Help in Building A Rig- Home Machine & Casual Gamer - Mumbai

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My cousin need a new one as the old one a P4 has gone bust.
*Budget - 25k-30k
*Primary Use - Home use (Watching lots of Movies and internet) and casual gamer.
*Current setup- P4 gone bust, sold for 1k locally.

Using "The universal specs sheet" and the "TE PC Buying Guide", This is what i could put up.
Cabinet
Zebronics Bijili Rs. 1100

Power Supply
FSP Saga II 350W Power Supply Rs.1,500

Processor
Intel i3-540 Rs. 5,150

Motherboard
MSI 880GMA-E41 Rs 4,100

RAM
Corsair VS2GB1333D3 Rs. 1,400

Hard Disk
Seagate 500GB 7200.12 Rs.1,750

Monitor
Samsung B2230 21.5" Rs. 7900

DVD Burner
Sony 24X DRU-880S-ZR Rs.1,050

Speaker
Altec VS4121 2.1 Rs. 2,900

Keyboard and mouse
Already have !

All this come around for Rs. 26,850. With max at 30k.
Can also look at
Processor
i5-650 Rs. 8,700
Total Rs. 30,400
OR
RAM
Corsair VS2GB1333D3 *2 Rs. 2,800
Total Rs. 28,250

So your suggestions and the best place to buy in mumbai, also if they can assemble and home deliver it, would be great. ;)
Otherwise it would be up to me, will fun too i guess.:P Only thing is moving it from my home to his ! :Car4:
 
Intel i3-540 Rs. 5,150 --> Intel Proccy
MSI 880GMA-E41 Rs 4,100 --> AMD Mobo

It wont fit buddy :P
Also the i-5 650 is a dual core and is exorbitantly priced at 8.7k. For that price u can get a AMD hexa-core.

If u want Intel i-3 540 then get a Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2 ~ 3.5k/ Gigabyte GA-H55M-D2H ~ 4.4k
Else if u are going with AMD u can get the AthlonII X3 440 ~ 3.4k + Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H ~ 4.8k(has USB3.0, SATA 6Gbps ports)/ MSI 880GMA-E41 ~ 4.1k/ MSI 785GM-E45 ~ 3.6k
 
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Components Description Price (INR)

Processor AMD AthlonII X4 640 4500

Motherboard Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H 4500

RAM 2GB Kingston/Gskill 1333Mhz DDR3 RAM 1300

HDD 500GB Seagate 7200.12 1750

Monitor Benq G2220HD 7700

Cabinet CM Elite 310 1500

PSU FSP Saga II 400w PSU/Gigabyte Superb 460 1900

DVD Drive LG 22x SATA DVD Writer 900

Speakers Altec Lansing VS4121 2900

Total 27000

Reasons :

Get GA-880GMA-UD2H. It has has SATA3 6gbps, USB3.0 and good integrated graphic. Makes you a bit future proof and help you in causal gaming.

Benq G2220HD ~ 7.7k. Good enough for full HD.

Now, if you want to accommodate a graphic card too in that budget:-

AMD Athlon II X3 440 @ 3.3k

MSI 785GM-E45/MSI 880GMA-E41 @ 3.6k/4.1k

Sapphire 512MB DDR5 HD5670 @ 4.5k

Altec Lansing 2.1 BXR1121 @ 0.9k
 
Dude that MSI 880 mobo is for AMD processors & not for intel ones. for the i2-540 or i5-650 u will need a H55 or a cheap P55 mobo. IMO u shud consider the following config:

1. AMD Athlon II X4 640- ~ Rs 4500

2. Biostar TA-785GX- ~ RS 3600

3. Corsair 1333 DDR3 Value Ram 2x2GB- ~Rs 2800

4. Corsair CX 400 SMPS/ VIP 400W- ~Rs 2700/ Rs 1200

5. Seagate/WD 500 GB SATA II- ~Rs 1650

6. Logitech MM KB+Mouse Combo- ~ RS 650

7. Samsung DVD-RW OEM- ~ Rs 900

8. Dell ST 2210/ ST2210L FullHD Monitor- ~Rs 9000/ 9500

9. AMD Radeon 5670 1GB DDR5/ NVIDIA GTS 250 512 MB DDR3- ~Rs 5500/ 5700 (OPTIONAL)

10. Cooler Master Elite 310 ATX Mid Tower- ~Rs 1500

11. Speakers- ANY Rs 1500-2800

the Total cost of this rig comes to about ~ Rs 26500 without the graphics card & ~ 31500 with the graphics card. Remember these are approximate prices that can fluctuate by +- 200 Rs per component
 
