Audio ports?

That's a whole different story...

But for RM90, why don't you directly get a proper case with front USB3.0 support?

This post has been edited by Human10: May 22 2015, 03:23 PM

LOL, but aren't you suppose to look for one with audio ports at first, instead you settled for one with only USB then only back to Jayacom realizing you need a new case?

But well, enjoy your new case and front facing USB 3.0.

Yup, like the taobao link I posted, there's both diskete and optical bay panel. I bought mine for diskete bay from taobao something under RM30/40 IIRC.

Its called 光驱 (5.25) or 软驱 (3.5).

This post has been edited by Human10: May 22 2015, 03:40 PM

One isn't modular.

No, 3k is pretty tight already. You should be grateful he manage to squeeze in a GTX970 within your budget.

If your point of 3k max is not even the RM30 exceed, opt for i5 4440 instead, it should cost bout RM30 less.

Also, you can nego the final price if you bundle whole system from one or pay in cash.

This post has been edited by Human10: May 24 2015, 11:10 PM

Idealtech pricing and inventories can be quite different, if you want order from him we need to rework the thing.

i5 4460 (675)
Asrock B85M HDS (269)
Aegis 8GB (249)
Palit GTX970 reference (1299)
FSP Hexa+ (179)
WD Blue 1TB (199)
AEROCOOL GT ADVANCE BLACK/WHITE (115)

Total = RM2985

This is what I can came out with the price list from his site.
But since you are PMing him, just ask him to quote a RIG for 3k and we see how it goes.

This post has been edited by Human10: May 24 2015, 11:41 PM

About the same, the asus mobo just having 4 RAM slots over the asrock one with just 2. Shouldn't be a problem for most people.

But if you insist 4 slots, might as well take a look at Asrock H97m Pro4. Slightly pricier than the asus but much more worthwhile.

As for the case, both are pretty much the same, google for it and take the one with the look you prefer.

This post has been edited by Human10: May 26 2015, 12:50 AM

I can't comment much cause I am the type of person which either go cheap or overpaid till it is worth...

Which in this case, Asrock B85/H97

Good choice.

You lose out nothing but 2 RAM slots.

Since you currently on 8GB single stick, the most you want to find is another 8GB in future. In theory, 16GB should be pretty enough (not include those who do heavy CAD/render works, they need as much RAM as possible) in coming years till your whole system become obsolete, unless there's a sudden boom of technology which we can't foresee (but still by then DDR3 already completely EOLed and phased out similar to what DDR2 are today, not worth invest in anymore).

Generally yes, since DDR3 is at its end of development, so probably no more new variants will come out (except DDR3L). So that means any 8GB you can find now will be the same as 8GB you can find in future (the "same" refers to the chips specifications).

But still, you should take note on 2 things, latency and speed. Sometimes different latency and speed RAM can't work together.

And no, you can only use OEM key once on 1 device.

For retails key, you can transfer it quite a few times by contact Microsoft, but still only one at a time.

Nah, 600W PSU don't mean it consume 600W at all time, it just mean 600W (+ the inefficiency of your PSU model) will be the max power draw by from your wall socket.

GTX970 is a magnificent piece of engineering when it come to energy efficiency. Even at full load (assume stock clock), it consume less than 150W. On idle, it will be much less than that.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GT...TRIX_OC/23.html

This post has been edited by Human10: May 29 2015, 10:46 AM

Gaming or workstation or both?

970 normally have a temperature control and throttle at below 85 degree Celsius, 90 is definitely out of the range already. Check your settings in MSI afterburner.

Improve on your cable management and air inflow.

Use afterburner to ramp up the fan speed to 70% if it hasn't already reach that.

Lastly, contact MSI regarding this and enquire if they allow you to repaste the thermal paste yourself without RMA it.

This post has been edited by Human10: May 31 2015, 06:35 PM

Transcend and Crucial (may not be as cheap sometimes).

Free shipping from foreign site rarely for international.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/help/id=sss/ref=aw_d_sss_pc

Even if they do, Malaysia also never on the list (except may be Aliexpress). On some occasion SG will be in the list though.

This post has been edited by Human10: Jun 1 2015, 07:16 PM

Yes, you can even pair it with R9 280X (7970 rebrand) or even more powerful cards if you want since AMD Crossfire don't limit you too same cards.

But one thing, do make sure you have at least 2x PCIE 3.0 slots running at X8 to reach the optimal performance, such mobo usually only start from RM400 and above.

Some softwares do use it a little.

Another thing is the Xeon in the build had no iGPU, so you can't use it without a discrete GPU.

If you seriously don't want a discrete GPU, dump it and the Xeon and slot in a i7 4790.