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Building the Best Midrange Gaming PC - Ver: 10.05
Ameya Dalvi, Oct 28, 2005 1024 hrs ISTToday we plan to choose components with the best price-performance ratio in the mid-range segment .
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Hard Disk: 160 GB 7200 RPM Seagate Barracuda (Rs 3,800)
We will stick to the tried and tested 160 GB Seagate Barracuda hard drive. It is arguably the best value-for-money hard drive currently available. It offers one of the best MB-per-Rupee ratio and is available for Rs 3,800. 160 GB is a respectable amount of space for any sane thing that you plan to do today on your PC. Also you can always attach more hard drives if you seem to be running out of space. There are ample SATA ports on the motherboard to do the same.
Monitor: ViewSonic E72f+ or LG Flatron E700S-H (Rs. 6,800)
Now that the price difference between the regular 17" inch monitors and the flat variants is just about a thousand Rupees, we chose to go with a true flat screen 17" CRT monitor for its finer dot pitch and that extra bit of sharpness. The recommended models are ViewSonic E72f+ or LG Flatron E700S-H. Both these monitors have similar specifications and perform equally well and happen to be two of the best 17-inch monitors that we ever tested. The availability of both the models is pretty neat in most of the cities and either of the two would be a good choice.
Graphic Card: BIG GeForce 6600 GT PCI-E (Rs. 8,500)
The GeForce 6600 GT cards are by far the best value for money midrange graphic cards available here. The one from BIG sells for as low at Rs 8,500 and with its 500 MHz core and 1 GHz effective GDDR3 memory, packs enough punch for your gaming needs. It is capable of running most of today's games seamlessly at 1024 x 768 with medium AA and AF setting. Based on nVidia's GeForce 6 series CPU, it supports all the current feature sets including Shader Model 3 and has a fair bit of headroom for the future.
The Gainward Ultra/1960 PCX XP 128 MB GS GLH based on the same chipset but with higher clock speeds is another excellent buy but availability is a major issue.
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