I researched quite a bit and my configuration looks like this –
1) Processor AMD Phenom X3 BE - http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=522 (Cost : apprx 8K)
2) ASUS M3A78-EM motherboard http://products.amd.com/en-us/RecommendedMBDetail.aspx?id=35 (Cost : appr 5k)
3) RAM 2 GB DDR2 800 MHZ (if you want to go for 4 GB you need 64 bit OS, not worth going in for 1066 Mhz because of cost/performance ratio) (Cost : apprx 2k)
4) nVidia GeForce 9400 1 GB PCI Express Card (Cost : apprx 4k)
5) Seagate 500 GB HDD (Cost : apprx 3k)
6) Circle CPU case with twin cooling fans. (Cost : apprx 2k)
I used toms hardware, anandtech & all the couple of others via google search before I finalized the processor, RAM & motherboard. This is a decent machine for home usage and moderate gaming. An interesting point to note is that the processor is actually a Phenom X4 with one core locked, some enthusiasts have successfully unlocked the fourth core. Also this has 6MB L3 cache for three cores which theoretically is superior than the other processors because of the high L3 availability.