DarkAngel said:
Intel i3-540 Rs. 5,150 --> Intel Proccy

MSI 880GMA-E41 Rs 4,100 --> AMD Mobo

It wont fit buddy :P
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DarkAngel said:
Also the i-5 650 is a dual core and is exorbitantly priced at 8.7k. For that price u can get a AMD hexa-core.

If u want Intel i-3 540 then get a Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2 ~ 3.5k/ Gigabyte GA-H55M-D2H ~ 4.4k

Else if u are going with AMD u can get the AthlonII X3 440 ~ 3.4k + Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H ~ 4.8k(has USB3.0, SATA 6Gbps ports)/ MSI 880GMA-E41 ~ 4.1k/ MSI 785GM-E45 ~ 3.6k
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He will go for i3, so either Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2 ~ 3.5k/ Gigabyte GA-H55M-D2H ~ 4.4k

Others, Thank You. Will reconsider with him and tell :-)
 
@singam

u wud use an intel processor on an amd motherboard lol...

Buy this

Components Description Price (INR)

Processor AMD Athlon II x3 440/AMD Athlon II X4 640 3350/4700

Motherboard MSI 880GM-E41/Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H 4100/4800

RAM Corsair 1333mhz Value 2x2GB 2600

HDD 500GB Seagate 7200.12 1750

GPU Sapphire HD5670 512MB 4700

Monitor Benq G2220HD 7700

Cabinet NZXT Gamma 2100

PSU/SMPS Corsair CX400 2650

Key Board N/A

Mouse NA

ODD L.G./Samung/ SOny OEM SATA DVD-Writer 950

Speakers Altec Lansing 2.1 BXR1121 950

Total 30850/32900
 
Another option with a Corsair PSU, a Radeon 5450 graphics card, slightly inferior speakers :

iBall Fab 9 ATX Designer Cabinet Without SMPS : Rs 1500

Corsair CX400 Power Supply CX 400 80+ Certified PSU : Rs 3000

eBay India: Corsair CX400 Power Supply CX 400 80+ Certified PSU (item 280604018832 end time 13-Jan-2011 14:52:36 IST)

AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition: Rs 5.5k

eBay India: AMD Phenom II X2 Black Edn 555 AM3 DualCore 3.2 GHz CPU (item 200556290301 end time 23-Dec-2010 22:13:01 IST)

ASUS M4A68T-M GF7025 DDR3 AM3 MOTHERBOARD : Rs 3.7k

eBay India: ASUS AMD M4A68T-M GF7025 DDR3 AM3 MOTHERBOARD PARALLEL (item 400182689419 end time 27-Dec-2010 00:58:26 IST)

HIS Radeon HD5450 512MB DDR3 : Rs 2750

Local TE Dealer in Dealer section

CORSAIR 2GB DDR3 1333 : Rs 1.3k

eBay India: CORSAIR 2GB DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory 2 GB DDR 3 (item 280522105200 end time 12-Jan-2011 19:35:00 IST)

Hard Disk Seagate 500GB 7200.12 Rs.1,750

Monitor Samsung B2230 21.5" Rs. 7900

DVD BurnerSony 24X DRU-880S-ZR Rs.1,050

ALTEC LANSING BXR 1221 WOOFER SPEAKER : Rs 1100

eBay India: ALTEC LANSING BXR 1221 WOOFER SPEAKER BXR1221 1YR+BILL (item 170581849833 end time 26-Dec-2010 09:38:08 IST)

Keyboard and mouse

Already have !

Total budget is approximately 30k based on ebay prices. You should get everything for less than 28k in the local market.
 
