1. What is your budget?
< 50K
2.What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)?
Dead/Old P4
3 X 500 GB HDD
DVD Writer
CM cabinet
Keyboard and Mouse
3.Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)?
HDD, DVD Writer, Cabinet, Keyboard and Mouse
Sometimes HDD generate tick tick noise, not sure if that is also going kaput or PSU (430W local) can't take load.
4.Which hardware component are you looking to buy (component name). If you have already decided on a configuration then please mention the (component brand and model) as well, this will help us in fine tuning your requirement.
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or i5 9400F
Mobo - Asus prime B450M-A or Asus B365M-A
PSU - Coolar master MWE 550
RAM - Gskill Ripjaws 3000MHz 2x8GB
Monitor - LG24MP59G
GPU - Zotac Nvidia GT 1030 2GB DDR5
5.Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future. If yes then please mention when and which component ◦Yes, will upgrade the following within 6 months
- GPU - GTX 1660 4/6GB DDR5 or whatever good when I decide to upgrade
- SSD M.2 - 240 GB
6.Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer) ◦Mumbai
- Local stores / Nehru Palace
7.Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market?
Can buy GPU if get better deal
8.What is your intended use for this PC/hardware ◦Gaming
- Browsing
- Desktop Processing
- HTPC
- Watching HD movies
- Running machine learning programs as my daughter is studying about it and by next year she can write programs
- Games rarely
9.Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
- Do not want to buy XYZ company product as I heard the after sales service in India is pathetic
10.If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing? ◦Strategy - Civilization 4
- Don't know game names yet
11.What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
1.Gaming - 1280x720
2.Desktop - 1440x900
12.Are you looking to overclock? ◦Yes/No
No
13.Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
◦Windows 10
If I have to buy a dedicated GPU then which is better Ryzen 2600 or i5 9400F? Both offer 6 cores but 2600 have 12 threads while 9400 have 6 threads only.
Earlier people here used to say that intel provide better performance per core.
But I saw couple of intel issues in my office datacenters about malware and attacks and its patches reduce its performance or require to disable multithreading.
Shop guy also recommended AMD.
Hence I am still confused about cpu selection. I would need this rig for long run (5+) years.
< 50K
2.What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)?
Dead/Old P4
3 X 500 GB HDD
DVD Writer
CM cabinet
Keyboard and Mouse
3.Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)?
HDD, DVD Writer, Cabinet, Keyboard and Mouse
Sometimes HDD generate tick tick noise, not sure if that is also going kaput or PSU (430W local) can't take load.
4.Which hardware component are you looking to buy (component name). If you have already decided on a configuration then please mention the (component brand and model) as well, this will help us in fine tuning your requirement.
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or i5 9400F
Mobo - Asus prime B450M-A or Asus B365M-A
PSU - Coolar master MWE 550
RAM - Gskill Ripjaws 3000MHz 2x8GB
Monitor - LG24MP59G
GPU - Zotac Nvidia GT 1030 2GB DDR5
5.Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future. If yes then please mention when and which component ◦Yes, will upgrade the following within 6 months
- GPU - GTX 1660 4/6GB DDR5 or whatever good when I decide to upgrade
- SSD M.2 - 240 GB
6.Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer) ◦Mumbai
- Local stores / Nehru Palace
7.Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market?
Can buy GPU if get better deal
8.What is your intended use for this PC/hardware ◦Gaming
- Browsing
- Desktop Processing
- HTPC
- Watching HD movies
- Running machine learning programs as my daughter is studying about it and by next year she can write programs
- Games rarely
9.Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
- Do not want to buy XYZ company product as I heard the after sales service in India is pathetic
10.If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing? ◦Strategy - Civilization 4
- Don't know game names yet
11.What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
1.Gaming - 1280x720
2.Desktop - 1440x900
12.Are you looking to overclock? ◦Yes/No
No
13.Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
◦Windows 10
If I have to buy a dedicated GPU then which is better Ryzen 2600 or i5 9400F? Both offer 6 cores but 2600 have 12 threads while 9400 have 6 threads only.
Earlier people here used to say that intel provide better performance per core.
But I saw couple of intel issues in my office datacenters about malware and attacks and its patches reduce its performance or require to disable multithreading.
Shop guy also recommended AMD.
Hence I am still confused about cpu selection. I would need this rig for long run (5+) years.
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