PC configuration for daily use under 35k

techh

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1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Stupid answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work. Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.')
Ans: I am blogger and I spent most of time in front of computer. I use Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi browsers and watch YouTube videos.

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 35k. It can be a extended if configuration gives 2 or 3 years extra life.

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:No

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:Windows 10

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans:Hard drive is already available, new one not needed.

6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention which screen size and resolution do you want. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, again mention the size and resolution of monitor you have.
Ans:No. LG 16 Inch LED Monitor 1366*768.

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: Don't want to buy hard drive, SSD ,monitor, keyboard and mouse as they're with me.

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: next week

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: No, yes will be built by assembler

10. Where do you live? Are you buying locally? Are you open to buying stuff from online shops if you don't get locally?
Ans:Ongole, andhra pradesh. No won't be buying locally, planning to buy in CTC from hyderabad. Open to buying online but not sure I get lowest price.

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: I've these on my mind.
i5-8400 or i5-8600k, want to take i5-8400 it comes with a fan, where latter doesn't. I also need to find a suitable or compatible fan for i5-8600k processor, I've no idea about that. I don't want to overclock CPU. But system will be running most of the day in 24 days. My current configuration is
i3-2100, 4GB RAM, Intel HD graphics.
I plan to take 8GB RAM, depending on cost and budget said above I decide on 2*8GB (have kingston DDD4 Fury in mind)
 
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nac

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Like I said before, I don't think new system will be significantly better for your need. Even if you want to buy a new one, i5 is too much for your need. And 4GB is good enough, you don't need 8GB and definitely not 16GB.

BTW, Your current rig works fine, right? If it works fine, you can upgrade when it's giving trouble or dies.
 

SaiyanGoku

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Save money. Newer config won't be a significant upgrade over current system like @nac said. If needed get another similar 4 GB stick. Do a dust cleanup, replace the thermal compound with a good quality one and make sure current cabinet has at least 2 same fans for 1 intake - 1 exhaust config.
 
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techh

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Like I said before, I don't think new system will be significantly better for your need. Even if you want to buy a new one, i5 is too much for your need. And 4GB is good enough, you don't need 8GB and definitely not 16GB.

BTW, Your current rig works fine, right? If it works fine, you can upgrade when it's giving trouble or dies.
Seems I'm getting trolled here. That's what I feel. Last time when I asked, I wanted to get a new config, but postponed then.

It feels time for me as Chrome with just two windows with more tabs open is just eating memory and hanging, feel like very slow. I don't want to buy anything for another 5 0r 6 years If I choose a new CPU now. The current configuration worked and working since 8 years, its time to move to new processor and Higher RAM. Actually I am visiting Hyderabad anyway for personal reasons next week, I wanted to take the new PC also.
Considering new applications like multi-process Firefox, uses more RAM and the latest apps of Techsmith- Snagit 2018 and Camtasia 2018- consumes more memory and requires good CPU.
If you're an Windows 10 insider, then PC requires good configuration, I am an insider, but not currently running insider builds. You definitely feel the difference with Windows 10, Firefox, Chrome and Techsmith products they draw more processing power and memory.
 
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nac

Aspiring Novelist
No, we're not trolling. I am using a decade old system with just 1GB memory. After adding SSD, my system is much faster.
Yeah, screen capture tool could use more memory. You're vlogging?
Download this one and see your system usage and decide.
 
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techh

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I use snagit for screen captures and I also post videos on YouTube channel using Snagit and Camtasia. I am aware of my system configuration. But the apps I use are getting more memory intensive.
 

SaiyanGoku

kamehameha!!
Seems I'm getting trolled here. That's what I feel. Last time when I asked, I wanted to get a new config, but postponed then.
Umm, you won't need a completely new system for these tasks:
1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Stupid answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work. Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.')
Ans: I am blogger and I spent most of time in front of computer. I use Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi browsers and watch YouTube videos.
 

nac

Aspiring Novelist
I use snagit for screen captures and I also post videos on YouTube channel using Snagit and Camtasia. I am aware of my system configuration. But the apps I use are getting more memory intensive.
Screen capturing and editing those videos before uploading are CPU/memory intensive things which you didn't say in your opening post.
If only memory usage is shooting up, increase memory then.
No offense, that tool is not for knowing system configuration. That's for how much your system uses things like CPU, memory...
Like this. You see my CPU usage here, when I took this snapshot I was running about 20 browser tabs, couple of office documents. Since all I have is 1GB, almost always my memory usage stays above 90%
*i.imgur.com/dDoEIcY.png

Anyhow, choice and money is yours. Since you're keen on i5,

i5 8400
ASUS B360 Prime Plus
Corsair vengeance 8GB DDR4 2667mhz or higher

These will cost about 30k. Pick up a good PSU at least bronze rated, someone here will help you with brand/model. A good PSU and cabinet should cost less than 7k.
 
