here's the wiki article if you want to know the gory details.

As for your list of parts, you really need to provides prices for each one before we can evaluate it. A certain part can be good or bad for you depending on how much it costs.

 

[Anirudha]

The program that lehtv linked is a GUI for the built-in command called "mklink". It makes symbolic links, which you can think of as a kind of shortcut that is transparent to all programs. Here's the wiki article if you want to know the gory details.

As for your list of parts, you really need to provides prices for each one before we can evaluate it. A certain part can be good or bad for you depending on how much it costs.

ya... missed the costing bit... sorry about that...

here you go....

1. Cabinet NZXT LEXA S Crafted Series PC Case - Black Rs. 3800
2. Keyboard + Mouse Logitech Gaming Combo G100 Rs. 1600
3. HDD Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA 6Gb/s; 500GB, 7200 rpm, 16mb Cache (model No.WD5000AAKX) Rs. 3625
4. SSD OCZ 60 GB AGILITY 3 SATA III 2.5 inch SSD (Plus drive bracket) Rs. 3800
5. Optical Disk Drive LG Internal 24x Super-Multi Drive (GH24NS72) Rs. 950
6. Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P75-D3 Rs. 5000
7. Processor Intel Core i5-3570 (6M Cache, 3.4GHz) (Non "k" version) Rs. 13000
8. RAM Corsair Vengeance 8GB (4GB x2) PC3-12800 DDR3-1600 DDR3 Rs. 3200
9. Graphics Card Asus Nvidia Geforce GTX660-DC2-2GD5 (Non "OC" version) Rs. 18800
10. SMPS / PSU Corsair Builder Series CX500 V2 - 80 Plus Rs. 3600

The above costs are an approximate estimate based on my online research... the actual would be a bit lower. Overall the system should cost me around Rs. 50000 to 53000

 

[mfenn]

Nothing looks too out of whack there, :thumbsup:

 

[Anirudha]

Nothing looks too out of whack there, :thumbsup:

Thanks a lot!

Then will stick to this.

 

[Anirudha]

Nothing looks too out of whack there, :thumbsup:

Thanks a lot!

Then will stick to this.