Budget 21-30k Budget PC for home video editing - 15K to 25K

1. What is your budget?
   • 15K to 25K
2. What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)
   • I need help building a new PC. At present I'm using an old laptop with a 4th gen i5.
3. Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)
   • Monitor - Dell, 1920x1080 resolution
   • SATA SSD - Crucial MX500 500 GB
   • Keyboard and Mouse
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 - need an Intel i5
   • Motherboard - don't know anything about MBs
   • RAM - 16 GB, 32 GB if possible
   • PSU - again, don't know anything here
   • Case - the cheaper the better, as I am on a budget
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
   • NVME SSD
   • Possibly another stick of RAM if I currently get only 16 GB.
   • Maybe a dedicated graphics card in the future, but not sure - I know this will require a better PSU, but for the present build, please suggest a PSU that is required without a graphics card
6. Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
   • Online
7. What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
   • Browsing, watching HD movies
   • Some amount of video processing (see below)
   • Build Android custom ROM.
8. Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
   • I want to go for Intel CPU as I've never used AMD before, but I may choose AMD if it is cheaper
9. If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
   • none
10. What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
    1. Desktop - 1920x1080
11. Are you looking to overclock?
    • No
12. Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
    • Dual boot Windows and Linux

While the main use of this PC will be basic, like browsing, watching HD movies, etc., there are two other things that I want:

I have a lot of videos recorded on the phone, of family trips and all, and previously, I used Handbrake to convert some of those vids from x264 to x265 and noticed quite a bit of decrease in the file size. So video processing is one use for this new PC. But, I'm not a professional video editor or anything, and I don't want any really powerful hardware (in any case my budget does not permit it). Even my old Dell laptop with 4th gen i5 can convert those vids, but it takes a lot of time.

Also, I use custom ROMs on my phone and I want to build one myself. I've never done it before, one reason being it requires a lot of RAM, for e.g., the current Android version requires a minimum of 16 GB RAM.

I've read here on this forum that the current Intel processors, maybe the 13th and 14th gen, have some serious problems, so I think those have to be avoided, and in any case, they are above my budget.

I searched other threads in this section for PC building advice and came across this post by @Dushie :


He has mentioned a build that he recently assembled. I've searched for the current prices of the items he mentioned:

- CPU: Intel Core i5 12400F - 10K on Amazon, but F doesn't have iGPU, so either i5 12400 at 13K or i5 11400 at 11.5K or i5 10400 at 10.5K
- RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengance 3200 Mhz - 3.4K on Amazon
- Motherboard: ASUS PRIME H610M-E D4 Motherboard - 7.1K on Amazon, but older gen i5 has different socket?
- PSU (Power Supply Unit): Corsair CX 550W 80+ Bronze PSU - 4.6K

This comes to 28K with 12400 proc, and that too without the case.

So can anyone help out with the PC that I want to build, keeping it within 25K as much as possible?

Thanks.

Thanks @techmaestro and @vaibhavyagnik for your replies.

Following the above advice, here is what I think the PC will cost with a Ryzen processor:

Ryzen 5 4600G - 9K on Amazon
ASUS Prime B450M-A II - 7 to 7.5K, but OOS in Amazon and Flipkart
XPG ADATA GAMMIX D30 DDR4 8GB x 2 - 1.7K x 2 = 3.4K
DEEPCOOL MATREXX 30 - 2870 on mdcomputers
Antec Bronze Power Supply, CSK 550W 80+ Bronze Certified PSU - 3850 on mdcomputers, 3609 on computechstore.in
Total: 9K + 7K + 3.4K + 2.8K + 3.6K = 25800.

vaibhavyagnik said:

Get 2 Sticks of RAM instead of 1 (Mandatory)

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Are two sticks mandatory only so that if one fails, the other will make the computer work, or is there some other reason?

@techmaestro If the MB has only two ram slots, I'll have to buy a single 16gb stick so that I can add another 16gb later. Thanks for the links for the other sites, I'll definitely check out other sites before I make the purchase.

@sato1986 Ryzen 3600 has better performance than 4600g but it has no igpu, and I don't know where to get a second hand gpu. I've never bought second hand stuff before. The 520M motherboard you suggested is great. Only after comparing it with the 450M did I come to know that the 450M has no inbuilt wifi or bluetooth and adapters have to be bought separately.

I have two old computer cabinets lying around, one is of a P4 and the other is even older than that. As a temporary measure, can I use those or do these new motherboards require a newer kind of cabinet?