System upgrade help

I need to upgrade my existing P4 2 GHz i845 system and have a budget of 17k-20k. With my current Geforce 6200 am not able to watch HD movies, getting some blocky frames and my CPU shooting upto 100%.

I will not be replacing my
Samsung 20" LCD
Logitech Mouse and KB
Logitech 2 speaker system.

The configs that I have thought of are either of the below

1.
i3 - 540 3.06 GHz, 4MB Cache
Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2 16x,S,L / Vga OR Intel DH55TC - 16x,S,L / Vga & HDMi
DDR 3 -1333 2 GB
Samsung DVD-Writer 22xD
Seagate 500 GB
SMPS Zebronics 500w Platinum
1GB Geforce GT240 PCX-16X, D, DDR3 OR 1GB Radeon 5570 ATIPCX-16X,D,DDR3
Any Cabinet for approx Rs. 1k

2.
Phenom II II X2 - 555 BE 3.2 GHz, 7MB, AM3
AMD 760G M4A78LT-M LE 16x,V,8 ch S, L,F, DDR3
DDR 3 -1333 2 GB
Samsung DVD-Writer 22xD
Seagate 500 GB
SMPS Zebronics 500w Platinum
1GB Geforce GT240 PCX-16X, D, DDR3 OR 1GB Radeon 5570 ATIPCX-16X,D,DDR3
Any Cabinet for approx Rs. 1k


Is this a good config? Which one of the above is good? Intel or AMD?

My requirement is just Internet browsing, torrent downloading, watching mp4 movies(encoded in H264).
 

Jaskanwar Singh

Aspiring Novelist
Amd Athlon II x4 635 @ 4.5k
Gigabyte GA 880GM UD2H @ 4.5k
G.skill 2GB DDR3 1333MHz @ 1.5k
Zotac GT240 @ 4.2k
Seagate 1TB 7200.12 @ 2.8k
Fsp saga II 350W @ 1.5k
CM Elite 310 @ 1.5k

Total - 20.5k
 

Ishu Gupta

Manchester United
Amd Athlon II x4 635 @ 4.5k
Gigabyte GA 880GMA UD2H @ 5.5k
G.skill 2x2GB DDR3 1333MHz @ 3k
Seagate 1TB 7200.12 @ 2.7k
Fsp saga II 500W @ 2.2k
NZXT Gamma @ 2k

Total - 19.9k

Without discrete graphics, but its good enough for internet/torrent/movies.
Add one if you ever decide to game.
 

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
Here goes mine :

Amd Athlon II x3 4xx @ 3.5k ( enough for OPs need and may be unlocked later )
Gigabyte GA 880GM UD2H @ 4.5k
FSP Saga II 500W @ 2.2k
Seagate 2TB @ 4.6k or 2x 1 TB HDD @ 2.8k each
1 Sata DVD RW Drive ( LG or Samsung ) 0.9k
Zebronics Bijli Cabby @ 1.1k
2x 2 GB DDR3 Ram Corsiar/Kingston/Transcend @ 2.8k
 
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