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Killing Machine
Posting on behalf of a friend. Please pour in your valuable suggestions. Thanks. 
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.')
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Parallel run of Multiple Image processsing applications like Photoshop, Paintshop and others. I should be able to load and process images really fast.
Moderate gaming - Should be able to play all the recent games like FarCry3, Crysis3, Skyrim etc in high/moderate settings
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
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60000
3. Planning to overclock?
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No
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
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I already own Windows 8 Pro. Will use the same.
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
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Not important currently as I plan to reuse my existing hard disks and SSD
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.
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No
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
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Components that I plan to Reuse:
Samsung 840 Pro 256gb SSD
2 SATA Internal Hard Disks ( 2tb + 1.5 tb )
1 IDE Internal Hard Disk ( 500 gb )
Monitor, speakers, KB, mouse, UPS
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
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Within 6 months
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
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Will be done by Assember
10. Where do you live? Are you buying locally? Are you open to buying stuff from online shops if you don't get locally?
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Bangalore. Can buy locally or online if its cheaper
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
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Processor : AMD FX 8 Cored Black Edition
Motherboard : ASUS M5A99X EVO Motherboard
RAM : Corsair Vengeance DDR3 16GB Dual Channel
Cabinet : Cooler Master Elite 431P
PSU : Cooler Master GXII Series 650w
GPU : ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX660 2GB DDR5
Optical Drive : Samsung 24x DVD Writer
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:
Parallel run of Multiple Image processsing applications like Photoshop, Paintshop and others. I should be able to load and process images really fast.
Moderate gaming - Should be able to play all the recent games like FarCry3, Crysis3, Skyrim etc in high/moderate settings
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans:
60000
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans:
No
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans:
I already own Windows 8 Pro. Will use the same.
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans:
Not important currently as I plan to reuse my existing hard disks and SSD
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
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans:
Components that I plan to Reuse:
Samsung 840 Pro 256gb SSD
2 SATA Internal Hard Disks ( 2tb + 1.5 tb )
1 IDE Internal Hard Disk ( 500 gb )
Monitor, speakers, KB, mouse, UPS
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans:
Within 6 months
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans:
Will be done by Assember
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 buy locally or online if its cheaper
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
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- I need USB 3.0 Ports on the front of the Cabinet and can only go with tower models because of the shape of my Desktop table
- Have no idea about cooling so please suggest if I need to invest in something for the setup
- Following is a configuration that I collated after reading some online posts but not sure if it will fit the usage and price.
Processor : AMD FX 8 Cored Black Edition
Motherboard : ASUS M5A99X EVO Motherboard
RAM : Corsair Vengeance DDR3 16GB Dual Channel
Cabinet : Cooler Master Elite 431P
PSU : Cooler Master GXII Series 650w
GPU : ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX660 2GB DDR5
Optical Drive : Samsung 24x DVD Writer
