PC Specs

i would go for core 2 quad nalang + 8gigram ddr3 + 2gig ATI Radeon HD 5970

Try to spec these out from your nearest PC supplier:
Core i5 2500K
ASUS or Gigabyte P67 Mobo
8 GB RAM
Nvidia GTX 460
500-600W PSU

You can overclock it a bit to get more juice from you CPU. Im not just so sure with 40K budget including the monitors.

40k budget is for the CPU only, i'll just get some cheap ass keyboad, mouse and monitor, then upgrade later hehehe

sir poliks, the specs you posted will fall around what? including like 5.0-7.0 sound card, just the whole CPU.

Just to start it off the basic parts i mentioned would probably cost you maybe around 30-33K already. So plus maybe HDD and the Casing maybe about 40++K.

In terms of sound card, usually new mobo's have built-in support for 5.1 or 7.1 channels so it should not be a big issue. As you said you could upgrade later.

got me a few quotations from, pc express, gilmore etc., almost all of them are out of asus p8p67 mobo, went to an asus branch in MOA, they said they already pulled out that model due to some issues (???), what would you recommend as a replacement (gigbyte p67 was the only one that i found available) (and lucky me, most of the quotations falls right on my budget hehe)

Thats good to hear that the quotations fall within your budget. Yes there were some issues with the earlier MOBO's for Sandy Bridge CPU's like the one specified (2500K) so manufacturers are pulling it out and replacing them with the new Mobo's Make sure that the mobo you are buying have the latest model. Technically they call it "B3" so for example if its ASUS P8P67-B3 or Gigabyte P67 UD3R-B3 something like that. This means its the fixed mobo's. The problem was actually on the SATA-3 controllers which made some problem with your sata 3 devices. So it was just a small issue. This should be fixed with the new B3 release. You can try the UD3R from Gigabyte its the basic mobo.

thanks sir poliks, saw a few B3 model on the net, asus p8p67 b3 deluxe, pro, le, evo etc., which among these is more lets say, pocket friendly hehe

if any of these Asus p8p67 b3's are not locally available plus the Gigabyte counterpart, any other options sir (if you don't mind)

thanks

You could try the other brands also. like AsRock and MSI. But i would personally go for Gigabyte.

thanks sir Poliks, so far these are the boards that I've found available locally:

ASUS P8P67-B3 PRO
GA-P67A-UD3P-B3
MSI P67A-GD65-B3
GA-H67MA-UD2H-B3

any inputs on these? asus is more pricey that Gigabyte P67A & MSI P67A, while Gigabyte H67MA is the more affordable one hehe

should i go with Gigabyte P67A or Gigabyte H67MA?

thanks

Since you are pairing it with the i5-2500K which means it is an unlocked processor, best to go for P67 so you can do the overclocking even for a bit. If you prefer not to overclock then pair the H67 with an i5-2500. The one with n0 "K"

here's an update on my pc specs (based on what available locally)
hoping for your inputs guys

Intel Core i5 2500K Unlocked 3.3GHz (Quad Core) PHP 9995.00
mb lga1155, Asus P8P67 Pro B3 PHP 9580.00
G.Skill RipJaws 4gb ddr3-1333 (F3-1066CL9S-4GBRL) PHP 1900.00
- OR -
G.Skill RipJawsX 4gb(Dual) ddr3-1600 (F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL) PHP 2350.00
Inno3d GTX 460 1gb/256bit ddr5 PHP 7530.00
500GB Seagate 7200.12 16mb sata hdd - Php1950

(what psu should i get? 600, 700 watts?, regarding ram, should i get the G.Skill RipJawsX 4gb(Dual) ddr3-1600, or i'm good with the G.Skill RipJaws 4gb ddr3-1333?)

40k budget, whatever's left will be spent on the psu and casing, did i miss anything? hope to hear some inputs soon

thanks

-Intel core i7 2600K
-cheapest p67 or z68 board
-cheapest ram atleast 4GB 1600mhz
-cheapest PSU with 80Plus mark atleast 700 to 800 watts
-cheapest gtx card atleast 1GB

ito karagdagang idea lang.... hindi pasok sa 40k budget but might give you an option as well for the specific model/brand of the hardware

Processor - Intel® Core™ i7-950 Processor LGA 1366 = PHP 13700.00
Motherboard - Gigabyte X58A-UD3R = PHP 11740.00
Videocard - EVGA GTX 560 1gb/256bit Ti FPB ddr5 or Inno3d GTX 560 Ti 1gb/256bit ddr5 = PHP 12500.00/PHP 11500.00
Memory - Corsair Vengeance 12gb(Triple) ddr3-1600 (CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9) = 8320.00
Hard Disk - 1tb WDC Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX) 64mb = PHP3970.00
New Casing - Cooler Master (RC-912A-KWN1) Haf 912 Advanced = PHP 4500.00 (recommended)
- Cooler Master (RC-430) Elite 430 Black = PHP 1950.00 (alternative)

Power Supply - Corsair 650watts (TX650) 80PLUS = PHP 4660.00

TOTAL: 59,390

thanks sir/s hehe

cpu, i5-2500k
mobo, Asrock Z68 Pro3
ram, 8gb 4x2 DDR3 1600cl9 GSkill Sniper
hdd, 1tb WDC Blue SATA3
odd, any DVDRW
gpu, 1gb GTX560 Palit non-ti
psu, FSP Epsilon 600w 80+ STD
atx, CM 430/ Aerocool VS9/ NZXT Gamma/ TT v4

this was a suggestion from another site, 'gave me this specs, any inputs?

thanks