[IndigoXLGrandDi]

Thank you all for your suggestions and advice.

On enquiring at local shop, found below prices.


Sorry for picture quality.

As can be seen from the picture above the prices for a i3 laptop are going north of 30-32K and Quad core (sorry not in picture above) cost above 25K, we have decided to buy the new Laptop for myself and give the current Sony Vaio CR-320E to the accountant.

1. The Dell Inspiron 3567 is Rs. 35500/- comes with Licensed version of Win10 and MS Office (Don't know what variants) as standard.

2.HP DA 327TU is 35000/- comes with Licensed version of Win10 and MS Office (Don't know what variants) as standard.


The seller told me that the Laptops which feature W10 (Windows 10) and MSO (MS Office) as standard (included in package), the MS Office License Key is sent to email id registered and can be used to reactivate the Office in future.


Is it recommended to buy the laptop online?
Instead of buying from Amazon or Flipkart, I might buy directly from Manufacturer's Website for security and reliability purpose.

Just now checked Dell website and found that Inspiron 3567 has three configurations-
Dell Inspiron 15 3567
The model of i3 7th Gen with Win10 Home and MS Office Home and Student 2016 DFO is priced at 33989/-+ GST which comes to 40K+ as against the Price offered by local seller of Rs. 35500/-

On checking HP website, found that HP15-DA-0326TU comes at Rs. 33490/-
HP notebook 15 DA 0326TU 5AY34PA
This HP does not come with MS Office but only Win 10 Home 64bit.


Dell comes with HDMI 1.4a while HP comes with HDMI 1.4b
Dell has 4 cell 40Whr Battery while HP has 3 cell 41Whr Battery.


I think I would be better buying Dell from Local Seller since I would get it at less price than Dell website. FYI Amazon sells this for 34999/-. No brainer to buy from local seller for additional Rs. 500/-.


Once again, a BIG Thank you to All who helped.

[fine69]

Is there merit in getting a processor from the US? My sister is in New York and I was thinking maybe she could carry the latest i9 9900k with her as the price difference is more than 20k. Its available for 37k in US vs 57-60k in India.

Any reason to not go ahead with this decision?

[naveenroy]

Originally Posted by fine69

Is there merit in getting a processor from the US? My sister is in New York and I was thinking maybe she could carry the latest i9 9900k with her as the price difference is more than 20k. Its available for 37k in US vs 57-60k in India.

Any reason to not go ahead with this decision?

Can't think of any! The prices here are way better for such items. What configuration are you planning?

[fine69]

Originally Posted by naveenroy

Can't think of any! The prices here are way better for such items. What configuration are you planning?

Glad you asked, because I'm confused whether to even go for i9 9900k anymore given that my earlier build was already over budget and I had planned it with i7 8700k.

May be its better to get the Graphics Card from US because if I continue with i7 8700k, the difference in the price of this processor isn't significant to warrant a purchase from stateside.

CPU - i7 8700k
CPU Cooler - be quiet Dark Rock Pro 4
Motherboard - Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 5 (z390 now if the prices have dropped)
GPU - Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1060 6 GB (3 fans)
RAM - G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3200MHz
Case - CM - MasterCase H500P Mesh (White or Gun Metal whichever is available)
SMPS - Corsair - TXM Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified
SSD - SSD SAMSUNG 970 M.2 (250GB or 500GB)
HDD - Seagate 2 TB 7200 RPM Barracuda
Monitor - LG 29UM69G 29 Inch Ultrawide IPS Monitor (34" is going to be out of budget)
Keyboard - Gigabyte Mechanical Cherry Red (GK-FORCE K83 RED) or any other budget option that isn't too loud
Mouse - Logitech G102 Optical Gaming Mouse

Even i7 8700k is going to cost to me around 30k so maybe i9 9900k at 37k makes my build a little secure from future upgrade standpoint, thoughts?

Primary objective - Video Editing and I'm a huge movie buff so would want to stream blu-ray movies from desktop to my TV.

