PC upgrade - 15 to 18k

[-=CyANid3=-]

Hello

My friend is planning to upgrade his pc ,his budget is around 15-18k .

He will use for PC for gaming, software's like Dreamweaver, Visual Studio etc.OS will be Windows 7 .

Please suggest a good motherboard (with 3.0 USB ports ) , external gfx card (if mobo's graphics is less) , good processor (i5 or i7 or AMD ) ,HDD (500 or 1tb) and ram (2gb DDR3 or 4gb DDR3) .

Thank you

 

[DarkAngel]

Errr... If upgrade please do mention the current config so that people recommend has some idea regarding the kind of PSU he has etc....

Anyways assuming he has a good PSU and a sata DVD R/W i would suggest the following,

Intel i5 2320 ~ 9.3k (4 cores, 3GHz)

Intel DH67BL(B3) ~ 5.2k

Corsair 4GB DDR3 1333MHz ~ 1.3k

Seagate 500GB 7200.12 ~ 2k (or 1TB if he can spare more cash for ~2.9k)

 

[-=CyANid3=-]

Thank you for replying

I'm not sure abt his current hardware , will ask him and post here.

The mobo you suggested has inbuilt gfx ? If yes , how much ?

 

[DarkAngel]

Nowadays the processor themselves have inbuild GFX. The H67 can make use of it. The Intel i5 2320 has Intel HD2000 GPU which is more than enough for playing FIFA11, NFS MW or playing HD movies.

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Intel HD Graphics 2000 / 100 - Notebookcheck.net Tech

 

[-=CyANid3=-]

Thank you for the link

 

[vivek.krishnan]

And if he does not have a SATA DVDRW, then he can get a sata pata converter for 200~250 bucks, like mine.