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 [OFFICIAL]Rig Suggestion Q&A Thread V6!

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grim1989
post Jul 15 2014, 06:55 PM

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Hi i'm new to the current trend of pc building...
please forgive me if i did anything wrong.



PS: some of the parts have already bought.


[Budget] RM2000~RM2500 (Include Monitor) [Will add extra 1.5k if monitor is overbudget ]

[Purpose] Finding the rest of the parts for the whole setup. Unable to decide. rclxub.gif rclxub.gif

[Hardwares that will be re-use] List Below already bought
MOBO - Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0
CPU - AMD FX 6350
GPU - Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X 4GB

[Monitor resolution] 1080p

[Games & softwares that use frequently] Heavy Gaming mostly Shooting Games and old XP games, also include watching movie.

[Personal preferences] Monitor 24"

[Location] Penang

Thank you for your time and peace~ icon_rolleyes.gif icon_rolleyes.gif
grim1989
post Jul 16 2014, 02:12 PM

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QUOTE(Human10 @ Jul 15 2014, 07:56 PM)
I assume you are going for a OC built since you opt for an unlocked low mid tier CPU over higher tier newer CPU.

Case - 250
Air cooler - 250
8GB RAM - 300
1TB HDD - 200
128GB SSD - 300
Dell Ultrasharp Monitor - 850
DVD - 60

Subtotal = RM2210.

Since still pretty much budget left, you can either opt for fancier case/cooler or a larger (256GB) SSD.

Alternatively, you can try to sell your current mobo and CPU and opt for a non-OC Intel built and safe some pennies from buying a cooler.

p/s: Just noticed that I missed out the PSU. Get a Antec/Seasonic PSU within your budget.
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QUOTE(Cable707 @ Jul 15 2014, 08:08 PM)
WD Blue 1TB HDD RM174
Plextor M5Pro Extreme 128GB SSD RM329
Cooler Master 690 III case RM299
Thermaltake Water3.0 Pro CPU Cooler RM289
Samsung S24D390HL PLS Monitor RM689
Liteon 24x DVDRW RM59
Cooler Master V650 80+ Gold PSU PSU RM369

Total - RM2208.00
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Thank you for your time and suggestion thumbup.gif thumbup.gif

Additional Question:
1. i wish to know if old 160GB IDE hdd will be able to compatible with the rig that i'm building..
that will be for win xp only
2. Will laptop hdd make a good additional storage space? have an extra from laptop.

Note: Yup is a dual OS(xp and win7) rig.
Thank you all~
grim1989
post Jul 16 2014, 05:09 PM

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QUOTE(Human10 @ Jul 16 2014, 02:17 PM)
Nope, it's being a long time since IDE being ditched. Mobo/PSU nowadays only SATA port available.

You can use laptop HDD (SATA) and shouldn't have any issue.
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Thank you for the clarity of my doubt...

QUOTE(chocobo7779 @ Jul 16 2014, 02:53 PM)
Why would you want to use XP in the first place? shocking.gif
XP is no longer supported by Microsoft right now...  You are asking for security risk here... sweat.gif

I rather run a virtual machine instead of XP.... icon_idea.gif

1. Old IDE HDD is not compatible with modern boards as they do not have an IDE interface...  However you can use an IDE to SATA cable to remedy this issue. icon_idea.gif

2. Laptop HDDs work just fine on desktops, as long as you have the space to fit the drive. brows.gif

Anyway, since you are running old games... how about buying them from Good Old Games (GOG) instead? icon_idea.gif brows.gif  Those old games are tweaked to work on newer operating systems...
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Thank you for the old game to get suggestion..
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