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47 minutes ago, Mr.Copyright© said:
I saw few 4090’s sold on TE for 1.2L with 4 years warranty left.
TE?
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2 hours ago, playstationdude said:
Hmm so a simple gpu upgrade isnt sufficient. If someone wants an upgrade, we might have to upgrade the psu as well.
Mine is the corsair rme1000 w, guessing it would be pushing it too much
No you are good, depending on other components. This PSU is Tier A in the cultists tier list.
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1 hour ago, playstationdude said:
Just curious, What are the psu requirements for 5090? 1000w sufficient?
1000w is mentioned as required by Nvidia, but a really good power supply will be needed. By all accounts this card is definitely hitting its 575W TDP. Add other system components and the total power consumption is easily bordering on 900-1000w. So a really good power supply (ideally an A tier one in cultist list) is recommended.
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4 hours ago, 0verlord said:
Any updates on best way to buy FE or AIBs? 30th is around the corner
4 hours ago, playstationdude said:Have you registered at RPtech? Also tried your local pc hardware dealers? The good ones (like smc international in Delhi) might be able to score you one
Have RPtech opened registrations yet? Either ways in case of 3080 they contacted me after 10 months of registering, and I had bought an AIB card in the first month at close to MSRP price anyway.
So my plan remains the same- wait till about 10th Feb and see how prices are trending. If any, preferably white, card is at a reasonable price then get it. Otherwise wait. Feb and March are going to extremely hectic for me work wise so its not like I will get much time to play. Also have PS5 pro meanwhile to pass some time. Not in a hurry.
I am also wavering on my purchase of a 5090. Its not about money so much, but rather the sheer heat and power consumption. In summers I will have to blast AC at it to keep room temp bearable. Couple with the power consumption the electricity bill will go through the roof, and my wife pays the electricity bill. Might kill me.
Not to mention to keep PC cool I will need to increase the fan speeds, which is extra noise and I really like how silent my PC runs right now. So I might get a 5080 instead if its decent. I am finding it harder and harder to justify the heat and power consumption.
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19 minutes ago, 0verlord said:
Thanks, are you using pcpricetracker to track 5090? Is it updated very frequently and the best way to track 5000 series cards?
also, how do you track when RPTech opens the queue???
also an edit - “as I have NOT bought a GPU before“ I am a complete newbie in putting together a build 😅
As of now 5090 listings are not showing up on pcpricetracker. They will soon. They get updated daily and you can sort by price so thats good. I saw listing on vedant when I searched google.
RPtech is random. You just gotta go to their troglodytic website and search for rtx cards. I am sure someone on r/Indiangaming will make a post there once rptech opens registration.
First time building a PC is a lot of fun. Enjoy!
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1 hour ago, 0verlord said:
Thanks so much for your generous guidance! Highly appreciate the details 🙏
how are you planning to secure the 5090? RPTech? Please let me know how - I’ll follow suit for the 5080 as I have bought a GPU before
and you have a superb build! Congrats!
Thanks!
I plan to try all venues, but given that I will try to get a white graphics card, I may have to get non-founders edition only. But will still try to get in queue as and when RPtech opens it.
Listings for 5000 series cards are already popping up on other stores such as vedant computers, sans price. The price should also get updated soon. I plan to keep tracking those and buy one around 10th Feb, once enough listings have come and price has settled a bit.
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On 1/18/2025 at 3:57 PM, 0verlord said:
How many of you have finally gotten their hands on PS5 Pro ?
how have mx2 preorders fared? All delivered?
yeah got mine on 21st Dec I believe. 3-4 weeks later than promised, but at a great price of ~65K so I guess it turned out a good deal at the end.
BTW, he also has 5000 series graphics cards (including 5090) on pre-order. The price is again very 'reasonable'. 195000 for 5090 (which is lower than official Nvidia Indian price of 214000). No warranty though. If anyone wants to pre-order :p
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On 1/18/2025 at 10:18 AM, 0verlord said:
Experienced PC folks, please guide -
I am trying to build a 5080 PC. My first step is securing the GPU.
meanwhile, I am trying to figure out the rest of the build.
