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TristanX
post Nov 3 2014, 09:36 AM

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You are running high end card with low grade power supply. Recommended to go at least 550W for low grade power supply. Aerocool Strike-X is Tier 4 power supply and made by Andyson.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-18047...-tier-list.html

Would recommend replacing it better power supply. Seasonic, Corsair, Antec and Coolermaster (only V series) will be the ones you are looking for.

As for the rig, 2014 games minimum recommended is Core i5. If you can go Xeon or i7, it's better.
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post Nov 4 2014, 01:37 AM

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QUOTE(CAC@MBO @ Nov 3 2014, 10:58 PM)
btw, can i further ask, i seen lots recommendation regarding corsair brand, i check a shop name swisspac offer various of corsair made (psu, ram etc), is it all made by corsair good in overall?

hmm.gif  seen from many website, they recommend corsair, seasonic etc.
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Because the lowest tier for Corsair is Tier 3 and lowest for Seasonic is Tier 2. They are from top quality to mid grade. They don't sell low grade power supplies. Also, Coolermaster stepped up their game as well. Their V series is good.

Quality also comes with a price.
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post Nov 7 2014, 07:01 AM

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QUOTE(KuroCrow @ Nov 7 2014, 06:52 AM)
Hm after experiencing both AMD and nvidia cards, i'll say that my amd cards ran hotter and overclocked much worse than my nvidias did.Not to mention the power consumption, but eh performance wise is still decent apart from the heat output and the ocing.
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All depends on brand and the cooler. AMD reference cooler isn't good except R9 295X2. Nvidia also have some bad generations as well. GTX470 and GTX480 are the examples.

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post Nov 11 2014, 09:26 AM

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QUOTE(CAC@MBO @ Nov 11 2014, 09:23 AM)
Finally took days to finalize, haiz. still can't reduce the price of my "needs".  cry.gif

-I5 4460 3.2Ghz RM606
-Corsair 8GB 1600mhz x 1 - RM253
-2TB Seagate Barracuda  7200rpm  SATA3 64MB - RM275
-120GB Intel SSD530 - RM281
-Gigabyte H97 Gaming 3 LGA1150 - RM 392
-CORSAIR RM650W 80 PLUS GOLD - RM469
-CORSAIR CARBIDE Spec 3 Mid Tower - RM227
-Samsung 19.5" C300BL LED - RM 279
-Logitech wireless MK240 combo, Keyboard & Mouse - RM79
-Window 8.1 64Bit - RM 399
Sonic Gear Evo 7 Pro 2.1 - RM169
-Wifi PCIE Card (ASUS Wireless N300 PCI N15) - RM83

total RM3512

GPU - Sapphire R9 280 384 bit 3GB DDR5 - RM 783
or  - Leadtek Nvidia GTX760 2GB 256bit DDR 5 - RM828

Total >>> RM4k d... argh...
anyway to reduce the budget? T3T
for gaming on 1600x900 resolution only ~

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Switch that overpriced Refurbished Model PSU to Coolermaster V 650W Semi-modular. It is significantly cheaper for same tier PSU. You can use that extra budget for Samsung 21.5" if you want 1080p.
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post Nov 11 2014, 09:33 AM

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QUOTE(CAC@MBO @ Nov 11 2014, 09:29 AM)
do you mean COOLER MASTER VS Series V650s - Modular cables?
cool, it's only RM 374, cheaper almost rm100.

thanks.  rclxms.gif
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Yeah, that's the one.
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post Nov 11 2014, 09:53 AM

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QUOTE(CAC@MBO @ Nov 11 2014, 09:39 AM)
THANKS LOTS MAN.  rclxms.gif
think I'll mostly go with R9 280, since it's cheaper, and add in some fan to that casing. biggrin.gif
wait for year end for bonus only can buy, if no bonus then...  cry.gif
haha

thanks for all the helps, especially the tier of PSU, is really helpful.
when got budget only change my dad Aerocool Tier4 PSU.  sweat.gif
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Welcome. Also take note R9 280X and R9 290 series got price drop. You might wanna update the price list and see.

Viewnet selling R9 280X at RM929.
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post May 15 2015, 08:39 AM

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QUOTE(Matrix @ May 13 2015, 09:47 PM)
Proves nothing unless there is real benchmark.

A lot of "minimum requirement" for cpu is BS. All you need is to slap on a great GPU. Everytyhing smooth as butter.
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Multiplayer shifts the requirements to CPU. Page 1 already got one of the example. DA:I will not work if the CPU isn't quad core too.

Games requiring more CPU is increasing. Bare in mind PS3, PS4 and Xbox One has 8-core CPU. Developers will try to minimize development costs porting the game to PC.

But yeah, some of the minimum requirement is misleading. Like they put much slower AMD vs i5.

 

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