- Sep 19, 2018
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Approximate Purchase Date: Over the next 30-45 days
Budget Range: I'm from India so 150,000 INR. Even if I convert it to USD the rates in India are pretty high so I'd be using amazon.in rates for reference
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Video Editing, streaming blu-ray movies from my PC to my 55" TV and gaming.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade: New build, I don't have any parts at all
Do you need to buy OS: Yes - Plan is to purchase Win 10 Home edition.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I will be going to offline market to purchase parts as I'm expecting around 10% reduction in prices there. However, some parts are totally at par with amazon.in so we can assume amazon.in as the preferred website.
Location: City, State/Region, Country New Delhi, India (Nehru Place is the market I'm planning to go to)
Parts Preferences: CPU has to be Intel's i7 8700K. Other details in Additional Comments section.
Overclocking: I'm guessing i7 8700k can easily be overclocked to 5GHz so if its doable, why not
SLI or Crossfire: I have no clue what this is, sorry!
Your Monitor Resolution: I don't want to spend a bomb on the monitor right now as I don't shoot or edit 4k content. A Full HD monitor would work for now.
Additional Comments:
1) Case / Cabinet: Cooler Master's HAF XB EVO really caught my attention given that its really airy and motherboard would be in its best position, laid down. It looks a little future proof also given that its durable and big enough for future upgrades. Any particular reason I shouldn't consider this case.
2) Coolers: Don't want liquid cooling, quiet air coolers would be the way to go. The above case can also fit 200mm fan up top.
3) GPU: Given that I wouldn't be doing hardcore gaming, GTX 1060 6GB is enough for now.
4) RGB lighting: I don't need RGB setup unless RGB components are similarly priced as non-RGB ones. I want maximum bang for buck so a sleeper setup would also do unless I can get disco theme without paying anything extra.
5) Storage: Would a 250 GB SSD work for someone who'd be using Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop & Lightroom mainly. Apart from this I was thinking Seagate's 2 TB Barracuda would suffice for now as I have 2 TB & 3 TB WD portable hard drives also.
6) WiFi: Currently I don't have the router in my bedroom so not sure if its best to have direct ethernet cable connection to this PC or I can work with Wifi card or something on this PC.
7) RAM: From what I've researched, 16GB should suffice for my needs and I'm also assuming that I don't need 4000+MHz as it doesn't really make a real-world difference to editing / gaming. I'm guessing 3200MHz (or maybe even 2600MHz, I don't know) should be enough for me.
8) Don't need the best keyboard or mouse out there and not even sure what's the difference between mechanical & non-mechanical keyboard so any decent keyboard with backlight would work for now. In fact super silent keyboard & mouse are preferred when wife's sleeping and I need to be working on the PC.
9) Motherboard: I figures that Gigabyte's Z 370 Auros Gaming 5 would fit my needs, its got WiFi that I may need but not sure if there's a cheaper or more reliable alternative.
10) I read that EVGA parts have global warranty so is that a brand that I should prefer. Also, Gigabyte has a store in Nehru Place so I'm assuming getting warranty claims would be easy from Gigabyte, hence assuming Gigabyte & EVGA might be the brands that I should consider first.
11) Lastly, I wouldn't really be assembling the PC myself. Plan is to go to the shop where I get best prices and those guys usually assemble PCs for the buyers. Please advise if there's anything specific to look out for so that the shop guys don't screw up my build.
To give you an idea about the prices -
i7 8700K - 33,673 INR
Cooler Master HAF XB II EVO - 8,720 INR
Zotac 1060 6 GB D.F AMP - 25,487 INR (Gigabyte's 6GB card should be similarly priced but the shop didn't have it at this moment hence I listed Zotac)
Gigabyte Z370 Auros Gaming 5 - 19,736 INR
I have the pricelist from a shop in pdf but not sure how I can attach it. It has prices for everything that's available at his shop and will definitely help you guys guide me better.
