- What is your budget?
- little more than 30K but flexible (read full post)
- What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)
- 3rd gen i5 based laptop
- Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)
- keyboard and mouse - k230 and G402
- Monitor - will probably use Sony 22 inch FHD TV, is this a good idea? If I use it I can probably accommodate a GPU
- 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 - G4560?
- Motherboard - H110 based if I don't need to flash bios with other CPU or b250
- GPU - nVidia only... can I fit 1050?
- PSU - VP450p?
- 8 GB 2400mhz ram from ___ ?
- 1 TB WD hdd
- Any good looking cabinet, I am a designer by profession, shitty iball cabinets boil my blood.
- 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
If I can't get GPU now, I will add one in future
- Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
- Mumbai, lamington road
- Open to online purchase
- Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market
- NO
- What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
- Machine learning using tenserflow, scikit learn, pandas, a lot of data analysis (I know my budget is not enough for the kinda work I want to do but.. :/ )
- Data analysis in R
- Kodi
- Usual desktop computer stuff that people do
- Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
- Graphics card must be nvidia only. Not because I am a fanboy, it's because of CUDA. The main purpose of this machine is to crunch data using libraries that rely on CUDA.
- If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
- TF2 and Civ V... very rarely though.
- What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
- Gaming - 1080p
- Desktop - 1080p
- Are you looking to overclock?
- No
- Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with latest kernel for kaby lake support.
Silent and low power operation is desirable, however at this budget I am ready to make compromises.