General Purpose PC for Downloads and listening Music, etc.?

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sudhanshu39

Broken In
Hi

I need to assemble a general purpose including downloading, listening music and other documents works.

How is this config?

Intel Core i3-530 Clarkdale 2.93GHz 4MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core
Intel BOXDH55HC LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI ATX

OR

AMD Athlon II X4 635 Propus 2.9GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core
**Suggest a GigaByte Mobo which Supports DDR3 and has IGP**

CORSAIR 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model VS2GB1333D3 G
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 500GB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive
BENQ G610HDAL 15.6’’ LED LCD Monitor
Sony 24X Internal Sata High Speed DVD RW - DRU-880S-ZR
COOLER MASTER Elite 310 RC-310-RWN1-GP Red SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified SMPS
ASUS USB-N10 IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wireless Adapter Up to 150Mbps Wireless Data Rates 64/128-bit WEP, TKIP, AES, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK
 
CA50

CA50

Cyborg Agent
Don't you think that a quad core system is tooo much. For a downloading rid you are going to waste too much money as well as electricity. If you are not interested in gaming/video encoding/rendering then 4 cores are just a waste.

get a normal core 2 duo for that purpose or a X2 from AMD
 
ssb1551

ssb1551

Technomancer
Go with Ishu's suggestion of MoBo.
Since its gonna be a downloading rig I think it would be better if you go for 1TB HDD.
 
vickybat

vickybat

I am the night...I am...
@ op

I guess you should stick with intel this time. Clarkdale based i3's have much lower TDP than AMD propus based quads. So for a download rig, the intel option will save better in electricity bills.

Since you won't be doing video encoding, the i3's will have better performance overall and its even got hyperthreading. So you will be still processing 4 threads simultaneously sacrificing a bit on performance efficiency since you have 2 physical cores.

Go for i3 540 @ 5k & pair it with Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2 @ 3.6k. This system will run cooler than amd ( relatively because nowadays amd systems do not run hot either) and will consume less power (again relatively).
 
Cool Buddy

Cool Buddy

Wise Old Owl
Get 2 HDDs. I'd say one 500 GB and one 1 TB. Either get both WD green or get one WD Green and one samsung Ecogreen.
You might want to save a bit on the processor to accommodate this. I'd suggest Athlon II X2 250.
CX400 is a good choice of PSU if you are going to run this PC 24x7 or something like that.
 
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