general use AMD rig for minimum 3 years of usage without any upgrades.
Q: What is your budget?
20K-25K
Q: What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)
CPU - Intel P4
Motherboard - Asus P5B MX
GPU - GMA 3000
RAM - 533MHz 512MB
Monitor - 17" LCD
SMPS - iBall Cabinet
Q: 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 X3/X4 CPU
Motherboard - any compatible motherboard
GPU - Integrated or dedicated
HDD - Hitachi 500GB
LCD - DELL Full HD Ultrasharp (14k) or other FULL HD LCD
RAM - 2GB Corsair Value Select
M/b - MSI or Gigabyte.
any TV Tuner card
SPeakers - Creative 2.1 or 5.1 (2-3k)
Q: Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
Chennai
Q: Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market
No
Q: What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
Browsing
HTPC
Download rig
Watching HD movies
Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference.
HDD - Hitachi, LCD - DELL, RAM - Corsair Value Select, M/b - MSI or Gigabyte
Q: If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
Strategy - Civilization 4/5, Half Life series
Q: What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
Desktop - 1920x1080
Q: Are you looking to overclock?
No
Q: Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
Windows 7 32 bit
The rig is for my friend, who is also selling his Onida CRT TV, DVD Player to make some room in his house.
So, this PC has to be make a good replacement for the TV too.
So please do suggest a TV Tuner card in the config & also a good speaker system.
Note: Currently, they are using SVC Set top box for cable channels.
Note2: saw the http://www.techenclave.com/pc-buyin...an-technology-community-pc-buying-178097.html
Interested in General Purpose Home Machine + Casual Gamer (Budget 26k) config, but needs some modification for my friends lower usage.
Processor AMD Athlon II X3 440(3Ghz, 3 cores, 1.5MB Cache) 3600
Motherboard Biostar A780L3/Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT-S2/Asus M4A78LT-M LE 2600/2750
RAM Kingston 2GB DDRIII 1333MHz 1750
HDD 500GB Seagate 7200.12 1750
GPU Sapphire 512MB DDR5 HD5670 4700
Monitor Dell IN2020 6600
Cabinet Zebronics Bijili w/o SMPS 1100
PSU/SMPS FSP SAGAII 350w 1500
Key Board Logitech SET - Optical Blk Mouse+ MMKB 700
Mouse NA -
ODD L.G./Samung/ SOny OEM SATA DVD-Writer 950
Speakers Logitech R20 2.1 850
Total 26100-26250
Q: What is your budget?
20K-25K
Q: What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)
CPU - Intel P4
Motherboard - Asus P5B MX
GPU - GMA 3000
RAM - 533MHz 512MB
Monitor - 17" LCD
SMPS - iBall Cabinet
Q: 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 X3/X4 CPU
Motherboard - any compatible motherboard
GPU - Integrated or dedicated
HDD - Hitachi 500GB
LCD - DELL Full HD Ultrasharp (14k) or other FULL HD LCD
RAM - 2GB Corsair Value Select
M/b - MSI or Gigabyte.
any TV Tuner card
SPeakers - Creative 2.1 or 5.1 (2-3k)
Q: Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
Chennai
Q: Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market
No
Q: What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
Browsing
HTPC
Download rig
Watching HD movies
Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference.
HDD - Hitachi, LCD - DELL, RAM - Corsair Value Select, M/b - MSI or Gigabyte
Q: If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
Strategy - Civilization 4/5, Half Life series
Q: What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
Desktop - 1920x1080
Q: Are you looking to overclock?
No
Q: Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
Windows 7 32 bit
The rig is for my friend, who is also selling his Onida CRT TV, DVD Player to make some room in his house.
So, this PC has to be make a good replacement for the TV too.
So please do suggest a TV Tuner card in the config & also a good speaker system.
Note: Currently, they are using SVC Set top box for cable channels.
Note2: saw the http://www.techenclave.com/pc-buyin...an-technology-community-pc-buying-178097.html
Interested in General Purpose Home Machine + Casual Gamer (Budget 26k) config, but needs some modification for my friends lower usage.
Motherboard Biostar A780L3/Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT-S2/Asus M4A78LT-M LE 2600/2750
RAM Kingston 2GB DDRIII 1333MHz 1750
HDD 500GB Seagate 7200.12 1750
GPU Sapphire 512MB DDR5 HD5670 4700
Monitor Dell IN2020 6600
Cabinet Zebronics Bijili w/o SMPS 1100
PSU/SMPS FSP SAGAII 350w 1500
Key Board Logitech SET - Optical Blk Mouse+ MMKB 700
Mouse NA -
ODD L.G./Samung/ SOny OEM SATA DVD-Writer 950
Speakers Logitech R20 2.1 850
Total 26100-26250
