Please comment on system config

[goobimama]

Hi,

My friend wants to a buy a new PC, so we went to the dealer and he quoted this price for the AMD 64 bit 2800+ system. Is it okay? Or is he way overcharging? Also, is it a good config? Don't want to play games, just normal use.

Asus Motherboard + AMD64 2800 CPU = 9400
512 MB RAM (hynix) = 2400
80GB hdd (seagate SATA) = 3000
17" Monitor = 6000
KBD + Mouse (Logitech Optical Mouse) = 750
DVD Combo Drive = 2700
Cabinet (iBall brand) = 1350
UPS (iBall brand) = 1700
VAT = %4 = 1200
Warranty and delivery = 500
Total = 29000

Thanks.
Goobimama.

[Ankit]

one line answer from my side...he is overcharging...by mumbai standards...

[goobimama]

what should be the possible prices in Mumbai? I am talking about an Asus Motherboard btw.

[akshayt]

asus k8n for 5-5.5k


consider 939

[drvarunmehta]

Just one change recommended. Buy separate DVD-ROM and CD-Writer. Refer here for the reason http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19555

[goobimama]

asus k8n for 5-5.5k
conside 939

I will find out which Mobo the dealer is giving me. he says that 3200+ is very expensive....

[Ankit]

Ok guys ..after going thru all your suggestions...I've decided for this PC config that I'm going to purchase this saturday...
AMD 939 3000+
MSI RS 480 M2 (integrated graphis)
creative inspire 5.1 or altec lancing 251...depends..what sounds better that day...
160 Gb SATA seagate or samsung...depends whichis cheaper...
A good cabinet and power supply combnattion...now here i require ur suggestion regarding where in lamington roadi can get this at areasonable price...my budget for this is 2.5 K
Sony dvd writer...availability of benq is difficult plus support probs...
512 X 2 RAM ...I hope Transcend won't cost me earth.( < 5.5 K)..otherwise I'll go for good hynix...
15" LCD monitor....now which one shall i buy....
other usual stuff....

give me your opinions..ny changes...and gimme approx prices....suggest some good shops in lammy where i can get these...I thinking searching for MSI MB is going to be tiresome...

[Ankit]

One more thing...the mother board RS480 M2 has integrated graphics along with TV out...infact there was a query to find such MB i raised in one thread and i got the answers like uska to fuse ud gaya hai and blah blah......one thing for those...have faith in technology......

[akshayt]

go for higher perofmrnace mobo

also for for amd 3200 939 winchester(90nano meter technolgoy) for 9.5k

[Ankit]

any idea about cost for nforce4 series MB Asus A8nE or MSI K8n neo4.....
also withthese i'll separate gfx card...suggest a reasonably priced PCI-E gfx card(<3000)...I'm Not much in to gaming...
Where in lammy I can get Leadtech cards...I've heard that they are good performers...

[icecoolz]

dunno abt mobo prices but I thinkt the cheapest PCI-E card would be the X300 which is pretty much in ur budget.

[akshayt]

a8n-e should be 8.5 and up

pci-e
x300 may cost 3500 check whther if it is not se version

if gaming ,don't take se with ati

[Ankit]

what about geforce 6200...leadtech version i may get around 3.5 k..but it has only 64 mb vram...though it has turbo cache facility in whhich it can share the system ram.....
can u people elaborate on x300 as i don't know much abot it....powercolor x300se i'm getting for 3.5k....what's the disadv of se...

[Ankit]

these are the rates that i got from my vendor today...
AMD64 939 3000-----7400/-
3200----9850/-
A8NE-8650/-
powercolor x300SE ---5300/-...the vendor says it's costly as it is 128 bit (????)
17" LCD samsung----19250?-
transcend 512 ---2650/-...
he says transcend comes in blister pack not in plastic box..is it true...
please comment on prices...all items will attract 4% VAT extra...

[akshayt]

prices high maybe
3200 winchester shouldn't it be ofr 9500

also where are u getting a8n-e for 8600?tell shop.

also,graphic card,rather go for 6200,stay away from se with ati.

acer 17"monitor for 15000 in this digit ,however why lcd?why not crt?

512mb ddr 400 transcend for 3250+tax
similair for corsair

[suhasingale]

Transcend DDR ram has life time warranty so go for it widout bothering the price.

[Ankit]

so it seems that my vendor is quoting right prices....he says three year warranty for transcend though,...no body answered the query regarding blister packing...
acer lcd doen't have dvi input...have to check for sasmung..otherwise i'll go for philips...availabilty for acer is also going to be a problem....
name of vendor i'll tell tomorrow after i make a final purchase...

[Ankit]

well this is what i got yesterday....
AMD64 939 3200----9950/-
3000+ was available for 7500/-
ASUS A8 NE ---8650/-
the vendor was quorting 10250 for MSI nforce 4 motherboard....when he brought it..i saw that it was a non ultra version...
17" LCD TFT....sony hs74P...has dvi in---22330/-
why i went for sony..hmm my gf insisted...otherwise a wiser choice is to go for BENQ 71E..has dvi in response time 12 ms..available for 17250/-
i don't go by digit compaison...it has given pureview more score than benq in its feature test..hile pureview res time is 25 ms...lum 250cdno dvi..compared to benq fp 783..res time 12ms dvi and 300 cd/m2 lum.....further philips 170s5fb doesn't has dvi as mentioned in the comparison chart...
gfx card..gigabyte x300se...coz it was the cheapest pcx card i could get..it is 64 bit version with 128mb ram...got it for 3900/-

cabinet antec----4250/-..same model in whilte was offeres for 500 less....
keyboard..ikey desgner powerkey...800/-
seagate sata 160 gb ..4325/-
all prices including vat....

[Ankit]

ii for got to add ram...transcend 512 mb sealed pack...
got it for 3000/- ...open pack was available for 2550/-..the vendor was trying to push open pack saying it has three year warranty as well....but i insisted on sealed pack and it came ith life time warranty....picked two sticks....
creative 7.1 speakers.....delivery due on wednesday..picked it for 8500/-
now comment ...in whihch parts i've been cheated....

[akshayt]

cpu 3200 to expensive
go for winchester amd 3200 64 or higher ,9500 shud be

[rohanbee]

Originally Posted by suhasingale

Transcend DDR ram has life time warranty so go for it widout bothering the price.

Doesn't Kingston also have Lifetime warranty? i think i remember my re-seller telling me that.

[akshayt]

corsair has lifttime warranty
512mb ddr 400 costs 3000 cl=2.5
there is 4% vat on 3000
total->3100

[King_Niral]

On the 17th of may 2005 i bought TRANSCEND DDR 400 512MB RAM FOR Rs 2800 WITH Life time warranty !!! Bought a ASUS K8N - E DELUX for 7800/-
and a GeFORCE FX 5700 Le with S-Media for 3950/-

HOWZ The rates !!!?????