CPU+Mobo+RAM+HDD upgrade - Request your help

T

Hi all,

I already have this built in 2004:

Motherboard: MSI K7N2Delta-L with a 64MB XFX Nvidia Graphics Card.
Processor: AMD Athlon 2400+
RAM: 1.5 GB DDR RAM
Harddisk: Seagate 80GB IDE Harddisk.

Purpose of upgrade:

*Basic word, Excel, Internet browsing, downloading stuff, watching movies, series in MKV, Avi format.
*The new build should be fast & Stable enough for above operations for about 3 years minimum
*I want to upgrade only the above components to make windows 7 installation .

Budget: Rs.10000/-( I know many will think it is too less a budget, however, i request your input).

My request:

Recommend CPU, Motherboard, RAM, HDD

If you will not add a discrete GPU in future, go for this:

AMD A4-5300 @ 3000. *www.flipkart.com/amd-3-4-ghz-fm2-a4-5300-processor/p/itmdfqsnbcfuqfhk (good integrated graphics. will also handle mild gaming and videos will be hardware accelerated.)
MSI FM2-A55M-E33 @ 3500.
Corsair 4 GB 1600 Mhz DDR3 RAM @ 1200
Hard disk = your choice.

If you will add a discrete GPU in future, go for Intel G650 @ 3500 + H61 motherboard @ 3500.

If you have no plans of a discrete GPU, I think A4-5300 is a better package for the price. Can be overclocked easily as well.

AMD A4-5300 makes more sense if OP isn't going for discrete GPU. Apart from hardware decoding of H264 and other video codec (most of the MKV and MP4 files use H264 video codec), OP can also use different GPU accelerated Pre-Processing and Post-Processing filters over the Video files to enhance the video quality on the fly with Video Players like Media Player Classic Home Cinema, Pot Player etc. Here the powerful IGP of AMD APU is really going to help a lot.

If you want intel rig then get this:

Intel g645 @2.9ghz
ASUS P8 h61
Corsair 4gb ddr3 ram
WD 500gb hd

INTEL HD GRAPHICS is fine for your needs
LINK:

Intel g645 - Intel G645 - Intel: Flipkart.com

asus h61 - ASUS P8H61-M LX Motherboard - ASUS: Flipkart.com

corsair ram - Corsair DDR3 4 GB (1 x 4 GB) PC RAM (CMV4GX3M1A1333C9) - Corsair: Flipkart.com

wd 500gb - WD Caviar Blue 500 GB Desktop Internal Hard Drive (WD5000AAKX) - WD: Flipkart.com

S

Dude go for intel,

intel g530 @ 2301/-
gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 motherboard @ 2976/-
corsair 4gb ram @ 1399/-
wd 500gb hdd @ 3553/-

actually g530 is a CELERON processor... But definitely complete your needs

And also install windows 7 64bit as supports full 4gb ram.

T

Thanks very much ico!

Thanks all for your input. Will reply back with what i did .