Ideal PC for 50-65k ??

[Anusha]

ShanX all I can do is wish you the best because if i tell you the stuff that's available here and the low prices.... you'll want to move

You can buy a good PC for less money from USA. But life in USA is very expensive, right?

 

[sld]

You can buy a good PC for less money from USA. But life in USA is very expensive, right?

It was a joke machan... you are right cost of living in US is high but the income is high too.So it evens out.
The only problem in SL is all the taxes driving prices up... OH well!!!

 

[Anusha]

Yeah...taxes

 

[sakala]

 

[sld]

Yeah...taxes

Yeah machan I just checked the car prices in SL and it's like 3 times more with taxes.... that sucks

 

[Anusha]

Yeah I know. Have to buy a Micro Car

 

[shanX]

I'm selling the old pc today, I'll catch up with u all on the new one.....

CPU = Pentium D 2.8GHz or P IV 3GHz
Motherboard = Gigabyte or Asus motherboard with Intel 945G chipset
RAM = 512MB DDR2 533MHz Kinsgton
Video card = Geforce 6600or 7300 G-Force 256MB PCI Express
Hard Drive = Seagate or Maxtor 120GB SATAII 8MB Cache, 7200RPM
DVDRW = Liteon or Sony 16x
Audio = onboard

I'll try the above, I've to buy it here in Kandy, So i hope they might hav these stuff here. Thnx everyone, I'll try my best!!

 

[Anusha]

I believe the prices would be mre expensive in Kandy
Anyway, good luck with your new PC. Let us know how things work out, ok?

 

[shanX]

I believe the prices would be mre expensive in Kandy
Anyway, good luck with your new PC. Let us know how things work out, ok?

Right Thanks a lot for the support.

 

[GTRZ]

Machan Anusha when I was buying a case for my friend like few months ago, I checked prices from 4 shops in Unity, they all happy to sell the case without the power supply. I got the case around Rs 2000/- or even lesser than that. Strange you say that Unity ppl refused to sell without the power supply.

Well guys why we cant put 667 DDR2 in this system? I don’t know the prices, its lot expensive than 533?

Still machan doesn't it depend on the persons ears... I have exceptional hearing (now I'm losing it a bit because of shooting ) so I have very high end equipment including a bose system for my PC. I love it and can tell the difference if a cable is picking up RF but I have friends who can't tell the difference between that and the PC speaker it pisses me off to no end but they can't really tell the difference much less justify the price difference.
So I really beleive the best speakers and the sound card is what sounds good to the individual person.....
OK that's my 2cents

Machan I’m not talking about a slight improvement which is only obvious in superior ears. It’s something normally every can feel. But the amount will depend on the person.

No offence but have to tell you machan Bose systems are no good! They do lot of advertising saying “Better Sound through Research” but they make drivers from cheap materials and paper cones. You can see them if you remove the covers of your system.

The thing is Bose systems create over sweetened mid ranges which you can hear big difference than other systems. But that’s artificial mid range amplification and modification. Bose do poor when it comes to low and high frequencies. I have only checked few Bose systems but many audio specialists say they fail to reproduce accurate sounds. Check the manual of your system and see what frequency range your system supports. And whatz the signal to noise ratio. From the systems I checked they hide those information. Some ppl say “No highs, No lows Should be a Bose!”

 

[sld]

Machan Anusha when I was buying a case for my friend like few months ago, I checked prices from 4 shops in Unity, they all happy to sell the case without the power supply. I got the case around Rs 2000/- or even lesser than that. Strange you say that Unity ppl refused to sell without the power supply.

Well guys why we cant put 667 DDR2 in this system? I don’t know the prices, its lot expensive than 533?




Machan I’m not talking about a slight improvement which is only obvious in superior ears. It’s something normally every can feel. But the amount will depend on the person.

No offence but have to tell you machan Bose systems are no good! They do lot of advertising saying “Better Sound through Research” but they make drivers from cheap materials and paper cones. You can see them if you remove the covers of your system.

The thing is Bose systems create over sweetened mid ranges which you can hear big difference than other systems. But that’s artificial mid range amplification and modification. Bose do poor when it comes to low and high frequencies. I have only checked few Bose systems but many audio specialists say they fail to reproduce accurate sounds. Check the manual of your system and see what frequency range your system supports. And whatz the signal to noise ratio. From the systems I checked they hide those information. Some ppl say “No highs, No lows Should be a Bose!”

Oh I completely agree about Bose being a crummy product. I have it because it's compact. Then I got a friend of mine to redo the EQ and added a velodyne sub for lows. I know it's not the best system but it's the best bang for the buck for computer and I won the system in a contest when I used to sell audio equipment. Still for the computer you have to agree it's pretty decent than most of the computer speakers.
Either way Dr. Bose has the world sold on the name and he's laughing all the way to the bank. Damn those indians are smart
My music system has Vandersteen speakers which are hand made. Actually they are from my dad. I can't afford them.

 

[GTRZ]

haha yeah bro custom speakers are the best. Since you in US you can find super quality drivers and you can find great quality wood and padding. If you get the measurements right. You can really come near to super quality speaker systems which will cost 1000z of $$

 

[Anusha]

haha yeah bro custom speakers are the best. Since you in US you can find super quality drivers and you can find great quality wood and padding. If you get the measurements right. You can really come near to super quality speaker systems which will cost 1000z of $$

Then I should start researching in them and build myself a nice speaker set

Machan Anusha when I was buying a case for my friend like few months ago, I checked prices from 4 shops in Unity, they all happy to sell the case without the power supply. I got the case around Rs 2000/- or even lesser than that. Strange you say that Unity ppl refused to sell without the power supply.

