• PC Buying Guide: General Purpose PC

    PC Buying Guide: General Purpose PC

    Roydon Cerejo, Jul 06, 2010 1244 hrs IST

    Putting together the best components for your entry-level PC

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For those who think that building a PC is a difficult and complicated proposition, here's a guide that will help you buy the right components for your rig.


Today we'll be building a General Purpose PC and just as the name suggests it will be able to do a little bit of everything. This PC can also be upgraded in case you need more power in the future. It'll make a perfect first PC for someone not willing to invest too much or who is looking for a balanced system for movies, music, a bit of surfing, casual gaming and encoding an odd video or two. The configuration hasn't changed much from our last 'Entry-Level PC' guide but we have made a couple of tweaks to keep up with the times.


Remember, you'll have to pay a bit more for the Operating System since it depends on what you're going to use it for. You could use Win XP, Win 7 or if you aren't going to game at all, then there's always Linux.



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Nikhil Wadhwani
,Jamnagar, on Jul 08, 2011 09:28 PM
this articla could have been completed in 2 or 3 pages rather than 10 pages....
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Bookoon
,Navi Mumbai, on Jul 06, 2010 03:19 PM
I would have liked USB 3.0 option on the m/b.. to make it "a bit" future proof. what are the options? (availability and cost)
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Chandra
,Chennai, on Jul 07, 2010 01:43 PM
They're all still very costly. I guess there'll be an ASRock, Biostar, or ECS board with USB 3 & Sata 3 retailing at around 5K. Also, they're all DDR3 ONLY, which means Rs. 600 or 700 more on the budget.
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yatendra sharma
,kota, on Jul 07, 2010 02:46 PM
buy usb 3 add on card it cost you around 2000/-
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Ashok R Tolanav
,Hubli(Karnataka), on Jul 07, 2010 11:35 PM
I am sorry to note some of the comments made are very cheap. There is a need to have a moderator to monitor such comments and are not published. IT professionals have to maintain their dignity in the public space. The freedom to comment is to be used judiciously. The comments are to be constructive and destructive.
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Anonymous
,Mumbai, on Jul 07, 2010 11:07 PM
Would really appreciate you do one with an Intel CPU and M/B. So far I have only seen AMD from you guys
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Tech Guru
,Poland, on Jul 07, 2010 03:19 PM
Components - Description - Price (INR) Processor - AMD Athlon II X2 425(2.7Ghz, 3 cores, 1.5MB Cache) 3150 Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT-S2/ Biostar TA785G3 2700/3800 RAM - G. Skill F3-10600CL9S-2GBNT 2GB 1333MHz DDRIII 2600 HDD - 500 GB WD Blue 2000 GPU - Sapphire 512MB DDR5 HD5670 5300 Monitor - Dell S2009W 6500 Cabinet - Zebronics Bijili 1100 PSU/SMPS - FSP SAGAII 350w 1500 Key Board Logitech SET - Optical Blk Mouse+ MMKB 700 ODD L.G. GH22NS50 OEM SATA DVD-Writer 950 Speakers - Logitech R20 2.1 850 Total- 27350/28450 GO FOR THIS CONFIG GUYS ITS MORE VALUE FOR MONEY :)
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Karthi
,Chennai, on Jul 07, 2010 04:42 PM
What a greap copy+paste from my PC buying guide in TE :)
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monty jayakar
,jalgaon, on Jul 06, 2010 02:49 PM
aqssholes....the prices would have helped a lot....
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AGS
,mumbai, on Jul 06, 2010 04:19 PM
hey M O F O, the prices are on the last page...freaking retardous fuckours chutiyous
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Shashank
,Bhopal, on Jul 07, 2010 10:19 AM
This is really a perfect setup for the price... it couldnt be better.. nice work
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Karthi
,Trivandrum, on Jul 06, 2010 01:08 PM
Seagate drives too carry only 3 years warranty now. In fact they were the first to drop warranty to 3 years and this happends 4-5 months. Please get the facts right.
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Roydon
,Mumbai, on Jul 06, 2010 02:19 PM
Hi Karthi, sorry for the mix up. Your right, WD still carry's 5yr's for internal whereas for external drives, its the other way around.
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Dhruv
,Delhi, on Jul 06, 2010 01:51 PM
1. if u r going for a, xternal gfx card (4670 or the nvidia one), u need a good power supply like corsair or coolermaster 450W. 2. the logitech keyboard shortcut keys - not all of them work, unlsess u nstall another s/w. by default, mute, internet, and music player works. The music key opens the default music player, but does not start playing music. u have to do that manually by clicking the play button. 3. I agree with Karthi ,Trivandrum comment . Seagate was the first to drop to 3 yr warranty.
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