Need advice for 25K PC

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user28

Journeyman
Hi All,

This is my first post in this fantastic and knowledge sharing forum. I am planning to build a PC within a budget of 25K. I had made some choices and need advice if I had made the correct ones. Here are the basic details first.

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: Basically casual to moderate gaming(Like NFS, Red alert, Battlefield etc. No high end games), Watching movies, Internet etc.

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 25000 Rupees

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 8

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 500 GB, but thinking of an 64 GB SSD as boot drive

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: No. I am reusing my old monitor, Dell IN1930

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: Reusing these components - Liteon DVDRW, Mouse, TVS gold keyboard, Gigabyte Superb series 400 W PSU(don't remember the exact model. will post it soon as I reach home)

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: In a month

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

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: Hyderabad. I am open to online purchasing also

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: I am only building a gaming PC here and not a powerful beast.

Here are the things I had shortlisted.
1) Motherboard - ASUS - F2A85-M-LE
2) Processor - A4 Series - AD5300OKHJBOX
3) HDD - WD Caviar Blue 500 GB Desktop Internal Hard Drive (WD5000AAKX)
4) SSD - Kingston V+200 60 GB SSD
5) PSU -- Confused here? Should I get a new one or reuse my 4 year old Gigabyte PSU?
6) Graphic card - Asus AMD/ATI Radeon HD 5450 1 GB DDR3 Graphics Card
7) Cabinet - BitFenix Merc Alpha

Please advise me if the above configuration is correct or I can make a more cheaper AM3+ configuration without sacrificing performance within my budget. Also my next upgrade will be after 3+ years and so I selected the above config which is having USB 3.0 and SATA III so as it make it future proof for atleast 3+ years.

Awaiting response. Thanks in advance
 
sumalatha

sumalatha

Banned
Go with this Config brother:
If you can spare another 5k, you will get a very VFM Rig.Also you can go to Arun Computers, CTC, Secunderabad and ask for Mr.Raghu. He will give you good prices. I am from ECIL. OK.

Intel Core i3 3220 -7000,
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H -6000,
Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 4GB -1500,
Corsair CX430 -2400,
NZXT Source 210 Elite -2900,
Kingston V+200 60 GB SSD -3300,
Asus 24B5ST DVD-RW -1000,
WD Caviar Blue 500GB -3100,
Asus HD7750 1GB -7000.
TOTAL -31,100.
 
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shivakanth.sujit

Padawan
sumalatha said:
Go with this Config brother:
If you can spare another 5k, you will get a very VFM Rig.Also you can go to Arun Computers, CTC, Secunderabad and ask for Mr.Raghu. He will give you good prices. I am from ECIL. OK.

Intel Core i3 3220 -7000,
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H -6000,
Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 4GB -1500,
Corsair CX430 -2400,
NZXT Source 210 Elite -2900,
Kingston V+200 60 GB SSD -3300,
Asus 24B5ST DVD-RW -1000,
WD Caviar Blue 500GB -3100,
Asus HD7750 1GB -7000.
TOTAL -31,100.
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Gigabyte B75 DH3 costs 4k only . Not 6k.

You can get HD 7750 at 6.1k .
Try MDcomputers.in They offer very good prices.

Shiva

sumalatha said:
Go with this Config brother:
If you can spare another 5k, you will get a very VFM Rig.Also you can go to Arun Computers, CTC, Secunderabad and ask for Mr.Raghu. He will give you good prices. I am from ECIL. OK.

Intel Core i3 3220 -7000,
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H -6000,
Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 4GB -1500,
Corsair CX430 -2400,
NZXT Source 210 Elite -2900,
Kingston V+200 60 GB SSD -3300,
Asus 24B5ST DVD-RW -1000,
WD Caviar Blue 500GB -3100,
Asus HD7750 1GB -7000.
TOTAL -31,100.
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Great Config! +1 to it. Only prices at a little high. Which shop gave the above prices??

Shiva
 
ASHISH65

ASHISH65

Technomancer
this would be good for you budget-

Intel g2020 - rs 3400
Gigabyte b75 d3h - rs 4100
Corsair 4gb value select ram - rs 1500
Saphhire hd 7750 1gb - rs 6300
Corsair cxv2 430w - rs 2500
Nzxt gamma cabi - rs 2500
Wd cavier blue 500gb - rs 3200
Kingston V+200 60 GB SSD -3300
Lg/asus dvd writer - rs 1000

total rs - rs 27,800

1)intall windows 7 64bit as it supports full 4gb ram
1)i suggest get ssd later(if in tight budget)
 
Revolution

Revolution

Wise Old Owl
shivakanth.sujit said:
Gigabyte B75 DH3 costs 4k only . Not 6k.

