Under GTX760, FSP Hexa 500W is still do able.

But since you are willing to invest and still have some budget left unused, then get a Seasonic 620W bronze (299 for non-modular and 359 for semi-modular)

This post has been edited by Human10: Jan 10 2014, 03:57 PM

If gaming wise, the performance will be inferior to the built of i3 + 650TI boost or 270x

You can't directly compare the clock rate between 2 different processors, especially that they are of different architecture.
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-4770-vs-AMD-FX-9370

No, top level is LGA2011's i7s.

I saw one in Viewnet just now (ytd noon)?

Though, the price is listed at RM669 instead of the 649 I saw last time...

For gaming, heck no.

The GPU is too much inferior compared to the CPU.

And mobo can get from asrock one, generally cheaper.

WD Blue >>>>> WD Green

FSP Hexa 500W is the way to go.

I think you better go and grab directly... Cause I only saw one on the shelf IINM...

CPU - i3 4130 (369)
MOBO - Asrock H85M Pro4 (279)
RAM - 8GB corsair value RAM (234)
GPU - Saphire R9 270 (679)
HDD - WD Blue 1TB (189)
CASE - CoolerMaster case (149)
PSU - FSP Hexa 500W (149)

Total : RM2048.

All from viewnet. Better than your current quote and far better than the previous quote...

This post has been edited by Human10: Jan 12 2014, 01:08 AM

Jacking up the price of DDR3 to make the overpricing of DDR4 justified? That sounds so right...

I don't think a new tech will be that much pricy, since nobody gonna buy a new tech if it cost more, hence the demand will be low at first, they can't overprice it.

Those large pre-built desktop/laptop manufacturers (dell, HP and so on) need to use new RAM in their oncoming new systems. It made no sense for them to adapt to DDR4 if it gonna cost far more than DDR3 did.

Yeah, current mobo can't support DDR4.

Desktop can easily pawn laptop at 1/3 of the price....

+1, everytime new gen of high end is just marginally better than old gen of high end.

Just that GPU may have a bigger leap every year (especially in the price, high end card easily dropped into mid end card of next gen).

Apart from that, other parts (CPU, RAM, MOBO and so on) pretty much very value preserving.

This post has been edited by Human10: Jan 12 2014, 02:47 PM

Yeah, some ppl said Ivy Bridge actually overclock better than Haswell.

Intel shifted it's focus onto power efficiency in their Haswell line.

Should be enough.

Troll theory?

GPU is something that is the more powerful the better.

Unbalanced rig normally means you overpaid for some parts, while under budget for other parts, resulting the actual performance limited by the other parts. In other words, another balanced rig configuration of a similar budget most probably will be more powerful than yours for the specific purposes.

Again, the balanceness depend on what are your priority - computing, system speed, gaming and so on.

Also, I still think an Intel built will be the better choice over AMD for your budget... Comparison of i3 4130 with the FX 4300 in the quote. On the net, they actually compare the i3 with FX6300, but it is even more overpriced and on another price level locally...
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/349/AMD_F...i3_i3-4130.html
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i3-4130-vs-AMD-FX-4300

Your effective budget is RM2k for rig, since you should budget RM500 for monitor. I quoted a 2k rig for you ytd, not sure if you saw it...

CPU - i3 4130 (369)
MOBO - Asrock H85M Pro4 (279)
RAM - 8GB corsair value RAM (234)
GPU - Saphire R9 270 (679)
HDD - WD Blue 1TB (189)
CASE - CoolerMaster case (149)
PSU - FSP Hexa 500W (149)

Total : RM2048.

This build is the most you can squeeze out of your budget, if you are using it for gaming (modern FPS with intensive graphic).

If you are not playing those type of games or planned to do upgrade in near/distance future, then it will be another story. So please be more specific with us for the purpose of your rig and any plans to upgrade in future.

This post has been edited by Human10: Jan 13 2014, 12:01 AM

Reference R9 290 is hot and noisy. The RM200 top up for extra peace of mind is pretty worth it IMO. Since you already pay over RM1.5k for a card, another RM200 won't hurt much, not?

Xeon is a Haswell on 1150 socket, similar to Haswell i3/i5/i7...

This post has been edited by Human10: Jan 13 2014, 08:32 PM

For gaming (I assume the games you mentioned are those intensive graphic FPS),

ok cpu (i5) + good gpu > weaker cpu (i3) + good gpu > ok cpu (i5) + ok gpu > others

in short, as long as the CPU is not too weak till bottleneck the system, then focus should be on GPU.

If the games you play are utilizing multi cores/threads, try get minimally an i5.

Any cheap 8GB RAM is more than enough for most games.

This post has been edited by Human10: Jan 14 2014, 04:02 AM

If you also use it for heavy rendering works, i7/Xeon is a worth upgrade over i5 too. Just that it didn't play much role on gaming most of the time.

If there are promotion, it should had started already...

Also, I doubt PC components will had had much cheap promotion...