Published on May 7th, 2013 | by Himanshu Sorout

High end PC buying guide May 2013 – 65k to 100k

Here’s a guide that can help you buy well researched components to build a PC that offers value for money. All prices are in Indian rupees.

Note:

Not included are a keyboard/mouse combo and a sound system. These, we feel, can be bought as per user choice.

Mid-High End Gaming PC (65K)

CPU: AMD 3.5 GHz AM3+ FX 8320 @ 11k
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 @ 5.5k
RAM: 2*G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 4 GB (1 x 4*2 = 8 GB) RAM @ 4.6k
GPU: Gainward NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2 GB GDDR5 @ 20k
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD @ 4.2k
Monitor: Philips 21.5 inch LED – 222EL2SB Monitor @ 8.2k
Cabinet: NZXT Lexa S Chassis @ 4.7k
PSU: Corsair VS650 650W @ 4.1k
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD Burner @ 1k
CPU cooler: cooler master hyper 212 EVO @ 2.4k
TOTAL: Rs. 65.7k

High End Gaming PC (80K)

CPU: AMD 3.5 GHz AM3+ FX 8350 @ 12.6k
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme4@ 10.3k
RAM: 2*G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 4 GB (1 x 4*2 = 8 GB) RAM @ 4.6k
GPU: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2 GB GDDR5 @26.5k
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD @ 4.2k
Monitor: Philips 21.5 inch LED – 222EL2SB Monitor @ 8.2k
Cabinet: NZXT Lexa S Chassis @ 4.7k
PSU: Corsair VS650 650W @ 4.1k
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD Burner @ 1k
CPU cooler: cooler master TPC 812 @4.5k

TOTAL: Rs. 80.7k

Uber-High End Gaming PC (100K)

CPU: Intel 3.4 GHz LGA 1155 Core i5 3570K @ 14.9k
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme 6 @ 10.3k
RAM: 2*G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 4 GB (1 x 4*2 = 8 GB) RAM @ 4.6k
GPU: MSI NVIDIA N680GTX Twin Frozr III OC 2 GB GDDR5 @35.2k
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2 TB HDD @ 5.9k
Monitor: Dell 23 inch LED – ST2320L Monitor @ 11k
Cabinet: Cooler Master HAF 922 Chassis @ 7.7k
PSU: Corsair CMPSU-700GUK 700 Watts @ 6.3k
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD Burner @ 1k
CPU cooler: Corsair H100 @7.8k