Gaming PC For Rs. 60,000

26 Feb, 2009, 2:30 pm IST | Jayesh Mansukhani

Here is a souped gaming PC on a Rs. 60,000 budget.

Gaming PC For Rs. 60,000

It’s been a while since we visited our favorite section – the gaming PC. Since our last roundup, things have changed quite dramatically and keeping these changes in mind, we decided to refresh our configuration.

Here is our list.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Q8200


Intel as usual has not been stagnant and has moved onto its extremely powerful i7 range. While these processors have no competition in the performance stakes, they are also very expensive and even the entry level processor was beyond the scope of the budget we had set ourselves. After looking around, we settled on the Intel Q8200.

This latest processor from Intel is one of the first ones of their 8000 quad-based budget series. This particular processor sports a 2.33 GHz speed, 1333 FSB and 4 MB of L2 cache. It’s manufactured on Intel’s 45nm process and is currently the cheapest available Intel C2D 45 nm Quad.
Click here to get further details about it.

Motherboard: Gigabyte EP43-DS3L

The P43 chipset was designed by Intel as a scaled down P45 chipset that offers performance similar to the P45 but on a budget. The chipset has done pretty well for itself and products based on this chipset are selling quite well.

Gigabyte as usual has done a sterling job with its motherboard. This particular board offers very good performance, packs in support for Intel’s latest C2D/C2Q processors with FSB support of up to 1600 MHz, supports 8 GB of DDR2-1200 RAM, 1 PCIe slot and a whopping 12 USB slots.

Check out this link for a list of its specifications.


RAM: Kingston DDR2 800 MHz (2 sticks of 2 GB RAM Each)


RAM prices have been going further south and it's time to take advantage of this. At least 4 GB of system memory is absolutely vital nowadays with the increased size and requirements of software. Kingston has been making quality RAM sticks for a long time. Now available with a 5-year warranty, it’s perfect for our machine.

Tags: Intel , Gigabyte , Altec Lansing , Microsoft

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