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Suggest a rig within 8k

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ajayashish
ajayashish Original post #1
Oct 10, 2010 at 9:15 PM
i want a machine within 8k or less for surfing and watching movies. I already have a monitor.

Please suggest me something which can be within the budget and i will be buying the same in 2-3 weeks time.
Cilus
Cilus #2
Oct 10, 2010 at 9:48 PM
Here goes your config:
Processor: Athlon II 245 @ 2.6k
Motherboard: BIOSTAR MCP6PB M2+ NVIDIA GeForce 6150 @ 2.07k
Ram: 2 GB Dynet DDR2 800 MHz @ 1.7k
HDD: Seagate 500 GB @ 1.6k
Cabinet & SMPS: Any Local Cabinet with 450W SMPS @ 1k
Keyboard & Mouse: @ 0.35k


Total is 9.32k. The price can be reduced by going for a Sempron 140 @ 1.7k, but now a days dual core is advisable.
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nomad_s #3
Oct 10, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Nice config..well within 8-9k but noway looks underpowered for that budget.
Piyush
Piyush #4
Oct 10, 2010 at 10:03 PM
^^
i thought it was impossible!!!!
great work clius
Sid_gamer
Oct 10, 2010 at 10:28 PM
Tight budget but a great suggestion by Cilus..
ajayashish
Oct 10, 2010 at 10:43 PM
Nice one... thanks ... any other suggestion
Cilus
Cilus #7
Oct 10, 2010 at 10:53 PM
Thanks Everybody. For cheap but great components check anythinginIt and deltapage. They have a very good list of cheap components and ideal for making budget systems.

ajayashish, if you can extend your budget to 10k, I can try a DDR3 based system which will be a little future proof.

Motherboard: MSI GF615M-P33 @ 2.6k
Ram: 2 GB DDR3 Dynet @ 1.7k

Total 9.85k
ajayashish
Oct 10, 2010 at 11:09 PM
nope... i want to keep it as less as possible...

it will only be used for surfing and watching movies... it is specially for my dad and no games as such will be played...

so want to keep it as low as possible...