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Choosing a desktop PC

 
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Hi

I'm planning to purchase a PC and the a branded PC with the following configuration costs me Rs.50,000
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Core 2 Duo E 6300 Processor
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM
160 GB HDD
16X DVD+/-RW with Dual Layer write capabilities
Intel Graphic Accelerator X3000
17'' Flat panel LCD monitor (Analog only)
Optical USB Mouse
USB Stereo speakers
Intel� G965 Express Chipset
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Having provided this info, can you let me know what might be the price if I go for an assembled system with the above configuration ?

I extensively use heavy applications and hence if you have suggestions please let me know.
[ February 10, 2007: Message edited by: Santhosh Jali ]
 
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If you can possibly afford it, don't go for the integrated graphics on the motherboard; it seriously impacts the performance of the machine in all applications (and especially graphics-intensive ones, of course.) If you do buy a machine with this chipset, make sure you get the very latest drivers from Intel; some available drivers for these all-in-one Intel motherboards (including ones you'd get directly from Microsoft) don't even support all of the chipset's graphics capabilities, so that your performance would suffer even more.
 
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Here are the prices (approximate) from some googling:

Core 2 Duo E 6300 Processor: Rs 9000
1 GB DDR2 RAM: Rs 4000
160 GB HDD: Rs 2800
16X DVD+/-RW with Dual Layer write : Rs 2100
17'' Flat panel LCD: Rs 10000
G965 chipset Mobo: Rs 5000
Speakers+KB+Mouse: Rs 1500

Total Hardware cost: Rs 34,000

IMO, for Rs 50,000, you can get a decent gfx and sound cards plus some good 5.1 speakers.
[ February 11, 2007: Message edited by: Satish Chilukuri ]
 
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You know we are always concerned about choosing the right PC for our desktop, but do we ever take the time to choose the right desktop for our PCs?

I mean you have to make sure that the desktop has enough room to store the PC, and also room for papers etc.

Good Luck

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Originally posted by Santhosh Jali:
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I extensively use heavy applications and hence if you have suggestions please let me know.



Double your RAM! Seriously, 2GB would be just about enough if you want to run a decent development environment - say Eclipse, WebSphere and Oracle XE!

And make sure you get a HD that does 7200RPM. You might also want to get something larger, like 320GB or 500GB, but I guess its not that important as you can always add more hard disks later.
 
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I would suggest an AMD 64 X2 processor with 1 GB RAM, 160GB hard disk and a geForce graphics card (You can get a good one for as low as 6000 INR ~ 120$ ). For development of applications, 1 GB of RAM should be enough. That is of course dependant on your environment. If you want to host a couple of services apart from running the IDE you need 2 GB of RAM atleast. Go for a configuration that pleases you, and works best for you. After all our tastes are different.
 
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