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dinu630 Original post #1
May 28, 2014 at 10:08 AM
My friend is getting a new computer and I'm helping him build. But the budget is strictly 40k.

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: Only for Gaming. He is a hardcore gamer.

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: Not a penny above 40k.

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: Never.

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 8 or 7.

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 500-1TB.

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 need of a monitor.

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: Monitor, Speakers.

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: Next month, 2nd week.

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: I'll build for my friend.

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: All options open.

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: He is an Intel fan, I'd stick to Intel. So no AMD. Don't want to go against his wishes.
rijinpk1
May 28, 2014 at 10:38 AM
see here *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-components-configurations/182362-pc-buying-guide-2014-q2.html. exclude the monitor from 50k config.

if your friend want more performance per rupee, stick to amd at this budget. if your friend can be satisfied by the brand name intel with less performance(at this budget), he can opt for intel config with i3. if he can increase the budget to get i5, then go ahead with it.
mohit9206
May 28, 2014 at 4:27 PM
Core i3-4130 -7k
Gigabyte H81M-S1-4k
Corsair Vengeance 8gb ram(4gb*2)-6k
Zotac GTX 660 2GB-13k
1TB WD Blue-4k
LG optical drive-1k
Coolermaster Elite 310 cabinet-2k
Corsair CX 430-3k
Total-40k
bssunilreddy
May 28, 2014 at 7:41 PM
Intel Core i3 4130 -7500,
Gigabyte H81M-S1-4000,
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (4GBx2)-5600,
Zotac GTX650Ti Boost 2GB -12500,
WD Caviar Blue 1TB -3800,
Asus 24B5ST DVD-RW -1100,
CM Elite 311 -2900,
Corsair CX430 -2900.
Total -40,300.
ankush28
May 28, 2014 at 8:09 PM
^^ modification to those rogs
Sapphire AMD R9 270X
Kingston HyperX Blu '4GB'
Seasonic S12ii 520 or Antect VP550
WD blue 500GB drive

This will be more balanced
adityak469
May 29, 2014 at 7:26 PM
as rijinpk said, get an AMD config in this budget, it would be more powerful, fanboyism will only lead to your loss. And try to go for a R9 270x.