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techh

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I can see this when I ran Hwinfo sensors
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nac

Aspiring Novelist
With just two tabs, chrome is consuming 3 gigs of ram?
Anyway, run longer not just few minutes. If your typical working hours is 6-8 hours, run for the whole 8 hours.

There are few things you can do to speed up your system. Do it if you're interested and if you haven't done it already.
Use cccleaner to clear cache/cookies and fix registry issue if there is any.
Defrag and scan you hdd/ssd
Uninstall apps you don't need
Google askvg tutorial for make your computer faster and follow the instructions.
If your system still slow, you can do a clean installation of windows again and see.
 

Minion

Conversation Architect
Intel® Core™ i5-8400 Desktop Processor-13,000
Gigabyte B360 AORUS GAMING 3 WIFI-10,000
Corsair 8GB DDR4 CMK8GX4M1D2600C16-6,400
Corsair TX550M-5500
Corsair SPEC-ALPHA White-Red-4,700


 
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techh

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Intel® Core™ i5-8400 Desktop Processor-13,000
Gigabyte B360 AORUS GAMING 3 WIFI-10,000
Corsair 8GB DDR4 CMK8GX4M1D2600C16-6,400
Corsair TX550M-5500
Corsair SPEC-ALPHA White-Red-4,700
Which is best i5 8400 or i5-8500 or i5-8600k, If I go with i5-8600k can I get stock cooler for it as I don;t plan to OC it. Seen some threads with heating issues for for i5-8400.
 
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techh

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With just two tabs, chrome is consuming 3 gigs of ram?
Anyway, run longer not just few minutes. If your typical working hours is 6-8 hours, run for the whole 8 hours.

There are few things you can do to speed up your system. Do it if you're interested and if you haven't done it already.
Use cccleaner to clear cache/cookies and fix registry issue if there is any.
Defrag and scan you hdd/ssd
Uninstall apps you don't need
Google askvg tutorial for make your computer faster and follow the instructions.
If your system still slow, you can do a clean installation of windows again and see.
I said Chrome with two windows, not two tabs. Its not your fault to suggest optimize PC performance, but you should know users are more advanced and have knowledge about these. I am a tech blogger, I know all the things, I optimized my Windows 10 already.
 
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Minion

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Which is best i5 8400 or i5-8500 or i5-8600k, If I go with i5-8600k can I get stock cooler for it as I don;t plan to OC it. Seen some threads with heating issues for for i5-8400.
i5 8400 is more than enough for you.

About overheating I heard Intel stock cooler are garbage I suggest you to first use stock cooler if you face any issue then change it with better aftermarket cooler
 
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techh

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Which shop should I approach in CTC, secunderabad? Any users here resident in Hyderabad and tell me the shop that offer best prices, I want them to assemble the system also.
 
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techh

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Which motherboard?Want to get one below 10k, don't play games, so avoid unnecessary features.
Intel H310M-H HDMI & VGA Port Ultra Durable motherboard with GIGABYTE 8118 Gaming LAN,
MSI LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel H310 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel Motherboard (H310M PRO-VDH)


ASUS PRIME B360M-K LGA 1151 (300 Series)

 
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techh

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Which motherboard?Want to get one below 10k, don't play games, so avoid unnecessary features.
Intel H310M-H HDMI & VGA Port Ultra Durable motherboard with GIGABYTE 8118 Gaming LAN,
MSI LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel H310 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel Motherboard (H310M PRO-VDH)


ASUS PRIME B360M-K LGA 1151 (300 Series)
Suggest which motherboard is best for me in the above. Thanks
 

Minion

Conversation Architect
Which motherboard?Want to get one below 10k, don't play games, so avoid unnecessary features.
Intel H310M-H HDMI & VGA Port Ultra Durable motherboard with GIGABYTE 8118 Gaming LAN,
MSI LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel H310 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel Motherboard (H310M PRO-VDH)


ASUS PRIME B360M-K LGA 1151 (300 Series)

H310 motherboards are budget motherboards my suggestion don't go below B360

You should not cheap out on motherboard as it is crucial part of computer and good quality motherboard comes with better components and are much durable than budget offerings so I would suggest to get one I have suggested.
 
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techh

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OK. Thanks. considering you suggested go for b360 can I go for *www.amazon.in/dp/B07BRM2K4K/, its priced at 8.4k on Amazon. Can u suggest good SMPS as you suggested is way costly IMO. what's your take on this onw:CORSAIR SMPS VS450 - 450 WATT PSU WITH ACTIVE PFC I also require someone to suggest a shop in CTC, secunderabad that offer best prices. Not sure, which shop to approach.
 
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