New Member : Help Wanted! - Choosing Config.

Hardware & Gaming PC Builds, Modding & Overclocking
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Hi All,

I’m a new member here…would need some help to choose a new PC.

Am very confused over buying a AMD X2 or the C2D. Best is to seek ur expert opinions.

Usuage would be basic home usuage + internet + gaming.

Something like…gaming : 50% and remaining 50% usuage.

I’m on a fixed budget .Things like Harddrive capacity can be taken care of later on cause I already have a 80 gig + 40 gig IDE Drives.

Budget for cpu + motherboard + ram only : Rs.20,000/- - Rs. 25,000/-

Total budget is Rs.35,000 but will be getting a 17" LCD and hence have deducted the same. Please respond.

My current pc is a mere : p3-600 mhz - 128 mb rd ram @ 800 mhz - intel vc820 mbb and the usual.

Thank you all for ur assistance in advance.

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Go for C2D E6300 will nicefly fit your budget. Go for 1 GB 667 Mhz RAM with Gigabyte DS3 Mobo for 10k if you can else a budget mobo for 6k MSI Neo F.

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@techcheat : thanks for ur responce , but dont u think it will be a bit of “overbudget”? for me ? i mean i would end up spending the amount jus on the 3 factors !..but wat config. u suggested sounds amazing…please feed in more coments…

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U seek a mobo + proccy + RAM in 35K ??

Go for a 6400 and p5B dlx which should cost u upwards of 26K . Get 1 GB or some good RAM and if u want a decent Graphics card in 4K.

But wait for the experts to pour in the views.

BTW u got quite a decent budget, but why do u want only the proccy for 25K. A mobo + RAM wont fit in 10K easily.

EDIT : Uh oh… I got u now.. By CPU u mean everything inside the chassis right ?

For 25K

6300 = 8.5K

msi 965P neoF or another alternative is the P5B = 6.5k and 8k

RAM 1GB = 5.5K

Graphics CARD = 4K

TOTAL = 24.5

500 for treat :wink:

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go for the following:

E6300-8.5k

MSI Neo F-6.5k

RAM: 2*1gb Transcend DDR 2 667: 11k

Palit 7600GT-8k

Total 34K

reduce RAM to 1gb and total will be 28.5k but recommended to go for 2gb

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RAM can always be added later, instead now invest on a better Motherboard / CPU.

My suggestion:

Intel Core2Duo E6300 → Rs. 8500/-

Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3 Motherboard → Rs. 9500/-

1GB Corsair Value 667 MHz DDR2 RAM → Rs. 5000/-

Antec / Cooler Master 550W SMPS → Rs. 5000/-

Don’t invest on a Graphics Card now, because at the most you can spend Rs. 6k on it, instead wait for some time and get a good decent Graphics Card for you, probably a Direct X 10 compatible.

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1 GB Corsair Value 667 MHz DDR2 RAM → Rs. 5000/-

Where are you getting at this price?

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@ALL He has mentioned budget as 25K so please stick to that.

Total budget is 35K including Moniter.

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@ all : thank u very much to all for ur replies…really appreciate the same…

now let me make the matter a lil bit worst for u …now i know wat 25k can “really” get me in the “top” notch…now lets “SMUDGE” in somethings…

25k !..including mbb+processor+dvdwriter+ram+cabinet+psu+hdd…lets roll !!..i know that the cab + Psu will be basic..but lets jus roll it at the basic level for now :slight_smile:

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Check Ur Pm

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If you were to ask me i could tell you if you intend even for games a fast proccy will give you an advantage that is negligible. what matters is a good graphics card . why do you think even the ps3 arearmed with processors with a power of a pentium 3 800 Mhz . so you easily go for a budget amd 64 or an x2 and a mobo and a nice graphics card and a Gb of ram with plenty of money left for a decent psu cabby and a dvd writer . this should more than suffice any application you run .

Think wisely and choose well .

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@ShareKhan : Thanks , for ur reply mate…very well said …why dont’ u also jot down a config for the same pls

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I would say otherwise, a processor now a days makes a huge diff, think it of this way, gfx card you can always upgrade later, but how many times do you upgrade mobo+proccy. And PS3 have cell processors whose computing power is way beyond current generation CPU’s :rofl: , and an AMD X2 is way too overpriced for its performance.

But yeah, get atleast an E6300 and 1gb RAM 667 mhz, for gfx card get a cheap 7300 GT if you can find that within 4k. You can always upgrade the gfx card laters.

Also dont save on PSU, get a Powersafe atleast, cheap PSU’s means a lot of prolems afterwards, trust me on that.

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a core duo is no doubt the best option . i dont disagree but for a 20 ~25 K budget and 25 is streching it . i know where is he coming from and he wants a complete pc in 20 K and a amd 64 should fit this config nicely .

I personally use a 2800+ 64 754 and a cheap ass mobo K8S-MX
and a 6600 GT card i could play games quite well , upto NFS most wanted . sure not ultra high super duper ass hair detail , but good enough , but then again i am not an avid gamer .

Processor technology keeps on improving . Everyone thought the E6600 kicked ass untill the E6700 came out and we see a flurry of them up for sale .

so think what u use , what u may use , you may realise that even a sempron could do for you with you saving more than 10 K in the deal . maybe splurge the extra money left on a kickass Zen vision M or an ipod video or etc etc witha couple of extra grands.

I dont have much idea about prices , so ill leave that to the other kool people here .

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^^ In 20k I guess he has no other option other than A64 3000+ and Asus n6150 mobo. Get the AM2 version atleast, as DDR2 is gonna get cheaper, whereas DDR 1 is gonna get expensive.