Sadikk 301 Report post Posted July 11, 2007 Hey hetal, and all other techies please help buy nice DESKTOP PC, my budget is 35K but VIEWSONIC VX1945WM LCD montior is must. Please let me know the best configuration to go for. Some people suggested me for AMD and some for intel core 2 duo. i am confuse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amtrag 20 Report post Posted July 12, 2007 I'm also going to upgrade and finally zereod-in on Intel Core 2 Duo over AMD. As per latest reviews, core 2 duo has better performance...just google to read some reviews (too lazy to search again and post the links here...) So my personal reco: Go for Core 2 Duo with 1GB or even upto 4GB RAM (667 MHz ones). HDD, OS etc of course depends on your own personal needs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kshah 452 Report post Posted July 12, 2007 (edited) Hey hetal, and all other techies please help buy nice DESKTOP PC, my budget is 35K but VIEWSONIC VX1945WM LCD montior is must. Please let me know the best configuration to go for. Some people suggested me for AMD and some for intel core 2 duo. i am confuse. I will always suggest AMD over intel as its a matter of 10K plus performance. 35K is damn good for PC. You can get I think even gaming PC at this price. With same 10K you can increase RAM and graphic card with memory which can increase performance. Remember reviews on web or on sites are usually with graphic cards with dedicated memory where as we talk about shared memory. Which affects performance very badly. My lappy is faster even after 2 years because it is having 512 MB dedicated memory. Had it been shared it would have been max 128 MB. Graphic board memories are faster than RAM and uses different channels for I/O. (I dont know much, lay men language) Edited July 12, 2007 by kshah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dj 25 Report post Posted July 12, 2007 saidk, i would support kshah's view... i have an amd athalon 64bit based processor and an intel core duo based laptop. to me more than the speed of the porcessor, its the quantum of ram that makes more sense... its the graphic accelerator card that u use and the hard disk capacity with speed that matters. think of it as a bottle. the flow (speed) is directly propotional to its neck (ram) and not its belly (hdd and cpu) i learnt it the hard way that based on hype and our limited knowledge we always end up paying a hefty premium for "latest technology" whose potential we are barely able to exploit in our daily use. so first and foremost identify ur usage of this desktop pc and then based on this decision move forward with the configuration u want. as far as i can see our most essential usage is that of net, word or basic data processing and multimedia. amd works well and is a cheaper option to meet ur needs as well as an intel cpu but inturn u can push in more rom and a larger TFT screen or graphics card. like i have 1 gb of rams on both my systems and a 19" tft with a amd processor and 2x80 gb hdd with a dual layer dvd burner on the desktop and it works super fast... so rather spend on the goodies than buy a similar power wala intel cpu over an amd one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HetalDP 947 Report post Posted July 12, 2007 (edited) Rs. 8000 = AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core 5000+ Rs. 6000 = Asus M2-NE Motherboard - (No OnBoard Graphics) nVidia 570 Chipset Rs. 5650 = nVidia PCI-E 8500 GT Graphics Card Rs. 3300 = Seagate 250 GB HDD Sata II 3Gbps Rs. 2700 = Transcend 1 GB 800 Mhz DDR-II Ram Rs. 1800 = Sony OEM SATA DVD Writter Rs. 2100 = Odyssey Cabinet with 550 Watt SMPS (I will Update the Exact Model Number) = 29550 Optional Rs. 4650 = nVidia PCI-E 7300 GT Graphics Card Optional Rs. 5700 = Asus M2-AM Moptherboad - Dual Graphic on Board, HDTV Output on Board AMD 690G Chipset Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 or Windows XP SP2 Basic Partition of 32 GB for OS C: Logical Partition of 32 GB for Secondary OS Logical Partition of 32 GB for Games Program File Logical Partition of 32 GB for Songs Logical Partition of 32 GB for Mobile File Logical Partition of 15 GB for Extras I have the Same PC and Getting 3D Mark 2005 Ratting of 4500+ Edited July 12, 2007 by hetaldp Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kunal Hemrajani 1 Report post Posted July 12, 2007 configuration given by hetal is gud..u can go for tht.. jus one thing i wud lik to suggest.. if u decide to go for intel core 2 duo..i wud suggest u to wait for some time..probably till first week of August.. becuz..intel wil soon cut down their price(mayb by 22nd july).. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted July 12, 2007 ^^^ @hetal My dear friend you forget to give rate for the Viewsonic LCD monitor which munnabhai told is a must. So friends do add Rs.12000/- approximately for this 19" VIEWSONIC LCD monitor to the budget. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kunal Hemrajani 1 Report post Posted July 12, 2007 hey...i get this review while surfing.. this might help u.. NORMAL PC(COST <20K) GAMING PC(COST <35K) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sadikk 301 Report post Posted July 12, 2007 I am glad i have rimweb for any given thing to ask. and get solid suggestions, thanks to u all. will let u guys know what i got from HP soon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kshah 452 Report post Posted July 13, 2007 Rs. 8000 = AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core 5000+Rs. 6000 = Asus M2-NE Motherboard - (No OnBoard Graphics) nVidia 570 Chipset Rs. 5650 = nVidia PCI-E 8500 GT Graphics Card Rs. 3300 = Seagate 250 GB HDD Sata II 3Gbps Rs. 2700 = Transcend 1 GB 800 Mhz DDR-II Ram Rs. 1800 = Sony OEM SATA DVD Writter Rs. 2100 = Odyssey Cabinet with 550 Watt SMPS (I will Update the Exact Model Number) = 29550 Optional Rs. 4650 = nVidia PCI-E 7300 GT Graphics Card Optional Rs. 5700 = Asus M2-AM Moptherboad - Dual Graphic on Board, HDTV Output on Board AMD 690G Chipset Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 or Windows XP SP2 Basic Partition of 32 GB for OS C: Logical Partition of 32 GB for Secondary OS Logical Partition of 32 GB for Games Program File Logical Partition of 32 GB for Songs Logical Partition of 32 GB for Mobile File Logical Partition of 15 GB for Extras I have the Same PC and Getting 3D Mark 2005 Ratting of 4500+ For AMD Nvidia chipsets are better than AMD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
