cheapest possible rig within 15k

[ganeshnokiae63]

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: programming and little gaming such as angry birds

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:15k

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:no

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:windows 7

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans:250 gb as low as possible

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:yes i have 15" Samsung

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans:avoid Monitor,Graphics card,ups..

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans:coming saturday or sunday

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans:yes

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:buying locally

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans:i can upgrade the computer in 1 year so avoid Branded psu. can use local ones...
consider the following components
AMD A8 3870k: 6.5k
Gigabyte GA-A55M-DS2: 3.2k
4GB DDR3 1333MHz: 1.1k

 

[The Incinerator]

Intel G 630 - Rs 3300
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H/ASUS P8H 61-MLX - Rs 4300/2800
Corsair Value select Ram 4 GB - Rs 1250
HDD - WD 500 GB - Rs 3400 ( 250 GB at Rs 3000 dosnt make sense to me if it does to you then save Rs 400 here)
SMPS - Antec Basiq - Rs 1750
Cabinet - Cooler Master Elite - 1800
OPD - Samsung SH-S 223F - Rs 975
Keyboard /Mouse - Rs 650

Total Rs 17425/15925

As for the cabinet and Smps I cant suggest local and its not a good idea to buy a cheap PSU.Its your PC I can only advice rest is your call.

 

[ganeshnokiae63]

the gigabyte is 1155 socket and i can upgrade the processor at later
any amd configuration because it provide more VFM
thank you for the quick reply

 

[whitestar_999]

some corrections:
instead of ASUS P8H 61-MLX get Gigabyte GA-H61M-D2H which is much better for ~300 more & in place of samsung/lg drive get Asus which is again much better(according to many here) for ~200 more.

 

[d6bmg]

About SMPS get Corsair VS450 @2.2K
Otherwise the suggestion of post #2 is good.

Price of corsair 4GB value RAM is 1.1K

 

[ganeshnokiae63]

so increased the budget to 18k
Intel G 630 - Rs 3300
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H- Rs 4300
Corsair Value Ram 4 GB - Rs 1100
HDD - WD 500 GB - Rs 3400
Corsair VS450 - 2200
ASUS DVD Drive - 1000
Keyboard /Mouse - Rs 650
comes at 16k
so where i can get the Corsair VS 450 it is nowhere in local shops in chennai as i know so far
or i can get it from online

 

[Skud]

Here:-

Corsair VS450 450 Watts PSU | Psu | Flipkart.com

 

[d6bmg]

^^ overpriced there.

 

[Skud]

Not by much, its almost same at Prime too. And what to do when locally it is not available?

 

[The Incinerator]

I would say you better get the Corsair CX430V2 for Rs 2500 rather than the VS450. Im not so confident about that "market or region specific" PSU.

And for DvD drive buy nothing than the Samsung SH-S223F drive,the non oem version,get the one that comes in box with a Nero DvD. There is no drive in the market that has a transport like that.Trust me.Its very very good. I use it for my EAC sessions,even my imported Pioneer drive didnt feel this good.

 

[ganeshnokiae63]

tomorrow will be going to check locally about the prices...
thanks for the valuable reviews

 

[ganeshnokiae63]

guys i checked a local shop.the prices of the components are
Intel G 630 -
Intel mobo - 6050 (combo)
Transcend Ram 4 GB - Rs 950
Seagate HDD 500 GB - Rs 3500
Corsair VS450 - 2500
ASUS DVD Drive - 950
zebronics Keyboard /Mouse - Rs 350
cooler master elite - 1900
and the total is 16.2k
i think it is a good deal...
and i shocked that the salesman know about the corsair psu my god...
but some of the salesman dont know about soundmagic products

 

[raghupratap]

I never knew that you could assemble a credible gaming PC in a 15K budget! Thanks for the info.

On second thoughts, is this setup okay for playing the current crop of PC games - say COD or Halo. Please, I am just a beginner, so please excuse if any of my questions sound stupid!

 

[ganeshnokiae63]

^^ this sounds weird.
it is not a gaming pc.
this is just for programming.
by adding HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 it will be a gaming pc..

hai guys after some advice i bought the following rig
intel g 620
intel dh61ho
Transcend ram 4gb
samsung dvd drive
seagate hdd 500 gb
Cooler master cmp 500
zebronics kb and mouse
Corsair vs 450
damage is about 16.5k
and lovely iball rocky headset @ 370