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  • Originally posted by chicane1879 View Post
    What's the wattage of the power supply.

    Go for ATi Radeon HD 4830/4850. I have the HD4830 and it plays the above mentioned games easily on full settings.
    i think its 400w...i am not sure..i bought the comp from sp road...can you tell me the price of 4830?

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    • Originally posted by shadez View Post
      Abhi:
      basic gamer PC - 30k
      mid range - 60k
      pro - 90k+
      decide on your budget mate.

      i would recomment AMD. forget phenoms. just buy an athlon x4 630 or something. with the coming of their 32 nm hexacores, all current gen processors would be outdated. i suggest you put your money in a good GPU, PSU, cabby and RAM.
      and yeah, RAM - use 4GB max for 32bit system. 2^32=~4GB. so thats the max your system will use. anything more is sheer waste.
      and as Tanay said, i7 is not VFM for a gamer. you dont need much multitasking here. if not overclocking, i5 750 would be a good choice. or amd x4... overclocked x6 is better.

      anyways, budget is everything... so let know.
      AMD is not a buy for me. I like only Intel's, no worry if I have to pay a premium for it. You mentioned about 64 bit and 32 bit; What difference does the 2 make? and what's their purpose.

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      • Originally posted by thmh201 View Post
        i think its 400w...i am not sure..i bought the comp from sp road...can you tell me the price of 4830?
        It costed me 6k, some 4 months back.Ordered it online. Nice card. Go for HD4850, it's superb and packs in more performance.But i think 400W is somewhat low for those type of cards.Recommended wattage is 550W.


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        • Originally posted by chicane1879 View Post
          It costed me 6k, some 4 months back.Ordered it online. Nice card. Go for HD4850, it's superb and packs in more performance.But i think 400W is somewhat low for those type of cards.Recommended wattage is 550W.

          http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/universa...tml#post386676
          thanks chicane....i asked for 4850 today in sp road...they told me it costs rs6800...how much does a 550 watt smps cost?

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          • 600W Cooler Master would cost you somewhere around 4000 bucks.

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            • Originally posted by chicane1879 View Post
              600W Cooler Master would cost you somewhere around 4000 bucks.
              this is what i have now..

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              • Originally posted by thmh201 View Post
                guys please help me out ....
                i had plans of getting a Xbox 360...now i have decided to get a good graphic card bcoz of tight financials!
                my system config is this....
                AMD athlon 64 X2 5200+
                Asus M2N68AM mobo
                1gb ddr 2 ram 800 mhz...planning to buy 2gb ram...so total 3gb
                frontech twinkle cabinet (that would give u guys a fair idea about smps!)
                samsung 17"crt monitor...no plans of buying a tft.
                currently using Xp service pack 3 32 bit
                I want to play games like crysis, assassin creed, gears of war, COD MW2, Farcry 2, just cause2,
                I have decided to go for 9800gt or ati 4770...
                will I be able to play the above mentioned games? should i buy any xtra smps to power the graphic card.?
                GPU: hd 5870 (@~23k) is far better than 9800gt in performance. and since your motherboard is am2 and has only 1 PCIe 16x slot, you cant use crossfire. so i suggest 5870 or atleast 5850 for the games you have specified to play. but using vga out from such a gpu is... ahem! you will get a good 22" full hd benq for 7.5k. give it a thought...

                RAM: every game nowadays specify 1gb in 'minimum' requirements. so i suggest you pump up the memory to atleast 4gb. more so because its ddr2. anyways, it helps speed up your total system.

                PSU: as Chicane said, 550watts should be enough. go for corsair vx550 or coolermaster. if you want a bit of future proofing, go for corsair tx650 or CM 650w (bit cheaper and equally good).

                cabinet: the 5850 is about 9.5" long and 5870 would be 10.5". so check if it fits in good with your current setup. and if you dont use a better cabinet, you might as well be posting heating problems in sometime. so get it changed. if you can afford CM 690, then thats a good buy. nzxt gamma is also good but short in supply. i think your current mobo will fit in. check...
                BIKER ...the thrill and sense of self-fulfilment is obtained from living a little dangerously!

