Budget under 35K for a PC

khandu · 10-09-2005, 01:10 AM

My friend needs 1 .. not gaming.. just music and movies..

Here is what suggest.. what u ppl think ?

1) P4 3.0 Ghz with 915 original MOBO
2) 17" Monitor
3) Good cabinet + SMPS decent 1
4) 512 MB DDR RAM
5) Multimedia Keyb + Mouse
6) DVD Writer Benq
7) Altec Lansing VS3151 Speakers
8) Printer and scanner

Are these possible under 35K?? anythin missing ??

Can u suggest models and makes for all these components.. not expensive.. but BEST VALUE products..

waitin for a quick reply..

Aniruddh · 10-09-2005, 01:47 AM

well if u r not a gamer then dis is a very decent rig.and i guess it will come around 35k or may b 2-3 more.go for a 400Mhz ram Kingston,Corsair,Transcend.Intel original 915 is very gud for u but if u want a mobo wid sum more features den u can go for a Asus 915 mobo.Samsung MB 17'' Monitor is de best in de market as far as i kno and which will come around 7k.Wat bout de UPS?u can go for a numeric 600VA UPS which will come around 2k and its quite gud.

khandu · 10-09-2005, 02:38 AM

thankx

others?

asdf1223 · 10-09-2005, 05:53 AM

get the 64 bit 3ghz proccy.even though u dont need 64 bit for movies and music stuff the diff. of 200 between 32 bit and 64 bit means that the 64 bit processor is a better bet.also get a samsung 793mb monitor.cabinet a vip cabinet.keyboard/mouse logitech spill proof.

asdf1223 · 10-09-2005, 06:19 AM

hers the full config

p4 64 bit 3ghz-8500
asus p5gl-mx -4050
512mb ddr transcend-2600
seagate 80gb-2950
benq dvd writer-3700
creative 2.1 -2000
monitor-samsung -6000
keyboard+mouse-logitech -700
zebroincs/vip cabinet -1500(Depending on availablity)
56 Kbps Internal Modem -Rs. 400
Floppy drive -300
total cost-32700

most of the prices are chennai some from delta perpherials and some what i bought.
the rest of the cash can be used for say a printer(ip 1000) or 5200 5.1,or an
atp-3 from altec lansing(2.1)

sidewinder · 10-09-2005, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by khandu

My friend needs 1 .. not gaming.. just music and movies..

Here is what suggest.. what u ppl think ?

1) P4 3.0 Ghz with 915 original MOBO
2) 17" Monitor
3) Good cabinet + SMPS decent 1
4) 512 MB DDR RAM
5) Multimedia Keyb + Mouse
6) DVD Writer Benq
7) Altec Lansing VS3151 Speakers
8) Printer and scanner

Are these possible under 35K?? anythin missing ??

Can u suggest models and makes for all these components.. not expensive.. but BEST VALUE products..

waitin for a quick reply..

If u want best value product then why not AMD Athlon 64??????
Anyway this is a pretty decent config....go ahead

khandu · 10-09-2005, 09:56 AM

yeah maybe 64 bit..

Hmm.. is there ne good cheap printer scanner combo available ??

and hows teh altec model i choose for him ?? cause he is a band player and a music freak i think its better than creative inspire 5200..

navino87 · 10-09-2005, 01:18 PM

Hey go fo bellow mentioned configuration this must come under 35k.

CPU :
AMD Athlon 64 3200+( 939 ) Venice core
Mother Board :
MSI RS480M2-IL (939 socket)
RAM :
2*Hynix 512 MB DDR 400 MHz
Hard Disk :
Seagate 80 gb Sata hdd
Monitor :
Samsung SyncMaster 793s (black)
Optical drive :
Lite-on DVD-Writer 16x drive (black)
Floppy Drive :
Sony (black)
Key Bourd :
Logitech (black)Multimedia
Mouse :
Logitech optical (black)
Power Supply :
ANTEC 400 Watts (24 pins)
Cabinet :
ANTEC Any cabinet (black)
TV Tuner : (opetional)
Compro VideoMate PVR/FM

10-09-2005, 04:27 PM

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice core
Asus A8V for AGP or A8N-E for PCI=E
80 GB Samsung SP0812C SATA HD with 8 M buffer
Syncmaster 793 MB
Lite-On Combo drivem unless u really need a DVD writer, no need to go for it
Logitech Internet pro desktop wireless
Colorsit M400U-PNU Silent 12CM SMPS, 24 pins
Cabinet : Antec or Frontech Pace

Ringwraith · 10-09-2005, 06:17 PM

get teh new 64bit semprons and 512MB RAM with a 754 board,if u arent going to game with that machine....real world performance of these chips comes close to the A64s. Since its primarily for movies/music, I would suggest using the saved money for taking a quality sound card, monitor and speaker system !

iammrcool · 10-09-2005, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by khandu

yeah maybe 64 bit..

