Budget 21-30k CPU tower upgrade for intermediate use

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My sis is planning to upgrade her desktop (CPU tower only). Budget is 25k (hard stop). She will be retaining monitor, keyboard, mouse and ups.

Please suggest.

Questions
  1. What is your budget?
    • 20-25K
  2. What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)
    • CPU - Intel E8400
    • Motherboard - MSI G31SL
    • GPU - Onboard
    • RAM - Corsair Dominator 4GB
    • Monitor - Dell 22"
    • SMPS - Corsair CX430
    • (please mention the rest in above format)
  3. Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)
    • Monitor - Dell 22"
    • SMPS - Corsair CX430 (if sufficient)
    • Keyboard
    • Mouse
    • UPS
  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 - At least AMD 955 BE
    • Motherboard - any compatible motherboard with
      • On board graphics
      • USB 3.0
      • HDMI output (preferred)
    • HDD
    • SMPS (if upgrade necessary)
    • Cabinet
  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
    • May add a GPU and additional HDD later.
  6. Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
    • Delhi
    • Open to online purchase
  7. Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market
    • No
  8. What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
    • Intermediate home use
    • Casual gaming
    • HTPC (connect with 40"LCD)
  9. Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
    • Only Brands with good A.S.S. in Delhi
  10. If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
    • N/A
  11. What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
    1. Desktop - 1920 x 1080
  12. Are you looking to overclock?
    • No
  13. Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
    • Windows 7 32 or 64 bit
 
CPU - AMD Quad-Core A10-Series APU for Desktops A10-5800K with Radeon HD 7660D (AD580KWOHJBOX) ~ 8050/-
(The above iGPU Radeon HD 7660D beats the haswell i7-4770k HD4600 hollow ...... yes no printing error here :happy:)

Motherboard - Chose between these
ASRock FM2A55M-DGS ~ 4252/- [mATX; 2 memory slots (capa 32GB)]
ASUS F2A85-M ~ 7600/- [mATX; 2 memory slots (capa 32GB)]
ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 ~ 8275/- [ATX; 4 memory slots (capa 64GB)]
Gigabyte GA-F2A85X-UP4 ~ 9899/- [ATX; 4 memory slots (capa 64GB)]

RAM - Corsair DDR3-1600/PC3-12800 (2 X 4GB) ~ 4000/-
Note: 8 GB is the minimum needed today (esp on Win7/8 -64bit) so as not to bottleneck your system, besides you will also have to allocate RAM from here for your integrated GPU

HDD - Seagate 1TB ~ 3869/-
CABINET -
Bitfenix Merc Alpha usb 3.0 ~ 3540/- (power supply placement is bottom)
CM Elite 344 usb 3.0 ~ 1950/- (SMPS is top mounted)
Note: Cabinets in this price range come with just 1/2 fans. You can add 2/3 more 120mm fans to achieve better cooling (these are not very expensive - go for Cooler master fans)

You can continue with your existing SMPS. This is quite a powerful build. In future if you wish to add a discrete GPU, then change the PSU to Seasonic 520W.

Cheers
Terry[DOUBLEPOST=1370583245][/DOUBLEPOST]Note: As you intend to connect your PC to your 40"LCD via HDMI -I have not suggested an Intel CPU as the iGPU of Intel has major problems in playback of HD content in 23.976fps. Dropped frames, glitches etc every 2-3 minutes. This problem has existed since 2008 and only NOW has Intel managed to solve it with Haswel's 4600 iGPU.
 
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