Recommended Value Desktop PC (Assembled) Configuration for Home Users in India
By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News NetworkSaturday, February 24, 2007
We recently purchased parts for a home desktop PC in India for the value oriented price sensitive segment (along with several new computers for office). My objective was to choose a solid home desktop personal comnputer with decent graphics, solid sound system and strong processor speed. There should be no compromise on quality and yet it should be priced at the sweet spot of around Rs 21, 000, which is very acceptable in Indian market today. In other words what is the best value we can provide within Rs. 21, 000. The set should include a PC (obviously), a good UPS and Monitor.
We ended up with Pentium 4 HT 3.06 CPU with Intel original mother board 865, 160 GB Seagate SATA disk, 512 MB DDR RAM, Combo DVD CDRW Drive, Intex 2000 Watt Speaker with Subwoofers, APC UPS 500 VA.
Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.06 is a decent CPU at a moderate price of Rs. 3400. While it isn’t a trail-blazer like Core 2 Duo series, it gives pretty good value for the buck. It doesn’t have the heating problem of later Pentium D series and yet it supports hyperthreading which gives some of the benefits like a dual core cpu. For a desktop system at home what more do you need?
I selected 160 GB SATA because harddisks are cheap these days and having a huge harddisk allows you to backup movies and audio cd’s along with your programs and files. In short it would be long time before you have to spent time on cleaning up your hardisk for more space. It is a great value for Rs. 2475.
Intel original motherboard gives you a peace of mind. It also comes with inbuilt LAN. Nowadays you can get cheap ADSL connection from BSNL for Rs. 250 / pm. Having a LAN means you don’t have to spend anything extra to get connected to the net.
512 DDR RAM will make your application run faster even with multi-tasking. The price here is for ZION RAM, which is the bext quality RAM available currently in India.
I have added an extra fan for extra cooling keeping in mind the hot Indian climate.
A screen filter will go a long way to protect your eyes.
An UPS is must for India where power-cuts are frequent. I have learnt the hard way the importance of UPS in India.
So finally here is our dream value home desktop system for the value centric but price conscious market:
| Parts | |
| Mother Board Intel 865 | 2900 |
| CPU Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.06 GHZ | 3400 |
| 160 GB Seagate SATA Disk | 2475 |
| DDR 512 MB | 2180 |
| Combo Drive LG 52X | 1060 |
| Speaker Intex 2000 Watt | 800 |
| APC UPS 500 VA | 1940 |
| Monitor Samsung 17″ Color | 4400 |
| Floppy Disk Samsung | 230 |
| Cooler Fan | 40 |
| Chasis | 850 |
| Keyboard | 550 |
| Mouse | |
| Screen Filter 17″ | 80 |
| VAT @ 4% | 836.2 |
| Total | 21741.2 |
Note 1: The prices quoted are for Calcutta / Kolkata. The prices vary from day to day and from place to place.
Note 2: We purchased parts in bulk so the price you get may be slightly higher.
Note 3: VAT is value added tax which is compulsory.
BTW: Samsung CD ROM has chronic heating problem. So I avoid Samsung optical drives.
Overall my suggestions for new PC owners is to play safe and purchase parts from reputed brands like Intel. Asus, Samsung, LG, Sony etc.
I recommend Fedora Core 6 as desktop operating system instead of overpriced Microsoft Vista.
