Cheap Office Build

[Ritwik7]

Hi guys!

A family friend has requested me to build 3 PCs for his office. His budget is really low. I need a processor, motherboard, RAM, HDD for within Rs. 10,000.

I was considering a build with the Athlon II X2 240. However, I will need a cheap motherboard that supports this processor out of the box as I do not have an older AMD processor to be able to update the BIOS.

Else I'll go with an Intel E5200 build.

You could suggest some stuff from this website: http://www.lynx-india.com/index.php?categoryID=87&category_slug=desktop-hardware

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[rmarshall292]

Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H Motherboard looks promising

at frys its 99

69 with a rebate

thats the cheapest i can find

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

For an office PC, I would recommend this build:

• AMD Athlon X2 7750 Kuma 2.7Ghz Dual-Core CPU - Retail - Rs. 3161
• ASROCK N68-S nForce 630a Chipset Motherboard - Retail - Rs. 2196
• Corsair 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800Mhz Dual-Channel Kit - Retail - Rs. 1870
• Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 7200RPM SATA HDD - OEM - Rs. 2373

Grand Total = Rs. 9600 approximately. I would recommend going with this CPU instead of the Kuma if the PC will not be used for something very resource-intensive.

 

[Ritwik7]

Hi Rage.

Any reason why you suggested the X2 7750 instead of the Athlon II X2 240?

And that RAM kit is interesting. Ordinary DDR2 667MHz is listed at about Rs. 2000. I doubt I'll actually get the Corsair at that price from my local vendor.

Thanks.

EDIT: The PC will mainly be used for some legal paperwork and web browsing / light multimedia.

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Guaranteed compatibility without a BIOS update. The Sempron might need one though.

As for RAM, any 2GB RAM kit from Transcend, A-DATA or any similar company will work equally well. You can also use Kingston ValueRAM if you can find it cheap.

 

[Ritwik7]

@ rmarshall292: That board is based on the 790GX chipset and costs about Rs. 9000 in India. Way beyond what I can afford to spend on the mobo.

@ Rage: Thanks for those suggestions. I was just wondering if you could suggest an MSI board for the Kuma.

Also, I was thinking of the Intel E5200 on an MSI G31TM P2 motherboard. Would come to about the same price. Is it better than the Athlon?

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

They are evenly matched; go for whichever is cheaper. MSI would be a better choice than ASROCK however.

 

[Ritwik7]

Thanks. I'll let you know once it's done. Probably early November.