Thanks a lot for reading!
Budget Range: I'm from India so 150,000 INR. Even if I convert it to USD the rates in India are pretty high so I'd be using amazon.in rates for reference
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Video Editing, streaming blu-ray movies from my PC to my 55" TV and gaming.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade: New build, I don't have any parts at all
Do you need to buy OS: Yes - Plan is to purchase Win 10 Home edition.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I will be going to offline market to purchase parts as I'm expecting around 10% reduction in prices there. However, some parts are totally at par with amazon.in so we can assume amazon.in as the preferred website.
Location: City, State/Region, Country New Delhi, India (Nehru Place is the market I'm planning to go to)
Parts Preferences: CPU has to be Intel's i7 8700K. Other details in Additional Comments section.
Overclocking: I'm guessing i7 8700k can easily be overclocked to 5GHz so if its doable, why not
SLI or Crossfire: I have no clue what this is, sorry!
Your Monitor Resolution: I don't want to spend a bomb on the monitor right now as I don't shoot or edit 4k content. A Full HD monitor would work for now.
Additional Comments:
1) Case / Cabinet: Cooler Master's HAF XB EVO really caught my attention given that its really airy and motherboard would be in its best position, laid down. It looks a little future proof also given that its durable and big enough for future upgrades. Any particular reason I shouldn't consider this case.
2) Coolers: Don't want liquid cooling, quiet air coolers would be the way to go. The above case can also fit 200mm fan up top.
3) GPU: Given that I wouldn't be doing hardcore gaming, GTX 1060 6GB is enough for now.
4) RGB lighting: I don't need RGB setup unless RGB components are similarly priced as non-RGB ones. I want maximum bang for buck so a sleeper setup would also do unless I can get disco theme without paying anything extra.
5) Storage: Would a 250 GB SSD work for someone who'd be using Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop & Lightroom mainly. Apart from this I was thinking Seagate's 2 TB Barracuda would suffice for now as I have 2 TB & 3 TB WD portable hard drives also.
6) WiFi: Currently I don't have the router in my bedroom so not sure if its best to have direct ethernet cable connection to this PC or I can work with Wifi card or something on this PC.
7) RAM: From what I've researched, 16GB should suffice for my needs and I'm also assuming that I don't need 4000+MHz as it doesn't really make a real-world difference to editing / gaming. I'm guessing 3200MHz (or maybe even 2600MHz, I don't know) should be enough for me.
8) Don't need the best keyboard or mouse out there and not even sure what's the difference between mechanical & non-mechanical keyboard so any decent keyboard with backlight would work for now. In fact super silent keyboard & mouse are preferred when wife's sleeping and I need to be working on the PC.
9) Motherboard: I figures that Gigabyte's Z 370 Auros Gaming 5 would fit my needs, its got WiFi that I may need but not sure if there's a cheaper or more reliable alternative.
10) I read that EVGA parts have global warranty so is that a brand that I should prefer. Also, Gigabyte has a store in Nehru Place so I'm assuming getting warranty claims would be easy from Gigabyte, hence assuming Gigabyte & EVGA might be the brands that I should consider first.
11) Lastly, I wouldn't really be assembling the PC myself. Plan is to go to the shop where I get best prices and those guys usually assemble PCs for the buyers. Please advise if there's anything specific to look out for so that the shop guys don't screw up my build.
To give you an idea about the prices -
i7 8700K - 33,673 INR
Cooler Master HAF XB II EVO - 8,720 INR
Zotac 1060 6 GB D.F AMP - 25,487 INR (Gigabyte's 6GB card should be similarly priced but the shop didn't have it at this moment hence I listed Zotac)
Gigabyte Z370 Auros Gaming 5 - 19,736 INR
I have the pricelist from a shop in pdf but not sure how I can attach it. It has prices for everything that's available at his shop and will definitely help you guys guide me better.
Thanks a lot for reading!
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