PC Upgrade Blues

stonecaper · 29-06-2010, 11:19 AM

1. What is the purpose of the computer? (Note: If you are planning to say multimedia, you will have to be more specific as all types of systems are capable of doing that) - Casual to Serious Gaming,Video Encoding

2. Are you open to alternate ideas/products giving similar better performance but offering more VFM/ sellers? If not- why? - yap anything that is available in Kolkata

3. What is your MAX budget? - 14K

5. Which OS are you planning to use? - Windows 7,xp sp3

6. How much hard drive space is needed? - as much as possible

7. What resolution will the screen run at & whats the size of the screen?i will buy a benq E2220HD So may be 1980x1020

8. How would you rate your hardware knowledge from the count of 1-10? (1 being the lowest, 5 being you are somewhat in sync with the current performers and 10 being the highest) - 6
9. Have you ever built a desktop before or will this be done by an assembler? - no,assembler
10. When are you planning to buy the system? - ASAP
11. Are you one of the types looking out for "future proof" configurations? - Sure
12. Are there going to be any components that you don't want to include in this new rig? If yes, do mention. - KB,Mouse,VDU,Speaker,UPS
13. Which city do you live in and are you open to buying from shops from other city/states? Kolkata ,Nope
14. Mention any other points if deemed necessary - DDR3 RAM Plz

Cool Buddy · 29-06-2010, 12:12 PM

The budget is not only low, but almost nothing for serious gaming, casual gaming might be a possibility, let's see

Biostar TA785G3 HD - 4k
AMD Athlon II X2 255 - 3k
2 GB Kingston DDR3 - 2.5k
500 GB WD Blue - 2.1k
Zeb Bijli - 1.5k

This makes it 13.1k (most probably VAT will be extra making it 13.6k)

This board will run some games at low resolutions. You can get a Radeon HD4350 @ 2.5k and pair it in hybrid crossfire to get playable frame rates in most games.

It would be better if you would wait for some time & buy a graphics card later. This card won't really help much.

Jaskanwar Singh · 29-06-2010, 03:00 PM

Athlon II x4 630 @ 4.9k
Biostar TA785G3 HD @ 4.2k
2GB DDR3 1333MHz @ 2.5k
Samsung 500GB SATA @ 1.8k
Zebronics Bijli with PSU @ 1.5k

total - 14.9k

**Cilus** · 29-06-2010, 03:58 PM

Very good suggestion Jaskanwar Singh. Ya, quad core CPU is a better choice. The OP is from Kolkata, so the processor will be available below 4.7k and also price of some of the other components are also lower.

Now one suggestion. Go for the Seagate HDD instead of Samsung. In indian condition, Seagate Hdds are reliable, they have 5 Yrs of warranty and their service is really good is Kolkata. Price is same (may be 100 bucks extra) for both of them.

For now don't go for cheap graphics cards. Wait a few days to get a good medium range card within 5 to 6k

Cool Buddy · 29-06-2010, 04:14 PM

Yes, quad core would be better than a low end gfx card if you could buy it later

stonecaper · 29-06-2010, 09:36 PM

thnx a lot guys....thnx So so much
Now Plz one Last Query
Benq E220HD or Some aoc or Some samsung?
really really confused...budget 8K

Also

Is GA-MA74GMT-S2 better than Biostar TA785G3 HD?
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can anybody Give me a number of vedant Or eastern logica THat works?
the google maps numbers are useless

Jaskanwar Singh · 29-06-2010, 09:54 PM

no Biostar TA785G3 HD is better. its got ht3.0 support while GA-MA74GMT-S2 features only ht 1.0. bio has better graphics (hd4200) over hd 2100 of the gigabyte one's. moreover bio one supports 140w cpu support, sideport memory and so on. bio one has 785g chipset while giga one has 740g chipset.

get benq monitor...