New PC from scratch for ECE student under 40k

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aftablonely786

Broken In
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: Engg needs - MATLAB, Eclipse, Xilinx, Code Composer studio, Virtual box
Light Gaming needs - FIFA 16, Halo, COD, CS

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 35K can be extended 40k

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No

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

5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 1Tb

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, min 21" 1080p

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: All from scratch

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: within this week

9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: I'll do it

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: Bangalore, can also buy online

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: -
 
bssunilreddy

bssunilreddy

Chosen of the Omnissiah
Budget - 45k (Modified)

ProcessorIntel Core i5 4440
11,500
Motherboard
Asus B85M-G
5,500
MemoryKingston HyperX Fury 8GB 1600MHz
3,300
Graphics CardSapphire R7 250 1GB
7,000
Power SupplyAntec VP500PC
3,200
CabinetZebronics VENT
1,100
Internal StorageWD Caviar Blue 1TB HDD
3,500
Optical DriveAsus DRW 24B3ST DVD R/W
1,000
MonitorDell S2240L 21.5" LED IPS
8,400
KeyboardLogitech MK200 Keyboard & Mouse Combo
800
MouseIncluded in combo
0
Total45,300
 
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aftablonely786

Broken In
Thanx for the quick reply. Budget is strictly under 40. It was 35 initially, I cud extend only upto 40.
Also I would need a UPS with atleast 10 mins backup.
 
bssunilreddy

bssunilreddy

Chosen of the Omnissiah
dekaron said:
To fit in that budget and also get an UPS you need to go AMD or skip GPU for now
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Yes indeed.

So here is the config:

Budget - 38k (Modified)

ProcessorIntel Core i3 41507,600
MotherboardAsus B85M-G5,500
MemoryKingston HyperX Fury 8GB 1600MHz3,300
UPSAPC 600VA UPS2,100
Power SupplyAntec VP500PC3,200
CabinetCooler Master Elite 3112,600
Internal StorageWD Caviar Blue 1TB HDD3,500
Optical DriveAsus DRW 24B3ST DVD R/W1,000
MonitorDell S2240L 21.5" LED IPS8,400
KeyboardLogitech MK200 Keyboard & Mouse Combo800
MouseIncluded in combo0
Total38,000
 
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DK_WD

WD Official
aftablonely786 said:
I wud prefer a quad core AMD vs Core i3 hyperthreading. AMD Athlon??
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Hi [MENTION=134824]aftablonely786[/MENTION],

The choice of CPU depends on you. I'd suggest you to go with the Intel i3 over Amd Athlon because of its hyper-threading feature, which allows each CPU core to execute two threads simultaneously. The Amd CPU operating frequency of the microprocessor is higher than the frequency of the other CPU, as a speed result Amd CPU is a faster than over other CPU. In terms of performance and threading, Intel series is almost same with Amd in most applications.

Just a suggestion, If you want to go with AMD processors then AMD FX series is way to go.

Hope it helps.
 
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