Maybe you are right. But I was talking about shops that had cases that appealed to me. A lot of shops had ugly cases. I bought a Mercury in the end. It's simple and nice. Besides, I needed a power supply to use in the old PC because I moved its PSU to the new one. It's a 20-pin power connector, but luckily, the motherboard accepted it.

Well guys why we cant put 667 DDR2 in this system? I don’t know the prices, its lot expensive than 533?

Unless you are overclocking, there is hardly any difference between 533 and 667 and even 800 on Intel systems. There is, but it's negligible. It will take 100 seconds to do something on a system with 533MHz RAM and 98 seconds to do the same in 667MHz RAM. Why I said 533MHz is mainly because it's easy to find as well as some people might ask a premium price for high speed RAM.

Also onboard graphics will benefit a lot from higher bandwidth RAM, but in this case, he's gonna use a PCI-E card no?

AMD on the other hand need fast RAM.

 

[shanX]

--- sorry 4 sms language postin frm a 4n ---

jus got price list frm a shop:
P-D 2.8g=17k
Asus
-P5PLD2 board (945pl,800fsb)=12k
-Gforce 7300gs 256mb pci-e=10k
-Dvdrw=5k*
-300w casing=2k
Kngtn 512 DDR2 533mhz=6.5k
Maxtr 160gb sata 2mb=10k^
ViwSonc 15"=10k^
Soundblstr 5.1=2.5k*
Logi Key+mouse=1.5k
*-optional
^-shud chk on othr shops 4 prices or prodcts

almost 70k... Is it ok??
z cpu+board ok?
All these just off one shop
2 shops left.

 

[Anusha]

HDD price is too much. My 320GB 16MB Cache, SATAII, 7200RPM, NCQ drive only cost me 13,500.

Just checked a review on 7300GS. Seems like ATI x1300 (basic one) is faster than 7300GS (not GT). 7300GS is only marginally faster than 6200. Couldn't you find a 660o class video card? You will be extremely happy with a faster video card, rather than a fast CPU. Don't buy the sound card. Use that money for the video card. Soundblaster Live is no better than onboard sound. I told you. It's just a waste of money and a PCI slot.

Also remember that, there is not performance gain at all with 256MB if you buy a 7300GS. More RAM on lower models is just a marketing hype. However, 256MB or even 512MB on high or very high-end models make a difference, because they can handle games at 1600x1200 with 4x AA and 8x AF with max graphics settings. Only at those settings will 256MB (more specifically 512MB) will come into play. Otherwise, 7300GS 128MB and 256MB will not offer differed performances.

 

[Anusha]

This is the motherboard you were talking about right?
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=244&model=941&modelmenu=2

It only supports 2GB RAM, so you can have 4 512MB RAMs one day.

 

[shanX]

320gb is 2 much 4 me. I thnk i cud find a 120gb 4 6k. Z t ok?
yep i'll rconsidr d soundcard.
6600gt i thnk avlbl 4 15k. Z t ok?
7300gs i thnk avlbl 4 8k. Z t ok?
Monitr,ram,hdd price m8 b lesser than that @ Pch i'll try

and pls tell me cpu,mboard prices ok?
AND THANKS A LOT GUYS SPECIALLY ANUSHA

[pls dont mind short words, hv 2 browse thru phone]

 

[Anusha]

6600GT for 15000 is OK considering Sri Lankan prices. It will be a lot (i mean, a lot - about 2.5-3 times) faster than a 7300GS, even if it has 128MB RAM (is it a 256MB one?) 6600GT (remember it's the GT model, not the non-GT) will have similar performance to a 7600GS. So 15000 is justified.
See a comparison here: http://xtreview.com/review143.htm

Why I mentioned about the 320GB was just to show that 10000 was too much for 160GB; not to tell you to buy that

A friend told me that you can get a 200GB for about 8000 at Unity Plaza. Don't ever think that high capacity is not necessary. You will eventually run out of space on any drive.

Not really sure about CPU and motherboard prices. I was checking only AthlonX2 systems, but finally bought a Core 2 Duo because I got lucky with the CPU (Rs.23,500, whereas some shops still sell it at Rs.29,000). I wasn't gonna buy a Pentium-D system even if the CPUs were available for less than 10,000. I wanted a cool, lower power PC because my PC is working whenever I'm at home (electricity bill ).

 

[shanX]

Yep, i askd, C2D is 28k and i agree bout d hd thing. Thnx 4 d info,i'll try 2 visit Unity next week.

6600gt am not sure gt or gs and 256 or 128?

Is the Pentium-D power consuming? Z P4 better than D?

 

[Anusha]

Of course P4 consumes less energy than P-D. But Pentium-D has two cores, and it doesn't use two times the power. It uses about 30% more power than a P4 with same clock speed. And this power is only applicable when you are utilizing both cores at 100%. Otherwise it's not a big deal. But remember, try to get a case with a lot of ventilation. By this I don't mean hook up lots of fans. Too much fans will make too much air pressure inside the case and it's worse than having no fans. Typically, air should come in from the front and go out from the higher back. Exhaust fans are more important than front intake fans because the vacuum effect of the exhaust fans will draw air into the case from the vents. Add front intake fans to keep your HDDs cool (two birds by one stone ).

It's either 6600 or 6600GT. There wasn't any other model. So if there's any hint of a "G", it's the GT. Anyway, if you are going for the 6600 (non-GT), i think go for the 7300GS. Both give pretty much the same performance. 6600 is a bit fast, but unless the price difference is Rs.1000 or less, don't buy the 6600 non-GT model.