The Personal Computer Thread

[gold_heart007]

^^Incase u are looking for 550W PSU, look out for CM RealPower 550W! Costing around 5K! (Excellent performance and service) HX series are meant for high end gaming PCs. Plus, quite costly in comparison to VX series.

[anvancy]

what are the views on the corsair VX550 and the HX520?

[ceasar]

wanted to ask a question.

whats the current state of vista??is it now stable?cause when launched many didnt give good reviews but now things are changing.

also what are the probs of keeping a dual boot??ie XP and vista together?


anvancy

if u check VISTA ULTIMATE SERVICE PACK 1 it is a lot more stable with fixed bugs,...just like xp..and the compatibility issues have been resolved to some extent...still some applications won't run on it..,...its a good buy if u have xp..so u can dual boot them and use accordinglly...

regarding that dual booting factor....ther will b no problem if u dual boot with vista...the only prob u will face is if u installed xp and then vista ,,if something happens and u need to format and reinstall XP ..if u do that..then ther will be xp booting in the next boot..vista's boot loader will be deleted/overwrite by xp's ..MBR of vista will be deleted..now if u insert the vista's bootable cd and chose the option to repair ..it will repair the MBR..in the mean time XP's boot loader will get deleted....so there will be vista booting the next time...

to solve one software is there can't remeber the name..but it does half job..

and yaeh VISTA ULTIMATE SERVICE PACK 2 is realeased i think it promise to resolve the issues to a larger extent ..read it somewhere on popular PC magazine

[anvancy]

wanted to ask a question.

whats the current state of vista??is it now stable?cause when launched many didnt give good reviews but now things are changing.

also what are the probs of keeping a dual boot??ie XP and vista together?


anvancy

[sarbanoxley]

^^I think their are softwares to oc intel original boards.If you ever gonna overclock on any platform remember this name-BILLPARISH he is my oc guru.You can find him on HARDFORUM.

[anvancy]

Anvancy why you sad about having E6300, yep its old so what as long as it does what you need why care about i7.Are you running the E6300 @ stock.The 2.2K gigabyte board though cheap overclocks good.Their are lot of people running quads @ 3GHZ 24X7 on that board.

Gigas are monster overclockers.But giga. indias pricing policy sucks if u can source the boards from abroad that would be great.

the two machos gigabyte and asus play the market.

i have read that stock coolers dont go good on OCs.my board was a ga-945gms2 which was not an OC board.so i was stock!

and thanks aparajith for the link.

anvancy.

[sarbanoxley]

Avancy why you sad about having E6300, yep its old so what as long as it does what you need why care about i7.Are you running the E6300 @ stock.The 2.2K gigabyte board though cheap overclocks good.Their are lot of people running quads @ 3GHZ 24X7 on that board.

Gigas are monster overclockers.But giga. indias pricing policy sucks if u can source the boards from abroad that would be great.

[Hyperion]

Got a new Palit GTX 260 Sonic. Its good card. Very thermally efficient too.
Got it for Rs.12,500 (- Rs.4000 for my old 8800 GT).
It seems the 4870 1GB retails for 17K here, surprisingly expensive to the NVidia.

[Aparajith]

Anvancy, just happened to read ur CoolerMaster SMPS related queries. Check this for more info: Corsair VX450 vs CoolerMaster eXtreme Power 600W - PC Peripherals - TechEnclave

And as mentioned only their Extreme series is bad. Rest are good.

[anvancy]

Actually if u get a top-end quad,, it will cost u more or less same as the i7, albeit a few thousands difference(5 - 6K). Check the current rates at Chennai: http://deltapage.com/. The only areas u will save might be on the Board and RAM.

i will stick to my old E6300..sad really...i am on a tight tight budget.

[Aparajith]

but price is also a great factor..and very sadly i am on a budget which is say tight.
my compwala advised me if on a budget dont step into i7..stay where you are.

anvancy.

Actually if u get a top-end quad,, it will cost u more or less same as the i7, albeit a few thousands difference(5 - 6K). Check the current rates at Chennai: http://deltapage.com/. The only areas u will save might be on the Board and RAM.

[anvancy]

Yep, i7 as of now is not much of a use in gaming or any other apps, cos there are no graphics cards/apps to make complete use of it's multi-threading features. A 3-way SLI does not make even a quad sweat. To make the i7 swaet we need another CRYSIS. I got the i7 cos I never upgrade for 3 - 5 years at a stretch. And moreover I wanted an upgrade route in the future if I plan to do. The 775 socket will soon be phased out. Although INTEL is still unsure of which way to go(check here: Intel Stops Core i7 940, 965 - CPU/Mobo Corner - TechEnclave), i7 am sure will have a longer life than the 775 socket. Also one great advantage of x58 platform is that, it supports both crossfire and SLI on same board, no different motherboards.

but price is also a great factor..and very sadly i am on a budget which is say tight.
my compwala advised me if on a budget dont step into i7..stay where you are.

anvancy.

[Aparajith]

Yep, i7 as of now is not much of a use in gaming or any other apps, cos there are no graphics cards/apps to make complete use of it's multi-threading features. A 3-way SLI does not make even a quad sweat. To make the i7 swaet we need another CRYSIS. I got the i7 cos I never upgrade for 3 - 5 years at a stretch. And moreover I wanted an upgrade route in the future if I plan to do. The 775 socket will soon be phased out. Although INTEL is still unsure of which way to go(check here: Intel Stops Core i7 940, 965 - CPU/Mobo Corner - TechEnclave), i7 am sure will have a longer life than the 775 socket. Also one great advantage of x58 platform is that, it supports both crossfire and SLI on same board, no different motherboards.

[anvancy]

Are u asking the price? If so,

Processor - 15, 800/- - D0 stepping so a bit costly
MBoard - 16, 400/-
RAM - 95$ - ~ 4800/-
PSU - 7,200/-

i want to ask one thing..for my knowledge..

is i7 really needed in case of gaming??wont a normal quad do??

also i7 is still in its early years.so what are your views regarding it.

what i presume is that i7 will be for those having a moolah right??

some help will be beneficial for me.

anvancy.

[Aparajith]

what u got for the cpu and mobo??

Are u asking the price? If so,

Processor - 15, 800/- - D0 stepping so a bit costly
MBoard - 16, 400/-
RAM - 95$ - ~ 4800/-
PSU - 7,200/-