[Aroy]

Originally Posted by fine69

Glad you asked, because I'm confused whether to even go for i9 9900k anymore given that my earlier build was already over budget and I had planned it with i7 8700k.

May be its better to get the Graphics Card from US because if I continue with i7 8700k, the difference in the price of this processor isn't significant to warrant a purchase from stateside.

CPU - i7 8700k
CPU Cooler - be quiet Dark Rock Pro 4
Motherboard - Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 5 (z390 now if the prices have dropped)
GPU - Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1060 6 GB (3 fans)
RAM - G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3200MHz
Case - CM - MasterCase H500P Mesh (White or Gun Metal whichever is available)
SMPS - Corsair - TXM Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified
SSD - SSD SAMSUNG 970 M.2 (250GB or 500GB)
HDD - Seagate 2 TB 7200 RPM Barracuda
Monitor - LG 29UM69G 29 Inch Ultrawide IPS Monitor (34" is going to be out of budget)
Keyboard - Gigabyte Mechanical Cherry Red (GK-FORCE K83 RED) or any other budget option that isn't too loud
Mouse - Logitech G102 Optical Gaming Mouse

Even i7 8700k is going to cost to me around 30k so maybe i9 9900k at 37k makes my build a little secure from future upgrade standpoint, thoughts?

Primary objective - Video Editing and I'm a huge movie buff so would want to stream blu-ray movies from desktop to my TV.

I would suggest a few modification
. Go for 4TB HDD instead of 2TB, two if budget permits
. 32GB or more of RAM
. Get 2 x 24" monitors, 3 if the graphics card permits. In my experience 2 or 3 monitors are much better (and cheaper) than one large monitor, unless you want a 4K monitor.

As Graphics cards and RAM can hog quite some power, think of a 800+W SMPS

[naveenroy]

Originally Posted by fine69

Glad you asked, because I'm confused whether to even go for i9 9900k anymore given that my earlier build was already over budget and I had planned it with i7 8700k.

May be its better to get the Graphics Card from US because if I continue with i7 8700k, the difference in the price of this processor isn't significant to warrant a purchase from stateside.

CPU - i7 8700k
CPU Cooler - be quiet Dark Rock Pro 4
Motherboard - Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 5 (z390 now if the prices have dropped)
GPU - Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1060 6 GB (3 fans)
RAM - G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3200MHz
Case - CM - MasterCase H500P Mesh (White or Gun Metal whichever is available)
SMPS - Corsair - TXM Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified
SSD - SSD SAMSUNG 970 M.2 (250GB or 500GB)
HDD - Seagate 2 TB 7200 RPM Barracuda
Monitor - LG 29UM69G 29 Inch Ultrawide IPS Monitor (34" is going to be out of budget)
Keyboard - Gigabyte Mechanical Cherry Red (GK-FORCE K83 RED) or any other budget option that isn't too loud
Mouse - Logitech G102 Optical Gaming Mouse

Even i7 8700k is going to cost to me around 30k so maybe i9 9900k at 37k makes my build a little secure from future upgrade standpoint, thoughts?

Primary objective - Video Editing and I'm a huge movie buff so would want to stream blu-ray movies from desktop to my TV.

My thoughts:

Why not a higher GPU - even a 1070Ti?
And like someone else suggested, a better PSU will help.

[Su-47]

Originally Posted by fine69

CPU - i7 8700k
CPU Cooler - be quiet Dark Rock Pro 4
GPU - Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1060 6 GB (3 fans)
RAM - G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3200MHz

My 2 cents:
- On GPUs - please consider 2060 as well. Unless your workload needs the additional 2GB of RAM that comes with 1070-Ti or you prefer proven solutions over new tech, 350$ (or 31k INR for ref card pricing) for 2060 looks like a decent value.

- I haven't checked - but is your RGB RAM low enough to fit under that massive air cooler? Even if it does, it maybe a good idea to ensure that it doesn't get hidden under that cooler - else what's the point in spending the money on bling that can't be seen.

- CPU: Those extra 2 cores on 9900k might matter when you throw a video-encode task to it.

