it will perform adequately enough, spend the extra money on getting better gpu.

the 7790 is the better card.

Alrite.. Hmmm I am worried that i3 cannot last long compared to i5

Basically my fren only play casual games like Dota2 etcetc
Furthermore he's non tech guy so he never upgrade.

Relate to my question that will my old 6950 able to last him for maybe 2 to 3 years

i want to pair my i3-2100 with r9 280x.

will there be any bottleneck issue?

This post has been edited by cactusjack: Dec 6 2013, 06:11 PM

I'm planning to spend 9k for a complete new system including speaker, monitor. Purpose is for gaming, movie, and music listening. Anyone could recommend me some good setup? I'll allocate 1k-1.5k on monitor (No 3D monitor pls) , 1k~1.5k on speaker and 500-800 on sound card. I'm going Intel and Nvidia, not going to consider R9 290. Should I get I5 or I7? I might be going SLI later on, would a 700W PSU be enough to support?






Intel Core I5/I7 4670/k4770k
Motherboard, prefer something with wifi like P8Z77 v pro (Recommend me)
G.Skill 8G x2
Graphic card Any brand 770/780
PSU 700W
HDD - 3TB X2
SSD - Plextor or Crucial? 128G
Casing with 4USB front, Better if there's 2 USB3
Lite On BD-R



Would I have enough budget to go water cooling with this?

well you can see the vid here just as a comparison with the i5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXPK9doyMLg

for the hd 6950, yes if play only dota 2 then it should serves him well

Nice video really so much big difference.

Wondering how about 6950 on bf4

I m not fps player so I really no idea.

can see the difference when compare during synthetic benchmark but gaming wise in some games there's not a lot in it , maybe 2-5 fps difference.

for bf4 , depends on resolution if for example at 1080p, at medium settings , it should run 30-60 fps

hello sifus,

I've been reading the old posts and I'm planning to get this soon:
Intel Core i5 4430 / CPU-Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3
Asrock B85M Pro4
Corsair Value Ram 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
WD Caviar Blue 1TB HDD
Zotac GTX 760
Cooler Master K380 Casing
FSP Hexa 500W PSU
Lite-On 24x DVDRW

Will this rig work for League of legends (lowest settings) without the GTX760? Im planning to buy the graphics card on january.

Besides that, Intel Core i5 4430 and CPU-Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3. How big of a difference do they make? Is the E3 worth the RM300 extra?

Thank you in advance.

ic ic. thanks for your advice.

once finalized then i will post here for comments

Depends on what resolution you want to play. My i3 530 rig with GT 440 card manage to pull 1080p World of Tanks on 32" bravia with lowest setting. Never played LOL though but I think it'll do fine even with medium settings.

Hi, I would like to ask whether there's anything to change or suggest for my choice

Usage: surfing, programming, virtualization, light gaming(cs 1.6)
Budget: RM ~1800
Reused items: hdd, keyboard, mouse, monitor

Planned OS:
1. Windows 8.1
2. Xubuntu 13.10
3. Gentoo

Things that I had in mind that needs suggestion:
1. Mobo(I need vt-d(or amd's amd-v or also known as iommu) support for the hypervisor listed below, but I'm not really sure which works and what not))
2. GPU
3. ATX Casing

Planned peripheral:
1. Cooler(not sure whether this setup is hot or not, should be not but anyway, just something to consider)

Planned to use hypervisor(preferred both - things to be passed - gpu)
1. KVM(or to be more exact, Qemu)
2. VMware

Additional consideration: I am also considering a fx 8320 setup which costs around there also but I'm not particularly sure which build would work better(8 cores vs 4 core + 4 thread)



This post has been edited by wcypierre: Dec 7 2013, 09:56 PM

hello sifu, i need advices on rig with the below specification:

budget: rm2k
purpose: programming + light gaming (usually flash games), with plan to upgrade to a gaming rig
program: matlab, visual c++
reusable hardware: monitor
preference: prefer to have better cpu performance for future proofing, no dedicated gpu for now, if possible mobo have dual screens support for future uses
location: kajang

Looking to build a rig that is focused on Sound/Audio

Budget: RM2k or lower
Purpose: Mainly music. Little to no gaming
Hardware needed: All including decent 7.1 soundcard excluding speaker

Prefer a rig that can handle TBs of music HDD without much lag. Thanks in advance

hi guys, wanna asks how is this spec because my friend planning to use Asus ATI R9 270X DC2T 2GB GDDR5 , 256Bit. will there be any bottleneck or something. thanks!

