Sunday, March 3, 2013

Low Budget PC configuration–March 2013– Around Rs. 20,000


Note :
  • AMD is better at low budget
  • You can assemble a system, cheaper than this. But here, I have considered a good mix of price and performance. Which you may not get in the system suggested by your dealer

Type Details Price (Rs)
Processor AMD Athlon II X2 – 270 – 3.4 GHz 2,950
Motherboard Asus M5A78L-M LX (No USB3)
Check below section for USB3 support
2,550
Memory 4GB Transcend DDR3 1600 MHz 1,700
Hard Disk Seagate 500 GB (To reduce price go for 320GB) 3,100
Keyboard & Mouse Zebronics Keyboard + Mouse 350
Speakers Logitech Z103 2.1 (To reduce price go for cheaper 2.0 speakers) 1,050
Optical Drive Samsung DVD Writer 950
Power Supply Zebronics 400w Platinum 1,500
UPS Zebronics 600VA 1,325
Monitor Acer V193HQ 18.5’’ 4,700
Cabinet Zebronics Budget Series w/o SMPS 750
Total   Rs. 20, 925

Other options for better performace:
Type Details Price (Rs)
Processor AMD FX 4100 3.6 GHz 6,300
Motherboard If you want USB3 - Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 3,550
Power Supply Zebronics 500w Platinum 2,150
Graphics Card Asus HD 5450 (Combined with Zeb 500w power supply is better) 1,850
Cabinet Zebronics Intermediate Series Cabinets 1,200

Prices are as of March-2013 in Chennai, India.

Check my other PC configurations

Updates:
03-Mar-2013 – New Config for 2013

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Best PC config – Gaming PC – March-2013 (Around Rs.65k)

Note : This is an old post, Please check the latest config here
Best PC Configuration - Gaming PC - Sept 2013



Intel Configuration : (IVY Bridge)
 
Type Details Price (Rs)
Processor Intel Core i5 – 3470 - 3.2 GHz 11,350
Motherboard ASUS P8H77-M LE with USB 3.0 7,450
Memory 2 x Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4 GB 1600 MHz
(You need a 64-Bit OS)
3,200
Hard Disk Seagate 1 TB 3,850
Keyboard & Mouse Logitech Multimedia Keyboard + Mouse SET 750
Speakers Logitech Z506 5.1 5,200
Optical Drive Samsung DVD Writer 950
Graphics Card MSi GTX 650 Ti - 1 GB DDR5
(Don’t buy the edition without Ti suffix)
9,950
Power Supply Cooler Master GX 550W 4,300
UPS Numeric 1000 VA 4,100
Monitor Samsung S22B370H – 22’’ 8,850
Cabinet Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus 3,450
Game Controller Microsoft Xbox 360 Wired Controller 2,000
Total Rs. 65,400

Other options (or) Suggestions to reducing Price :
 
Type Details Price (Rs)
Processor Intel Core i3 – 3220 – 3.3 GHz 6,900
Motherboard Asus P8B75-M LX 4,200
Monitor Dell ST2240L – 21.5 inch LED 8,750
Graphics Card MSi Nvidia GTX 650 1GB DDR5 7,600
Cabinet Zebronics Intermediate Series Cabinets 1,200
Cabinet Zebronics Red Mist 2,700
Cabinet Cooler Master Elite 311 Plus 3,000
Power Supply Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 600W 3,800

AMD Configuration (AMD Bulldozer)


Type Details Price (Rs)
Processor AMD FX 8-Core 8120 3.1 GHz 9,300
Motherboard ASUS AMD970 M5A97 R2.0 5,850
Memory 2 x Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4 GB 1600 MHz
(You need a 64-Bit OS)
3,200
Hard Disk Seagate 1 TB 3,850
Keyboard & Mouse Logitech Multimedia Keyboard + Mouse SET 750
Speakers Logitech Z506 5.1 5,200
Optical Drive Samsung DVD Writer 950
Graphics Card MSi HD 7850 1GB DDR5 OC 13,100
Power Supply Cooler Master GX 550W 4,300
UPS Numeric 1000 VA 4,100
Monitor Samsung S22B370H – 22’’ 8,850
Cabinet Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus 3,450
Game Controller Microsoft Xbox 360 Wired Controller 2,000
Total Rs. 64,900

Other options (or) Suggestions to reducing Price:

Type Details Price (Rs)
Processor AMD FX 6-Core 6100 7,300
Motherboard Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 3,550
Monitor Dell ST2240L – 21.5 inch LED 8,750
Graphics Card Asus HD 7770 1 GB DDR5 8,000
Cabinet Zebronics Intermediate Series Cabinets 1,200
Cabinet Zebronics Red Mist 2,700
Cabinet Cooler Master Elite 311 Plus 3,000
Power Supply Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 600W 3,800

Note: Prices are as of March-2013 in Chennai, India.

Check my other PC configurations


Updates:

02-Mar-2013 – New Config for 2013