- Looking at the K suffix on the CPUs, looks like you are going to overclock. Please let me know how it goes - of course some part of success depends on silicon lottery, but would be interesting to know.
- Monitor: Some of my colleagues have that the 34 inch widescreen curved thing - and IMHO it is a bit too big. (Hope I'm not hauled up for this like 640KB RAM ought to be sufficient)


Btw, does anyone know a good source of checking *current* pricing of PC-parts in India (something like Newegg).

[fine69]

Originally Posted by Su-47

Btw, does anyone know a good source of checking *current* pricing of PC-parts in India (something like Newegg).

Amazon & flipkart are going to be overpriced but much more reliable. Then there's the likes of mdcomputer, itdepot, primeabg but shopping experience remains a gamble.

What I like to do is compare prices from these online sources and then with Nehru Place reputed shops like CosttoCost.

[Aroy]

Originally Posted by fine69

Amazon & flipkart are going to be overpriced but much more reliable. Then there's the likes of mdcomputer, itdepot, primeabg but shopping experience remains a gamble.

What I like to do is compare prices from these online sources and then with Nehru Place reputed shops like CosttoCost.

Most of the time Nehru Place shops are lower priced compared to online. You can always haggle to lower the price they quote initially. Then there is the luxury of practically instant replacement of defective pieces.

There are some retailers who are also whole sellers, but tucked away on the second to third floor areas. Do take some time to check out all the shops selling CPU and compare their prices.

[gururajrv]

Originally Posted by naveenroy

Wow, this thread has been dead for some time now. Comeon gamers!!

So I finally assembled a nice machine here during Black Friday. Got some good deals and here are the specs

Processor - AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core
Motherboard - MSI - B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory - CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000
Storage - Patriot SCORCH M.2 2280 128GB PCIe 3.0 x2 with NVMe
Video Card - MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB DUKE
Case - Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (Black) ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply - CORSAIR VS Series VS600
Monitor - Dell Gaming LED-Lit Monitor 27" Black (D2719HGF)
Keyboard/Mouse - Cooler Master Masterkeys Lite

TBH, I hadn't even heard of NVME until a few months back. I got some good deals in a B/M store. Even Amazon couldn't beat their prices!

Back to gaming for a bit on the desktop. Feels good. Though I have nothing against my PS4.

Currently playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Very nice!

That’s an awesome build right there mate! I’ve a PS4, but gaming on pc is a different experience altogether.

Can you help me with a decent CPU configuration with my budget of INR30-35k max which gives me 50-60 FPS?

[naveenroy]

Originally Posted by gururajrv

That’s an awesome build right there mate! I’ve a PS4, but gaming on pc is a doffeeent experience altogether.

Can you help me with a decent CPU configuration with my budget of INR30-35k max which gives me 50-60 FPS?

Ah, might not be able to help you - what with the price variations in our different markets. But I would suggest AMD CPU and AMD GPU and you should be able to build a decent rig that will run most games on medium, medium-low settings.

[Joxster]

Originally Posted by naveenroy

Wow, this thread has been dead for some time now. Comeon gamers!!

So I finally assembled a nice machine here during Black Friday. Got some good deals and here are the specs.

Here is the gaming rig that I put together a little over a year ago

Cabinet: IN WIN 303 Tempered Glass Nvidia Edition
Motherboard: ASUS Prime Z370-P
Processor: Intel Core™ i7-8700K
Graphics Card: ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti OC Gaming O11G
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 4266Mhz, 16 GB DDR4
Cooler: Scythe Fuma SCFM-1000
PSU: Seasonic 750W Focus Plus Gold
SSD: Samsung 960 Evo M.2 1 TB + 250GB
HDD: WD Black™ 2TB
Monitor: ASUS VG248QE
Speakers: Logitech Z906
Keyboard: Logitech G213 Prodigy Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury
Headset: Corsair Raptor HS40 7.1 USB Gaming Headset

I had posted about my build on other threads on this forum, but nobody ever replied, so I figured that the gaming PC enthusiasts are not active on the forum anymore.

