7770 around RM400+ d. Since he's still young, i'll suggest u to reduce hdd to 500gb maybe, so, u can use the rest for casing around RM150 such as small casing, eg. CM N200 is very reliable IMO

*edited: sorry, forgot about cheaper brand better takes below's specs

This post has been edited by wuwah: Nov 25 2013, 08:35 AM

can suggest me a good 120GB SSD with low budget of RM350? to be used for my photo editing for now. I found samsung evo n sandisk ultra. wonder which is better in terms of performance n reliability

hi, this seems a weird question, a friend of mine got a bit of money to be wasted he's asking for a red themed inner components for his rig. is it possible for around 2.7k+?

he don't gaming much as far as I know, maybe light racing games such as need for speed, dirt, etc. no high end fps games as he'll get dizzy playing those games.

so, a nice red coloured GPU and mobo maybe a must for him. I've been browsing around, cheapest I saw are MSI N660 gaming GPU and MSI B85M-G43. or, is there any lower priced GPU with some red coloured? oh, and casing, he likes something like NZXT source. anything with windows and simple crafty looking will do.

also, how about rams? I know everything 'gaming' are more to marketing gimmicks with slight or non performance improving at all, but he insisted hope someone can giv some recommendation. thanks

This post has been edited by wuwah: Dec 14 2013, 08:52 PM

thanks. really appreciate this will let him know. where do u get this price?

oh. thanks. I'll let my friend know about this

what is your mobo size? Actually, based on my little experience helping four friends build their pcs, casing are a little bit subjective. Casing with a side fan blowing out might help the airflow out from your GPU. Want to try CM Storm Scout 2? Just around RM300. Also quite a looker.

This post has been edited by wuwah: Dec 24 2013, 04:59 PM

OC=overclocking. intel CPU usually named with 'k' at the end eg. i7 4770k. u need a Z87 board for that, eg. Asrock Z87 Fatal1ty.
U can try ask the shop, usually if buy whole rig from them, they'll assamble them for free. if u know how to assamble them yourself, depends on u if u have time also any mobo can accept any brand of GPU now.

before R9 290 actually out, 3k rig usually consist of GTX 770 but since R9 290 is better in performance, that's the best for money for now. unless u're nvidia guy

naah.. mobo have nothing to do in the pc performance. unless u want to sli your GPU, maybe u need different mobo since in specs sheet, Asrock B85M Pro4 only support crossfire (Using AMD GPU x2). mobo most important role is for your connector requirement eg. sata/usb/how many DIMM slot. if u don't do overclocking, B85 mobo is enough already.

for other purpose of usage, eg. gaming, u need better GPU (in your case, R9 290 like previous suggestion or if u actually intend to go for extreme gaming with triple monitor, save up more for gtx 780ti )
for editing photos/videos, u need better CPU (i7>i5 in this case). there's actually dual CPU mobo available by asus, but I don't saw any in Malaysia so far.

overclocking is to improve your clock speed, for example, i7 4770k max clock speed on data sheets is 3.5Ghz (to 3.9Ghz) but OC (with 3rd party cooler) ca go up to 4.8Ghz (extreme OC already)

4k including monitor,
CPU-Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3-RM849
Mobo-Asrock B85M Pro 4-RM279
RAM-Corsair value ram 8GB-RM229
HDD-WD Blue 1TB-RM 189
GPU-SAPPHIRE R9 280X vapor x-RM1199
SSD-Plextor M5S 128GB-RM319
PSU-FSP Raider 650W Silver cert-RM279
ODD-Any dvd player-RM60
Case-CM K380-RM149

Monitor-ViewSonic VX2370Smh-LED Black 23" -RM499

Total-RM4020
xeon is fairly closed to i7 4770 (just shy 0.2Ghz slower in fact) with hyperthreading (compared to i5) with price of an i5. very good for photo/video editing.
here's an idea, if u can wait for SSD, can go for SAPPHIRE R9 290 @ RM1499

bluetooth keyboard/mouse in future need a bluetooth adapter (can buy usb adapter) or, logitech wireless combo is good, but really, wireless is not actually great for gaming IMO.
nowadays, monitor usually use DVI. I read somewhere, usually, quality wise, DVI>HDMI>VGA

by sli/cf the improvement are not actually twice better, but also power hungry for more PSU wattage. I would prefer single good GPU over sli/cf.

hi guys, my friend was thinking to build a small itx rig, coz he wanted to use steam OS later on his TV. my question, is a 450W gold PSU enough to power a xeon v3 1230 v3 + stock gtx760? because his target casing is as small as he can fit the GPU, hence, he wanted to have a small PSU.

other component are limited, like 1 sata HDD+1 DDR3 RAM

honestly, the budget is around 4k. since the casing he wanted is too small, the concern now is the PSU. but not the prodigy m. smaller

I had help him choose his other component. just the PSU for Leadtek GTX 760, i5 4440/4430. 450W gold as of silverstone SFX PSU enough or not? silverstone ST45SF RM359 from idealtech

This post has been edited by wuwah: Jan 24 2014, 09:35 PM

em.. sorry bro.. I know Prodigy M is popular, but dunno why, not on my friend's he like something like jonsbo U3/V3+ or even FT03 mini.

ok, thanks bro. I'll discuss with my friend more later. he already have a gaming rig, he just want another steam OS rig for his living room

Which seller selling this? If this is raven series, the mobo is normal horizontal only rite? Not like other raven with rotated mobo

Looks good for a steam OS machine

Edited: lol. Not yet out? Looks good though. Maybe worth the wait

This post has been edited by wuwah: Jan 25 2014, 12:46 PM

where did u plug in DVI ports before?

yeah, it's from your PSU. no worries, actually, my first build, I forgot to plug in my SSD, end up installing my windows at my HDD didn't even realize it. excited finished my PC build withut even look at the drive name in bios

so, GTX750 ti already available. read reviews, seems that GTX650 ti Boost n of course GTX660 is better in performance. so, who is the target markets? saw the price, not actually cheaper though

hi, a friend wanted a rig for downloading with occasional gaming. he knew about gtx750, since it's low power, he wanted that. he might also want to used the rig later for a photo editing since he is interested in photography. so, I proposed the following,

CPU:Intel Core Xeon E3 1230 V3
Mobo:Asrock B85M pro4
GPU:Zotac/Leadtek gtx 750/Ti (Price maybe around 500-600?)
RAM:8GB DDR3
HDD:WD Blue 1TB
PSU:FSP Hexa 500W
LCD: recommend? round RM500+-
Casing:any round 100?
Total around <2700. ok or not? he might want to keep 750/ti since it's low powered.
I don't know whether he needed SSD or not. but the way I explained, he shows no interest

Thanks. I'll let him know