lol why would you wanna downgrade?

i dont see any sense in selling off your current 670 for a cheaper card

might as well keep using it.. 670 is a powerful card, you can last the next 2-3 years with it

trust me, if you sell your 670 one day youll rue the day you sold your card when newer more graphic demanding games comes out

Thanks for the suggestion,
but I don't need a monitor.
Can I know what shop do you refer about this pricelist?
I think it is 500GB, is it?
I also have a question, program like photoshop, vegas and corel video need more power from CPU or from GPU?

Yeah, so i dont need a GPU then.
I think i5 3570 have enough power.
Thanks
Very nice, but I think I just get the i5 3570 as if I take the i7 it is over the budget.
+ I can save for about RM124.
Or maybe I should upgrade the mobo? atleast that have sataIII.
Interesting but I dont want to make a later problem as the owner of the rig is not so good in pc hardware thingy.
Just keep it low profile.

So I think I will go like this,

Intel Core i5 3570 RM624
B75MA-G43 RM279
Corsair 1333 ram 4GB x2 RM108
Gigabyte Powerrock 420W PSU RM99
Gigabyte GZ-series chassis RM59
Lite-On 22x DVDRW RM59
WD Caviar Blue 500GB RM179
total: rm1407

Is that mobo is okay?

Can guide me to a 2K rig , used for gaming ? I would also like to know if SSD is suitable for casual users?

Yeah,  so the final may look like this:

Intel Core i5 3570 RM624
B75MA-P43 RM229
Corsair 1333 ram 4GB x2 RM108
Gigabyte Powerrock 420W PSU RM99
Gigabyte GZ-series chassis RM59
Lite-On 22x DVDRW RM59
WD Caviar Blue 500GB RM179
TOTAL: RM1357
Thanks for all the suggestion.
Erm, just to make sure, any last words?

cm has few new affordable rm1xx casings, sifus here can check them out http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/793570

To all sifus, finally I got the time to go pcdepot. This is the build that I requested based on suggestion on the first page.
Intel i3-2100 RM339
GIGABYTE H61M-S2P B3 RM189
Sapphire HD7770 RM439
Kingston Value Ram 4GB RM64
WD Blue 1TB HDD RM254
FSP Hexa 500W RM149
Xigmatek Asgard/CM Elite 311 [casing] RM140
Any DVD rom/writer RM60

Total: RM1579 + 55
Pcdepot quoted me a nice price within the budget estimated by this sifu's recommendation. The thing, the staff actually suggested me to take i5 instead and change the motherboard if Im really using this build mainly for gaming. He said i3 wouldn't be able to support newest games available now. Probably will obsolete in half a year or 1 year time. Changing to i5 would be a more sensible choice. He asked me to upgrade to i5 and also change the motherboard. Everything else can still remain the same. The final price quoted was 1.9k. Any input on this? Thanks.

My budget is rm1500. Plus rm200-300 probably still alright. Bro can the graphic card I mentioned support hd video? Sapphire HD will have some awesome hd feature is it? Can i3 support newest games for 2-3 years down the road?

how abt wait more awhile for AMD A-10 5800K?? quad core accelerated processor and predictable market price at rm4xx.....  built in radeon hd 7660D .... can play battefield 1080 on low ... i bet intel HD cant even do tat.. summore can consider about Xrossfire with a discrete AMD gpu ? mayb a 7850 ?? XD

For your information, its not about high end gaming rig we are talking about here.. 1 more thing...if one have the means to Xfire 7990 or 7970 with A10 confirm wont look at A10 already.... talk about a single 7990 or 7970 is a budget of other person whole rig.

Im not talking about how powerful A10 integrated GPU is... i talking about the means to minimize budget for the future road. can u OC a i3 3220 ?? if you can i will pay u a visit. anyone who stay at hardware Q&A long enough also know  a discrete GPU is always better den a built in integrated GPU. so izzit a i3 with no capabilities to OC & 7850 better or A10 5800K with the power of OC and Xfire with discrete 7850 better? given its is just Rm3XX at newegg. Mayb A10 5800K also can provide a time frame for ppl to bear with the integrated GPU inside while saving for a better GPU first?? can u play battlefield 3 with intel HD ?? Correct me if im wrong.. tq~

Nt starting a war here.. jz stating the facts .

(P.S : I hate parrot .. ) 

AES? We are talking about pure processing power here. A10 doesnt need to OC to match or beat i3. Out of the box it already is better than an i3 in every single way i see. OC is for FUTURE PROOF. Aftermarket cooler is for the time when your CPU cant keep up with GPU and occur bottleneck. Only then i see the need to OC.

Your So called popular website dint stated that all test ran by them are using which setup??  All should be the same to get the same result. People are asking for a future proof cheap alternative. Is I3 future proof ?? I dont think so . Does a normal 80+ 500W PSU cost u a bomb?? Do you need a 800W PSU to power Up a APU + 7850?? Correct if i am wrong. Newer generation card just doesnt need that much of firepower to fire up.