Hmm.. is there ne good cheap printer scanner combo available ??

and hows teh altec model i choose for him ?? cause he is a band player and a music freak i think its better than creative inspire 5200..

regarding printer cum scanner. I m using a HP PSC 1315. and it is quite good. it has got a decent speed and has got photo layering technology. It has also got picbridge 4 directly printing frm a digicam. It is sensibly priced at around 4k. The only disadvantage is it doesnt have the fax option.

supersaiyan · 10-09-2005, 10:45 PM

i think the config by navino is very gud. i think u should buy that one.

sidewinder · 11-09-2005, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ringwraith

get teh new 64bit semprons and 512MB RAM with a 754 board,if u arent going to game with that machine....real world performance of these chips comes close to the A64s. Since its primarily for movies/music, I would suggest using the saved money for taking a quality sound card, monitor and speaker system !

In fact the gaming is not so bad with semprons man....
It is afterall renamed Athlon xp bartons which gave those P4 s a hard time for their money.... Well now with64 bit extension.... so better memory management...better performance..
I agree the performance is nowhere near A64 but muuuuuuuuuuch better nd cheaper than Celerons

rachitboom2 · 11-09-2005, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by navino87

Hey go fo bellow mentioned configuration this must come under 35k.

CPU :
AMD Athlon 64 3200+( 939 ) Venice core
Mother Board :
MSI RS480M2-IL (939 socket)
RAM :
2*Hynix 512 MB DDR 400 MHz
Hard Disk :
Seagate 80 gb Sata hdd
Monitor :
Samsung SyncMaster 793s (black)
Optical drive :
Lite-on DVD-Writer 16x drive (black)
Floppy Drive :
Sony (black)
Key Bourd :
Logitech (black)Multimedia
Mouse :
Logitech optical (black)
Power Supply :
ANTEC 400 Watts (24 pins)
Cabinet :
ANTEC Any cabinet (black)
TV Tuner : (opetional)
Compro VideoMate PVR/FM

Preety cool Config. but why 1 GB of RAM for just playing music and movies, insted go for 120GB or 160 GB HDD so that you can store more movies and music.

And you can go for a better TV-Tuner card so that you can straight away record Songs and movies on the computer !!!

khandu · 11-09-2005, 11:08 AM

arnt u guys suggestin a bit higher system for just movie and music??

11-09-2005, 04:15 PM

in that case, this config is enough for u

Pentium 4 2.66 GHz, LGA 775
Intel 915GAG motherboard
GeForce 6600LE or 6200 non ultra without Turbocache, as it will give U WMV HD & Purevideo acceleration, PCI-E with 128 MB RAM
2X256 MB DDR400, kingston ValueRAM is good enough
160 GB Samsung SATA if u plan to store movies & TV shows on it, 80 GB if u don't
Pinnacle PCTV Stereo TV Tuner card
Logitech Internet pro desktop, wireless is a must
Lite-On DVD writer for storing & sharing DVDs, but a combo drive will also be good if DVD burning is not required
if U have money left, 17" Samsung 710N LCD monitor or incase tight on budget then Samsung 793MB
Frontech or Antec roomy cabinet
Creative iTrigue 3300 speakers for 2.1 channel or Gigaworks for 5.1 channel, your choice

rachitboom2 · 11-09-2005, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gxsaurav

in that case, this config is enough for u

GeForce 6600LE or 6200 non ultra without Turbocache, as it will give U WMV HD & Purevideo acceleration, PCI-E with 128 MB RAM

Now why would any one want to have a GFX card if he just wants to Play movies and songs !!!

11-09-2005, 06:58 PM

plz see again, I gave him an option to buy a GeForce 6200 with no turbocache & 128 MB Memory, the reason, purevideo, something very usefull for HTPC tasks

if he clerifies that he won't be playing HD Content then the onboard gfx is enough for him

rachitboom2 · 13-09-2005, 02:38 PM

Well I was able to play HD videos which I downloaded from the net on my previous PC having config. AMD 2400+,512 MB RAM, Normal ASUS Mobo without any GFX card !!!

13-09-2005, 03:09 PM

what resolution rachitboom, upto 480p will work fine, the thing is if U can play 720p video which are the ones most easily available at full frame rates

a lot better if u can 1280X720 video at full frame rates

rachitboom2 · 14-09-2005, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gxsaurav

what resolution rachitboom, upto 480p will work fine, the thing is if U can play 720p video which are the ones most easily available at full frame rates

a lot better if u can 1280X720 video at full frame rates

Sorry but wasent able to get any video higher than 1024X768,
But still I was able to play it at full frame rates !!!

14-09-2005, 06:37 PM

i meant the resolution of the Video file, not your desktop resolution

Usually HD Videos come in different resolution like quicktime supports 480p, 720p &1080p

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/hdgal...endations.html

& For WMV HD the requirments are

http://www.ulead.com/msp/faq_wmvhd.htm#2

u can use gspot to find the video resolution

although there is one thing, HD contents are rare, one will hardly download such big files in India, & HD DVD are yet to come, so I buy something now that U won't be able to use for a long time

even if u go for onboard graphics with 512 MB RAM, that will be neough as the graphics chip will share memory, so even a Geforce 6200 with 64 MB RAM is enough & recomended, but without Turbocache, that is a useless feature