- Q: What is your budget?
- 25-30K (max budget)
- Q: What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)
- none
- Q: Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)
- NA
- 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.
- Am Open to suggestions.
- 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
- Might upgrade RAM in the future and if absolutely required, upgrade the GPU
- Q: Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
- Bangalore – SP road
- Open to online purchase
- Q: Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market
- Additional HDD maybe
- Q: What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
- Use it primarily for Adobe PS & Lightroom as I want to use it to process photos
- Watching HD movies
- Light Gaming
- Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
- Read reviews about the AMD trinity & its integrated GPU being good.Not sure if it servers my need. But would prefer to have a VFM system
- Q: If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
- Most of the older games.
- Q: What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
- No idea since I am setting this up from scratch
- Q: Are you looking to overclock?
- No
- Q: Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
- Windows 7 64 bit or Windows 8
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Guys. A little help here please as I intend to buy & setup this weekend.
The general specs when I see for light gaming is as below. But am not sure if it would address my requirement for image editing in PS & LR. Please let me know if it is fine. Also this pushes the cost up a little bit so are there alternatives to the below or is the below the bare minimum that i should take.
CPU | Intel Core i3 3220 |
Motherboard | GIGABYTE-B75-D3H |
RAM | Corsair Vengeance 4GB X2 |
HDD | Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB |
DVD Drive | HP/ASUS boxed |
SMPS | Cooler Master GX450W |
Tower | Cooler Master eLite 311 Plus |
Monitor | DeLL ST2220L |
KBD Mouse | Microsoft combo |