Here are my previous posts: https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/gadge...ml#post4461044 (My Gaming Rig with specs and pictures) and https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/gadge...ml#post4362399 (The Desktop Computer & Configuration Thread)

Originally Posted by naveenroy

Currently playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Very nice!

SOTTR is a kickass game! I really enjoyed playing the whole series

Originally Posted by gururajrv

That’s an awesome build right there mate! I’ve a PS4, but gaming on pc is a doffeeent experience altogether.

Can you help me with a decent CPU configuration with my budget of INR30-35k max which gives me 50-60 FPS?

I can't agree with you more about PC gaming being on a different level!
What game are you looking to get 50-60 FPS in? I can make a config for you, but need to know what you're aiming at playing.

Cheers

[gururajrv]

Originally Posted by Joxster

Here is the gaming rig that I put together a little over a year ago

Cabinet: IN WIN 303 Tempered Glass Nvidia Edition
Motherboard: ASUS Prime Z370-P
Processor: Intel Core™ i7-8700K
Graphics Card: ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti OC Gaming O11G
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 4266Mhz, 16 GB DDR4
Cooler: Scythe Fuma SCFM-1000
PSU: Seasonic 750W Focus Plus Gold
SSD: Samsung 960 Evo M.2 1 TB + 250GB
HDD: WD Black™ 2TB
Monitor: ASUS VG248QE
Speakers: Logitech Z906
Keyboard: Logitech G213 Prodigy Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury
Headset: Corsair Raptor HS40 7.1 USB Gaming Headset

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I had posted about my build on other threads on this forum, but nobody ever replied, so I figured that the gaming PC enthusiasts are not active on the forum anymore.

Here are my previous posts: https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/gadge...ml#post4461044 (My Gaming Rig with specs and pictures) and https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/gadge...ml#post4362399 (The Desktop Computer & Configuration Thread)

ROTTR is a kickass game! I really enjoyed playing the whole series



I can't agree with you more about PC gaming being on a different level!
What game are you looking to get 50-60 FPS in? I can make a config for you, but need to know what you're aiming at playing.

Cheers

Hey buddy. Thanks man! Really appreciate your help.

Yeah, I’m looking at
Train Simulator 2018
Call of duty Black Ops 3, 4 & WW2

All latest games. I have COD on PS4, but the satisfaction you get on PC is unmatched compared to PS4!

Pls help me with a good rig of CPU and components for my budget 30-35k INR

[Joxster]

Originally Posted by gururajrv

Hey buddy. Thanks man! Really appreciate your help.

Yeah, I’m looking at
Train Simulator 2018
Call of duty Black Ops 3, 4 & WW2

All latest games. I have COD on PS4, but the satisfaction you get on PC is unmatched compared to PS4!

Pls help me with a good rig of CPU and components for my budget 30-35k INR

Woah! If you want to play the absolute latest games at good graphic settings and resolution, you will definitely need to up your budget mate. 30-35k is really not enough to get you more than a basic rig.

Here is a sample of what I came up with https://in.pcpartpicker.com/list/vxQXq4, but it's already 31k without any Monitor, SSD, Cabinet, SMPS, Keyboard, Mouse or Speakers selected.

Cheers

[gururajrv]

Originally Posted by Joxster

Woah! If you want to play the absolute latest games at good graphic settings and resolution, you will definitely need to up your budget mate. 30-35k is really not enough to get you more than a basic rig.

Here is a sample of what I came up with https://in.pcpartpicker.com/list/vxQXq4, but it's already 31k without any Monitor, SSD, Cabinet, SMPS, Keyboard, Mouse or Speakers selected.

Cheers

Thanks buddy. I don’t need any other components like keyboard, mouse, monitor, SSD. All I need is what you’ve put in this pcpartpicker link. Only thing missing is the SMPS. Can you please put that as well? I will finalize the setup and buy them offline in my city. Your rig is extreme man and I loved it!