Intel Xeon E3 1231 V3 - RM 949
Asrock H97 Pro4 - RM 389
Kingston 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Value RAM - RM 209
Palit GTX980 4GB GDDR5 JetStream - RM 2077
Liteon S900 256GB SSD - RM 429
Seasonic M12II EVO 520W PSU - RM 319
Thermaltake Versa H25 - RM 135
BenQ GL2450-B - RM 479

Total: RM 4986 (GPU is from Cycom, others are from Viewnet inclusive of GST)

You can downgrade the GPU to GTX970 so you can get a better case/monitor, GTX970 is sufficient to play on 1080p FYI. If you don't need a monitor, the additional budget can be used to buy GTX980Ti reference version when it gets released here in a couple of days.

You get an unlocked "K" CPU and paired it with cheap H81 mobo which makes it like a locked CPU, not sure why you are going for this kind of build

The PSU you bought is crap btw, suggest you to get a better quality PSU for prolonged use.

You could've gotten these...

Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz RM949
MSI B85M-E33 RM232.14
Zotac GTX970 Reference 4GB GDDR5 RM1271
Kingston Value RAM 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RM209
WD Caviar Blue 1TB RM194
Seasonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze RM339
Thermaltake Versa H25 RM135
Samsung S22C170BS 21.5" RM402.80
Total:RM3731.94

Better CPU,MoBo and PSU...did the shop suggested the CPU and PSU? Next time follow suggestions from people here..

just one question,
why u dun trust our sifus here? why u trust the seller who dun really study n do research on all this stuff?

im quite sad, that u r here before asking for suggestion,
but u neglect it?

ryujitakagi terence_nwb is superb, but i highly recomend u to wait 1st,
new generation of CPU n GPU is coming n price will go down

I'm not expert in pc stuff, but i'm pretty sure the sifu suggest you a better mobo and psu. You just waste the capability of your cpu with that mobo tho.

1.5k rig with AMD proc pls sifuu XD

Intel build has more performance than AMD build FYI, but if you insist to get AMD CPU then here you go.

AMD A10 7850K - RM 619
Asrock FM2A88M-HD - RM 249
Kingston 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Value RAM - RM 209
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 189
Antec VP500 - RM 159
Aerocool V3X - RM 105

Total: RM 1530 (Viewnet price inclusive of GST)

I've got max of 8000 to spend, so there's definitely enough for a new case/monitor; so which ones should I get that is considered an upgrade from the ones you listed?

With 8k budget, you can go for overclockable rig, either Z97 or X99.

Intel Core i7 5820K - RM 1499
MSI X99S SLI PLUS - RM 974
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 469
Liteon S900 256GB SSD - RM 429
Seasonic M12II EVO 620W - RM 379

Total: RM 3750 (Viewnet price inclusive of GST)

Zotac GTX980Ti 6GB GDDR5 AMP! - RM 2849 (To be released soon)

As for cooler, you can choose air or water cooler, cheap air cooler like CM Hyper 212X is quite reliable or you can go for liquid cooler such as CM Seidon/Nepton or even high end Corsair H100i/110.

As for case, you can pick your own favourite since you have budget to do it.

And last, the budget left after getting all the parts can be used to buy a monitor, it could be a cheap BenQ 24 inch which falls below RM 500 or high end Dell U2414H which costs nearly RM 1000.

If I have 8k, I would go for.

Intel Core i7 5820K - RM 1499
MSI X99S SLI PLUS - RM 974
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 469
Zotac GTX980Ti 6GB GDDR5 AMP! - RM 2849 (To be released soon)
Liteon S900 256GB SSD - RM 429
Seasonic M12II EVO 620W - RM 379
Corsair H100i GTX - RM 499
Corsair Carbide Spec 02 - RM 229
Dell S2340L IPS monitor - RM 689

Total: RM 8016

It's not that I dont trust sifus here, but apparently I go buy them before I had time checking lyn replies.

