Basic System for general usage

sunny27

sunny27

Stig's Indian Cousin!!!
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Hi!

I am looking build a basic system for my sister who is studying design as an undergraduate in NID. I plan to give her a system soon.



1. Q: What is your budget?

As low As possible

2. Q: What is your existing hardware configuration?

No system yet just parts lying from my inventory of spares

3. Q: Which hardware will you be keeping?

Keyboard--Benq

Mouse--Gigabyte GM 6800

Speakers--Creative

Cabinet--Gigabyte Luxo M142

Harddrive--WD 500Green

4. Q: Which hardware component are you looking to buy?

CPU+Board+LCD+ram+psu+gpu

5. Q: Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future?

Yes

6. Q: Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)

1. Ahmedabad

2. Open to online purchase

3. Mumbai

7. Q: Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market?

1. Yes if there's anything with warranty

8. Q: What is your intended use for this PC/hardware?

1. NO GAMING

2. Browsing

3. Desktop Processing

4. Photoshop+various animation software+designing/content creation software

5. Download rig, 24x7 operation

6. Watching HD movies-1080P

9. Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike?

NO

10. Q: If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?

NO GAMING

11. Q: What is your preferred monitor resolution for normal usage?

Anything will do

12. Q: Are you looking to overclock?

No

13. Q: Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?

Windows 7 64 bit



I would prefer this system to be a low power consuming system. I have 4gb of OCZ ddr3 1600 Platinum ram, 8800GT and Corsair VX 450 but I guess that would be an overkill for what I need and it would be extremely power hungry.
 
^^^ No intel systems--overpriced and useless.

I guess a good AMD Dual core or a second hand quadcore with gigabyte's 740g DDR3 chipset based board+ some low power gpu and basic psu.
 
sunny27 said:
^^^ No intel systems--overpriced and useless.

I guess a good AMD Dual core or a second hand quadcore with gigabyte's 740g DDR3 chipset based board+ some low power gpu and basic psu.
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Overpriced maybe.

But Useless you have to reconsider that point.
 
CPU - AthlonII X3 440 ~ 3.6k

Board - Gigabyte 74GMT-S2 ~ 2.5k/ Asus M4A78LT-M LE ~ 2.7k

LCD - Dell IN2020M ~ 6.6k

ram - Kingston 2GB DDR3 1333MHz ~ 1.6k

psu - Gigabyte Superb 460 ~ 2k

gpu - Sapphire HD4670 512MB DDR3 ~ 3.8k
 
Excellent!

Finalized on the following parts-

AMD X3 440 or a second hand quad core if I get it cheap

Gigabyte 740g motherboard

Dell 20" LCD

Will use my existing Corsair vx450+OCZ 4gb 1600mhz ddr3 ram for now.

Do I need such a powerful gpu? won't ATI 4350/4550 be enough ?
 
i will suggest i3 as its low on power consumption -

Intel Core i3 540 @ 4.1k
Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2 @ 3.6k
Dell S2009W @ 6.5k

the i3 graphics are sufficient for your movie needs.
 
Jaskanwar Singh said:
i will suggest i3 as its low on power consumption -

Intel Core i3 540 @ 4.1k
Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2 @ 3.6k
Dell S2009W @ 6.5k

the i3 graphics are sufficient for your movie needs.
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Isnt the cost of i3 540 5.1k? Typo?
 
sunny27 said:
Excellent!
Finalized on the following parts-
AMD X3 440 or a second hand quad core if I get it cheap
Gigabyte 740g motherboard
Dell 20" LCD
Will use my existing Corsair vx450+OCZ 4gb 1600mhz ddr3 ram for now.

Do I need such a powerful gpu? won't ATI 4350/4550 be enough ?
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Guess it should for basic usage and HD videos. But spending ~1.8k on a new HD4350 is not worth in IMO. Better grab a used one for ~1k.
 
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