Hello Forum. I was thinking of making a custom computer. preferably gaming but affordable. since im 16, i don't know much on the right or good specs, as long affordable.

so i was thinking of this

Intel Core i5
Windows 7 Home/Premium
Gigabyte MOBO
nVidia GeForce GTX 460
2 or 4 GB DDR3 RAM
Cooler Master Fan
500GM WesternDigital HDD (cannot afford sdd )
Logitech Gaming Accesories (keyboard + mouse)
UniFi Broadband


Some things I need your help and recommendation
Monitor
Cooling Fan
Computer Case


What do you think? Good enough or just plain dumb?

My budget is around 3-4K. Can afford all this?

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Feb 16 2011, 10:07 PM

How about this spec?

Core i5 2500 - RM649
Intel DH67BL or Asus P8H67-M or Gigabyte H67MA-UD2H motherboard - RM349/389/449
Corsair/Kingston 4GB DDR3-1333 x1 - RM124
Leadtek GTX560 Ti 1GB DDR5 - RM849
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB hard disk - RM170
Liteon DVD writer - RM65
Silverstone Strider Plus 600W power supply - RM399
Coolermaster Elite 370 casing - RM139
Dell ST2320L 23" monitor - RM509 (order from Dell)
Edifier M1335 2.1 speakers - RM119
Logitech G1 mouse and keyboard combo - RM80
Windows 7 Home Premium Retail - RM359
Additional 12CM fan for front intake - RM25

RM3836/3876/3936 total

Optional:
Dell Ultrasharp U2311H 23" IPS monitor - +RM130 (order from Dell)
Edifier M3300 2.1 speaker - +RM120

C-Zone/Viewnet price list.

This post has been edited by TristanX: Feb 16 2011, 10:35 PM

Windows 7 Home/Premium? no need.
freedos is better. then get ultimate

I wonder who is going to use freedos to utilize GTX560 Ti fully.

I am in fact an Ubuntu user and this is a gaming rig..not much games are available for Ubuntu
Even if you want to use Wine to emulate only a few games are compatible with Wine..
So in the end it is still limited to pirated Windows 7 just so that TS can play almost every game..

Guys now i got problem. My parents lower the budget to max 2.7k.
2.7k budget can arr buy all those?

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Added on February 17, 2011, 8:34 pmBTW Tristan and RegentCid I like the recommendations.
except maybe i wont buy the monitor cause my ViewSonic VA702 monitor is good enough

This post has been edited by imagamer: Feb 17 2011, 08:34 PM

Nope, you cant. Gotta lower the spec to fit your budget and it's gonna be AMD realm for lower budget rigs. Unless you have an OS or you don't need a monitor.

Option 1:
Phenom II X4 955 BE - RM439
Asus M4A77TD motherboard (supports up to Phenom II X6 1100T BE) - RM255
Corsair/Kingston 4GB DDR3-1333 x1 - RM124
Sapphire HD5770 1GB DDR5 - RM430
Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB hard disk - RM119
Liteon DVD writer - RM65
Silverstone Strider 500W power supply - RM219
Coolermaster Elite 370 casing - RM139
Acer S201HL 20" monitor - RM365
Edifier M1335 2.1 speakers - RM119
Logitech G1 mouse and keyboard combo - RM80
Windows 7 Home Premium Retail - RM359
Additional 12CM fan for front intake - RM25

RM2738 total

Option 2:
Athlon II X4 635 - RM299
Asus M4N68T-M motherboard - RM190
Corsair/Kingston 4GB DDR3-1333 x1 - RM124
Leadtek GTX460 1GB DDR5 OC - RM589
Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB hard disk - RM119
Liteon DVD writer - RM65
Silverstone Strider 500W power supply - RM219
Coolermaster Elite 370 casing - RM139
Acer S201HL 20" monitor - RM365
Edifier M1335 2.1 speakers - RM119
Logitech G1 mouse and keyboard combo - RM80
Windows 7 Home Premium Retail - RM359
Additional 12CM fan for front intake - RM25

RM2692 total

This post has been edited by TristanX: Feb 17 2011, 09:19 PM

thanks tristan. but how about the cooling fan and its price?

Processor comes with fan heatsink. I've also included 12cm fan for intake to improve the cooling. It should be around RM25 or less.

your saying that the i7 comes with a cooling fan? about the additional cooling fan already bouoght. just the cooling fan

Every processor will come with its own cooling system .

really o.o?

Yala,every processor comes with the stock fan...if not it will be very very hot.

You wouldn't be able to use your system if the processor doesn't have any cooling .

Between ATI Radeon 5770 and GTX460, which has better graphics if play on COD:Black Ops, GTA 4, Battlefield Bad Company 2 and COD:MW2?

Ur HDD chg to samsung spinpoint(1tb).. Selling rm170 at pc zone..

I know I'm getting that particular HDD

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd...=spec&ppmi=1219
This is the spec for the HDD.. Kindly refer ^.^

GTX 460 a step above HD5770.
a overclocked GTX 460 can almost match the speed of HD6870.

just cross fire 2 gtx 460? better than a hd6870?

What?

