PC upgrade from core2duo E6750 (bought in 2009)

kool

kool

Cyborg Agent
Hi guys,
I have a old desktop which i bought in year 2009, planning to upgrade on tight budget.
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Current configuration of my PC:
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Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz | Socket 775 LGA
Motherboard: P5KPL-AM/PS || Chipset: Intel P35/G33/G31 ||
RAM: Transcend DDR2 2+1GB || PC2-5300 (333 MHz) ||
HDD: 500 + 320 GB Seagate
Graphics Card: Geforce GT210 1GB
PSU: Corsair 450 something, (I forgot model no) bought 6 year ago for Rs.2300
DVD Writer: Dead now
Peripherals: Logitech wireless Logitech kb+mouse combo
Monitor : 22" IPS (DELL S2240L)
Cabinet : DEEPCOOL TESSARACT BF
1. What is the purpose of the computer?
Ans: Heavy Browsing, movies, sometime photo editing.
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:10-12K (can increase bit further)
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: I dont know how to do that, so i wont take risk.
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Windows 10
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: Already have 500+320 Gb but planning for a 120GB SSD also.
6. Do you want to buy a monitor?
Ans: Already have 22" IPS monitor
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: I will reuse Monitor, KB, mouse, speaker, hard disk, Cabinet, PSU
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: within 1 months
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: I have done it 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: PATNA, I can buy locally as well as from online also. (once in a month i visit Delhi also)
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Do I need latest processor according to my need ? because it takes time to open a browser now. I feel its very old system, and I need new one.
 
nac

nac

Aspiring Novelist
Pentium G4560 - 4200
Corsair 2400mhz 4GB - 3500
Gigabyte H110M H - 4100
This is all you can get in this tight budget.

Note: H110 chipset may need a bios upgrade. Make sure it's Kabylake ready, if not ask the seller to upgrade bios when buying.
 
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89praveen

Broken In
I suggest u should go for used parts ..that's where u get best value..

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kool

kool

Cyborg Agent
nac said:
Pentium G4560 - 4200
Corsair 2400mhz 4GB - 3500
Gigabyte H110M H - 4100
This is all you can get in this tight budget.

Note: H110 chipset may need a bios upgrade. Make sure it's Kabylake ready, if not ask the seller to upgrade bios when buying.
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any other better motherboard ? and what is this KABYLAKE ? , I can increase my budget upto ₹15k
 
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kool

kool

Cyborg Agent
nac said:
Asus Prime B250M D - 6400
This motherboard supports G4560.

iGPU is more powerful than GT210.
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Asus Prime B250M D is costly, and I think this MB is for gaming. I would like to stick to Gigabyte H110MH
 
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cute.bandar

cute.bandar

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AMD Ryzen 1200 - Rs. 5550 (4700+ 18% ) - available locally in delhi, costtocost - *www.costtocost.in/list/pricelist.pdf . This is a better CPU than entry level intel suggested.
Motherboard- Get cheapest which has ok iGpu for you. Something like - MSI A320M PRO-VD PLUS Motherboard (Amd Socket Am4/Ryzen Series Cpu/Max 32GB DDR4-3200MHz Memory) AMD® A320 - Rs. 4200
RAM - 8GB is better, but budget only allows 4GB - 3200

Compare bench here- PassMark - AMD Ryzen 3 1200 - Price performance comparison
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EDIT: R3 1200 Requires a separate GPU .
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Total 13k

Optional - SSD 120GB , Rs. 2300 .
Alternative SSD option - Set a SSD cache drive. Basically a 8-32GB SSD disk which is configured to act like a quick access thing for frequently used files. This is not a very known option. Infact most are very ignorant of this option. But IMO this should be explored further by budget users. Google for 'ssd cache' .

Also avoid windows 10 like the goddamn plague! Keeps installing candy crush and facebook apps ALL THE GODDAMN TIME! DAMN@W#@# F@#$!!
Basically it can be bad wrt to performance (specially for 4gb)
Stick to windows 7/8.1
 
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kool

kool

Cyborg Agent
nac said:
Pentium G4560 - 4200
Corsair 2400mhz 4GB - 3500
Gigabyte H110M H - 4100
This is all you can get in this tight budget.

Note: H110 chipset may need a bios upgrade. Make sure it's Kabylake ready, if not ask the seller to upgrade bios when buying.
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Bro, I did little research, and u have given best specs. Now I have few query :

1 - GA-H110M-H vs GA H110M -S2 , which one is good ? There is price difference of ₹500 for HDMI port. My monitor is 22" IPS with Hdmi. Would there be any difference in diplay over vga ?

