Here is the first PC Build of the blog ever. I am from India and most of the viewers will be from India so the title pricing is in Indian Rupee but for US and UK viewers PCPartPicker links are at the end of the post.
The Prices in brackets are in Indian Rupee. Also, if you don't want to read why the specific part is being chosen just scroll to the end of the post where all parts are mentioned along with the PCPartPicker Links.
Now the motive of this PC is was to suck out the best performance in 1080p gaming at the least price spent so going with the latest 6th generation Skylake would have been a performance tradeoff at a slightly higher price just for having the latest platform (and maybe future expandability) over the last gen Haswell CPUs so that explains the choice for our CPU
CPU- Intel Core i5 4460 (13000)
Being on a budget doesn't mean we want our CPU to replace the frying pan so a replacement for the Stock Cooler is required. Now we all know Hyper 212 is the best choice in a budget build but the Hyper T2 at a significantly lower price of $10 would do wonders on a non overclocked CPU.
Cooler- Cooler Master Hyper T2 (2200)
Motherboard doesn't affect performance that much unless it is from some seriously shitty Chinese brand. So, the choice was simple, get the cheapest compatible motherboard from a reputable brand with a decent chipset. Also a small tip- whenever you are on tight budget go small, so here we have a MicroATX Motherboard.
Motherboard- Gigabyte GA B85M DS3H (5500)
Same as the motherboard is the case with RAM, until and unless its some real cheap ass shit it won't affect gaming performance. Although, higher frequencies and lower latency significantly increases performance on iGPUs but since we will have a Dedicated GPU for this build it doesn't matter. So the choice for the RAM too was very simple, also Spoiler Alert- since we are on a budget don't expect those RAMs with fancy heatsinks on them. Also, 8 GB is enough for games so-
RAM- G Skill DDR3 1333 mhz NE Series (2 x 4GB) (3800)
Storage is also a no brainer. Get the cheapest 1TB 7200 RPM Hard Drive and smack it into the case and you're up and running. We have also added an SSD for all the lightning fast boot times.
HDD- Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 7200 RPM (3200)
SSD- Kingston SSDNow V300 120 GB (3000)
Now this is a complex part. Both AMD and NVIDIA offer amazing performance at 1080p. The 2 options in this case were GTX 960 and Radeon R9 380.
Now here comes this twist, I browsed on the web and found that the R9 380 is way more expensive that the GTX 960 in India. So, for the US and UK viewers it is the R9 380 but for the Indian viewers it is the GTX 960. The one mentioned here now doesn't concern you if you're from outside India. Visit the PC Part Picker link at the end of the post for your GPU.
GPU- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte Windforce OC Edition 2 GB (15500)
The thing with cases is that if it fits, it sits so whatever case you get doesn't matter as long as all your hardware fits. Here we have an ATX Mid Tower Case just to allow future expandability. Maybe after a few years you want full sized hardware, you won't have to get a case too.
Case- Cooler Master Elite 430 (4500)
Power Supply is something which is important but doesn't seem important. A cheap Chinese power supply may fry you dear to heart PC. Also not enough wattage may not be able to run your PC at all. Being on a budget Modular and 80 Plus Titanium and Platinum efficiency should be considered non existant. So, keeping that in mind we have a 500W power supply, now this PC requires power less than 400W but to fulfill the needs of extra power if we put in a more powerful GPU in future, something like a GTX 970 (with all those price drops now)
PSU- Corsair VS 500 (3200)
So this sums up our build. A very powerful and fast machine at a very convenient price of under $550 or INR 54000.
Now a thing to note is that parts in the links may vary across countries and this is simply due to unavailability. Also, the UK Build seem a bit expensive to me and that is because I selected the parts as US as a base country and changed the country to get the links.
Now a note for Indian Viewers is that although these parts are available online but it is advised to get all this from a store as Online is way expensive and you would save a lot of money that way. Hence, there is no PC Part Picker link. If you people want I can give the links from next time.
Now the links-
US- http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Gv2PsJ
Part List for India-
CPU- Intel Core i5 4460 (13000)
Now many of you would be thinking that costs can be further cut with not much decrease in gaming performance, but that is a story for another day.
~APex
The Prices in brackets are in Indian Rupee. Also, if you don't want to read why the specific part is being chosen just scroll to the end of the post where all parts are mentioned along with the PCPartPicker Links.
