PC Build for around Rs. 35000

So, I am in process of building a PC for a nephew. Budget is around 35K. For office use mainly so gaming was not a requirement. I am posting the specifications I went for.

I am not necessarily looking for feedback because I have ordered all components, so it is a bit late to make any changes.

But do feel free to suggest alternative builds or recommendations that can come handy for someone else who might be looking for a similar build. Plus if this is something that interests you, feel free to start new threads catering to different budget segments! Would have saved me a lot of time bothering friends into researching.

Not that many people use desktops these days.

Processor: AMD RYZEN 5 3500
Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B450M-A
GFX: ASUS GeForce GT 710 1GB GDDR5 (This was needed because processor lacks an integrated GPU. Also ordered the 2GB variant instead of 1GB)
SSD: Kingston A2000 250GB M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe SSD SA2000M8/250G
RAM: 2 x CORSAIR 8GB DDR4 2400 MHZ
PSU: Antec VP550P Plus 550 Watt

I haven't yet decided on a cabinet yet because that I wanted to get locally. Would see what is easily available locally tomorrow.

 

[vishalrao]

Any reason why you went with CPU+GPU combo instead of an AMD Ryzen APU which has in-built graphics in it?

 

[Sushubh]

from what i understood. current gen chips do not have gpu in-built. so my other option was to get 3400G CPU (or 2400G) which were previous generation. would have saved 5-6K by going for older tech CPU but wanted to get current gen chip. i could be completely wrong here. amd naming scheme is damn confusing.

 

[vishalrao]

That's right, that's a perfectly valid reason to go for 3500 model (current gen) but I thought since it was for your nephew and office work it would not make a difference to him if you went for previous gen 3400G

 

[Sushubh]

well. tbh. i could have cut costs at several places if the idea was to meet his computing needs

he is an Apple aficionado. uses one of the higher end macbook pro as his current primary machine. wanted to give him a machine that would deliver solid performance at pretty reasonable price. and hopefully last for many many years. so boosted a few components increasing budget from originally planned 30K to around 38K now.

this is also basically the same machine @Nishant ordered for himself just around 10 days ago (prices were lower when he ordered. fucking corona). and he seems to be very happy with the overall performance so getting the same configuration made sense!

 

[Nishant]

Yup. Ryzen 5 3500 is performing extremely well, beyond my expectations tbh. And the nvme m.2 SSD has made it even better. I had a tight budget which is why I opted for Ryzen 5 3500 else I would have opted for 3600 which has SMT (6 core 12 threads) and larger cache memory.

 

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[Sushubh]

btw... have mini-atx cabinets disappeared from the market completely? i couldn't find one model from cooler master or antec or any other popular brand... wanted to set it up in a smallish box for him. but looks like i would be spending close to 3500 on a cabinet.

 

[Nishant]

Here are some pics (pardon the hideous cable management. Didn't have patience for that).

My existing motherboard went kaput and the CPU (i5-4430) is based on old LGA1150 socket so kinda difficult to get a decent motherboard. Hence upgraded the CPU, Motherboard, RAM and also got an m.2 nvme SSD.

 

[Sushubh]

so you did not move the ram to the other two slots? still touching the cpu fan?

 

[Nishant]

I did that later after I took these pics.