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<blockquote data-quote="ALPHA17" data-source="post: 1576643" data-attributes="member: 33927"><p>^^ Intel Core i3 2100 <strong>OR</strong> Core i5 2400 ~ 6200/- <strong>OR </strong>10500/-</p><p></p><p>Intel DH67-BL ~ 5800/-</p><p></p><p>Corsair XMS3 4GB x 1 <strong>OR</strong> G.Skill RIPJAWS 4GB x 1 1600MHz module ~ 1750/-</p><p></p><p>Dell IN2030M ~ 6200/- [LED back-lit 20" monitor, capable of 720p, DVI-out and matte finish so no irritating reflections] <strong>OR </strong></p><p></p><p>BenQ G2220HD ~ 7200/- [LED back-lit 21.5" monitor, full HD support + DVI-out] -- if someone manages to convince you to buy a larger screen size by the BenQ model at your discretion.</p><p></p><p>The COre i5 2500<em><strong>k </strong></em>I will not recommend you because the <em><strong>k </strong></em>denotes that processor is unlocked and can be over-clocked which you are not interested in, also to over-clock the CPU you'll need to invest in a <strong>P67 / Z68</strong> chipset based motherboard which will drive your costs up again.</p><p></p><p>The only useful thing you are forfeiting with the i5 2500k is the slightly better IGP unit on die, but the Intel HD 2000 will drive Windows 7 fine, incase your graphics card decides to kick the bucket too.</p><p></p><p>Also if you go for a Core i5 2400, you'll get a proper quad-core which will serve you much better over the Core i3 model which has issues in heavy CPU utilization applications <strong>due to dual-core + <em>Hyper Threading</em></strong> design [though gaming performance is pretty much the same]. <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/363?vs=289" target="_blank">http://www.anandtech...duct/363?vs=289</a></p><p></p><p>Hope this helps, Sire. Cheers!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ALPHA17, post: 1576643, member: 33927"] ^^ Intel Core i3 2100 [b]OR[/b] Core i5 2400 ~ 6200/- [b]OR [/b]10500/- Intel DH67-BL ~ 5800/- Corsair XMS3 4GB x 1 [b]OR[/b] G.Skill RIPJAWS 4GB x 1 1600MHz module ~ 1750/- Dell IN2030M ~ 6200/- [LED back-lit 20" monitor, capable of 720p, DVI-out and matte finish so no irritating reflections] [b]OR [/b] BenQ G2220HD ~ 7200/- [LED back-lit 21.5" monitor, full HD support + DVI-out] -- if someone manages to convince you to buy a larger screen size by the BenQ model at your discretion. The COre i5 2500[i][b]k [/b][/i]I will not recommend you because the [i][b]k [/b][/i]denotes that processor is unlocked and can be over-clocked which you are not interested in, also to over-clock the CPU you'll need to invest in a [b]P67 / Z68[/b] chipset based motherboard which will drive your costs up again. The only useful thing you are forfeiting with the i5 2500k is the slightly better IGP unit on die, but the Intel HD 2000 will drive Windows 7 fine, incase your graphics card decides to kick the bucket too. Also if you go for a Core i5 2400, you'll get a proper quad-core which will serve you much better over the Core i3 model which has issues in heavy CPU utilization applications [b]due to dual-core + [i]Hyper Threading[/i][/b] design [though gaming performance is pretty much the same]. [url="http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/363?vs=289"]http://www.anandtech...duct/363?vs=289[/url] Hope this helps, Sire. Cheers!! [/QUOTE]
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