My gaming use case - AAA games at upscaled 4K (from 1440p) at 60-90fps ultra settings with full RT/PT and MP games at at least 144fps at reasonable settings
Question 1 - considering above requirements, which CPU would work? I am not keen to buy 9800X3D because it’s over expensive. I could consider 7800X3D but it seems very low in stock and I want it under 40k. I am also considering - 9700X, 9600X, 7700, 7600 - would any 1 of these 4 work for my use case? If I use one of these 4, I could save some money and put that towards other components like the GPU
Question 2 - excluding the GPU, what should be the rest of the build? Please suggest stuff like which motherboard for AMD Ryzen CPU, which PSU, which case, which and how much RAM, etc
I built a new 9800x3d rig just this week, so I guess I can chime in. Will post rig details (and pics :p) at the end of post but first my 2 cents on your questions.
I am also waiting to secure a 5090 GPU, and my first stop generally is pcpricetracker.in. Then r/Indiangaming and Google in general. As a general advice, if you can get a SBI cashback card, do get it. it will provide effective 5% off any online purchase, which would really add up.
I would 'highly' recommend a X3D CPU, as at 1440p effective resolution paired with a powerful graphics card, it would matter. As for price, I found this at 40k. Mind you this is OEM version with no cooler, so thats extra cost. You can also install keepa on Amazon and set alerts when the price drops below 40k. It's deals season so its highly likely it may drop. Also keep tracking pcpricetracker.
If you are set on other processors, 9900x can be bought for about ~37k on Amazon w/ SBI card right now. Can also get for ~39k at other places. Otherwise the higher the number the better, so go with 9700x. I am not sure about intel processors as they werent even in my consideration set.
For 9000 series CPUs, 6000MHz CL30 RAM is recommended. 32GB should be enough. Get 2 sticks only.
Any 600 series onwards mobo will be fine (will need bios updates, except 850/870 mobos). Do not get Anything else other than 650/670/850/870 as those lower number mobos cant overclock and suck.
Fo PSU, use this list.
Get a good quality cabinet of reputed company (Lian Li, NZXT etc.) with good airflow. AIO is optional but good air cooler at least is recommended.
Here is my rig (going for all white)-
AMD 9800X3D
Kingston Fury Beast RGB EXPO 64GB (32GBx2) DDR5 6000MHz White
Asrock X870 Pro RS WiFi Mobo
Gigabyte Aorus Waterforce II 360 ICE ARGB 360mm CPU Liquid Cooler
5TB 7200MB/S NVME SSDs (Orico O-700)
NZXT H6 Flow Cabinet
NZXT C1000 1000W 80+ Gold Fully Modular ATX 3.1 Power Supply (White)
2xNZXT 140Q, 1x NZXT 120P (Fans)
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On 1/7/2025 at 8:28 PM, kittoo said:
What do you guys think is a fair price for the below PC? I am planning to sell my gaming PC.
3080 10GB graphics card (Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3080 Ultra OC)
AMD 5600x processor
32GB DDR4 3200 RAM (Ballistix Sport LT)
GIGABYTE B550 AORUS PRO AC Wi-Fi Motherboard
1TB crucial P1 Nvme
4TB Toshiba HDD
Deepcool gammax400 V2 cooler for CPU
Ant Esports ICE-300TG Gaming Cabinet w/ 6 fans & RGB
Cooler Master MWE 750W 80 Plus Bronze Certified PSU
Edit- bought in November 2020.
Any suggestions anyone?
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What do you guys think is a fair price for the below PC? I am planning to sell my gaming PC.
