Help In buying a Desktop under 30k

Hi all,

I want to purchase a desktop. I basically want a PC to surf Internet a lot (24/7), download torrents, watch movies, play with photoshop/flash and occassionally play good high-end games.

I want a rig with AMD proc and good slim wide screen monitor. [If cost fits in, I would also love to go for dual monitor]. I am not able to decide on the remaining specs. Pls help.

Suggest durable and reliable keyboard/mouse.

Also pl give specs for tower, smps, RAM, mobo, etc...

Already have a 1TB external HDD. So not very concerned on having a huge HD internally.

First of all either cut down your wish list or increase your budget at least by 10K. BTW with your applications these specs can be useful.

MOBO Asus M2N68-AM 2.5K
Procy AMD x2 7750 BE 3.5K
RAM 2x2GB DDR2 800MHZ 2K
GFX Palit ATI 4850 512MB DDR3 8.5K
HDD WD 250 GB 2500AAKS 2.4K
DVD writer your choice 1.1K
Cabinet Zebronics bizli (without PSU) 1.3K
PSU Corsair VX450 3.8K
Monitor Samsung 2233 SW 10.5K
Keyboard mouse combo Logitech 0.5K

Approximate 36K but to stay in your 30K budget if you can't stretch your budget at all change G.card with a Palit 9600GT 512MB DDR3 plus PSU with Corsair CX 400 and change the monitor with Samsung 2033.

hey thanks... is the samsung monitor 2233 17"? Is it wide screen?

Ya i can sure extend the budget upto 35k.

How much will the Palit 9600 cost ?

2233 is 22" FullHD monitor

Then forget about Palit 9600 cost simply get the first mentioned system.
Good news for you Samsung 2233 SW is a 22" wide screen full HD resolution (1920x1080) LCD.

@ gdatuk For ur GFX card, u cn even consider the MSI Radeon HD 4770 512MB GDDR5 for just Rs.6.5-6.8k!!! Its a great card with great performance that even outshines the 4850 in quite a few tests. Its much more Value For Money if u ask me, plus it runs cooler and consumes lesser power as it is built on the 40nm technology. Should be good for a 24x7 DL machine!

I am also agree with Techalomaniac. If u r not a hard core gamer, 4770 is the card for u.
Save the extra money for good M/B. Go for Biostar TA790G+128M@5k. Its a high end M/B in low end price. It will be future proof becoz it supports all the AMDs latest gen processors (mainly PhenomII). So in future won't be any problem.
The performance difference between 4850 and 4770 is just 10%. And 4770 is lot cooler and a good overclocker.

And for psu, don't go for very high end one. Colorsit 600Watt is available in just 1.7 to 2k.
Go for it.

Cilus said:
I am also agree with Techalomaniac. If u r not a hard core gamer, 4770 is the card for u.
Save the extra money for good M/B. Go for Biostar TA790G+128M@5k. Its a high end M/B in low end price. It will be future proof becoz it supports all the AMDs latest gen processors (mainly PhenomII). So in future won't be any problem.
The performance difference between 4850 and 4770 is just 10%. And 4770 is lot cooler and a good overclocker.

And for psu, don't go for very high end one. Colorsit 600Watt is available in just 1.7 to 2k.
Go for it.

OK yes he can save 1.5K or so with 4770 then he can go with Corsair CX 400 @3K as well but one should not compromise with Colorsit 600Watt @ 2k for just a difference of mare 1K spacially if PC going to run 24x7 better power efficiency will compensate the premium paid for Corsair CX 400 in less then a year by consuming lesser power then a ell chepo PSU.

Yup, minimum go for the Corsair CX400W, plus if u hv money to spare, then please go for the Cooler Master Elite 334 Cabinet for abt 1800-2200, depending on whr u stay. Its a great cabinet with much better airflow than any zebby cabby. If u ask me, it is worth the buck as in the long run, good cabinets will only help the components u buy as better airflow = cooler temperatures = longer life! :smile:

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watching movies and downloading torrents>> bigger HDD and bigger screen.
IMO not even HD4770 is necessary, get Palit 9600GT sonic in 5-5.5K.
with current prices u will tend to buy a 500GB HDD as the price difference between 250GB and 500GB is very less, even though u got external HDD of 1 TB

Certainly get good PSU and good cabinet, u will be running ur system for long hours.
As you will be buying a gfx card it doe not matter u have very good onboard gfx, but still u can sa no to what u are getting. all amd mobo come with good gfx.

Gigabyte MA78GM-US2H @ 5.1k or Jetway HA07 Ultra @ 6k or
Biostar A780G M2+ @ 3.2k or Biostar TA790GX 128M @ 5.8k

These would be the best mobos, Biostar and Jetway being most feature rich mobos.
Anyhow go for 780G or better mobos not the MOBO Asus M2N68-AM 2.5K suggested earlier

PSU corsair CX400 and cabinet which have loads of cooling option(if u run long hours ur rig gets heated meaning higher electricity consumption Bijli is good but Zebronics Rage or Cooler master Elite 330 or 334 are better.
Also you need to check option to switch off your gfx card whether u use HD4770 or 9600GT, I think there are maybe some front panel switches which can be put to control that.

I think HD4670 for 4.5k is enought and if he gets a FullHD display, he can forget about gaming (even a little bit) using 9600GT/HD4670.

Look now he can afford to spend 35K and ATI 4770 plus samsung 2033 SW are well within his budget then why to downgrade specs. Take that if goes with 9600GT or HD4670 then he have to downgrade his display as well because these cards are not capable of giving good FPS in gaming with 1920x1080 resolution.

