GhorMaanas
The Vagrant Seeker
Hello everyone !
just read a thread on a similar topic, with a similar budget, but thought of creating one more for specific needs, so kindly pardon and bear with me.
A colleague of mine wishes to upgrade his existing set-up for primarily gaming purposes. a quick overview follows :
1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run?
Ans: not going to be used for any official work. its desirous that latest games should run smoothly and without much hiccups, even if not at ultra settings, and config should be future-proof for atleast 1-2 yrs. games like skyrim, kingdoms of amalur, and some gone-by titles + upcoming titles are the prime concern (mostly RPGs and FPSes).
other than this, the PC would be used for movie-playback (mostly HD movies) and general web-surfing.
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 20k, stretchable to 25k.
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Win7 64-bit
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: Have an HDD already. (500 + 40 GB, which he says seems enough for my use, but am sure he wont feel so in the coming time
)
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: Monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, LAN card, cabinet, RAM....these all wont be replaced.
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: Max within 3 months, min within 1 month.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: He has a local person who does all this for him for a small fee. he would prefer to let him handle this.
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: Andheri (mumbai). Open to buying online if products not available locally. would be relying mostly on primeabgb, but thats more due to less info on other shops.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: The colleague for whom am requesting you all to suggest a config, is not a member of any of the tech forums, and hence he isnt a very knowledgeable person in these aspects, so the onus here lies with me to get him a really good config possible in his budget. i would honestly like to present him with a very good affordable upgrade-plan that he would really like and enjoy, hence requesting you all to be kind enough to elaborate generously
thanks in advance !
just read a thread on a similar topic, with a similar budget, but thought of creating one more for specific needs, so kindly pardon and bear with me.
A colleague of mine wishes to upgrade his existing set-up for primarily gaming purposes. a quick overview follows :
1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run?
Ans: not going to be used for any official work. its desirous that latest games should run smoothly and without much hiccups, even if not at ultra settings, and config should be future-proof for atleast 1-2 yrs. games like skyrim, kingdoms of amalur, and some gone-by titles + upcoming titles are the prime concern (mostly RPGs and FPSes).
other than this, the PC would be used for movie-playback (mostly HD movies) and general web-surfing.
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: 20k, stretchable to 25k.
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: No
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: Win7 64-bit
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: Have an HDD already. (500 + 40 GB, which he says seems enough for my use, but am sure he wont feel so in the coming time
)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: Monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, LAN card, cabinet, RAM....these all wont be replaced.
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: Max within 3 months, min within 1 month.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: He has a local person who does all this for him for a small fee. he would prefer to let him handle this.
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: Andheri (mumbai). Open to buying online if products not available locally. would be relying mostly on primeabgb, but thats more due to less info on other shops.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: The colleague for whom am requesting you all to suggest a config, is not a member of any of the tech forums, and hence he isnt a very knowledgeable person in these aspects, so the onus here lies with me to get him a really good config possible in his budget. i would honestly like to present him with a very good affordable upgrade-plan that he would really like and enjoy, hence requesting you all to be kind enough to elaborate generously
thanks in advance !
