[5hadow]

Originally Posted by deveshshukla53

I mean the entire build.

Here you go. I would go for the following. This should give you a rough idea. You will have to scavenge online and offline to get the best prices.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7kx9RJ

[Joxster]

Originally Posted by deveshshukla53

I mean the entire build. I got to know from a couple of friends that the i5-8400 processor should be sufficient and has equal to/marginally less efficiency compared to i7-7700 and since it is cheaper and newer, would be a better bet. Could you share your view on this? I am not very tech savvy

And, thank you very much for sharing the article. Will surely go through it.

Sorry buddy, but I don't think that 45k is enough for a complete i5-8400 build. Just the processor, motherboard & graphics card that you want will already be around 48k, and that is without any of the other required components. If your total budget is 45k, then you'll have to go for a lower end build like a i3-8100 with a GTX 1050 for sure.

To answer your question however, on the i7-7700 vs i5-8400 comparison, I would choose the i5-8400 because of the extra 2 cores alone. While the i7-7700 has better single core performance, the i5-8400 has better multi-core performance, which is important for CPU intensive things like video editing, unpacking large compressed game setups etc. That is a small trade-off, but worth it IMHO.

Originally Posted by 5hadow

Here you go. I would go for the following. This should give you a rough idea. You will have to scavenge online and offline to get the best prices.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7kx9RJ

The configuration you suggested is around 92k mate. His budget is 45k.

Cheers

[5hadow]

Ok, I tried to cut corners. This is the best I could do:

https://in.pcpartpicker.com/list/gtRwCb

but I am sure another 5k can easily be shaved off by replacing parts with other vfm ones or finding better deals elsewhere.