3080 10GB graphics card (Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3080 Ultra OC)
AMD 5600x processor
32GB DDR4 3200 RAM (Ballistix Sport LT)
GIGABYTE B550 AORUS PRO AC Wi-Fi Motherboard
1TB crucial P1 Nvme
4TB Toshiba HDD
Deepcool gammax400 V2 cooler for CPU
Ant Esports ICE-300TG Gaming Cabinet w/ 6 fans & RGB
Cooler Master MWE 750W 80 Plus Bronze Certified PSU
Edit- bought in November 2020.
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1 hour ago, Kushagra said:
Congrats! Packaging on mine was quite mid as the outer box showed signs of being beat up but ultimately everything inside was pristine which is what should matter. I am playing Rebirth too, I had dropped it 20 hours in back on base PS5 because it looked so mid and Pro has made it playable again.
BTW, did you sell your old PS5 and if so where and for how much? I am thinking of putting up mine on sale on IVG as WhatsApp groups are not biting.
Yeah I sold it back in May this year. I sold it for 38k on OLX along with 4 games (Ghost of Tsushima, GoW Ragnraok, Spiderman 2 and HFW). Not the greatest of deals but was a bit better than CeX so its alright.
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Looks like we are back!
I also got my PS5 pro on Monday. All earlier issues aside, the packaging was very good. The main PS5 pro box was in another standard cardboard box and had thermocol all around. Then it was wrapped with another layer of sheet (?). The main PS5 pro box came out absolutely shining and new with nary a dent or scratch, so that's good.
Filmed video of unboxing and installing. Working fine for now. Also installed the disc drive, which is also working with no issues for now. Some observations-
- Both the main unit and controller are surprising lite. In fact the main unit is even smaller than the original PS5. Good.
- Comes with horizontal support thingies, and that's how I planned to keep it. So no need for additional stand. Good.
- FF7 rebirth is what I am playing right now- 60FPS mode. Finally I can play in 60FPS while also not having to deal with super blurry image.
- The game is great and clearly some love went into it, but overall the graphics are average. Some areas look really good, but some are very flat. They are very sharp and 4K, but I don't think they will wow anyone like HFW etc. There is also some pop-in in open areas.
- Rise of the ronin didn't look as bad as I had read online (ray-tracing mode). Haven't played a lot to have more opinions.
- Stellar blade is the third game I plan to play, unless it comes to PC by the time I get around to it.
Good for now. Hopefully GTA6, Ghost of Yotei, Death Stranding 2 and some other good PS5 exclusives/first party games come in 2025 and truly justify its purchase.
Edit- This was also my 500th post. How about that!
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11 hours ago, Kushagra said:
67.5k. I think kittoo got a better deal somehow
I tried listing my PS5 at 30k in WhatsApp groups, no takers, bumped it down by 1k, let's see. I don't think there is big demand for used PS5
No better deal as such. Just the SBI cashback card with 5% cashback, so net price 68999*.95=65500.
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3 hours ago, rushab oswal said:
Dtdc is hit and miss, and never shows expected date of delivery. Also bluedarts date of delivery is only 60-70% accurate
Yeah DTDC tracking is pretty sh*t. It mostly just shows 'in transit' with scant few details and no expected date or anything. Oh well. It will arrive when it arrives. This has been some experience.
Edit- Also, for some reason the parcel is coming from Delhi, rather than Nagpur- where his shop is. The earlier bluedart parcel was booked from Nagpur only. Very weird.
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10 minutes ago, Kushagra said:
Sorry to hear that, mine is shipped and now saying delivery on 21st.
Bluedart or DTDC?
Mine is now showing up in tracking on DTDC. Doesnt say any date of delivery though. I've heard DTDC is slower than Blueadart though.
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Another twist in my mx2games ps5 pro story. Now he has given me a new DTDC tracking number (earlier was bluedart) saying there was some issue with bluedart so has now shipped with DTDC. To me it seems like he never really shipped/wanted to ship anything 2 days back. Just gave me a pre-booked tracking number to delay further. And even the DTDC tracking number is coming, you guessed it, untrackable for now.
