A PC for my parents within Rs. 20000/-

[MegaMind]

ICO's suggestion s good...
If u r not planning on upgrading ur pc, u can do as ICO said..
Also x4 640~=C2Q Q8400

 

[coderunknown]

Why not give your current E7400 based PC to your parents and keep the Athlon II X4 machine with you?

+1 from my side

 

[Skud]

@ico, jas, manju, sam

Nice idea and had earlier toyed with the same, but my Mom won't approve it. You know she wants something new. And new means NEW!!!

Otherwise that would have been the best idea.


As far as my upgrade plans go, that's obviously not before next year. I hope by that time AMD would really come out with some bad-ass CPUs or as they like to call now, APUs.

 

[ico]

Give her the new cabinet then with E7400 inside.

 

[MegaMind]

Give her the new cabinet then with E7400 inside.

@ICO

 

[topgear]

Give her the new cabinet then with E7400 inside.

WoW ! I'm really impressed by that idea

 

[Skud]

Give her the new cabinet then with E7400 inside.

Superb idea

If only I was in Kolkata instead of Patna

Better wait till next year. Moreover, I don't know what my parents would do with a Crossfire capable mobo

 

[Skud]

Finally bought the following from MD Computers for my parents:-

Component | Model | Price
CPU|AthlonII x4 640|4450
Motherboard|Gigabyte 880GM UD2H|4200
RAM|Corsair 2x2GB DDR3 1600MHz XMS3|2600
HDD|Seagate/WD 500GB 7200.12|1650
Case|CM Elite 310 Blue|1450
DVD|HP Sata DVD|925
PSU|Corsair CX430|2550
Speaker|Altec Lancing VS2621|1550
Webcam|Microsoft LifeCam VX-2000|1000
KB/Mouse|My old Microsoft KB & Logitech Optical |-
Monitor|My old Dell S1909W|-
UPS|My old APC 500VA|-
TOTAL ||20375
VAT @ 4% ||815
GRAND TOTAL ||21190

Thanks to all for their valuable suggestions.

 

[Rahul01]

Have u checked/compare prices other shops before purchasing. Athlon 2 640 @4300 and 880gm ud2h(not sure about version) @ 3750 at vedant computers two months ago.

 

[akshayt]

Buy 1600mhz. PERIOD

You don't lose anything. 200 bucks out of 20k is nothing.

But it may just help somewhere down the line, especially with Windows 8. And probably it does help Windows 7 a bit too!

 

[Skud]

Have u checked/compare prices other shops before purchasing. Athlon 2 640 @4300 and 880gm ud2h(not sure about version) @ 3750 at vedant computers two months ago.

Supreme quoted closer to 24K for the same, Eastern Logica 22.5K with a UD3 mobo. Could not find Vedant, so just bought from MD Comp as its rates seem fine. Can you please tell me its exact location for future reference???

Buy 1600mhz. PERIOD

You don't lose anything. 200 bucks out of 20k is nothing.

But it may just help somewhere down the line, especially with Windows 8. And probably it does help Windows 7 a bit too!

I completely agree. Whether it help Windows or not, the price is just spot on.

 

[topgear]

^^ Is it Corsair or Kingston 2GB DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 - as far as I know Kingston don't make XMS series only corsair has XMS series and Rs.2.6K for 2GB DDR3 1600Mhz ram seems overpriced.

BTW, congrats on your new purchase - eager to see some cool pics

 

[Skud]

^^ Is it Corsair or Kingston 2GB DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 - as far as I know Kingston don't make XMS series only corsair has XMS series and Rs.2.6K for 2GB DDR3 1600Mhz ram seems overpriced.

BTW, congrats on your new purchase - have to assembled it and gave it a run - eager to see some cool pics

Oops, just goofed up the RAM details. Corrected now.

Thanks...