Tags: Eyes, Fedora, Sony
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July 3, 2010: 11:22 am
Dear Sir, Please help..! |
 Sudipto |
July 3, 2010: 11:18 am
Dear Sir, The current configuration that I use, was the latest configuration of 2001 (2.4GHz P4, 40 GB hard disk, 256 MB DDR1 RAM). Please help..! |
 Kamlesh |
June 15, 2010: 12:21 am
Kindly suggest me latest PC configuration for home use. Please give the prices also so that other options can be worked out. |
 IRFAN ALI PRADHAN |
May 17, 2010: 10:21 pm
Processor = Intel® Core™ i5-750 Processor (8M Cache, 2.66 GHz) |
 RAJESH |
March 13, 2010: 10:17 am
i would like to assemble pc with i7920 processor intel motherboard nvidia graphic card upto rs.7000/- 1tb hard disc 8 gb ram blue ray/dvd writer.20 inch screen |
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March 5, 2010: 2:37 pm
Good configuration and at reasonable prices, best suited for any web designing it enabled services, customer care as well as home use. Thanks a lot |
 vishal |
 shaheer ptk |
January 19, 2010: 7:45 am
sir , please list out some of the new and old pc configuration with price including the cabinet.. |
 Sushil |
January 5, 2010: 10:31 pm
Dear Sir, Intel core 2 duo 3.0 GhZ Thanks in Advance |
 kmi |
 vikas Rathore |
October 21, 2009: 1:12 am
Mother Board Intel 865 Please send price |
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October 7, 2009: 1:52 am
Hello! I want to upgrade my PC to the latest configuration. I just want to change my CPU unit. My budget is 15000 INR. Please contact me. |
 Atul |
October 3, 2009: 9:37 am
Hi! Plz provide me rate with the configuration below, Particulars:- Intel Dual Core Branded Mother Board Branded 1 GB RAM Branded HDD 160 GB Branded Key Board / Mouce Branded TFT 15” Branded DVD R/W Atul |
 gaurav |
 sukesh.k |
September 4, 2009: 3:40 am
sir, I’ve completed Hardware course. I want to assemble new system for my friends. so please sent me good configurations. And its costs. |
 Dipu George |
September 1, 2009: 8:43 am
Dear Mr. Angsuman, Much as I have seen your post was ell accepted and appreciated by most of the people here, there are a few things, I would like to add… Pentium 4 HT is under no way a substitute for Pentium Duo Core. To begin with P4-HT is not not a 64 Bit architecture. While this is at present sufficient since OS are now shipped ith 32 bit, one does not see a scope of expansion should the OSes opt to move towards 64 Bit rendering our PC useless. Hyper Threading was never a leap in computing, but Dual Core is. Compare that Dual Core supporting Hyper Threading. Two cores operating for the OS and application at the same time means less heat, more power and more faster flip-flop. While all that I have mentioned is not an absolutely necessary to have a working PC. a 486 running Intel processor can run windows 98. But then why would we want to be left behind when the world is moving forward. I recommend all PC users to buy a 64 Bit Intel Dual Core. One user contriuted AMD is faster. AMD achieves this by adjusting the field multiplier by increasing voltage supplied to the processor and the FSB, thereby showing a clock speed increase. This though functional is always considered harmful and is termed as overclocking as your motherboard and your processor can get ried faster than an intel processor. I hope this helps the readers |
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August 7, 2009: 4:23 pm
my current configuration is 512 ddr ram,80 gb harddisk,intel pentium 4 processor 3 ghz. |
 Rajesh Dhakad |
July 5, 2009: 10:50 am
hi, i want to puchase the desktop computer in reasnable price please contant me |
 DD SINGH |
June 29, 2009: 6:05 pm
I am interested to buy a desktop pc along with latest configuration for use at home. Kindly suggest me a cheap and best configuration. |
 madhu |
June 7, 2009: 8:05 am
Please suggest which make pc and which configurations should be bought for home use and from where in karnataka(bangalore) |
 parth |
May 22, 2009: 10:47 am
sir i want to buy a Desktop for my animation course. Thank you |
 sathish |
 Jay |
December 9, 2008: 10:34 am
Hi, Intel Pentium 4 cpu 2.40GHz. Thank you. |
 SAIF |
 Sumit |
September 4, 2008: 12:57 pm
Hi, |
 Anoop |
May 5, 2008: 6:12 am
Hi! Plz provide me with the configuration , |
 prashant mishra |
April 19, 2008: 3:27 am
sir i am a b.tech student and i want to buy a desktop |
 KK |
December 13, 2007: 8:25 am
Hi, I am looking out to buy a desktop pc and want to install softwares like .NET / Oracle / SQL server etc just to get trained. Please can you suggest some ideas for the configuration and the price. |
 Aneesh E.C |
November 23, 2007: 12:46 am
I would like to Buy an assembled PC for home use with the following configuration.Pentium 4 processor,1GB RAM,180GB HDD,17 inch LCD screen,Good Audio output.can you help me to get the best configuration and price .My budget is 25000RS to 28000 and i would like to know any dealer avilable in Bangalore. Thank you. |
Sudipto