[jocreative]

Originally Posted by blackasta

Nice!
I also have been using AMD processors from the days of K6III processors. Had an AMD K6III 450Mhz processor on a tomato mobo as my first PC in 2000 (almost sure that is the correct year!)
So guess what - I have been using AMD CPUs for around 10 years now

Used K6III, Athlon 2000+ XP, Sempron 2200+, Athlon X2 64 3600, and Phenom X4 810 processors in my desktops till date. Paired them with tomato, gigabyte, asus and MSI motherboards.

K6III--- I remember those. AMDs were known for being budget PCs then and now they are rockin! Time sure flies.

[anku94]

Originally Posted by aaggoswami

@clevermax : Go for Corei7. Core i5, you are paying for something you dont need IMHO.

When he buys an i5, he'll be paying a few bucks for a worthless GFX Card he won't be using. When he buys an i7, he'll be paying hundreds of $ for sheer performance he can't possibly use, unless he rips, encodes, or renders a lot.

[aaggoswami]

Originally Posted by anku94

When he buys an i5, he'll be paying a few bucks for a worthless GFX Card he won't be using. When he buys an i7, he'll be paying hundreds of $ for sheer performance he can't possibly use, unless he rips, encodes, or renders a lot.

In case of Corei5, he has to pay for a graphic chip that will never be used. So its pure waste as it will never be utilized.
But in case of Core i7 he is investing in higher horsepower that has higher possibility of being utilized as compared to graphic chip.
Add to that the higher computing speed, ranging from faster bootup to faster processing of any task.

[anku94]

Oh well, but i7 is too much of raw computing power. And it costs a lot. I'd prefer to spend ~$20 on a useless graphics card rather than additional ~$400 on computing performance I might rarely use. Just a personal opinion.

[Ranjan Sharma]

AMD Phenon-Dual Core-L3 Cache
MSI Motherboard (Inbuilt Soundcard 7.1)
NVidea Gforce Graphics card (Forgot the model name)
6GB RAM
160GB HDD
Samsung 20'' LCD
Iball Cabinet
Iball wireless mouse and keyboard.
Creative 5.1 Speakers

No UPS

[icemanz]

Hi, my pc motherboard (Asus - P4Ge-MX) has konked. I am left with P4 2.4 ghz processor and 2 gb ddr ram. I doubt whether I would get a reliable motherboard for the P4 now. Please suggest any good ones if available in the market.

With upgrade options, budget is about 8K(MBD+Processor+1GB DDR2). Preference is AMD processor this time. Please suggest a good configuration.
This would be a basic home pc used for net surfing, watching hd movies and basic computing. Thanks!

[anku94]

@icemanz

You know if you could have a makeshift arrangement for now and increase the budget later by, say, 3-4k, you could really lay your hands on a far more future-proof combo than you would in 8k.

[prateekm]

Hello guys, I am on the verge of finalising this config. Any suggestions for the same?

Procy : AMD Athlon II X4 635*(Heard AMD's have a short life of 2-2.5 yrs. Can someone confirm?)
Mobo : Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H MB (Has some bad reviews on net, so any options for this one?)
GFX : SAPPHIRE HD 4670 1GB DDR3
PSU : Corsair vx450 (Is it enough?)
HDD : Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 1TB
RAM : 4GB DDR2
Others : DVD Drive, Wireless Keyboard Combo, Fans, Cooler Master Cabinet, UPS.

[IronH4WK]

Originally Posted by prateekm

Heard AMD's have a short life of 2-2.5 yrs. Can someone confirm?

i've a Athlon X2 3800+ for 4yrs and a Phenom X4 9850 for more than 2yrs. whoever told you that either has had bad luck and/or not used a AMD long enough

[prateekm]

Originally Posted by IronH4WK

i've a Athlon X2 3800+ for 4yrs and a Phenom X4 9850 for more than 2yrs. whoever told you that either has had bad luck and/or not used a AMD long enough

Thanks for replying. Can you also tell which PSU you are using?

[mercedised]

PC configuration:

Processor: Core2Duo (2.8)
Ram : 6GB
Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster with 5.1\7.1 channel speakers
HDD: Seagate 3TB
Power Supply: 700W

Thanks.

[IronH4WK]

Originally Posted by prateekm

Thanks for replying. Can you also tell which PSU you are using?

i'm using a Antec TPQ 1000 for my Phenom and Corsaid 600 (650?) for the Athlon. if you intend to expand in the future, go for a PSU with at least 550-600w.

[prateekm]

Originally Posted by IronH4WK

i'm using a Antec TPQ 1000 for my Phenom and Corsaid 600 (650?) for the Athlon. if you intend to expand in the future, go for a PSU with at least 550-600w.

Okie, now the only problem seems to be the mobo which has some reliability issues according to google searches. Anyone here using Gigabyte mobos?

[IronH4WK]

Originally Posted by prateekm

Okie, now the only problem seems to be the mobo which has some reliability issues according to google searches. Anyone here using Gigabyte mobos?

don't have any experience with Gigabyte. have been using ASUS since i moved to AMD.

[icemanz]

Originally Posted by anku94

@icemanz

You know if you could have a makeshift arrangement for now and increase the budget later by, say, 3-4k, you could really lay your hands on a far more future-proof combo than you would in 8k.

@anku94

I doubt whether socket 478 boards are available these days. On the upgrade I can stretch the budget if the old cabinet and powersupply can be used with the new setup. What options would you recommend with 12K budget?