Hi All,
My personal Laptop is broke. And I immediately need to buy a new machine. I usually dont take my laptop anywhere else. It was used at my home only. So I thought better to go for a desktop than a laptop. I believe, for the same money I spend on a laptop, I can get a desktop with better confiuration. This is my first desktop. I want to start with a small budget and upgrade it as and when time and money permits me. So I definitely want an upgrade path ahead.
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: Right now I will be using it for web browsing(Very Heavy browsing/downloading), Should be able to run applications related to my work. (Java, Tomcat, JBoss/Glassfish app servers, Eclipse, Dreamweaver etc..). I dont have any games in my mind right now. But would like to play some once I can upgrade my machine with graphics cards and whatever.
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: I need the basic setup done for 30K.
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: I am not planning to do any overclocking, but not averse to the idea.
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: I need to install 2 OSes. Ubuntu and Windows 7/8.
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: As much as the budget permits.
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: Yes, I need to buy a monitor. If I can use my Samsung 5000 series HDTV as a monitor, I can wait a little more to buy a monitor.
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: I dont have any components. I want to buy all necessary components.
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: Immediately.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Well, I didn't think about that one.
Since this a desktop we are talking about, and I plan to upgrade it as and when I can, I want to assemble the machine myself. I dont want to carry my CPU to get the upgrade done.
To be honest, I haven't even seen a desktop being assembled. But if it is not a very difficult task, I would like to assemble it myself and learn something new along the way.
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: I live in Bangalore. Since I am planning to do the assembling, I am open to buying stuff online also.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: As I informed earlier, I urgently need to buy the desktop and cannot spend all the money I wanted to spent on it right now. I will do that gradually. I dont want to settle with an old motherboard to keep the budget. Now I can do with necessary components that would allow me to browse internet and do some programming. (I dont want to spend money on graphics cards/Headset/speakers/SSDs/MousePad right now, if I can avoid buying it now. I can even buy the monitor 1 or 2 months later, if I can use my TV as the monitor. )
My personal Laptop is broke. And I immediately need to buy a new machine. I usually dont take my laptop anywhere else. It was used at my home only. So I thought better to go for a desktop than a laptop. I believe, for the same money I spend on a laptop, I can get a desktop with better confiuration. This is my first desktop. I want to start with a small budget and upgrade it as and when time and money permits me. So I definitely want an upgrade path ahead.
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: Right now I will be using it for web browsing(Very Heavy browsing/downloading), Should be able to run applications related to my work. (Java, Tomcat, JBoss/Glassfish app servers, Eclipse, Dreamweaver etc..). I dont have any games in my mind right now. But would like to play some once I can upgrade my machine with graphics cards and whatever.
2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then mention this too.
Ans: I need the basic setup done for 30K.
3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: I am not planning to do any overclocking, but not averse to the idea.
4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: I need to install 2 OSes. Ubuntu and Windows 7/8.
5. How much hard drive space is needed?
Ans: As much as the budget permits.
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: Yes, I need to buy a monitor. If I can use my Samsung 5000 series HDTV as a monitor, I can wait a little more to buy a monitor.
7. Which components you DON'T want to buy or which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: I dont have any components. I want to buy all necessary components.
8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: Immediately.
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: Well, I didn't think about that one.
Since this a desktop we are talking about, and I plan to upgrade it as and when I can, I want to assemble the machine myself. I dont want to carry my CPU to get the upgrade done.
To be honest, I haven't even seen a desktop being assembled. But if it is not a very difficult task, I would like to assemble it myself and learn something new along the way.
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: I live in Bangalore. Since I am planning to do the assembling, I am open to buying stuff online also.
11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: As I informed earlier, I urgently need to buy the desktop and cannot spend all the money I wanted to spent on it right now. I will do that gradually. I dont want to settle with an old motherboard to keep the budget. Now I can do with necessary components that would allow me to browse internet and do some programming. (I dont want to spend money on graphics cards/Headset/speakers/SSDs/MousePad right now, if I can avoid buying it now. I can even buy the monitor 1 or 2 months later, if I can use my TV as the monitor. )
