Need suggestions in building a Office cum casual gaming rig under 30K

Sid_gamer

Team Digit
1. What is the purpose of the computer?
A: Normal Office work with the ability to play current as well as upcoming games(mostly racing) at low to medium resolutions

2. Are you open to alternate ideas/products giving similar better performance but offering more VFM/ sellers? If not- why?
A: Yes

3. What is your MAX budget?
A:25K~30K MAX

4. Planning to overclock?
A:Nope

5. Which OS are you planning to use?
A:Windows Xp or Windows 7

6. How much hard drive space is needed?
A: 1 Tb

7. What resolution will the screen run at & whats the size of the screen you want?
A:720p or less than that; Size of the screen will be 18"

8. How would you rate your hardware knowledge from the count of 1-10? (1 being the lowest, 5 being you are somewhat in sync with the current performers and 10 being the highest)
A:8.5

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
A:Yup, I will assemble it

10. When are you planning to buy the system?
A:This week itself

11. Are you one of the types looking out for "future proof" configurations?
A:A bit

12. Are there going to be any components that you don't want to include in this new rig? If yes, do mention.
A: Speakers

13. Which city do you live in and are you open to buying from shops from other city/states?
A: Mumbai (i will buy from Mumbai itself)

14. Mention any other points if deemed necessary
A:Do suggest me an AMD Based config as well as an Intel based config
 

Ishu Gupta

Manchester United
AMD Athlon II X4 635 @ 4500
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H @ 4500
GSkill/Corsair DDR3 1333MHz 2*2GB @ 4200
Seagate 7200.12 1TB @ 2700
MSI HD5670 512MB @ 4500
CM Elite 310 @ 1500
Corsair CX400W @ 2700
Keyboard Mouse @ 500
Benq G922HD @ 5500
TOTAL 30600
This will allow you to play most games at medium.

Intel i3 530 @ 5300
GA-H55M-UD2H @ 4200
Rest same
TOTAL 31100

For more gaming potential
AMD Athlon II X3 435 @ 3500
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H @ 4500
GSkill/Corsair DDR3 1333MHz 2GB @ 2100
Seagate 7200.12 1TB @ 2700
MSI HD5750 @ 7000
CM Elite 310 @ 1500
Corsair CX400W @ 2700
Keyboard Mouse @ 500
Benq G922HD @ 5500
TOTAL 30500
 

Jaskanwar Singh

Aspiring Novelist
For playing upcoming games u need to spend nicely on gpu.

Amd Athlon II x3 435 @ 3.5k
MSI 785GM E51 @ 3.6k
Kingston 2GB DDR3 1333MHz @ 1.7k
Sapphire Radeon HD6850 @ 11.2k
WD 500GB Blue @ 1.8k
FSP Saga II 500W @ 2.1k
CM Elite 310 @ 1.5k
Dell S2009W 20" @ 6.5k

Total - 31.9k
 

Piyush

Lanaya
FIRST OF ALL.......who has the courage to play games in office :lol:

anyways...the rig mentioned by jassy is good enough
no changes required
 

pegasus

Journeyman
i3 530/540 - 5.2K approx
ASUS P7H55-M LX - 4K approx ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
(6x sideways SATA ports that won't get blocked by big gfx cards, DVI out for those who will use onboard gfx for LCD monitor- not applicable to you, ...)
2GB DDR3 1333MHz Corsair - 2K? approx, (/ Kingston 1.7K approx)
GTS450 gfx card - 8K approx
1TB Seagate 7200.12 - 2.8K approx
Corsair CX400 PSU- 2.5K-2.7K approx
NZXT Gamma case- 2.1K approx (CM Elite 310 - 1.6K approx)
18.5" LCD - 5.5K approx (/ 20" LCD monitor- 6.5K approx)
DVD writer - 1K
Total- 33K approx
To get a rough idea on prices- Computers Hardware, Peripherals, Cameras, Laptops, Gaming Equipment Tech Heaven, Thin client Lamington Road, Mumbai
 
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