You can get HD 7750 at 6.1k .
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Which brand and model of HD7750 should be considered ?
Heard Sapphire is good for ATI but only two years of warranty ?
BTW,price can be saved more with Intel g2020 + Gigabyte H61.
Its more VFM I guess.
But,Intel Core i3 3220 + Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H are powerful.
And Intel G2020 available in the market ?
 
Sainatarajan

Sainatarajan

Wise Old Owl
1- Sapphire is the most Prefered brand of ATI nowadays. So you can go wid it blindly.
2-Go wid i3 and HD 7750 itself.You wont change the processor and Mobo too often.
 
ASHISH65

ASHISH65

Technomancer
Revolution said:
Which brand and model of HD7750 should be considered ?
Heard Sapphire is good for ATI but only two years of warranty ?
BTW,price can be saved more with Intel g2020 + Gigabyte H61.
Its more VFM I guess.
But,Intel Core i3 3220 + Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H are powerful.
And Intel G2020 available in the market ?
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1)saphhire is reccommended
2)yes it is good brand
3)yes g2020 is available in india
 
harshilsharma63

harshilsharma63

DIY FTW!
i3 3220 (7000)
Gigabyte B75Mdh3 (4000)
Corsair value 1600 MHz 4 GB (1700)
WD blue or Seagate barracuda 500 GB HDD (3100)
COrsair cx430v2 (2600)
MSI HD7770 (8000)
NZXT Gamma (2500)

total: 28900

if it's sctictly 25k, then get this:

a10 5800k (8000)
MSI FM mobo (4000)

rest all same, just exclude HD7770
 
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user28

Journeyman
Thank you for all the replies. How about A6 or A8 processors and the Asus F2A85XMLE board combo? A10 seems to be too expensive for me. But I did not find any sellers online featuring A6 and A8 processors. I am going with Asus board because, I do not have good faith in Gigabyte boards. So I chose the Asus board.

Also I saw the review of Corsair VS 450 in hardwaresecrets.com and the review was very good and positive. Also it is cheaper than the CX430 (Theitdepot - India's First IT Online Shopping Store). What advantages does the CX430 have over the VS450 ? Should I go with the VS450 and save a few hundred bucks?

I am skipping the graphic card for now. So now to adjust the entire combo in strictly 25K.
 
Abhishek Nama

Abhishek Nama

Journeyman
@user28: Please do tell me which config you have finalized, as I am also looking for a config at similar prices. I am also from Hyderabad.
 
harshilsharma63

harshilsharma63

DIY FTW!
The quality of cx430v2 is better than that of vs450. Vs450 is sold only in asia pacific region and has now been discontinued. The specifications on the product are not trustable as somewhere it says to include dual 12 V rail and somewhere a single. The Wattage on individual voltages are also not clear and Corsair now provides on details of the product (though warranty still applies). On the myther hand Cx430v2 is sold internationally, is 80 bronze certifies, has many protection features from abrupt power, information is crystal clear. You should go for cx430v2 for anything above an office computer.
 
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user28

Journeyman
The SSD i have is an Sata2 type. Since the board i am looking for will be having Sata 3, thought of going for a new one. But I will use the same SSD for now. So dropped SSD also from the list.

Since I had finalized the board also as Asus F2A85X-M LE, my only confusion is about the processor. Since A10 is too expensive for me, I am looking at A6 or A8 processors, but don't know anything about them. Can anybody list good ones in A6 and A8 processors please?

Are they available in Hyderabad or online? I did not find any popular retailer selling them online. I checked Flipkart and theitdepot.com and they are not available with them.

Can anybody also enlighten me about the corsair VS450 PSU also please ?

Sorry . Missed harshilsharma63's post above about PSU. Got the clarity about it now. :)
 
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harshilsharma63

harshilsharma63

DIY FTW!
Sata 3 is backward compatible with SATA 2. You can use your old ssd with the new motherboard. Skip the SSD and get the a10.

A10 5800k is worth the extra money over a8.

I already mentioned details of vs450 and cx430v2 in my previous post.
 
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user28

Journeyman
Ok.. Seems good about A10. Will think about it. Also is A10 good for running virtual machines? I may run around 2 virtual machines for practicing. One for Linux and the other any windows flavour both hosted on a Windows 8 64 bit.

Anybody have any idea about Corsair 8 GB RAM prices in Hyderabad? Flipkart seems to be too overpriced.
 
Cilus

Cilus

laborare est orare
A10 is actually better choice if you are running Virtual Machine. It has four physical cores which is helpful for running Virtual Machine. Also it offers more number of virtualization technologies than the Intel counter part. In Linux, A10 also performs better because of the proper thread scheduling by the Linux OS compared to Windows 7 and 8.
 
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