Help Needed with Rig for Photoshop/Gaming within 30k (excluding GFX card) :)

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1. Q: What is your budget?

1. 30K +/- 2k
2. Q: What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)

1. CPU - Intel C2D E6300
2. Motherboard - Intel 965RY
3. GPU - ATI HD4850 512 MB
4. RAM - Transcend 2X1GB DDR2 RAM
5. Monitor - 17 SAmsung CRT
6. SMPS - Zebronics 500 W
7. HDD - 500 GB

*Going to use this as a download rig*
3. Q: Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)

1. GPU - Sapphire ATI HD 4850 512 MB
4. 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.

1. CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz
2. Motherboard - MSI 785GM-E51 AM3 AMD 785G HDMI [Chose this over Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-US2H coz MSI had DDR3 & is cheaper][Am I going wrong here?]
3. GPU - *from old rig*
4. HDD - WD 500 GB
5. RAM - 2*2 GB DDR3 [Company??? FSB???]
6. KB/Mouse - Microsoft Bundle
7. Cabinet - ???
8. Power Supply - ???
9. Moniter - 21.5' Samsung
10.Speakers - *Something decent to go with MB 8 channel O/P*

5. Q: 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

1. *None*
6. Q: Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)

1. Mumbai (Suggest a shop in Navi Mumbai area please)
2. Open to online purchase

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

1. No

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

1. Gaming
2. Browsing
3. Photoshop Editing *Highest Priority*
4. Watching HD movies

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

1. *None*

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

1. Strategy - *Rise of Nations, C&C RA3*
2. FPS - *COD4,CS 1.6, L4D*

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

1. Gaming - 1600*1200
2. Desktop - Full HD

12. Q: Are you looking to overclock?

1. No

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

1. Windows 7 64 bit/32 bit

New PC is basically for my Sister as she is into professional editing. I want it to be able to do well in games too.
But priority is to do well with image editing and processing.

Help will be much appreciated.
 
You can get the following configuration, if the budget permits get a Dell 22''Ultrasharp.

AMD Phenom II X4 945(3Ghz, 4 cores, 6MB L3 Cache) Rs.6.9K

MSI 785GM-E51 Rs.4.5K

4GB(2*2) G. Skill F3-10600CL9S-2GBNT DDRIII Rs.5.2K

500 GB WD Blue Rs.2K

CMElite310(add extra120mm front) Rs.1.8K

Corsair CX 400 Rs.2.7K

Logitech MultMed. Keyboard+Mouse Rs.700

Benq G2220HD Rs.7.7K

Altec Lansing 2.1 BXR1121 Rs.950

Total comes to Rs.32450
 
Thx for the reply.

Pretty solid config there. Few questions:

1. How is the MSI service in India?

2. What is the cost of Dell 22''Ultrasharp and is it worth giving extra premium over BenQ?

3. Any shops in Navi Mumbai area which can give the rates you have mentioned above.

4. Will there be any performance drop when I use my PCIe x16 card with a PCIe 2.0 slot?

Thx in advance
 
aman.pitbull said:
You can get the following configuration, if the budget permits get a Dell 22''Ultrasharp.

AMD Phenom II X4 945(3Ghz, 4 cores, 6MB L3 Cache) Rs.6.9K

MSI 785GM-E51 Rs.4.5K

4GB(2*2) G. Skill F3-10600CL9S-2GBNT DDRIII Rs.5.2K

500 GB WD Blue Rs.2K

CMElite310(add extra120mm front) Rs.1.8K

Corsair CX 400 Rs.2.7K

Logitech MultMed. Keyboard+Mouse Rs.700

Benq G2220HD Rs.7.7K

Altec Lansing 2.1 BXR1121 Rs.950

Total comes to Rs.32450
Replace the MSI E51 with the E56 board, the former has electrolytic caps, the board costs roughly 500 bucks more but worth it
 
Darn :dead: my posts take 2-3 days to show up.... Really sad.
Mods y dont u guys just make a post appear straight away then and delete it when it gets a few thumbs down.
this would realy help new-comers like me to start up easy.:Comp9:
 
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