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CPU, MoBo & RAM within 6.5k

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ashish1224
ashish1224 Original post #1
Nov 17, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Well friends I am upgrading an old PC and I am pretty tight on the budget:cry:

Will need the thee within Rs 6500.

Processor:
I have no preference or prejudices for either AMD or INTEL. Anything which is better bang for bucks will do.

Motherboard:
Must have decent inbuilt graphics(as far as possible). Of course I have no plans for a GPU in the near future.

RAM:
Will buy DDR2 with the remaining money.

Budget is pretty low... give your best bet. And THANKS A LOT in advance.
desiibond
Nov 17, 2009 at 8:03 PM
AMD Athlon II X2 240: 3k or Sempron for 2k
Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2: 3k
Transcend 1GB DDR2 800MHz : 1k-1.2k
comp@ddict
Nov 21, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Athlon II X2 240 @ 2.8k
Biostar A785G @ 3.4k

Total = 6.2k

RAM 2GB @ 1.8k or so...or buy second hand

Total 8k


Sorry mate, but this is the cheapest, and BEST option too...
v.Na5h
v.Na5h #4
Nov 21, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Finally i have decided to replace my old PC after my exams......

Budget around 40k

Iam planning to buy it in Jan 2010 end
And iam not going to upgrade it for at least 5 yrs

So should i buy a dual core or a quad core processor
i am thinking about either
AMD Phenom II X4 or
AMD Phenom II X2

Will any of the AMD quad core processors available around 6-7k
desiibond
Nov 21, 2009 at 2:18 PM
AMD Athlon II X4 620 quad core processor is already available for 5.5k

anyways, as you are going to make the purchase in Jan, we will discuss when you are ready to buy :)
vickybat
Nov 21, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Finally i have decided to replace my old PC after my exams......

Budget around 40k

Iam planning to buy it in Jan 2010 end
And iam not going to upgrade it for at least 5 yrs

So should i buy a dual core or a quad core processor
i am thinking about either
AMD Phenom II X4 or
AMD Phenom II X2

Will any of the AMD quad core processors available around 6-7k

If you wont be upgrading for next five years i suggest you go the intel way and get the core i5 750 along with a good p55 platform.Its much more future proof than amd right now.At 40k for total budget you can easily investin the i5.
asingh
asingh #7
Nov 21, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Yea, the i5+P55 offers much more future proof status then the AMD X4.

You could go with..
Core i5-750 2.66Ghz - 10150
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 - 7350 (corrected as below)
GPU : Powercolor HD4890 1GB DDR5 - 11890
2 X 2GB DDR3 1333 - Kingston 4 GB - 4600 (for dual-channel)
HDD : Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 - 500GB SATA - 2371
PSU : Tagan BZ500(modular) - 4463
Chassis : Coolermaster Elite 335 - 2132

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Total: 42956

You can play around with the GPU and Chassis and HDD to tweak prices.
vickybat
Nov 22, 2009 at 12:51 PM
@ asigh

hi buddy

The asus p7p55d-evo is 7.3k? Is it true?
I thought its well over 12k.
Asus is yet to launch a p55 board i.e an le model which should be around 6-7k.
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@ asigh

hi buddy

The asus p7p55d-evo is 7.3k? Is it true?
I thought its well over 12k.
Asus is yet to launch a p55 board i.e an le model which should be around 6-7k.
asingh
asingh #9
Nov 22, 2009 at 2:20 PM
^^ You are right. That is the X58 model I put...it should be 13838
v.Na5h
v.Na5h #10
Nov 23, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Yea, the i5+P55 offers much more future proof status then the AMD X4.

yeah iam convinced that i5 is a better option
i have heard some news that a cheaper version of i5 clarkdale with the integrated graphic core will appear in the beginning of 2010.

should i wait for that....

or buy the i5-750
can u estimate wat its price may be in feb10


O
Nov 23, 2009 at 9:51 PM
+1 for desiibond’s suggestion