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Budget PC w/o monitor in Hyderabad @12k

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geek_kjay Original post #1
May 20, 2012 at 2:21 AM
1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Stupid answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work. Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.')
Ans: Watching HD movies, Offlice work, Multimedia tasks like A/V encoding and editing work, Occasional gaming.

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 12k (Can extend to 14k max )

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: Not at all.

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 7

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: One with good Cost/GB (VFM) Atleast 250GB needed.

6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention which screen size and resolution do you want. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, again mention the size and resolution of monitor you have.
Ans: No. I have 22 inch Samsung FullHD monitor.

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: I need everything else, except monitor, speakers.

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: On 20th (today!! ) or 21st of this month.

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Assembler. Also I want to know how much will the technician charge for it?

10. Where do you live? Are you buying locally? Are you open to buying stuff from online shops if you don't get locally?
Ans:Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Please suggest me the config that offers best value for money. Also I want my system to be future proof. In this regard, I want to know which config (AMD/INTEL) would suit to my needs?
Sainatarajan
May 20, 2012 at 8:08 AM
Intel Pentium G620 @ 3K
ASUS P8H61 M LX @ 3K
250 GB HDD @ 3K
CORSAIR CX430 V2 @ 2.2K
Generic Cabinet @ 0.8K
Generic Keyboard and Mouse @ 0.5K
2 GB DDR3 RAM @ 0.6K
ASUS DVD ROM @ 1K
NUMERIC UPS 600VA @ 1.2K
TOTAL @ 15K
G
May 20, 2012 at 9:42 AM
How about AMD config? Can somebody post AMD based machine? I gonna buy either today or tomorrow!
Sainatarajan
May 20, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Just get
AMD ATHLON X2 260 @ 3.1K
ASUS M5A78L-M LE @ 2.9K
However , this AMD config is not recommended . Get the PENTIUM G620 . You can upgrade to I3 or I5 or I7 when you want .
G
May 20, 2012 at 11:54 AM
That Asus Motherboard doesn't use Intel's SB proccy onchip graphics (HD3000). Am I right? Can you suggest me a mobo (@almost same price) which makes use of it and provides HDMI output? BTW can you be more specific about HDD & RAM manufacturer?

Or atleast suggest me a cheap VFM graphics card with HDMI o/p & meets my requirement (Watching HD videos/Occasional gaming).
Sainatarajan
May 20, 2012 at 12:08 PM
Increase your budget to 20K