2- Also suggest me 120GB ssd for fast booting up.

3- Is that true, that 7th gen processor doesntd support windows 7 ?
 
SaiyanGoku

SaiyanGoku

kamehameha!!
kool said:
Bro, I did little research, and u have given best specs. Now I have few query :

1 - GA-H110M-H vs GA H110M -S2 , which one is good ? There is price difference of ₹500 for HDMI port. My monitor is 22" IPS with Hdmi. Would there be any difference in diplay over vga ?

2- Also suggest me 120GB ssd for fast booting up.

3- Is that true, that 7th gen processor doesntd support windows 7 ?
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Don't cheap out because of that. 500 may not be for HDMI only. Components used might differ as well.

Get samsung 860 Evo 250 GB instead.
 
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kool

kool

Cyborg Agent
cute.bandar said:
AMD Ryzen 1200 - Rs. 5550 (4700+ 18% ) - available locally in delhi, costtocost - *www.costtocost.in/list/pricelist.pdf . This is a better CPU than entry level intel suggested.
Motherboard- Get cheapest which has ok iGpu for you. Something like - MSI A320M PRO-VD PLUS Motherboard (Amd Socket Am4/Ryzen Series Cpu/Max 32GB DDR4-3200MHz Memory) AMD® A320 - Rs. 4200
RAM - 8GB is better, but budget only allows 4GB - 3200

Compare bench here- PassMark - AMD Ryzen 3 1200 - Price performance comparison

Total 13k

Optional - SSD 120GB , Rs. 2300 .
Alternative SSD option - Set a SSD cache drive. Basically a 8-32GB SSD disk which is configured to act like a quick access thing for frequently used files. This is not a very known option. Infact most are very ignorant of this option. But IMO this should be explored further by budget users. Google for 'ssd cache' .

Also avoid windows 10 like the goddamn plague! Keeps installing candy crush and facebook apps ALL THE GODDAMN TIME! DAMN@W#@# F@#$!!
Basically it can be bad wrt to performance (specially for 4gb)
Stick to windows 7/8.1
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bro, I dont play games. My requirements are : Youtube, Net surfing, MS OFFICE , sometime movie. That's it. I want this PC for my next 5-6 years.
 
SaiyanGoku

SaiyanGoku

kamehameha!!
cute.bandar said:
AMD Ryzen 1200 - Rs. 5550 (4700+ 18% ) - available locally in delhi, costtocost - *www.costtocost.in/list/pricelist.pdf . This is a better CPU than entry level intel suggested.
Motherboard- Get cheapest which has ok iGpu for you. Something like - MSI A320M PRO-VD PLUS Motherboard (Amd Socket Am4/Ryzen Series Cpu/Max 32GB DDR4-3200MHz Memory) AMD® A320 - Rs. 4200
RAM - 8GB is better, but budget only allows 4GB - 3200
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R3 1200 would need a dGPU. Mobo's don't have iGPU these days. For "Onboard graphics" it would need an AM4 APU like R5 2400G.
 
nac

nac

Aspiring Novelist
kool said:
1 - GA-H110M-H vs GA H110M -S2 , which one is good ? There is price difference of ₹500 for HDMI port. My monitor is 22" IPS with Hdmi. Would there be any difference in diplay over vga ?
2- Also suggest me 120GB ssd for fast booting up.
3- Is that true, that 7th gen processor doesntd support windows 7 ?
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It has two ports (VGA and HDMI), you can display two monitors simultaneously if needed. With HDMI, you can play 4k. With VGA you can play only FHD.
Samsung EVO series are good, I am using one. I don't see any 120GB version of 860 EVO, so I don't know which one is good from other choices (brand and model)
Yes, it doesn't support. Meaning it will work but not as smooth as Windows 10. And I guess if there is any problem, not a lot of help you will get from MS or from Intel if you use Win 7 on Kabylake.
 
SaiyanGoku

SaiyanGoku

kamehameha!!
Also, check for driver support for windows 7. If they haven't made them, you would have a roller coaster ride trying to make everything work fine.
 
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kool

kool

Cyborg Agent
SaiyanGoku said:
You said it is 6 year old. One shouldn't use a PSU for that long unless it has warranty left over. Also, a faulty PSU may result in a totally dead system.
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I hardly use my desktop. Most of the time I and family members use laptop, tablet, cellphone only. Its family desktip for light uses.
 
Vyom

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Wow.. look who's here. It's kool, after such a long time. Where you went underground? :lol:
Well, welcome back.

And don't cheap out on building PC. Increase budget. Even if you hardly game, you should go for quality and future proof PCs.
 
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