You can ignore the performance ram on daily usage part. The difference is minor. Its a hidden thing?? how come i dont think so ? Website listed out everything specification they used to ran all the benchies? haven u ever study everything on reviews?

Is this worth it?

Care explain more? Is the PSU not good enough? Im planning to make a 4k rig using gtx670 but seems like this deal is quite good

hi sifu sifu.. can comment on siu dai spec below? quote from shop..anyhow, feel like can be better..

AMD athlon II X2 260            RM189
ASUS M5A78L-M LX            RM180
CS DDR3 2GB PC1333    RM33
SG 500GB 7200RPM SATA III  RM179
DVD-RW 24X SATA            RM64
keyboard+speaker            RM50
PSU                                    RM100

Total RM795, budget RM1000.

For parent use, no gaming, surf, streaming, printing and so.... 

You mean leadtek gtx680 is quite noisy? Feel like kinda hard to buy and sell it as soon as possible

Ya,I know its a reference design but why you say noisy? Sry,I noob in this kind of thing

Thx bro..

Any reason not to intel go g840/850?

amd spec'ed gaming, budget rm1500 with monitor, (speakers mouse keyboard no need)... any ideas? (With future upgradebility;- to new cpu & gpu)

I was thinking more like a AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition, 4 gb ram (upgrade in the future), 7750~ 7850? gpu, a good-ish mobo (can upgrade graphics card later), normal casing ... 500Gb, sound card, 20'' monitor 16:9

Ow... I guess then 8 gb is sufficient then. Lol.

For this mobo, how many ram slots does it have?

hi sifus. i hope to get help from all of you who are experienced in setting up a home server. thanks!

[Budget] : RM1.5k below
[Purpose] : Home server as storage backup and streaming media
[Hardware that will be reuse from old rig] :
5 unis of HDDs
asus p8Z77-M
[Monitor resolution] : Wont required as only needed for first setup
[Game or software that use frequently] : Windows Home Server, media files
[Planned Setup] :
Chassis : Asgard Pro or NZXT Source Elite
Proc : Intel i3-3225 (mainly for HD4000 and not needing multi thread by much)
PSU : either Coolermaster or Corsair, not sure on min Watt though
Cpu HSF : CM hyper 212 evo
Storage : will add another Hdd to total of 6 disks
Note : initially will run windows home server, but if there is a good bargain for raid card to run sata 10, then i will upgrade to use a raid card
this system will run 24/7

Follow up from my last post    (really busy with work lately)
I was looking to build this setup, recommended by kytz at first page of the thread:

Intel i3-2100 RM339
GIGABYTE H61M-S2P B3 RM189
Sapphire HD7770 RM439
Kingston Value Ram 4GB RM64
WD Blue 1TB HDD RM254
FSP Hexa 500W RM149
Xigmatek Asgard/CM Elite 311 [casing] RM140
Any DVD rom/writer RM60
Tried pcdepot nearby my area. They got most of the items, but some parts that they dont, they claim they will change with an equivalent items. This is their build for me:

Intel i3-2120
GIGABYTE H61MA-D2V
Sapphire HD7770
Kingston KVR1600 DDR3
WD Blue 1TB HDD
C/M 500W
CM Elite 311 [casing]
Any DVD rom/writer

Price quoted was rm1561. It kinda fit my budget actually. But I dont really mind splashing additional rm200-rm300 if there's any upgrade that can significant improve the setup. So to all the sifus here, any input on the setup recommended by the shop? Any additional upgrade that can further optimise the setup? thanks

p/s im using Samsung 23 inch S23B350. Planning to buy a rig that can play latest games comfortably. Not at super great setting (not hardcore gamer, mostly admire storyline, but dont mind to be awed by the graphics as well although it's not the priority), but at least the latest pc games without any hiccup? if that's not too much to ask for =). Plan to watch movies in HD and stream HD videos as well. thanks

guys, i saw dell selling alienware x51 selling rm2688,

Intel® Core™ i5-3450 Processor
Windows® 7 Home Premium SP1 64 bit (English
8GB Dual Channel 1600 MHz DDR3
1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive with Native Comman
1GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 545
Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)

combine with the nice design, do you think its a good deal?
i saw their XPS desktop with similar spec (using GT640) about same price also, only design is different.

do you think at this budget i can build something better?
For instance, if alienware is rm2600, i can build same thing at rm2000?

because i try to build a similar one, i found it might be same price( but alienware design is good)

i5 + mobo = rm1000
3d card = rm420
hdd = rm300
casing + power supply = rm300

looking at the rough estimation above, seems like its better off i get from dell?

is the graphic card GT545(bundle in alienware) good enough?

Pcdepot only has c/m power supply. Ive asked them, they don't have the hexa power supply. Hmmm what should I do? Go on with the c/m brand or should I just try another shop? The c/m brand totally not recommended? Yea I plan to change the graphic card to 7850. But from the leaflet, 7850 supposed to be 2gb, or is it a printing error? And would it be a waste to use it on an i3?