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manojkrishnaks Original post #1
Mar 9, 2012 at 9:26 AM
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:It will be using for Downloading,Watching lots of movies,Browsing,i dont think i ll do gaming.

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:35k max

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:no

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:Win7
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans:Already got 640Gb+ 1Tb external

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:24+

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

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans:In another month or so

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

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+online

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Regarding procy i thought of going for AMD apu's,and speakers i am confused between edifier C2 and logitech z506
d3p
d3p #2
Mar 9, 2012 at 11:52 AM
If you are based on bangalore, then all the below items listed are available locally.

Visit S.P Road with this config list. Few Good Shops like Ankit Computech & Golcha.

Component | Make | Price Processor |AMD A6-3500|4500
Motherboard |Gigabyte GA-A55M-S2H|4500
RAM |G-skill F3-10600CL9S-4GBNT(4Gx1)|1100
PSU |Any Generic PSU from VIP or IBALL|800
Case |Any Generic|1000
Monitor |Benq G2420HD|9000
Keyboard & Mouse |Logitech KB & Mice Combo K120|400
UPS |APC 600VA|1800
Sound Card |Asus Xonar DX 7.1|4500
Speakers |Edifier DA5000 5.1|8000
| Total |36000
W
Mar 9, 2012 at 12:43 PM
corsair cx430v2 costs ~2200 & is a much better option.performance of A series integrated graphics depends heavily on ram so minimum recommended is 1600 not 1333 ram.get G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 4 GB PC RAM (F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL) for ~1600.
d3p
d3p #4
Mar 9, 2012 at 12:52 PM
Nice recommendations but why PSU when no GPU are listed & then you don't look for performance when you just bothered to watch movies & browsing.

I feel its unnecessary wastage of 500 + 2200 bucks behinds PSU & 1600 MHz DDR3 Ram modules here.
coderunknown
Mar 9, 2012 at 1:04 PM
i better PSU is recommended as downloading movies means PC will be on for a long time but as OP is not planning for any games, normal ram is ok.
W
Mar 9, 2012 at 1:08 PM
I feel its unnecessary wastage of 500 + 2200 bucks behinds PSU & 1600 MHz DDR3 Ram modules here.
you did not carefully read my previous reply.
corsair cx430v2 costs ~2200 & is a much better option.performance of A series integrated graphics depends heavily on ram so minimum recommended is 1600 not 1333 ram.
llano onboard gpu uses ram to communicate(unlike core i) so faster the ram better will be integrated gpu performance.infact performance gain using 1600 ram over 1333 is as much as ~20%.
Testing Different Memory Speeds on AMD's A8-3850 Llano APU - Final Thoughts and Conclusions - Legit Reviews
Legit Bottom Line: The AMD A8-3850 APU in our test system performed better when we increased the memory clock frequency and we were happy to see 20% gains in the gaming benchmarks.

edit:better performance of llano using 1600 ram is not only applicable in games but also in video post processing if op decide to use it.
M
Mar 9, 2012 at 5:45 PM
i thought of going for 3850 or 3650 and psu corsair cx430v2,and regarding monitor dell - ST2420L

If you are based on bangalore, then all the below items listed are available locally.

Visit S.P Road with this config list. Few Good Shops like Ankit Computech & Golcha.

Component | Make | Price Processor |AMD A6-3500|4500
Motherboard |Gigabyte GA-A55M-S2H|4500
RAM |G-skill F3-10600CL9S-4GBNT(4Gx1)|1100
PSU |Any Generic PSU from VIP or IBALL|800
Case |Any Generic|1000
Monitor |Benq G2420HD|9000
Keyboard & Mouse |Logitech KB & Mice Combo K120|400
UPS |APC 600VA|1800
Sound Card |Asus Xonar DX 7.1|4500
Speakers |Edifier DA5000 5.1|8000
| Total |36000
Nice suggestiong,but is edifier da5000 i available for 8k?
Plan changed,now i ll get system with out speakers after 2 month planned to go for edifier c6 and asus xonar d