[RETIRED] WHAT TO BUY ? : Need buying advice, ask here!

[Sire Ahsan]

Hi fellas.

For ALL queries regarding buying anything, upgrading anything ... ask here. (Anything PC related ofcourse)

Ive seperated Technical and Buying after some feedback from you members.

Thanks for co-operation and constant feedback

 

[Muaaz]

Just a suggestion . There are many guides in the Hardware Section and new ones are posted eventually . Why not make a sub-section out of it ?

 

[Sire Ahsan]

Then no one actually bothers reading them ... there will be some cleanup of that though. Step by step mate.

Now if you dont mind, lets leave this thread for buyers ! Hit me a profile message for suggestions, or just use the Suggestions forum.

 

[milkyway]

I think this really renders the hardware section useless, with so many guides n all. really unneccasry, as we i mean ask a guru thread is already enough, but this is overkill.

 

[abdulrahim]

AoA,
All of you gurus please suggest me a good gaming rig within price range of 40k.
It can any rig i am not biased towards INTEL or AMD as i want performance and best bang for buck.
I also want to overclock. And u can also suggest gaming rig with AMD phenom 2 as i can import them.
Regards,
Abdul Rahim

 

[Sire Ahsan]

Enough of the comment and suggestions ... there is a forum for that. Any more of those here and delete!

 

[Sire Ahsan]

@abdulrahim

Thanks for asking over here first of all

Since you are importing Ill need to know the cost of the imported stuff! Can you please elaborate if you need Hard disk, DVD drive as well or just the main mobo pro cpu ram and power supply ?

 

[milkyway]

AoA,
All of you gurus please suggest me a good gaming rig within price range of 40k.
It can any rig i am not biased towards INTEL or AMD as i want performance and best bang for buck.
I also want to overclock. And u can also suggest gaming rig with AMD phenom 2 as i can import them.
Regards,
Abdul Rahim

buy a decent mobo, and aftermarketcooler, and overclock e5200 to 3.5ghz, get a 9800gt, or 4850 if it is in your budget.

 

[Rafay321]

I am looking to buy a xfx 9800gt....i just saw the benchmarks between 9800gt and 9600gt and FPS are fairly the same. Clocks are the same. In fact core clock on 9600gt is 650 MHZ and the 9800gt is 600mhz stock. I know the difference of 92 stream processors vs 112. Besides this what is the real difference.

Will it be a better option to buy a 9600gt and and save around 2.5k for a good casing. I am not willing to change my GPU again atleast in 1.5 years and play most of the games.

Secondly, i have the e7200 at stock and looking to OC it to the 3.0 GHZ mark atleast. should i buy a new cooler for this? or stock cooler would do.

 

[ASKnASK]

OK so as the end of February is approaching, I'm getting more and more panicky.
I need to buy a lappy for myself.

What i want it for?
- MS Office, Visual C++, Flash, Photoshop etc
- Call of Duty 4

Should be able to run at acceptable settings. I dont care much about AA and AF on a 14.1 inch screen.

Yes the second point is where i run into problems. I have to choose between the following two configs. Help me out:

Intel Dual Core 2.0GHz with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400XT (128MB dedicated, 64bit, shareable upto 512MB)
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz with Nvidia Geforce 9200GS (256MB dedicated, 64bit, shareable upto 1024MB)

Just help me decide. QUICKLY. The first notebook is a 14.1inch Acer, the second one is an HP Pavilion DV5T series model.
The HP one is a bit outta my budget.

 

[Nomad]

I am looking to buy a xfx 9800gt....i just saw the benchmarks between 9800gt and 9600gt and FPS are fairly the same. Clocks are the same. In fact core clock on 9600gt is 650 MHZ and the 9800gt is 600mhz stock. I know the difference of 92 stream processors vs 112. Besides this what is the real difference.

Will it be a better option to buy a 9600gt and and save around 2.5k for a good casing. I am not willing to change my GPU again atleast in 1.5 years and play most of the games.

Secondly, i have the e7200 at stock and looking to OC it to the 3.0 GHZ mark atleast. should i buy a new cooler for this? or stock cooler would do.

First of all, you can't overclock your processor due to Intel motherboard. So you don't have to spend anything on aftermarket cooler. If you change your motherboard even then you don't need an aftermarket cooler for 3GHz, stock cooler will be fine.

Secondly, 9600GT does not have 92 stream processors, it only has 64. If you are limited by budget then you can get 9600GT but if you can afford it then getting 9800GT would be better.

 

[Nomad]

AoA,
All of you gurus please suggest me a good gaming rig within price range of 40k.
It can any rig i am not biased towards INTEL or AMD as i want performance and best bang for buck.
I also want to overclock. And u can also suggest gaming rig with AMD phenom 2 as i can import them.
Regards,
Abdul Rahim

In your budget you can get this

E5200 ---------------------------------- 5,900
Asus P5KPL-VM ----------------------- 4,150
Corsair XMS2 2GB -------------------- 2,100
XFX 4850 ----------------------------- 16,500
Seagate 250GB SATA ---------------- 3,900
Sony DVD RW SATA ------------------ 2,350
Generic Casing without Power ---- 1,500
Coolermaster Extreme 460W ----- 3,400

Total ---------------------------------- 39,800

 

[ASKnASK]

I din get answered so

OK so as the end of February is approaching, I'm getting more and more panicky.
I need to buy a lappy for myself.