Aerocool strike-x 500w
Intel Core i3 4130
B85M-G
Kingston value ram 4gb

He already bought that GPU?
No bottleneck, but go for FSP Hexa 500w

gpu not yet. but he bought ed aerocool

This post has been edited by demondomon: Dec 8 2013, 06:18 PM

Hello, im planning to build my own rig for the 1st time, complete set of new pc, including monitor and others. Below is what im looking at:

Intel core i5 4670 - RM669
Asrock h87 performance - RM399
Corsair 8gb ddr3 1600ghz value ram - RM229
Sapphire R9 280x toxic - RM1299
1TB WD Caviar blue - RM189
Plextor M5S 128gb SSD - RM319
Liteon ODD - RM59
Seasonic S2 620w - RM299
CM Storm Scout 2 / Bitfenix Shinobi / equivalent - RM300 and below
Dell U2312HM - RM629
Logitech G100s Gaming Combo - RM119
2.1 Speakers - RM150
TOTAL - RM4660
**price from Viewnet**

Any comments? Suggestions for lower price with same performance as above are welcome. Budget between RM4.5k (preferable) to RM5k...Mainly use for gaming (BF4, WOT and others)
Im planning to buy it in 3 to 4 weeks time, is there are huge different in pricing?

This post has been edited by akira87: Dec 8 2013, 11:11 PM

Hi guys, I need suggestion on a rig for a home entertainment usage, light gamer. Without monitor.

Budget : 2.5-3k

Purpose : Home entertainment. Wifi connection needed.

Games & software's that use frequently : Photoshop, Auto-cad.. some online game..

Personal preference : No need OC / Cfx, Intel i7/i5, GPU R9..

Rig will connect to Sony 32 FHD tv, do i need a higher GPU or r9 is just enough?

Thanks in advance.

Try :

Intel Core i7 4770K 3.4GHz RM749
Asrock Z87 Fatal1ty Killer RM549
Kingston KHX Beast 2400MHz 2x4GB RM325
Zotac GTX780 Ti 3GB DDR5 RM2349
Cooler Master V850 80+ Gold RM599
Crucial M500 128GB SSD RM359
NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower RM499
Swiftech H220 AIO CPU Cooler RM489
Liteon 24x DVDRW RM64
Asus Xonar Essence STX sound card RM470
Dell U2913WM 29" Monitor RM1499
Creative Gigaworks T3 2.1 Speaker RM699

Total - RM8,656.00

The rest is for the HDDs..
Try :

Intel Xeon E3-1225v3 3.2GHz RM735
Asrock B85M-HDS mainboard RM249
Kingston KVR1600MHz 8GB RM229
Sapphire HD7730 1GB DDR5 RM259
FSP Hexa 500W PSU RM149
WD Caviar Blue 1TB HDD RM189
Bitfenix Merc Alpha case RM129
Liteon 24x DVDRW RM64

Total - RM2,003.00

Optional :

Another 8GB of ram

Intel Core i3 3225 3.3GHz RM399
Asrock B85M-HDS mainboard RM249
Kingston KVR1600MHz 4GB RM129
Silverstone Sugo SG02-F case RM289
Asus Xonar Essence STX 7.1 RM470
Liteon 24x DVDRW RM64

Total - RM1600.00

The rest can go for HDDs

Or in ATX size :
- Gigabyte Sniper B5 mainboard RM369
- Bitfenix Merc Alpha case RM129

Those setup are good already.Regarding the price,you can refer to their website or hardwarezone.my.You need to always put your eyes on the pricelist as they're always have ups and downs..

No need for R9's GPU..

Intel Xeon E3-1230v3 3.3GHz RM789
Gigabyte H87N-WiFi mainboard RM489
Kingston KVR1600MHz 2x8GB RM458
Palit GTX650Ti 2GB DDR5 RM599
FSP Hexa 500w PSU RM149
CM Elite 120 Advance case RM159
Liteon 24x DVDRW RM64
WD Caviar Blue 1TB HDD RM189

Total - RM2,896.00

Thank you very much for this, but may I ask why Dell U2913WM? Isn't that super wide? Looks a bit weird to me, where can I get 4770k for RM749? I check all of the reseller selling at about 1k.

This post has been edited by benl40: Dec 9 2013, 04:59 AM