nac
Aspiring Novelist
My cousin needs a new PC for his office. The one he has now is giving trouble every now and then. And it's more than a decade old with CRT monitor. When asked about budget, he said that's not an issue. Just should be good enough for the job.
1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.' Vague answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work.)
Ans: Generic office work. MS office suite, browser, Tally, Account/GST/Tax related softwares
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then please mention.
Ans: There is no clear answer for this. As Pentium and i3 are in the range of 30 - 45k, let's say that's the budget. Don't want to suggest higher budget one and try to justify why I am suggesting them when even a Pentium can do at lesser price. I don't know where to stop. i3 10th or i3 12th or Ryzen 5600G
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: NO
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: WIN 10
5. How much hard drive / solid-state drive space is needed?
Ans: 250 - 500GB
6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention the screen size and resolution you prefer. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, then do mention the screen size and resolution of the monitor you have.
Ans: Yes, 22"
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy? i.e. which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: NA
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: He said within a week, but I doubt we can decide a build and buy and assemble everything within that period. Let's say very soon.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before? Or, will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: We have assembled before and we will assemble ourselves this time as well.
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: I personally prefer online, as offline more likely we would get higher priced items and we would have to pick the ones available instead of what we decided. If he is in a hurry, probably we may end up buying everything offline.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans:
Just did the math, how much things would cost. Went with H510/610/A520 board. I don't know if A520 can handle 5600G.
Pentium G6405 would do, but I feel it's not VFM. G7400 is not widely available, so may not settle for that. i3 12th gen crossed 40k mark which feels like too much.
i3 10th costs under that round number of 40k, but again for just 3k more the performance gain with i3 12th is huge. But I don't know if the difference is noticeable for their work or if they would even appreciate the extra horse power.
Anyway I would give him the pitch about what I picked and why I picked and the choices tomorrow or day after tomorrow. Any advice/suggestion from you guys would be appreciated. About choice of components, or about which CPU he should settle for, all are welcome.
Yet to check the available brands and models. This is just a rough pricing.
Other than CPU and Motherboard
8GB DDR4
250GB SSD
450w Bronze rated
mATX compatible case
Logitech KB/Mouse combo
22" IPS
*i.imgur.com/xKCpWJn.png
1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.' Vague answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work.)
Ans: Generic office work. MS office suite, browser, Tally, Account/GST/Tax related softwares
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then please mention.
Ans: There is no clear answer for this. As Pentium and i3 are in the range of 30 - 45k, let's say that's the budget. Don't want to suggest higher budget one and try to justify why I am suggesting them when even a Pentium can do at lesser price. I don't know where to stop. i3 10th or i3 12th or Ryzen 5600G
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: NO
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: WIN 10
5. How much hard drive / solid-state drive space is needed?
Ans: 250 - 500GB
6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention the screen size and resolution you prefer. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, then do mention the screen size and resolution of the monitor you have.
Ans: Yes, 22"
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy? i.e. which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: NA
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: He said within a week, but I doubt we can decide a build and buy and assemble everything within that period. Let's say very soon.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before? Or, will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: We have assembled before and we will assemble ourselves this time as well.
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: I personally prefer online, as offline more likely we would get higher priced items and we would have to pick the ones available instead of what we decided. If he is in a hurry, probably we may end up buying everything offline.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans:
Just did the math, how much things would cost. Went with H510/610/A520 board. I don't know if A520 can handle 5600G.
Pentium G6405 would do, but I feel it's not VFM. G7400 is not widely available, so may not settle for that. i3 12th gen crossed 40k mark which feels like too much.
i3 10th costs under that round number of 40k, but again for just 3k more the performance gain with i3 12th is huge. But I don't know if the difference is noticeable for their work or if they would even appreciate the extra horse power.
Anyway I would give him the pitch about what I picked and why I picked and the choices tomorrow or day after tomorrow. Any advice/suggestion from you guys would be appreciated. About choice of components, or about which CPU he should settle for, all are welcome.
Yet to check the available brands and models. This is just a rough pricing.
Other than CPU and Motherboard
8GB DDR4
250GB SSD
450w Bronze rated
mATX compatible case
Logitech KB/Mouse combo
22" IPS
*i.imgur.com/xKCpWJn.png