Assemble a new Desktop

[skeletor]

2. Instead of a Gigabyte SMPS, is it worth buying something like cooler master or Silverstone ?

+1 for cool master

I can't really comment on Silverstone, but you will only be able to buy a Cooler Master Extreme Series PSU in your budget which REALLY REALLY SUCKS.

So, please go forward with a Gigabyte Superb 460w as it is 80% certified which CM Extreme is NOT. In simple words: Gigabyte Superb 460w, FSP Saga II 400w and FSP Saga II 500w are the better buys.

 

[asingh]

Silverstone is decent. Good PSUs.

 

[skeletor]

1.) Ok! That makes me change my mind again! I plan to buy the AMD for sure! But do I need to buy something better than AMD Athlon II X4 635, this proc has been there since a while now and do we expect anything new?

AMD Athlon II X4 635 is better and cheaper than Intel Core i3-530. Motherboards for it are also cheap and offer way better on-board graphics.

If you feel that Intel Core i3-530 is good enough for you, then AMD Ahtlon II X4 635 is definitely better than it in almost everything except being slightly slow in gaming but the on-board graphics of the motherboard pretty much makes up for it as you are not buying a graphic card.

As you got a lot of bad response about AMD from dumb shopkeepers, you have been forced to think that AMD has heating issues but believe me it's not true...The huge number of AMD users on this forum justifies this...

I would not call them dumb. I would simply call them morons.

 

[Joker]

@op
athlon II x4 635 vs core i3-530 - InsideHW - Athlon II X4 635: Quad-Cores Are In

u can see that x4 635 is better.

if u need something faster then go for phenom II x4 945/955 be. it will run on the same motherboard itself.

go for this..

Phenom II X4 955BE @ 8k
Gigabyte GA880GM-UD2H motherboard @ 4.6k
2*2 GB Kingston DDR3 1333Mhz RAM @ 4.6k
Seagate or WD 1TB Hard disk @ 3k
Cooler Master Elite 310 cabinet @ 1.6k
Gigabyte superb 460w @ 2k OR FSP Saga II 500w @ 2.3k
DVD Writer @ 1k

total 25.1k

this thing owns every core i3.