Need help to build a rig

[troubleshooter]

Hi,

I know this question has been asked many times on this forum and the admin would like me to search the forum before opening a new thread, but I could not find a suitable config for my budget. So guys will you please help me. I have a budget of around 30k +- 5k. I want to build this system for my friend and want to be based on Pentium D or Allendales (Core 2 Duo) as conroe would be out of my budget. The system should be upgradeable in the future.

[drvarunmehta]

Do you want to play games or is it just for general usage?
Can you reuse your old monitor, keyboard, mouse, optical drives, hard-disk, speakers?

Anyways,
Intel E6300 Rs. 9,500
Asus P5LD2-VMSE Rs. 4,900
1 GB DDR667 MHz Rs. 5,000
Seagate 120GB SATA Rs. 3,000
Liteon DVD-writer Rs. 2,000
Cabinet+400W PS Rs. 2,200
Logiteck kbd+mouse Rs. 1,000
Creative SBS370 2.1 Rs. 1,200
Samsung 17" CRT Rs. 6,200

Total Rs. 35,000

[slagad]

With the above configuration you can go for Intel 102 motherboard and 2.8 dual core. Also 512 DDR2 will be sufficient.

[troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by slagad

With the above configuration you can go for Intel 102 motherboard and 2.8 dual core. Also 512 DDR2 will be sufficient.

but I wanted to go in with the following modifies config

Intel E6300
Asus P5W DH Deluxe
512MB DDR667 MHz
Seagate 160GB SATA
Liteon DVD-writer
Cabinet+400W PS
Logiteck kbd+mouse
Creative Inspire 2.1
Viewsonic 17" CRT FLAT

now give me the best possible price for this config

[drvarunmehta]

No point going for the deluxe version of the mobo unless you plan to overclock. And no point overclocking unless you are a gamer.
You need to get atleast 1 GB of RAM. 512 MB won't allow the Core 2 Duo to perorm to it's max potential.

Intel E6300 Rs. 9,500
Asus P5W DH Deluxe don't know
I suggest you get this board instead Intel D965RY Rs. 7,200
512MB DDR667 MHz Rs. 2,300, 1 GB for Rs. 4,600
Seagate 160GB SATA Rs. 3,200
Liteon DVD-writer Rs. 2,000
Cabinet+400W PS Rs. 2,200
Logiteck kbd+mouse Rs. 1,000
Creative Inspire 2.1 Rs. 1,900
Viewsonic 17" CRT FLAT Rs. 6,500

[troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by drvarunmehta

No point going for the deluxe version of the mobo unless you plan to overclock. And no point overclocking unless you are a gamer.
You need to get atleast 1 GB of RAM. 512 MB won't allow the Core 2 Duo to perorm to it's max potential.

Intel E6300 Rs. 9,500
Asus P5W DH Deluxe don't know
I suggest you get this board instead Intel D965RY Rs. 7,200
512MB DDR667 MHz Rs. 2,300, 1 GB for Rs. 4,600
Seagate 160GB SATA Rs. 3,200
Liteon DVD-writer Rs. 2,000
Cabinet+400W PS Rs. 2,200
Logiteck kbd+mouse Rs. 1,000
Creative Inspire 2.1 Rs. 1,900
Viewsonic 17" CRT FLAT Rs. 6,500

What about the graphics. Does this board have onboard graphics or i have to buy a seperate card because this will stretch my budget which has already crossed Rs. 35k

[drvarunmehta]

The Asus P5W DH Deluxe does not have onboard graphics and it's anyways to expensive for your budget.
The Asus P5LD2-VMSE has onboard graphics and is among the cheapest mobo's for Core 2 Duo procesors.

[troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by drvarunmehta

The Asus P5LD2-VMSE has onboard graphics and is among the cheapest mobo's for Core 2 Duo procesors.

But this board is a 945 chipset. Isn't it better to go for a Q965 chipset based motherboard

[drvarunmehta]

Yes it would be better to go for a 965 chipset based mobo over this.
Consider the Intel D965RY for Rs. 7200 if you want a 965 based mobo.