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bloodlife
bloodlife Original post #1
Apr 15, 2019 at 12:13 PM
Hello All, Posting this for a friend helping him build his first gaming pc.

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: Casual gaming should be able to play games like (Fifa, Call of Duty, Witcher, Assassins Creed)

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 50k max budget

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 10, would also use Linux in VM

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 1TB (500GB will be used from old PC)

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

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: Don't need HDD, but please suggest a SSD excluded from 50k budget (plan to buy later on), Got Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard and UPS

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: As soon as possible, once the config is finalized will immediately source it.

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Assembler

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: Bangalore, Plan to source locally and online too if there's a good deal.

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: He got a config from local shop here, most of it is not clear about manufacturer but seems like put together for 50K budget.

Intel i5-4690K @ 18000
GeForce GTX 1050 @ 10500
RAM 16GB @ 7500
Cabinet @ 2650
SMPS @ 2700
HDD @ 3200
Motherboard @ 4900
--Total - 49450--

Please suggest AMD config too..

Thank you.
Stormbringer
Apr 15, 2019 at 1:53 PM
That processor is ancient(4th gen. 9th gen is the latest). AMD Ryzen series provides a better VFM .
W
Apr 15, 2019 at 1:57 PM
i3 8100---10500
asus prime B360M-D---6300
16gb corsair lpx 3000MHz---6600(primeabgb)
Buy Zotac GeForce GTX 1660 6GB GDDR5 (ZT-T16600F-10L) at Lowest Price in India - mdcomputers.in ---21300 OR *mdcomputers.in/asus-dual-rx580-o8g.html ---19800
*www.vedantcomputers.com/corsair-cx-series-cx550-550-watt-80-plus-bronze-certified-atx-psu ---4500
corsair carbide 100R---3000(amazon)
bloodlife
Apr 15, 2019 at 4:57 PM
Please suggest AMD config too, will check & buy either of them.
Thanks.
bloodlife
Apr 15, 2019 at 4:58 PM
That processor is ancient(4th gen. 9th gen is the latest). AMD Ryzen series provides a better VFM .
Just checked, its discontinued.
Yes, please suggest config for AMD Ryzen.
W
Apr 15, 2019 at 5:59 PM
Already suggested the best possible config & it is already crossing 50k by a bit.A better ryzen config will cost even more.
quicky008
Apr 15, 2019 at 7:12 PM
for amd config you may replace the aforesaid cpu and mobo with the following:

Ryzen 3 2200g:Rs 8200
gigabyte b450m gaming: rs 6200

As your friend is interested in casual gaming,i dont think he will need a pc with more powerful specs than the ones which have been suggested.The intel i3 would be a better choice overall though.
nac
nac #8
Apr 16, 2019 at 6:52 AM
~52k
Ryzen 2600
Asrock B450 Pro4
Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR4
ASUS GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix
Corsair Spec 1
Corsair CX450

~5k
Samsung 860 EVO 250GB