By the way, if you dont need monitor. You can get this

Core i5 2400 - RM579
MSI H67MA-E35-B3 motherboard - RM309
Kingston 4GB DDR3-1333 x1 - RM124
Leadtek GTX460 1GB DDR5 OC - RM589
Hitachi 500GB hard disk - RM110
Liteon DVD writer - RM65
Silverstone Strider 500W power supply - RM199 (from All IT)
Coolermaster Elite 370 casing - RM139
Edifier M1335 2.1 speakers - RM119
Logitech G1 mouse and keyboard combo - RM80
Windows 7 Home Premium Retail - RM359
Additional 12CM fan for front intake - RM25

RM2697 total

Much more powerful processor.

Tristan I would like to change the GC to GTX560 Ti (i heard is damn fast)
and Samsung Spinpoint 1TB. how much it will cost?

Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB (HD103SJ) is RM170 and Leadtek GTX560 Ti is RM849. Also, switching the power supply to Silverstone Strider Essential 600W for GTX560 Ti is recommended. Viewnet sells it at RM279.

is there any other hdd that is between 500-1TB?
say 640GB or 550GB?

Its better for u to take Samsung Spinpoint 1TB,

i think i should. so the total of everything is 3.3k.
i will think of this. and ill post the build anytime soon, but not that soon though.

Thanks guys for the recommendations. If there is anything else to suggest, feel free! I might change my mind.

TristanX's build is nice for u d...Tumpang bit ts, (btw, both 16~ XD got pass ur add. maths?? XD)

TristanX, is GTX460 enuf to run Crysis 2 in high settings?

i pass my add.math dude =)

aw...not me...but my others are A - XD juz only addmaths...ugh

32FPS on 1920x1080 for beta. It's gonna be hard.

http://www.techspot.com/review/367-crysis2...ance/page4.html

Hopefully it improves when it's officially available.

hmm...sry but i not really know what is fps...so if fps higher what will occur?? but if really cannot guess mayb i will play in mid settings...

FPS is frames per second. Higher is better. Average less than 40FPS is not recommended.

my fps always stuck at 30 fps

issit stuck or always below 30fps with a max of 30fps?
if it is stuck to 30fps, try disabling V-sync in the video settings.

I m also 16 now
Just took my add maths..dunno can pass or not
Sejarah kantoi liao 54

lol
anyways Tristan can you give me the link on where you get these prices??

http://www.compu-zone.com
http://www.viewnet.com.my
http://www.startec.com.my
http://www.pczonecomputer.com
http://www.cycom.com.my

Download the latest price list from these sites.

hey i decided to change the i5 to something else.

so which is good and can tahan games?
ATHLON AM3 X2 555, ATHLON AM3 X3 450, ATHLON AM3 X4 645 and PHENOM II AM3 X4 965 blk.

i5 2500 beats everything except hexacore AMDs!

Not really, hexacore is worse. With that price, you're better off with Intel system.

and btw which mainboard goes well with the processors above?

Nope, even more expensive Phenom II x6 1100T BE gets raped by i5 2500/2500K.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sandy-...2500k,2833.html

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=203

well i better stick to Intel i5 2500 then. btw the processor that goes well with this?

depends on your budget, needs and chipset.

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Added on March 18, 2011, 7:28 pmany P67 or H67 will do.
usually MSI boards are recommended because of it's cheap pricing.

This post has been edited by TechnoG: Mar 18 2011, 07:28 PM

Any H67 based motherboard will do. MS H67MA-E35-B3 is RM309 from Viewnet.

really? o__o
Must have been left out again

You are not outdated, but instead you're one of the many people in this world who thinks a hexacore is always better than a quad .

I made minor changes, see if its alright:
Core i5 2500 - RM655
MSI H67MA-E35-B3 motherboard - RM309
Kingston 4GB DDR3-1333 x1 - RM125
LEADTEK GTX460 1GB D5 256BIT - RM549
1TB SAMSUNG 32M 7200 RPM - RM165
Liteon DVD writer - RM65
Cooler Master 550W EXTREME POWER PSU - RM190
Coolermaster Elite 370 casing - RM139
Edifier M1335 2.1 speakers - RM119
Logitech G1 mouse and keyboard combo - RM80
Windows 7 Home Premium Retail - RM359
Additional 12CM fan for front intake - RM25
TOTAL: RM2780

That PSU is not true power. Better get Silverstone ST-50F for RM199. Much better PSU.

oh ok then. Silverstone sure is a good brand. I heard

IMO, get Seasonic Silence 500W @ RM199 instead. Far more superior than Silverstone

really? how superior? I can't tell the diff coz silence and silverstone has the same psu power.....

This post has been edited by imagamer: Mar 26 2011, 11:48 AM

Its the reputation and the benchmarks reviews on the PSUs and yes the Seasonic is a very very good brand and makes better PSU's than Silverstone

If you're planning on x-firing in the future, get the 750w Silence Pro.

no no i am not,although if i do that would much better.

BTW, just wanna ask. Let say my old comp keep crashing because lack of RAM(1GB). Then, I replace it with a new one(4GB). Do I need to do anything like reformat my com or just like that and can see the effect?

no need to format, but u need to set the system to use the 4Gb of RAM... but... its the 1st time I heard that PC crash because of lack of RAM... how old is this PC anyway?

from 2003? lol here is a pictre when i play COD4



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