Components Description Price (INR)
Processor Intel Core i3 - 540 (3.06 GHz, 2 cores, 4MB Cache) 5100
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2 3500
RAM Corsair 2GB DDR3 1333MHz 1300
HDD 500GB Seagate 7200.12 1800
GPU Intel HD IGP -
Monitor Samsung B2230 7900
Cabinet Zebronics Bijili w/o SMPS 1100
PSU/SMPS FSP SAGAII 400w/Gigabyte Superb 460 2000
ODD L.G./Samung/ SOny OEM SATA DVD-Writer 950
Speakers Altec Lansing VS4121 2900
Total 26550

If you want more power than the IGP then go for the HD4670 1GB DDR3. It has more power than the HD5450. (Infact it trounches it)
The XFX 1GB DDR3 costs just 3.5k in Chennai and the Asus costs 3.85k. The Sapphire version too should cost in the same range of ~3.9k

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I have a gut feeling that the OP is going to stick to the FSP 350w PSU. That is why I was wary of suggesting cards like the 4670 as they draws more power. The OP also wants casual gaming and lot of movies, that is why the silent 5450 would be a good bet.

DarkAngel said:
If you want more power than the IGP then go for the HD4670 1GB DDR3. It has more power than the HD5450. (Infact it trounches it)

The XFX 1GB DDR3 costs just 3.5k in Chennai and the Asus costs 3.85k. The Sapphire version too should cost in the same range of ~3.9k
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vinayaga said:
I have a gut feeling that the OP is going to stick to the FSP 350w PSU. That is why I was wary of suggesting cards like the 4670 as they draws more power. The OP also wants casual gaming and lot of movies, that is why the silent 5450 would be a good bet.
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FSP SAGAII 350w can easily handle HD4670. This card draws 60w max and doesnt even need a extra PCI-E connector(Which even the 350w version has). Also the processor that he has also is low power consuming. I just recommended the 400w version for a little more headroom in the future.
 
From the above suggestions it comes down to the 2 config below one with intel i3 and the other with Athlon X4. Not keen to include a GPU as his dad would be pleased if the rig plays lesser games:P

And guys is Benq G2220Hd better than samsung Samsung B2230 for watching movies ? As most of you have suggested Benq. And Altec VS4121 2.1 is good one nah ? :ashamed:
So which one would be ideal choice i3 or Athlon X4? ;)

The Choice
Cabinet | Zebronics Bijili | 1,100
Power Supply|FSP Saga II 350W|1,500
Processor|Intel i3-540 or AMD Athlon II X4 640 | 5,150 or 4,700
Motherboard|Gigabyte GA-H55M-D2H or Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H | 4,400 or 4,800
RAM|Corsair VS2GB1333D3 *2 | 2,800
Hard Disk|Seagate 500GB 7200.12 | 1,750
Monitor|Benq G2220HD| 7,900
DVD Burner|Samsung DVD writer| 950
Speaker|Altec VS4121 2.1|2,900
|Total|28,450 or 28,400
 
I would pick the AMD combo as the AMD offers more cores, USB 3.0, 4DIMM slots, SATA 6Gbps ports. Also since u still have some amt left u can consider the 1TB HDD too as it just costs ~2.8k now.
 
DarkAngel said:
I would pick the AMD combo as the AMD offers more cores, USB 3.0, 4DIMM slots, SATA 6Gbps ports. Also since u still have some amt left u can consider the 1TB HDD too as it just costs ~2.8k now.
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@singam

Go with the amd combo as suggested by DA, XTM & ofcourse me...:P

Checkout This Review: CPU Benchmark, Part 2: Mainstream Processors. Page 6 - X-bit labs

Athlon II x4 640 thrashes the i3 540 in almost every benchmark... Plus if u will go with an amd based rig u wud get USB3 + Sata6GBPS which will make ur rig last a bit longer.... And BTW LGA1156 Processors are soon going to get EOL'ed...
 
Singam said:
What about Samsung B2230 and Benq G2220HD ?
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Both are very good monitors... i have BenQ G2220HD and i just love it... ;) BTW i have heard great things about B2230 too... If u'll go wid either of them u wud b making a good choice...
 
^^

For your usage take the B2230 as you are more into HD movie watching where the slight additional screen space will come handy, otherwise the BenQ G 2200HD is not bad either ( it is cheaper, cooler reproduction is a shade better ) and bro please go for the AMD based rig, it is much more future proof and VFM :), hope this small bit helps

harishgayatri said:
^^ Ideal choice would definitely be Intel.:bleh:
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Bench - CPU - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News, there Intel gets blown out of the water :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: :ohyeah:
 
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