Now the motive of this PC is was to suck out the best performance in 1080p gaming at the least price spent so going with the latest 6th generation Skylake would have been a performance tradeoff at a slightly higher price just for having the latest platform (and maybe future expandability) over the last gen Haswell CPUs so that explains the choice for our CPU
CPU- Intel Core i5 4460 (13000)
Being on a budget doesn't mean we want our CPU to replace the frying pan so a replacement for the Stock Cooler is required. Now we all know Hyper 212 is the best choice in a budget build but the Hyper T2 at a significantly lower price of $10 would do wonders on a non overclocked CPU.
Cooler- Cooler Master Hyper T2 (2200)
Motherboard doesn't affect performance that much unless it is from some seriously shitty Chinese brand. So, the choice was simple, get the cheapest compatible motherboard from a reputable brand with a decent chipset. Also a small tip- whenever you are on tight budget go small, so here we have a MicroATX Motherboard.
Motherboard- Gigabyte GA B85M DS3H (5500)
Same as the motherboard is the case with RAM, until and unless its some real cheap ass shit it won't affect gaming performance. Although, higher frequencies and lower latency significantly increases performance on iGPUs but since we will have a Dedicated GPU for this build it doesn't matter. So the choice for the RAM too was very simple, also Spoiler Alert- since we are on a budget don't expect those RAMs with fancy heatsinks on them. Also, 8 GB is enough for games so-
RAM- G Skill DDR3 1333 mhz NE Series (2 x 4GB) (3800)
Storage is also a no brainer. Get the cheapest 1TB 7200 RPM Hard Drive and smack it into the case and you're up and running. We have also added an SSD for all the lightning fast boot times.
HDD- Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 7200 RPM (3200)
SSD- Kingston SSDNow V300 120 GB (3000)
Now this is a complex part. Both AMD and NVIDIA offer amazing performance at 1080p. The 2 options in this case were GTX 960 and Radeon R9 380.
Now here comes this twist, I browsed on the web and found that the R9 380 is way more expensive that the GTX 960 in India. So, for the US and UK viewers it is the R9 380 but for the Indian viewers it is the GTX 960. The one mentioned here now doesn't concern you if you're from outside India. Visit the PC Part Picker link at the end of the post for your GPU.
GPU- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte Windforce OC Edition 2 GB (15500)
The thing with cases is that if it fits, it sits so whatever case you get doesn't matter as long as all your hardware fits. Here we have an ATX Mid Tower Case just to allow future expandability. Maybe after a few years you want full sized hardware, you won't have to get a case too.
Case- Cooler Master Elite 430 (4500)
Power Supply is something which is important but doesn't seem important. A cheap Chinese power supply may fry you dear to heart PC. Also not enough wattage may not be able to run your PC at all. Being on a budget Modular and 80 Plus Titanium and Platinum efficiency should be considered non existant. So, keeping that in mind we have a 500W power supply, now this PC requires power less than 400W but to fulfill the needs of extra power if we put in a more powerful GPU in future, something like a GTX 970 (with all those price drops now)
PSU- Corsair VS 500 (3200)
So this sums up our build. A very powerful and fast machine at a very convenient price of under $550 or INR 54000.
Now a thing to note is that parts in the links may vary across countries and this is simply due to unavailability. Also, the UK Build seem a bit expensive to me and that is because I selected the parts as US as a base country and changed the country to get the links.
Now a note for Indian Viewers is that although these parts are available online but it is advised to get all this from a store as Online is way expensive and you would save a lot of money that way. Hence, there is no PC Part Picker link. If you people want I can give the links from next time.
Now the links-
US- http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Gv2PsJ
UK- http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/wh7VYr
Part List for India-
CPU- Intel Core i5 4460 (13000)
Cooler- Cooler Master Hyper T2 (2200)
Motherboard- Gigabyte GA B85M DS3H (5500)
RAM- G Skill DDR3 1333 mhz NE Series (2 x 4GB) (3800)
HDD- Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 7200 RPM (3200)
SSD- Kingston SSDNow V300 120 GB (3000)
GPU- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte Windforce OC Edition 2 GB (15500)
Case- Cooler Master Elite 430 (4500)
SSD- Kingston SSDNow V300 120 GB (3000)
GPU- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte Windforce OC Edition 2 GB (15500)
Case- Cooler Master Elite 430 (4500)
PSU- Corsair VS 500 (3200)
Total- 54000
Tell me guys what you think about this in the comments. Stay tuned in for more amazing builds. Also, use that Contact THB link for build requests.
Now many of you would be thinking that costs can be further cut with not much decrease in gaming performance, but that is a story for another day.
~APex
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