Q: What is your budget?

-- 9k to 12k

Q: What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)?

-- ACER 17" inch LCD

-- keyboard and mouse (cheap and best once's)

-- creative speakers 5.1 channel

--- AMD ATHLON 64-bit 3000+

--- Gigabyte GA-PVMTK8N51-9 socket 939

--- DVD writer LG

-- CD writer ( dont remember model name)

--- zebronics PSU 400w

--- black colored mercury cabinet



Q: Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)

-- ACER 17" inch LCD

-- keyboard and mouse (cheap and best once's)

-- creative speakers 5.1 channel

Q: Which hardware component are you looking to buy (component name). If you have already decided on a configuration then please mention the (component brand and model) as well, this will help us in fine tuning your requirement.

--- Processor , mobo , RAM, PSU,cabinet.



Q: Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future. If yes then please mention when and which component?

--- no upgrades



Q: Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)

--- CTC hyderabad



Q: Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market?

-- No



Q: What is your intended use for this PC/hardware?

- downloading 24x7

- watching HD movies

- browsing and normal desktop operations

- using virtual machine for linux + oracle operations

- Gaming like NFS most wanted etc... ( didnt played other games)



Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.

-- preference like want to go for the latest one with handsome config suffice for my requirement and in future easy to upgrade on it.



Q: If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?

-- racing



Q: What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage

-- gaming - 640x480

-- desktop - 1280x800



Q: Are you looking to overclock?

-- no



Q: Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?

-- windows xp sp2/windows 7 32bit



--- Updated Post - Automerged ---



mods please delete previous thread " # Cpu buying advice"

Originally Posted by deadskin

actually my cousin has taken my CPU ... i m left only with LCD,keyboard and mouse ..



please suggest me some thing.... which fall under my requirement(current) and infuture easy to upgrade...



having in mind to go for DDR3 sticks.... budget can go till 15k max



having IDE 160DB seagate new HDD... in near future (4months gap) will buy SATA 1TB



please advice soon planning to finalize tomorrow .... buying at hyd CTC ... any suggestion from which dealer to buy

I would still suggest you to go with the above config but get a Athlon II X2 255 and 4GB of DDR2 RAM instead of 2 .