Hello to One and All
This is my first post here at TE after number of days of research.. seemed like I could have got a thesis ready for a Phd in PC hardware research..
I must say this is a wonderful place with all the brilliant gurus around.. I considered myself a guru earlier but all you fantastic guys have made me literally feel like a noob...
Coming to the point...
I doubt if I made my doubt clear with the thread title (especially the latter part), let me explain my purpose for buying a PC.
Two main purposes:
I had purchased a whole new system a couple of years back (to play GTA 4).. It was a fair config at tht time .. AMD Phenom x4 940 BE, Gigabyte motherboard (forgot the model), MSI R4850 graphics card, 8gb of ram etc etc..
Now a couple of months back my MoBo stopped working.. warranty had expired so authorised service centers refused to repair.. I tried at hundreds of shops but they could not repair, those who could did not provide a guarantee even for a weeks time. Then I decided to buy a new Mobo, and to my astonishment, no company manufactured that Mobo.. I am not very good with hardwares, I wanted a Mobo with AM3+ chipset, i guess.. So after months of search I finally had to to discard my current Processor and go for a new Processor-Motherboard..
I feel, cant this companies provide a service/support/spares for even a 5 year duration.. I always hated Microsoft but it is among one of the few tech companies on this planet that give support to their products for a long long time.. I guess they were providing support to Windows XP till some months back..
I think I forgot my purpose .. bhavnaon ko samjho yaar...
So now I am building a new PC.. since I have some cash-crunch so will be doing it in stages.. I hope at least I have made my purpose clear..
This is my first post here at TE after number of days of research.. seemed like I could have got a thesis ready for a Phd in PC hardware research..
I must say this is a wonderful place with all the brilliant gurus around.. I considered myself a guru earlier but all you fantastic guys have made me literally feel like a noob...
Coming to the point...
I doubt if I made my doubt clear with the thread title (especially the latter part), let me explain my purpose for buying a PC.
Two main purposes:
- Playing latest games (my new found subject to brag among the friends..but seriously I enjoi playing those awesome games.. I had played Crysis and GTA 4 a couple of years back though)
- Running processor-hungry softwares (I am a programmer so I need those heavy softwares like Visual studio, SQL Server, Photoshop and the simple ones like browser, pdf reader, word processor etc.. but the big part is I need them all simultaneously and that too multiple instances )
I had purchased a whole new system a couple of years back (to play GTA 4).. It was a fair config at tht time .. AMD Phenom x4 940 BE, Gigabyte motherboard (forgot the model), MSI R4850 graphics card, 8gb of ram etc etc..
Now a couple of months back my MoBo stopped working.. warranty had expired so authorised service centers refused to repair.. I tried at hundreds of shops but they could not repair, those who could did not provide a guarantee even for a weeks time. Then I decided to buy a new Mobo, and to my astonishment, no company manufactured that Mobo.. I am not very good with hardwares, I wanted a Mobo with AM3+ chipset, i guess.. So after months of search I finally had to to discard my current Processor and go for a new Processor-Motherboard..
I feel, cant this companies provide a service/support/spares for even a 5 year duration.. I always hated Microsoft but it is among one of the few tech companies on this planet that give support to their products for a long long time.. I guess they were providing support to Windows XP till some months back..
I think I forgot my purpose .. bhavnaon ko samjho yaar...
So now I am building a new PC.. since I have some cash-crunch so will be doing it in stages.. I hope at least I have made my purpose clear..
- Q: What is your budget?
- 30-35K
- Q: What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)
- CPU - AMD Phenom X4- 940 BE
- Motherboard - Asus - Cant recall the model
- GPU - MSI R 4850
- RAM - Transcend 8GB DDR2
- Monitor - Acer lg 19inch
- SMPS - local brand 500 watts
- Keyboard-Mouse- Microsoft Combo
- Headphone - None
- HDD - Seagate 500 GB
- Cabinet -local brand
- Speakers - Altec Lansing2.0
- Optical Drive - LG DVD-RW
- Q: Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)
- Monitor - lg 19 inch
- GPU - MSI R 4850
- Keyboard-Mouse- Microsoft Combo
- Headphone - local brand
- Speakers - Altec Lansing 2.0
- Optical Drive - LG DVD-RW
- HDD - Seagate 500 GB
- 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.
- CPU - Intel Core-i5 3570K
- Motherboard - Asus P8H77-M - Intel H77 chipset
- RAM - Corsair Vengeance - 2 x 2 GB DDR3 - 1600
- SMPS - Cooler Master GX 550
- 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
- Yes, will upgrade the following within 6 months
- HDD - Seagate barracuda 1 TB
- GPU - Asus HD7770-DC-1GD5 - Radeon HD 7770
- Q: Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
- Mumbai - Laminton Road
- Q: Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market
- No
- Q: What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
- Gaming (Crysis 3, GTA 5 etc)
- Software Developement
- Watching HD movies
- Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
- Do not want to buy XYZ company product as I heard the after sales service in India is pathetic
- Q: If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
- All Recent and Upcomming Games FPS, Racing, Strategy , Sports etc
- Q: What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
- Gaming - 1600 x 900 or Above
- Desktop - 1600 x 900 or Above
- Q: Are you looking to overclock?
- Need help on this. I dont clearly understand this concept.
- Q: Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
- Windows 7 - 64 bit Ultimate
- Windows 8 - 64 bit Enterprise
