The Personal Computer Thread

[Hyperion]

Even am using AMD for the past 5 years. It was an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice core then. Its a 4200+ AMD X2 now. The over-heating stuff was only with the old Athlons, not in the Athlon XP, 64 and X2's. Though I must admit that only now the current Phenoms are only as good as the quads or core2Duos of Intel. The nail on the head of AMD was(is) i7. So AMD still rules the VFM market. If u want ultimate performance to the level of i7's, AMD still has no answer.

Agree. Before the days of multi-core processing, AMD was doing quite well, eating away steadily at Intel's market share. But after Intel launched C2D , AMD has always been one step behind. Also, now Intel has started to price their range much more aggressively, leaving very little to choose between the two. I seriously hope AMD come up with something revolutionary very soon.

[anvancy]

to me amd is putting their knowledge to ATI and making some juicy cards,and also supporting officially HAVOK which is in turn run by intel!!!

[shadez]

thanks All... dont wanna multiquote all !
@Pranay: yes, i too feel MSI is better...

so heres the config (again):
Monitor - BenQ T2200HD ~ 9.5k
Cabinet - Cool Master Elite 330 ~ 1.6k
Processor - Intel Q6600 ~ 10k
Motherboard - MSI P45 Neo-F ~ ?????
RAM - Transcend 2x2GB DDR2 800 ~2k
HDD - Seagate SATAII 7200.12 500gb ~ 3.2k
PSU - Corsair VX450 - ~4k
GPU - Palit HD4850 ~ 8.1k
UPS - APC ~ 2.5k

Already have:
Sony DVD combo drive - IDE
Keyboard and Mouse

@nightwing & all: the above config, without monitor, would cost me ~30k. could you suggest me a config with AMD that would have the same performance and also, maybe, costing ~25k; but upgradable? else 30k.
with the comments said, i would be stupid to call off on AMD.

thanks again guys...

[Tron05]

@shadez: nice config, but i think u need to go for some other PSU. No doubt ,the one u have selected is the best...i too use it.. but as far as i can recollect it does not have a 6 pin PCI-E power connector required to power the powerful card u have selected.

APC ups for 2.5k? wats the output wattage?

[shadez]

damn! i never gave a though on the PSU. though APC comes in budget and is good so quoted it... will re-check... thanks mate. will let know - output wattage...

[shadez]

problems with Seagate HDD's... check this:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drives failing - The Inquirer

[waseem46]

Upgraded Config!!!

Processor: Intel Core2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.60ghz (450*8)
Motherboard: Asus P5KC
Ram: Gskill 4GB DDR2 1000Mhz
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Aquagate Mini R-80
GPU: xFx GeForce 9800 GTX
PSU: Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 500
HDD: 1x1500 Gb (1.5TB), 1x500GB
Optical Drive: LG Blu-Ray Disk Burner
Card Reader: Sony
Fans: 5x120mm LED(3 intake, 2 Exaust) 70CFM, 1x80mm 55CFM (Exaust)
Cabinet: Cooler Master CM690 (Modded)

http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/universal-threads/4887-personal-computer-thread-8.html

Monitor: Viewsonic 22" VA2226w
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Mouse: Logitech Mx518
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
Sound System: Logitech Z-5500.
Lightening: Sunbeam 4 CCFL's with Sound Activated Module

[chicane1879]

^^That's one heck of a config and to top of it all the Z5000D is one wicked speaker system!!

[Shadowfax]

@waseem: How much did the Blue-ray burner cost ?

[Aparajith]

Hey Waseem, thats one excellent config but pls pls I pray that u chuck off that CoolerMaser SMPS and get a CORSAIR or ANTEC. The Extreme power series is the crappiest SMPS ever. Its got a bad efficiency, heats up like hell and has blown up a lot of systems. Check online or techenclave.com for more details.

[waseem46]

^^That's one heck of a config and to top of it all the Z5000D is one wicked speaker system!!

yeah mate... they have blasting effects

@waseem: How much did the Blue-ray burner cost ?

8k bro.

Hey Waseem, thats one excellent config but pls pls I pray that u chuck off that CoolerMaser SMPS and get a CORSAIR or ANTEC. The Extreme power series is the crappiest SMPS ever. Its got a bad efficiency, heats up like hell and has blown up a lot of systems. Check online or techenclave.com for more details.

you said well bro.... my next upgrade is Corsiar TX750, i am already on TE bro

[Aparajith]

^^Oh great. Cos even I got one CoolerMaster 600W Extreme series. Planning to upgrade to a Corsair or ANTEC and then upgrade my system as a whole soon.

[waseem46]

^^Oh great. Cos even I got one CoolerMaster 600W Extreme series. Planning to upgrade to a Corsair or ANTEC and then upgrade my system as a whole soon.

but this cooler master is also works fine with my system..

[shadez]

@waseem: how much did you shell out ?

[shadez]

@shadez: nice config, but i think u need to go for some other PSU. No doubt ,the one u have selected is the best...i too use it.. but as far as i can recollect it does not have a 6 pin PCI-E power connector required to power the powerful card u have selected.

APC ups for 2.5k? wats the output wattage?

could somebody provide some inputs on these ?
couldnt find much on the net. got this link though:
AMD Certified Power Supplies
but things are still greek and latin to me!