cool.aquarian
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Hi,
Please suggest the best configuration.
Below is the needed information:
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: The computer will be mainly used by parents for Internet browsing(Firefox, chrome), downloading(torrents, http, ftp), video chat(yahoo messenger,skype,gtalk), music(iTunes, winamp), movies(vlc), Office Applications like MS Office, Excel 2007. Also I would be staying away from my parents for about 1 year, so want it to be less problematic/easily repairable. My brother also likes to occasionally play games like Quake3/Unreal, COD2, GTA Vice City/SanAndreas. I wish the system to be still upgradeable with newer Processor, Graphics Card after maybe 2-3 years.
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 18K or below
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Ubuntu(Linux Mint) and Windows 7
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 320/500GB
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 already have my old 17" CRT monitor with 1024x768 resolution.
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: I dont want to buy Speakers and DVD Drive, but I need to buy a webcam.
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: In about 2-3 days
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Will be done by assembler.
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: South Delhi. Yes would be buying from Nehru Place(either personally or through assembler).. Yes, I am little skeptical about warranty and quality when buying things online.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: I have asked my assembler to give his recommendation. Following were main things I observed about his recommendation(not sure how much is truth):
1. He recommended a Intel core i3 based rig for 17K.
2. He was against AMD due to noise/heat(50-50 chance) and warranty/support issues.
3. He was against GSkill/Corsair RAM due to support issues and preferred Kingston or Mercury.
4. He suggested Seagate 500GB HDD and was against WDC (again due to support/reliability)
5. For UPS, he was suggesting iBall or Beetle 700VA (quoting better support as reason)
6. Cabinet/Power supply: He suggests Intex/Odyssy
Please provide your priceless advice on my requirements.. This was the configuration I had in my mind before the assembler gave above feedback:
Processor AMD Athlon x4 645
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P (rev. 3.1)
RAM 2GB G-skill F3-10666CL9S-2GBNK/Corsair 1333 MHz Value DDR3
HDD WDC 500GB
Thank you
Please suggest the best configuration.
Below is the needed information:
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: The computer will be mainly used by parents for Internet browsing(Firefox, chrome), downloading(torrents, http, ftp), video chat(yahoo messenger,skype,gtalk), music(iTunes, winamp), movies(vlc), Office Applications like MS Office, Excel 2007. Also I would be staying away from my parents for about 1 year, so want it to be less problematic/easily repairable. My brother also likes to occasionally play games like Quake3/Unreal, COD2, GTA Vice City/SanAndreas. I wish the system to be still upgradeable with newer Processor, Graphics Card after maybe 2-3 years.
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 18K or below
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Ubuntu(Linux Mint) and Windows 7
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: 320/500GB
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 already have my old 17" CRT monitor with 1024x768 resolution.
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: I dont want to buy Speakers and DVD Drive, but I need to buy a webcam.
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: In about 2-3 days
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Will be done by assembler.
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: South Delhi. Yes would be buying from Nehru Place(either personally or through assembler).. Yes, I am little skeptical about warranty and quality when buying things online.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: I have asked my assembler to give his recommendation. Following were main things I observed about his recommendation(not sure how much is truth):
1. He recommended a Intel core i3 based rig for 17K.
2. He was against AMD due to noise/heat(50-50 chance) and warranty/support issues.
3. He was against GSkill/Corsair RAM due to support issues and preferred Kingston or Mercury.
4. He suggested Seagate 500GB HDD and was against WDC (again due to support/reliability)
5. For UPS, he was suggesting iBall or Beetle 700VA (quoting better support as reason)
6. Cabinet/Power supply: He suggests Intex/Odyssy
Please provide your priceless advice on my requirements.. This was the configuration I had in my mind before the assembler gave above feedback:
Processor AMD Athlon x4 645
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P (rev. 3.1)
RAM 2GB G-skill F3-10666CL9S-2GBNK/Corsair 1333 MHz Value DDR3
HDD WDC 500GB
Thank you
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