PC Peripherals New budget rig

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Need to build a very budget rig for a friend for general multimedia and the occasional gaming i.e usually FIFA/NBA/ sometimes something a little more graphics heavy.

Budget= 15-20k (neg) without monitor, ups, speakers, kb and mouse.
Just CPU, mobo, RAM, HDD, (GFX??), DVD-RW and cabby (with PSU)

I configured some AMD systems first (still looking at Intel configs):
(All prices taken from ITWares)
CONFIG 1

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.7GHz 1MB L2 cache = 3000
Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2L GeForce 7025/630a = 2625
Kingston DDR2 2x2GB 800 Mhz = 2400
Palit 9400GT Super 1GB DDR2 - Super W/HDMI = 2700
Western Digital 1TB (16 MB Buffer) = 5150
Samsung 20x SATA SH-203B = 1200
Cabinet w/ PSU = 1500

TOTAL = 18575/-
CONFIG 2

Athlon 64 X2 7750+ 2.9GHz 3MB L2 cache Black Edition = 3550
MSI K9A2GM-F V3 AMD 740G and SB700 Chipset = 3050
Kingston DDR2 2x2 GB 800 Mhz = 2400
Sapphire HD 3450 512MB DDR3 = 2200
Western Digital 1TB (16 MB Buffer) = 5150
Samsung 20x SATA SH-203B = 1200
Cabinet w/ PSU = 1500

TOTAL = 19050/-
(with 780G mobo) = 20350/-
(with Palit 9400GT 1GB) = 20850/-

CONFIG 3

AMD Phenom X3 Phenom X3 8450 Tri-Core = 4670
MSI K9A2GM-F V3 AMD 740G and SB700 Chipset = 3050
Kingston DDR2 2x2 GB 800 Mhz = 2400
Sapphire HD 3450 512MB DDR3 = 2200
Western Digital 1TB (16 MB Buffer) = 5150
Samsung 20x SATA SH-203B = 1200
Cabinet w/ PSU = 1500

TOTAL = 20170/-
(with 780G mobo) = 21450/-
(with Palit 9400GT 1GB) = 21950/-
I'm leaning towards CONFIG 2, as he can always upgrade the CPU later on.

I haven't considered the Biostar 790GX due to availability concerns.

Reg. graphics, how does the 790gx fare?
I've configured the 740/780 systems with the 3450 cards cos of Hybrid Crossfire. How does the 3450 compare to the 9400GT?

Would it be better to use a 780g board instead of a 740g mobo? The extra RAM slots won't make a difference.

My friend won't be overclocking or anything of the sort, so take that out of the equation.

Cheers,
Maestro
 
E5200+EG31M-S2L+2x2GB RAM+Radeon HD4670+Zebronics Real Power 360W+Zebronics Bijli+Seagate/WD 500GB+Samsung optical drive

Roughly 19K.

How's your 16" behemoth laptop holding up btw?
 
gforce said:
E5200+EG31M-S2L+2x2GB RAM+Radeon HD4670+Zebronics Real Power 360W+Zebronics Bijli+Seagate/WD 500GB+Samsung optical drive

Roughly 19K.

How's your 16" behemoth laptop holding up btw?
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Nearly perfect build. :)
Go for this, TS.
 
gforce said:
E5200+EG31M-S2L+2x2GB RAM+Radeon HD4670+Zebronics Real Power 360W+Zebronics Bijli+Seagate/WD 500GB+Samsung optical drive

Roughly 19K.

How's your 16" behemoth laptop holding up btw?
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Thanks, gforce.

My friend's upped his budget to 20-25k, though nearer to 20 than 25.

Haven't had much time to tinker with the laptop yet. All down to a new job. Might post a review here shortly. I should,in fact.

It isn't as heavy as I thought it'd be, and battery life is underwhelming. I say underwhelming as I'm not sure if it's a 4/6 cell battery in there. I think the screen's fantastic (leaving aside that it's glossy and can serve as my mirror if ever the need arises :D). Don't take my word for it though, as I have no prior experience with LCD's.
 
Then go for the HD4770 instead of the HD4670 and CM460W.... Should cost u 3K more than Sato's suggestion.... So the total should be around 22k :) But the 4770 is a very good GPU delivering 90% performance of the 4850 most of the times.... :)
 
CM's Extreme series isn't recommended as a long term solution.

Grab a Corsair CX400 for roughly 3.1K (1.6K more than the Zebby in my previous post) and an HD4770 (over the HD4670 that I had originally recommended).
 
gforce said:
CM's Extreme series isn't recommended as a long term solution.

Grab a Corsair CX400 for roughly 3.1K (1.6K more than the Zebby in my previous post) and an HD4770 (over the HD4670 that I had originally recommended).
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Corsair CX400 and Sapphire HD4770 (Total 1.6k + 1.8k = 3.4k More than 19k build --> Total 22.5k) The Perfect Build

CX400 can handle a 24x7 rig having QX9650 + HD 4870 etc etc in Future. So u know that its a gr8 investment.
 
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