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                • Originally posted by abhichotu.abhi View Post
                  AMD is not a buy for me. I like only Intel's, no worry if I have to pay a premium for it. You mentioned about 64 bit and 32 bit; What difference does the 2 make? and what's their purpose.
                  32bit and 64bit? thats the basis of all computers man. google it. cant explain here.
                  let us know your budget so ppl can suggest a config...
                  BIKER ...the thrill and sense of self-fulfilment is obtained from living a little dangerously!

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                  • Originally posted by shadez View Post
                    32bit and 64bit? thats the basis of all computers man. google it. cant explain here.
                    let us know your budget so ppl can suggest a config...
                    opps sorry. I mis-wrote my sentence. I know what are they, I only wanted to know that how it will affect gaming as games are not specifically designed for 64-bit and such is the case with softwares too. I have ran a 64-bit PC too, could'nt find any difference between speeds of 32 and 64 that's why I asked what is the basic difference? My budget is 50K only.

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                    • Originally posted by thmh201 View Post
                      thanks chicane....i asked for 4850 today in sp road...they told me it costs rs6800...how much does a 550 watt smps cost?
                      oops... missed reading this. now, you talked about xbox360. so i suggested atleast hd5850 1gb ddr5 to be in the league...
                      for your current config + 4850, 450w PSU should be enough is what i feel. if you dont plan to OC or likewise.
                      BIKER ...the thrill and sense of self-fulfilment is obtained from living a little dangerously!

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                      • PSU: as Chicane said, 550watts should be enough. go for corsair vx550 or coolermaster. if you want a bit of future proofing, go for corsair tx650 or CM 650w (bit cheaper and equally good).

                        what if I buy a 600W smps atx... i already have a 400W smps which i have shown it above...can i add another smps and increase the watt....?

                        is 4850 and 5850 same?

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                        • hehe...i just replied to your reply and i was wondering am i in the wrong thread as you deleted it...

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                          • Originally posted by abhichotu.abhi View Post
                            opps sorry. I mis-wrote my sentence. I know what are they, I only wanted to know that how it will affect gaming as games are not specifically designed for 64-bit and such is the case with softwares too. I have ran a 64-bit PC too, could'nt find any difference between speeds of 32 and 64 that's why I asked what is the basic difference? My budget is 50K only.
                            well, to get 64bit processing speed, the processor should be of 64bit. and the application written should also support 64bit. this has still not caught up much in the market in terms of end user. so 32bit is all good for homePC users.

                            Check this config:
                            Core i5 750 2.66GHz @ ~9500
                            MSI P55-GD65 @ ~8200
                            Kingston 2x2 DDR3 @ ~5100
                            Sapphire HD5850 1GB GDDR5 @ ~16000
                            Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB @ ~2000
                            Coolermaster 550w @ ~4200
                            Benq @ ~7500
                            Cabinet @ ~3000
                            DVD drive @ 1000
                            Speaker+kb+mouse: ~2200

                            total: 58700

                            you need atleast an i5 to match up or beat an AMD. the remaining falls wrt the processor.
                            you will get graphics card < 10k also. if you choose those then it falls in budget.
                            BIKER ...the thrill and sense of self-fulfilment is obtained from living a little dangerously!

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                            • ...can i add another smps and increase the watt....?[/QUOTE]
                              i never done that so better not misguide you eh?

                              Originally posted by thmh201 View Post
                              is 4850 and 5850 same?
                              quite different actually. go through these:

                              4850: ATI Radeon? HD 4850 Graphics Overview

                              5850: ATI Radeon? HD 5850 graphics

                              check the specifications. then you would possibly understand...
                              BIKER ...the thrill and sense of self-fulfilment is obtained from living a little dangerously!

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                              • @shadez:
                                I have finalized i5 processor and ordered it. I have one more query, as you have mentioned the graphics card are now coming with DDR5. Are there any DDR5 RAM available? If yes then do i5 support them?
                                Also, Please enlist some AMD processors, Although I have ordered i5 still I would like to know what a real AMD is? why they are becoming much popular over Intel.

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