PC Peripherals Upgrade for a new RIG!!

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Ero-Sannin

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Hey guys its been a long time since i've visited TE, i've been outa touch from computer hardware, so i have no idea whats new in the market and how much is it worth, anyways need a decent config for my friend

Basic purpose for the PC is browsing and music, on and off work on Photoshop and Coraldraw.

Budget is 15k
no monitor needed
just a CPU/Mobo,RAM,PSU,HDD,if a gfx card can fit that would be awsome.....

once again no gaming rig
 
Amd 240 3.2k
boistar 785ge 3.2k
transcend ram 2gb 1.3k
wd 500gb hdd 2.7k
gigabyte superb 460w 2.3k
thats about 12.7k so 2.3k left you can get hd 4350 512mb for that much if you want gpu or go for amd 250 @ 4.2k + 4gb ram
total 15k
hope this helps
 
AMD Athlon X2 240 - 3k
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2HP - 4.5k
OCZ 2x2GB Titanium 800MHz - 3.2k
Silverstone ST40F 400W - 3k
Western Digital 500GB Blue - 2.5k

Intel E5300 - 3.5k
Gigabyte GA-P31-S3G - 3.5k
OCZ 2x2GB Titanium 800MHz - 3.2k
Silverstone ST40F 400W - 3k
Western Digital 500GB Blue - 2.5k

all the prices are from Prime ABGB

I highly recommend AMD
I warn you not to buy Biostar Products as warranty claiming could be a problem
 
Gigabyte G31M ES2L Motherboard ~2.3k
Intel E5200 Processor ~3k
Transcend 2x2GB 800Mhz RAM
Seagate 7200.12 500GB Single Platter HDD for performance/ WD green/blue for a bit of extra peace of mind.
Zebronics 350W PSU
Ati HD 4670 GPU ~4k

^All purpose low-cost rig. that should be about ~15k

If you can do w/o a GPU/sacrifice on something else like the RAM, go with a AMD x2 240 + Biostar 785 based setup like suggested above. Like the above post too, unfortunately, i don't recommend the lower end biostar boards either.

Off topic(N/A to TS):- Please do not quote this post and give me the upgrade path BS, spare me the trouble and just make your own suggestion if you think you can do better.
 
AMD PhenomII 550BE - 5.2k
Biostar 785GE - 3.2k
Transcend RAM 2*2GB DDRII 800 - 3k
Seagate 500GB 7200.12 HDD - 2.5k
Zebronics Pro 350w - 1.5 k
Total- 15.4k approx
As you do not need it for gaming i suggest you go for a powerful processor as you use Photoshop and CorelDraw. If you get the correct batch no. of the proccy(0922APMW) you can even try and unlock your processor into a quad core solution. :) The LGA-775 sockets are EOL and the core i-5 have already been launched. So better stick to a AMD solution.

@UDIT: Why against Biostar, do they have high faliure rate? Why a 3k PSU for a 15k rig?
 
Processor-Intel Dual Core E 5200 -3.2k

Intel Dual Core - E5200 ? Lynx-The Electronics & Computer Superstore

Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L -2.5k

Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L ? Lynx-The Electronics & Computer Superstore

Ram- Corsair CM2X2048-6400 2GB - 1.6k

Corsair CM2X2048-6400 2GB ? Lynx-The Electronics & Computer Superstore

PSU- Corsair CMPSU-400CX - 3k

Corsair CMPSU-400CX ? Lynx-The Electronics & Computer Superstore

HDD- Western Digital Internal 500GB SATA 3.5" -2.7k

The Repairmasters - Westrn Digital Internal 500GB SATA 3.5"

Total = 13k excluding VAT & shipping

Graphics Card- Zotac NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT 1GB DDR2 -3.5k

Zotac NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT ZT-95TEK2P-FSL 1GB DDR2 Graphics Card -

Total 16.5k including G-card

1.5k more than your budget but it's truly worth it.
 
i'm mentioning a few-

Antec 300 -3.8k

CM690- 4.5k

if your budget is more then go for one of these-

Antec 900- 6.9k

NZXT Tempest - 6.7k

CM HAF 922-6.8k
 
why in the world would a guy with a 15k budget spend more than 1k or so on the cabby. in case he had a 5k budget on the cabby it would any way make sense to go in for 18k+ on the CPU and the remaining on the cabby.
 
Udit said:
AMD Athlon X2 240 - 3k

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2HP - 4.5k

OCZ 2x2GB Titanium 800MHz - 3.2k

Silverstone ST40F 400W - 3k

Western Digital 500GB Blue - 2.5k
all the prices are from Prime ABGB
I highly recommend AMD

I warn you not to buy Biostar Products as warranty claiming could be a problem
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+1 to this... I also somehow sceptical about biostar products...
 
i had a biostar TP35D2A7 mobo which died like year back and its been over a year now since i've been trying to get that thing RMAd from them got a replacement back but that too was not working only the lights came on nothing worked... soo biostar is outa the question....
 
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