I think he originally sd that he'll be playing high end games occasionally. Maybe that's why he should go for the HD4770. Anyways, my frnd got the Palit 9600GT 512MB GDDR3 and he's able to play Burnout Paradise & HAWX demo @ 1280x1024 with all settings maxed out. So, the choice is gdatuk's!

thanks and really greatful for all ur views...
so here is my summation

MOBO TA790 Biostar - 5000
PROC AMD x2 7750 - 3000
GFX MSI HD4770 - 6800
CABI Mater Elite 334 - 2200
PSu Corsair CX400 - 3000

Monitor Samsung 2233 - 10500
RAM 2x2GB 800Mhz - 2000
HD 500GB W - 2400
DVD Writer - 1100
K/B Mouse - 1000

Its hitting 37000

Any suggestions to keep it safely under 35k?
Also is the proc mention in the spec good enough?

Which is the best shop to get them all in SP Road?

Golcha
Sagar
Ankit

Go for the Zebronics 500 Watt PSU or Colorsit 600 watt at 2k. If u r not a very hard core gamer, these PSUs will satisfy every thing u wanna do. Colorsit is a new one but I went through some reviews in the net. Most of them r highly positive. In the Chandni Market (Comp market place in Kolkata), most of the vendors r referring it as a good PSU.
Other thing is, dont go for such a high end cabinet. Zebronics Crish will be just fine for u.
It will cost u just 1k.
So u r saving almost 2.5k.

dude. I know how much I suffered by using Zebronics and other cheapo grade PSUs. had to change 4 times in 3 years. This time I got fed up and bought Corsair and now I know how much difference a quality PSU gives.

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gdatuk said:
thanks and really greatful for all ur views...
so here is my summation

MOBO TA790 Biostar - 5000
PROC AMD x2 7750 - 3000
GFX MSI HD4770 - 6800
CABI Mater Elite 334 - 2200
PSu Corsair CX400 - 3000

Monitor Samsung 2233 - 10500
RAM 2x2GB 800Mhz - 2000
HD 500GB W - 2400
DVD Writer - 1100
K/B Mouse - 1000

Its hitting 37000

Any suggestions to keep it safely under 35k?
Also is the proc mention in the spec good enough?

Which is the best shop to get them all in SP Road?

k/B mouse combo will come in 700-800 bucks that too of logitech.
Buy HD4670 or 9600GT will save more bucks, u can save bucks on any rest of the specs IMO

HD4670 is aroun 4.5K and 9600GT around 5.5K or something. go for Palit Sonic edition of HD4670 or 9600GT, quiet good cooling option actually Palit 9600GT Sonic is one of the best Bugy gfx cards.

You can save in and K/B+mouse combo as Acewin suggested plus by going with Zebronics bizli cabinet further 1K can be saved nothing else is there to be changed you are almost in your 35K budget.

Palit 9600GT 512MB GDDR3 is now only 4.75k+ shipping at IT Wares, but a gud PSU for 9600GT is a must. btw going for HD4770 or HD4670 is the best for HD decoding and video watching.

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HD4670 wont have any high difference on 9600GT for HD decoding and video watchin IMO, 9600GT has better performance than HD4670.

HD4770 or Palit 9600GT? also earlier suggestions for Zebronice Bizli is not so positive....

and what about the PROC? AMD x2 7750 is the best option?

Also any other choice of Monitors? i dont mind if its 17 inch Wide screen also... (would save me extra money to buy a bigger table )

I would pick HD4770.

If you want to do overclocking, go for E5200 as it overclocks lot better than 7750BE.

But at stock speed, 7750BE is faster.

Go for CM Elite 330 atleast (1.8k I think).

HD4770 of course and if you don't like bizli at all go with CM Elite 330.So now you can't change much of things from your post number 14 better stretch your budget further 1K.

What is your budget and name the specs required.

AMD athlon X2 7750
Asus M3A78-EM
Sapphire HD 4770
Coolermaster 500 watts PSu
Dell W1909 monitor
Logitech mouse&keyboard
LG DVD rw 20X
any cabinet for 1K

this is final config for gaming !!

^^Asus M3A78-EM hav some compatibility issues with X2 7750BE, it supplies more vCore than required for X2 7750 as if it is a X3 proccy. But I dunno whether the latest BIOS update fixes it...plz make sure before buying.

^^ ya its because of bios but the board is very good stable wen compared to biostar mobo's

we can fix it with the latest bios

If u cn then please wait for the newer 45nm Athlon II X2 250 and Phenom II X2 550 BE. Already released in the US and should be here by the end of this month. These should be for about 5.5k/6.5k here. This may even push down the prices of the other Athlons. These newer ones run cooler, consume lesser power and OC much better!

damngoodman999 said:
^^ ya its because of bios but the board is very good stable wen compared to biostar mobo's

we can fix it with the latest bios

AFAIK no BIOS versions hav solved dat problem till now, so plz do check before buying.

Many of them are using M3A78-EM board with latest bios

ya I know many people who use M3A78-EM with X2 7750BE. It works fine on it, but the idle temps and load temps will be too high due to over-voltage, normal users wont see any problem with this...until someday it burns out. But IMO if u plan to run X2 7750 in O.C'ed state 24/7, then the VID will be fine.

Ya thats right the temperature is too much wen i use with the phenom 9550 ,, i think its due to voltage designed for the phenom proccy old ones

hey guys! i got my rig assembled today. thanks to desibond and all others for their suggestion and help.

AMD Phenom2 720 x3 BE
Gigabyte MA78G
Samsung 2033
Wd 500 Green
Corsair vx450
corsair 2x2gb ram
cooler master 335 cabinet and rest of the usual stuff...

thanks once again for all ur suggestion...

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nice buy, how much did u pay for all those.

And what about graphic card.

paid a total of 35k. didnt get the graphics card now.. parked it aside for later purchase