What i want it for?
- MS Office, Visual C++, Flash, Photoshop etc
- Call of Duty 4

Should be able to run at acceptable settings. I dont care much about AA and AF on a 14.1 inch screen.

Yes the second point is where i run into problems. I have to choose between the following two configs. Help me out:

Intel Dual Core 2.0GHz with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400XT (128MB dedicated, 64bit, shareable upto 512MB)
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz with Nvidia Geforce 9200GS (256MB dedicated, 64bit, shareable upto 1024MB)

Just help me decide. QUICKLY. The first notebook is a 14.1inch Acer, the second one is an HP Pavilion DV5T series model.
The HP one is a bit outta my budget.

 

[milkyway]

In your budget you can get this

E5200 ---------------------------------- 5,900
Asus P5KPL-VM ----------------------- 4,150
Corsair XMS2 2GB -------------------- 2,100
XFX 4850 ----------------------------- 16,500
Seagate 250GB SATA ---------------- 3,900
Sony DVD RW SATA ------------------ 2,350
Generic Casing without Power ---- 1,500
Coolermaster Extreme 460W ----- 3,400

Total ---------------------------------- 39,800

i dont think that mobo is good since he mentioned, overclocking. do one thing, leave the p5kpl-vm and get the p5ql-cm, leave the 4850 and get the 4830 or 9800gt; otherthan that, the list is fine.

 

[fajoo24]

OK so as the end of February is approaching, I'm getting more and more panicky.
I need to buy a lappy for myself.

What i want it for?
- MS Office, Visual C++, Flash, Photoshop etc
- Call of Duty 4

Should be able to run at acceptable settings. I dont care much about AA and AF on a 14.1 inch screen.

Yes the second point is where i run into problems. I have to choose between the following two configs. Help me out:

Intel Dual Core 2.0GHz with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400XT (128MB dedicated, 64bit, shareable upto 512MB)
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz with Nvidia Geforce 9200GS (256MB dedicated, 64bit, shareable upto 1024MB)

Just help me decide. QUICKLY. The first notebook is a 14.1inch Acer, the second one is an HP Pavilion DV5T series model.
The HP one is a bit outta my budget.

Can u tell whts ur max budget??......ok just found out in other thread its 50k.....well this one looks good just above ur budget:

Compaq Presario CQ60-116​

PKR 56499/=​

Compaq Presario CQ60-116
Core 2 Duo Processor - 2.0Ghz
2GB DDR-II RAM
250GB SATA HDD
15.6" Wide True Bright
DVD R / Rw
WiFi, 56K modem, 10/100 ethernet
Blue Tooth, Card Reader, Camera
nVidia GeForce 9200 256mb

Free -Windows Vista Home Premium

However, if you are getting the Acer one cheaper then this then go with that one......They both will run COD4 with low-med settings @ low resolutions...

 

[ASKnASK]

Where can i get THAT lappie for THAT price??
Its for 62-something on beliscity :s

EDIT: OK so i followed that little image u left AL ANUM computers...
I'm really considering this lappy now.

 

[fajoo24]

^ how did u find the website from that image :S.....

 

[ASKnASK]

Coz im awesome

Regarding your reply to my PM...
Well this lappy is C2D... Acer one is Pentium Dual Core (Core Duo).
Then there is the difference between screen size, sexiness.

Can someone from Islamabad/Rawalpindi point me to a shop where i can find this lappy for around 56k?

 

[iameXtreme]

asknask try media linkers in blue area...i dont know how much your laptop costs over there but its worth a try.

 

[ali sayani]

Help ME

INTEL CORE 2 DUO E8400 3.0GHZ(6MB CACHE-1333MHZ FSB)
14800

MotherBoard
Suggest me a good one for Gaming

Graphic
XFX GeForce PCX 9800GT 512MB (256-BITS) DDRIII
12000

Hard Drive
SEAGATE 250GB 3.5" HDD 7200RPM 8MB Cache (ST-3250310AS)
3900

Memory Ram
CORSAIR XMS3 DHX DDR3 TWIN KIT 2X4096-1333(2GBx2)XMS3 DUAL MEMORY KIT DDR3
9500

Power Supply,Casing & Cooling System
COOLER MASTER 600 WATTS EXTREME POWER SLI READY(RP-600-PCAR)
9300

COOLER MASTER CHASSIS CM 690
6400

ASUS (COOLING SOLUTION)SILENT KNIGHT II FAN
3800

i wanna build this CPU for Games Like Crysis,GTA 4,Sims 2 with all Expansion Pack my current pc is 2ghz single core mother board ibm P6 2001 384 ram 128mb Videocard and it cant run even sims 2 without so much lag so please guide me what to buy and i want Future Proof Gaming Rig which can run any games at high speed any suggesion aur my list is Fi9 if there is some thing wrong in my list than please guide me what to buy my Total Budget is 75000 and i dont wanna gaming mouse aur gaming keyboard and i have Monitor

and sorry 4 ma bad english