But anyway I'll see if I want to change mobo later or not.. Anyway how bad is the PSU? How does it affects my rig?

Also, I cannot find any zotac or palit reference in jayacom and viewnet. zotac in jayacom was out of stock that time. so I went with msi tiger oc because only rm 40 (+-) difference.

This post has been edited by realblackfox: Jun 11 2015, 06:26 PM

as u just got ur rig within this 7days,
shop can still do one to one exchange to the extend the might can change also the cpu,

can u detail out the price for each hardware u bought,
maybe we sifus here can suggest which hardware to swap

Does Jayacom allow 1 to 1 exchange within 7 days? If so, I'll go straight tmrw after work.. I'll list the price later tonight as I'm still currently in office

I'm very new in all these things. My first rig to be exact. thank you sifus!

Not really update with the current gen hardware. Help me out with the following:

[Budget]2000 , 2500, 3000 (provide me 3 options)

[Purpose]Gaming and general all purpose.

[Hardwares that will be re-use] none

[Monitor resolution]1920x1080 (need a monitor)

[Games & softwares that use frequently] MMOs like TERA and etc.

[Personal preferences] add a basic soundcard with a headphone amp, Xonar DG/DGX perhaps

[Location] Kuching, Sarawak

Well, holy shit. Sadly I don't think I wanna go above 7k for multiple reasons.
What if I don't want to upgrade to overclockable rigs and still want to upgrade based on the first list you gave me? Preferably max 6k.
Terribly sorry for the troubles caused; I just wanna make certain of all the possible choices and consider them.

Intel Xeon E3 1231 V3 - RM 949
Asrock H97 Pro4 - RM 389
Kingston 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Value RAM - RM 209
Liteon S900 256GB SSD - RM 429
Seasonic M12II EVO 620W PSU - RM 379
Corsair Carbide Spec-02/03 - RM 229
CM TX3 EVO - RM 99
BenQ GL2450-B - RM 479

Total: RM 3162 (Viewnet price inclusive of GST)

Zotac GTX980Ti 6GB GDDR5 AMP! - RM 2849 (To be released soon)

Total: RM 6011

Upgraded to GTX980Ti, higher wattage PSU and more advance/stylish case based on first suggested list.

Intel Core i5 4460 - RM 700
Asrock H81M-VG4 - RM 179
GSkill Aegis 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM - RM 249
Asus GTX960 2GB GDDR5 Turbo OC - RM 839
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 199
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 179
Asus Xonar DG-PCI - RM 149
Thermaltake Versa H25 - RM 135

BenQ VW2245Z monitor - RM 409

Total: RM 3038 (Idealtech price inclusive of GST and free shipping to Sarawak)

I suggest you to upgrade to Asrock B85M-HDS for USB 3.0 front I/O input and PCIE 3.0

Thanks for the recommendation. any reason why you recommend the asrock h97 board? This is the first time i heard about that brand. Say, if i want to stick with gtx960 with 4gb ram which brand will you recommend?

Thanks again.

AMD?Intel is better.

Intel Core i3 4150 3.5GHz RM392.20
Asrock H81M-VG4 RM178.08
Sapphire R7 250X 1GB GDDR5 RM344.50
Kingston Value RAM 4GB DDR3 1600MHz RM109
WD Caviar Blue 1TB RM194
FSP Hexa+ 550W RM199
Thermaltake Versa H25 RM135
Total:RM1551.78
Prices with cents are from Jayacom@LYP and the rest are from Viewnet@LYP.

What's your usage?

Well Asrock has the best price to performance ratio compared to other brands, it is a reliable brand and provides 3 years warranty as well.

GTX960 with 4GB VRAM price is very close to GTX970 reference, no point going for it since GTX970 has more juice to run games at higher settings.

If you insist to get GTX960 4GB, go for the cheapest one, probably Zotac/Palit/Leadtek, but most of them are having price tag of nearly 1k+/- which makes it not worth the money.