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[aditya10r]

I have been informed that RX 470 will be available in India from around 8-15 August.

any guess about the price
30_char_shit

 

[OneGrimPilgrim]

thanks. I read a tentative price of 14.5k, but no clarification/announcement from AMD itself on this. am in a dilemma whether to straightaway buy a Zotac GTX950 for a friend (got 2 very good offers y'day), or wait for the 470.

 

[archie]

You also need to keep in account that newly released hardware will always be 25-50% more expensive. You also need to factor both the companies will release high end or enthusiast level hardware first. Budget range will be released 2-3 months latter. Also not to forget you won't have a proven full proof system in beginning. It takes 3-6 months for system to mature and have stable driver support.

The grapevine in the hardware industry hints at AMD Zen architecture to be competitive not the best in gaming machines/ servers bringing completion back to the segment after some 7 or more years.. so things are heating up bet Intel-AMD- Nvidia.. have a look at sits like wccftec

 

[aditya10r]

The grapevine in the hardware industry hints at AMD Zen architecture to be competitive not the best in gaming machines/ servers bringing completion back to the segment after some 7 or more years.. so things are heating up bet Intel-AMD- Nvidia.. have a look at sits like wccftec

but intel will be a better performer(new architecture---kaby lake,proven processor series and stuff)

 

[aditya10r]

thanks. I read a tentative price of 14.5k, but no clarification/announcement from AMD itself on this. am in a dilemma whether to straightaway buy a Zotac GTX950 for a friend (got 2 very good offers y'day), or wait for the 470.

i think its better to wait for it
ANANDTECH AND OTHER US SOURCES SAY the RX 470 will be priced somewhere around $150-$160(10k-11k)so we can expect it to be priced somewhere around 14k-15k in india
so lets wait and watch

 

[Dark Sorrow]

but intel will be a better performer(new architecture---kaby lake,proven processor series and stuff)

Actually its to early to tell but AMD is expected to enter the market with bang.
You should also that their won't be much improvement in performance between Skylake and Kaby Lake. Kaby Lake will include heavy process (silica) optimization only. Also remember only Windows 10 will be supported on Kaby Lake.

 

[archie]

but intel will be a better performer(new architecture---kaby lake,proven processor series and stuff)

performer is a very fluid term... performance per cost is more effective .. price wars or competition makes it better for consumers like us

 

[archie]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10578...lers-micro-op-cache-memory-hierarchy-revealed

New processor architecture partially revealed... Competition returns after almost ten years... good time for price wars Yeahhhhh...

 

[aditya10r]

GUYS NEED TO BUY A PC URGENTLY(5-7DAYS)
THE SPECS ARE
1. CORE I5 6600K
2. MSI GAMING M5 Z170
3. RAM NOT DECIDED (2*8 GB DDR4)
5.PSU(CORSAIR PROBABLY)
6.COOLER NOT DECIDED
7.GTX 970
8.SSD(120GB)
9.1 TB SSD
10.CORSAIR SPEC ALPHA CASE

PLEASE BE QUICK MY LAPTOP BROKE DOWN

 

[DingDong]

GUYS NEED TO BUY A PC URGENTLY(5-7DAYS)
THE SPECS ARE
1. CORE I5 6600K
2. MSI GAMING M5 Z170
3. RAM NOT DECIDED (2*8 GB DDR4)
5.PSU(CORSAIR PROBABLY)
6.COOLER NOT DECIDED
7.GTX 970
8.SSD(120GB)
9.1 TB SSD
10.CORSAIR SPEC ALPHA CASE

PLEASE BE QUICK MY LAPTOP BROKE DOWN

Filling in the blanks:
COOLER: cooler master hyper 212x or Intel BXTS15A
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX C14 kit 2400 MHZ (has lower latency compared to C 16 kit of same frequency)
PSU: Corsair VS 550 (there is no point in going for 650 watt or higher)
GRAPHICS: Price of GTX 1060 has come down considerable, you may consider this
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO

Few questions and suggestions:
Why i5 6600K, why not i7 6700 if you are on tight budget? i7 is always higher binned compared to i5, locked processor generates less heat and ships with it's own cooler.

I would recommend Asus or Gigabyte branded motherboards. MSI MBs have reliability issues.

 

[A chauhan]

Any news on AMD ZEN architecture ?

 

[aditya10r]

Filling in the blanks:
COOLER: cooler master hyper 212x or Intel BXTS15A
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX C14 kit 2400 MHZ (has lower latency compared to C 16 kit of same frequency)
PSU: Corsair VS 550 (there is no point in going for 650 watt or higher)
GRAPHICS: Price of GTX 1060 has come down considerable, you may consider this
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO

Few questions and suggestions:
Why i5 6600K, why not i7 6700 if you are on tight budget? i7 is always higher binned compared to i5, locked processor generates less heat and ships with it's own cooler.

I would recommend Asus or Gigabyte branded motherboards. MSI MBs have reliability issues.

I am low on money
Have no option other than to use a gtx 970(bought it from a friend for 15k-ps->used one it is)
Core i7 has a lot of potential which will go unused
Can I get a asus/gigabyte z170 mobo for 10-12k
And why a Samsung ssd(I have a Kingston)??
And is it a good idea to buy a sshd??
And gtx 970 is better than gtx 1060

 

[aditya10r]

Any news on AMD ZEN architecture ?

Will be in India by q1 2017.......................

 

[republic_roi97]

I am low on money
Have no option other than to use a gtx 970(bought it from a friend for 15k-ps->used one it is)
Core i7 has a lot of potential which will go unused
Can I get a asus/gigabyte z170 mobo for 10-12k
And why a Samsung ssd(I have a Kingston)??
And is it a good idea to buy a sshd??
And gtx 970 is better than gtx 1060

No need for i7 if the need is only gaming, you see i7 6700k and i5 6600k are essentially the same CPU with i7 having 4 extra threads which won't be required if you are not into Video Editing and rendering, if the motive is just gaming with all eye candy get yourselves a good GPU and stick to a i5 6600 and not the 6600k because 6600 comes with the stock cooler and you won't need an aftermarket cooler unless you are planning to overclock and stuff. Here you go a pricelist for all the components from Cost to Cost Nehru Place New Delhi. :-
http://www.costtocost.in/list/pricelist.pdf

 

[republic_roi97]

Can I get a asus/gigabyte z170 mobo for 10-12k

Yes you can buy an Asus Z170-P which I would recommend to you.

 

[republic_roi97]

You should get yourselves an RX480 with custom cooler design from MSI or Asus maybe a strix one with 8GB of memory, the reason behind that is because RX480 is future proof, you see, most of the games that would be coming out in coming years are gonna be DX12 games and RX480 outperforms even GTX970 or GTX1060 in terms of DX12 plus you'd get an option of crossfire and then can generate performance equal to a GTX1080.

 

[republic_roi97]

5.PSU(CORSAIR PROBABLY)

Get yourselves a corsair cx750 it is going to keep your rig safe, because it is 80 plus bronze certified.

 

[republic_roi97]

10.CORSAIR SPEC ALPHA CASE

Go easy here, save money by buying a Spec 03 and put in the money saved into better hardware as suggested.

 

[A chauhan]

I also have to upgrade my PC , and I want to do it under 15k, can someone suggest a mobo+ processor+ ram combo within 15k.

I basically use it for my office work I.e. Ms Office, video play plus light gaming, so I won't be buying a gaming combo.

 

[republic_roi97]

I also have to upgrade my PC , and I want to do it under 15k, can someone suggest a mobo+ processor+ ram combo within 15k.

What would be the purpose of the build ?