What a paragon of professionalism.
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47 minutes ago, rushab oswal said:
i have daily shipments with bluedart. mx2 must have it too, so unless the shipment is not ready, bluedart always picks up the same day if booked before 11pm ( mine gets picked same day even if i book after 12 pm)
The plot thickens.
So at the end it seems it depends on the seller only and they can delay the shipments and ask bluedart to pick later. So mx2 is indeed playing some games here.
Lets see. Wait karne ke alawa koi aur vikalp nahi hai abhi toh.
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40 minutes ago, Kushagra said:
Mine updated to Online Shipment Booked too yesterday but pick up nai hua mera bhi abhi
Honestly, hum log phas gaye iske chakkar me. 70k me people are selling ready stock and have been for past couple of weeks. Khair, they will eventually pick up so should reach us by weekend.
BTW, vertical stand ka koi link hai kya? Need to buy
I very much doubt the weekend part now lol. I contacted bluedart also and they said it depends on the seller when they hand-over the courier and sometimes sellers wait for multiple days to give bulk hand-over. I also messaged mx2 but no reply.
We can only wait I suppose.
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33 minutes ago, RV1709 said:
I can tell bluedart to pick it up the next day and keep doing thatBig brain dick move lol.
I've dropped him a msg asking why it hasn't been handed over to courier yet. Lets see. A frustrating experience and future deterrent for sure.
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57 minutes ago, RV1709 said:
Booked is another way to extend time without having to ask him again and again. I found the whole experience with mx2 to be very scammy and I will never buy from them
So one can book an online shipment from bluedart, get a tracking number and can then wait for a few days? Interesting and scummy. I thought bluedart would pick-up in a day max once you book online shipment with them.
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4 hours ago, Kushagra said:
Still hasn't shipped mine, bola tha 17 ko kare dega. It is so frustrating
To be honest my tracking is also stuck at "Online Shipment Booked" since yesterday. So seems even mine has not been handed over to bluedart yet.
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Finally mx2games has shipped my PS5 Pro. Its later than expected, but at least right in time for year-end free time and lull in work. And given that it cost me ~65k, cant really complain much. Excited!
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2 hours ago, RV1709 said:
anyway, I got the pro. The patches definitely work wonders for Spider-Man, resident evil 4. Need to try the others
So mx2 delivered suddenly? Nice! I guess I have to pester him more then :p Enjoy!
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1 hour ago, Kushagra said:
It is so miserable being a gamer in this country, ridiculous pricing, week/months long wait for hardware and sometimes even software. No official support means we are stuck being jerked around by these grey market sellers. Sony have always treated us a 3rd class country but they have heightened it recently. I cannot forget the disasterclass which was SM2 CE pre-order, took our money for 6 months, made us wait for 2 months before cancelling the order. I get there are some certification issues on Pro, but they have issued zero update on ETA. Even back in previous gen, I remember they gave out updates and pointed out problems when something was delayed. Nowadays, Sony India is in same mould as Sony Interactive Entertainment. Zero communication with fans. It is so frustrating.
Rant over.Truth is our hardcore gaming market is too small. Always has been and with most of youth now into mobile gaming, always will. Even supposedly hardcore gamers mostly play FIFA on their consoles. Like I've met a few people every now and then (maybe 20-30 over the years) who own consoles and whenever I ask which game they play on it, the answer is always FIFA and thats about it. I know only one hardcore single player gamer whom I met in my college. Thats it! So even if some consoles get sold, the game sales arent there as everyone is playing f'in FIFA.
Millions of people are willing to spend lac and above on iPhones in India, but that will never be the case with console/PC gaming. People will buy phones and play valorant or fortnite or PUBG or some sh*t and thats gaming for them. In India its as much a cultural thing now as a money thing.
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Checked them out. Yeah really good offers, especially the unused one at 130k with 3 years warranty. In light of terrible 5000 series, thats a steal. Unfortunately all are sold for now.