Try:

Intel i5 3470 RM564
MSI B75MA-P45 RM229
Kingston 4gb ram RM79
500gb HDD RM169
Sapphire 7850 2gb RM629
FSP Hexa 500W RM160
Any DVD-RW RM59
Casing CM K280 RM129

Total RM2018

Try:

Intel i7 3770 RM879
GIGABYTE H77N-WIFI itx RM389
Kingston 8gb ram RM149
WD Blue 1TB RM199
Sapphire 7870 RM739
Seasonic S 620W RM299
Any DVD-RW RM59
Dell 23" monitor S2340L RM569
Bitfenix Prodigy RM269

Total RM3551

Enermax NAXN 550W RM215 will be the choice if he cant squeeze his pocket more to get Seasonic 620W at RM299.

Total RM1230

If getting Enermax 650W at RM270, I will be sure to top up RM30 more to get a Seasonic S 620W.

Try Bitfenix

Bitfenix Shinobi RM230
Intel i5 3470 RM564
MSI B75MA-P45 RM229
Kingston 4gb ram RM79
WD Blue 500gb RM169
Sapphire 7870 RM739
Enermax NAXN 550W RM215
Any DVD-RW RM59

Total RM2284

Not sure what games you friend gonna play, I guess 7870 is enough for moderate gaming.
If he wanna play at better setting, can consider to add RM100 for Sapphire 7870 XT price at RM849 .

Not so sure about the price, it was RM215 about 2 weeks ago .

Maybe his friend didnt update price list, or just simply suggest the cheapest setup he can get .

Try

Intel i5 3570k RM679
MSI Z77MA-G45 RM309
Kingston 8gb ram RM149
WD Blue 500gb RM169
Leadtek GTX670 RM1099 (*price drop from viewnet)
Seasonic S 620W RM299
Dell IPS 2312HM RM589
Any DVD-RW RM59
Any Casing he like RM150

Total RM3502

Unable to fit in SSD, Budget left for casing isn't much too.
Better CPU cooler can be added later on for overclocking.
If not planning to overclock, can consider i5 3470 RM564.

To be more precise, may say GTX670 and 7870 XT is at same level within certain range of performance.
Let say, GTX670, 7870 XT and 7950 achieve the fps range of 60-70fps. Yet, the info given is just a chart to classify them into groups of performance range.

A simple conclusion will be GTX670 > GTX660 ti or 7870XT > GTX660 or 7870.
7870 XT or GTX660 Ti mostly will be considered as the "sweet spot" since they offer the best (maybe) performance over money spent.
However to achieve better fps in games, high end card will definitely cost more and the performance over money spent rate will be high for sure too.


Glad to be helpful .


Yup .

This post has been edited by hmwgbworld: Feb 26 2013, 02:33 AM

Try

Intel i7 3770 RM879
MSI Z77MA-G45 RM309
Kingston 8gb ram RM149
WD Blue 1TB RM199
Intel 520 SSD 120gb RM409
FSP Hexa RM160
Dell IPS 2312HM RM589
Any DVD-RW RM59
Any Casing you like RM200

Total RM2953

Try

Intel i5 3330 RM539
MSI B75MA-P45 RM229
Kingston 4gb ram RM79
WD Blue 500gb RM169
Sapphire 7850 2gb RM629
FSP Hexa 500W RM160
Any DVD-RW RM59
Casing CM K280 RM129

Total RM1993

Try

Intel duo core G860 RM189
GA-H61M-S2P-B3 (rev. 1.1) RM189
Kingston 1333MHz ram 4gb RM79
WD Blue 500gb RM169
Gigabyte Powerock 420W RM109
Any DVD-RW RM59
Any Casing you like RM150

Total RM944

*Not much people are still using the serial port these days so its hard to be found on new chipset mobo. Looking through all H61 mobo only found this one has the serial port.

I was using the serial port like 2 years ago for connecting RS 232 serial devices like microcontroller. Just some personal experience here, you can ignore this .

I found this mobo on viewnet's price list.
Not sure the compatibility of installing XP on this mobo, I think it should be working.
If got problem on it maybe you can try ask at software section.

Both options are good, but still depend on the purpose of your rig so that we can suggest the better one.

Crysis 3 is a beast. You sure having some light gaming?
Anyway, you can try this.

Intel i5 3470 RM564

MSI B75MA-P45 RM229
Kingston 8gb ram RM149
WD Blue 500gb RM169
Sapphire 7870 XT RM849

Seasonic S 620W RM299
Dell 21.5" S2240L led ips RM499

Any DVD-RW RM59
Any casing you like RM150

Total RM2967

This post has been edited by hmwgbworld: Feb 26 2013, 11:58 PM

Change the cpu to i5 3470, save u RM130. Top up the money to grab better gpu with 7850 at least.

No, GX Lite not recommended.
Getting better PSU like Seasonic G 550W or S 620W if your budget allowed.

Because it has high failure rate issue previously.

Upgrade to a better mobo doesnt improve gaming performance.
It only gives more feature like more sata 6gb/s ports, enable quick sync, more PCI or PCIe slots, more USB ports, raid setup etc.
Since you only play games and some normal usage, a good enough mobo should be ok.

E3 1230v2 offer hyper-threading feature for heavy usage on cpu, with similar spec as i7 and cheaper price point. But no integrated graphic is included.
Besides, changing processor from i5 to xeon/i7 doesnt give much boost in gaming performance, so i5 will be the choice for saving money to get a better graphic card.

Sapphire is choice for best rate of performance over money spent.
Asus is well-known to be overpriced so far.

This post has been edited by hmwgbworld: Feb 27 2013, 12:20 PM