Budget PC upgrade for 14k

[uberjon]

Thanks.
I'll just check out the CPU cooler options for now.

 

[uberjon]

UPDATE:
Installed Deepcool Alta 7. The CPU is now idling at 38C, instead of 98C.

 

[Sushubh]

Nice

 

[uberjon]

I just started watching 1080p movies & noticed that they are stuttering at random using VLC. I never had this problem with 720p movies.
Do I really need to upgrade my PC now? Or is there something I need to tweak?

I have to close ALL other programs if I want to watch a 1080p movie properly.

 

[xyx2000]

try with klite codec pack with MPC player

 

[uberjon]

Thanks. But I'd prefer sticking with VLC, as I don't want to install any other players.

 

[xyx2000]

mpc has faster / smoother playback for hd videos .

 

[varun120]

Use MPC or Km player. Use core avc codec for 720p or 1080p videos. They are the best. Sorry to say I haven't even used vlc since 4-5 years. I dunno if vlc can install an external codec, but if it can, then download and install professional core avc codec in vlc if you wanna keep using vlc.

 

[manu1991]

I'd recommend you get the cheapest GPU available. Even second hand would do. nvidia 210/AMD 5450 both cost ~1.7-1.8k. The GPU will offload all the processing and you can watch 1080p smoothly. Windows aero etc. would also benefit.

 

[uberjon]

Thanks for the suggestions :Thank You:. For now, I did this.

Also if you have multicore CPU (or one with Intel Hyper-Threading), you can lower the FFMPEG thread count. To do this go to Tools -> Preferences (Show settings: All), then Input / Codecs -> Video codecs -> FFmpeg, then locate Threads, and set it to 4 (or to 2, or to 1). Remember to press Save to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.

I set mine to '2'. Seems to work....for now.