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:
1. The computer will be used for general purposes @ home.
2. Softwares will be- MS Office, Photoshop, different charting programs like Metastock, Ninjatrader, Amibroker and similars. I will be using a VM also.
3. Casual gaming. Crossed the gaming phase of my life. Older games of 2012-2016 will be
enough.
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 50K. May be extended upto 60K.
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No.
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 10 Pro (64 bit)
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 2TB…..will use my existing Seagate HDD Barracuda Compute.
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. My earlier Monitor was 19” (18.5). I will now go for 21”. Full HD.
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: HDD (2 TB Barracuda Compute) and PSU (Antec VP550P)
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: within October 2018.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Yes…but will go for 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: Kolkata. Yes.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: I have myself configured the following. Need your comments.
1. CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2400 APU - 12,500
2. MoBo: ASRock AB350 PRO4 – 7,500
3. RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX Series 1X8 GB DDR4 3000 MHz
(Will add one same module later) 6,100
4. HDD: Seagate 2 TB 2 TB Barracuda Compute --------
5. PSU: Antec VP555P --------
6. DVD Write: Asus DRW-24D5MT/LG GH24NSDI 1000
7. GPU: (Not required at Present, will test the APU
) --------
8. Monitor: LG 22MP68VQ-P 9500
9. Cabinet: Corsair Carbide SPEC-01/SPEC-04/100R 3000
10. KB+Mouse: Gamdias Ares V2 Essential GKB100 OR
Logitech Gaming Combo G100 2500
11. Speakers: 3000
12. UPS: APC 600VA 230V Back-UPS (BX600C-IN) 2700
Some questions are –
· Should I buy a SSD along with the HDD?
· Are all the parts compatible? Will there be any issue?
· Is there any bottleneck in performance?
· Whether the RAM, Processor and Motherboard will need any tuning?
· Will the MoBo require BIOS update to use the Processor (Ryzen 5 2400) using an older supported processor? If yes, how can I do that? I have no such older processor!!
· Please suggest a good 2.1 speaker system within 2000-3000
· Any other point you would like to advice?
Ans:
1. The computer will be used for general purposes @ home.
2. Softwares will be- MS Office, Photoshop, different charting programs like Metastock, Ninjatrader, Amibroker and similars. I will be using a VM also.
3. Casual gaming. Crossed the gaming phase of my life. Older games of 2012-2016 will be
enough.
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 50K. May be extended upto 60K.
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No.
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 10 Pro (64 bit)
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 2TB…..will use my existing Seagate HDD Barracuda Compute.
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. My earlier Monitor was 19” (18.5). I will now go for 21”. Full HD.
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: HDD (2 TB Barracuda Compute) and PSU (Antec VP550P)
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: within October 2018.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Yes…but will go for 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: Kolkata. Yes.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: I have myself configured the following. Need your comments.
1. CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2400 APU - 12,500
2. MoBo: ASRock AB350 PRO4 – 7,500
3. RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX Series 1X8 GB DDR4 3000 MHz
(Will add one same module later) 6,100
4. HDD: Seagate 2 TB 2 TB Barracuda Compute --------
5. PSU: Antec VP555P --------
6. DVD Write: Asus DRW-24D5MT/LG GH24NSDI 1000
7. GPU: (Not required at Present, will test the APU
8. Monitor: LG 22MP68VQ-P 9500
9. Cabinet: Corsair Carbide SPEC-01/SPEC-04/100R 3000
10. KB+Mouse: Gamdias Ares V2 Essential GKB100 OR
Logitech Gaming Combo G100 2500
11. Speakers: 3000
12. UPS: APC 600VA 230V Back-UPS (BX600C-IN) 2700
Some questions are –
· Should I buy a SSD along with the HDD?
· Are all the parts compatible? Will there be any issue?
· Is there any bottleneck in performance?
· Whether the RAM, Processor and Motherboard will need any tuning?
· Will the MoBo require BIOS update to use the Processor (Ryzen 5 2400) using an older supported processor? If yes, how can I do that? I have no such older processor!!
· Please suggest a good 2.1 speaker system within 2000-3000
· Any other point you would like to advice?
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