Hey guys, planning to build a simple PC. Appreciate any help I can get

[Budget]
- RM800-RM1000

[Purpose]
- Work and mild gaming

[Hardwares that will be re-use]
- Power Supply: Cooler Master RS-460-PCAR-A3
- Graphic Card: PowerColor HD5770 1GB

[Monitor Resolution]
- Don't need monitor, just the desktop

[Games & softwares that use frequently]
- Dota 2, Diablo 3

[Personal preferences]
- Okay with both AMD and Intel as long its within budgey

[Location]
- Selangor

Thanks in advance!

If you can reuse current case and HDD then go for this,

Intel Core i3 4170 - RM 486
Asus H81M-K - RM 229
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM - RM 220

Total: RM 935 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

If cannot then try this,

Intel Pentium G3250 - RM 228
Asus H81M-K - RM 229
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM - RM 220
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 225
Thermaltake Versa H25 - RM 139

Total: RM 1041 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

[Budget] 3k excluding monitor

[Purpose] Video n photo editing

[Hardwares that will be re-use] none

[Monitor resolution] -

[Games & softwares that use frequently] Premiere Pro, Photoshop

[Personal preferences] Intel + Nvidia + 250ssd

[Location] kl/selangor

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 859
MSI B150M Bazooka - RM 399
Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2400MHz RAM - RM 569
Gainward GT730 1GB GDDR5 - RM 228
Liteon S900 256GB SSD - RM 409
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 225
FSP Hexa+ 400W - RM 155
Thermaltake Versa H25 - RM 139

Total: RM 2983 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

Hi, planning to get a personal desktop since my laptop spoiled

[Budget] 2.5k everything including monitor and OS

[Purpose] mediocre gaming/movie

[Hardwares that will be re-use] none

[Monitor resolution] 1080p

[Games & softwares that use frequently] Dunno yet. but most probably able to run most of the latest game at 720p/900p resolution with medium setting ?

[Personal preferences] Intel + Nvidia

[Location] Penang

It has been long since I use a desktop. Thank you.

Is graphic card abit lower spec? and gt730 i thought GTX is desktop GT is laptop?

This post has been edited by f5calvin: Oct 18 2015, 02:36 PM

Going for Haswell (4th gen) build instead of Skylake (6th gen) due to budget issue.

Intel Core i3 4170 - RM 486
ASRock H81M-K - RM 229
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM - RM 220
Leadtek GTX750 2GB GDDR5 OC - RM 485
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 225
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 189
Thermaltake Versa H25 - RM 139
BenQ GW2255 - RM 380

Total: RM 2353 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

You left around RM 150 for OS, genuine retail/OEM license key is very expensive in retail shop (mostly start from RM 200 for a Windows 7 OEM key, up to RM 1099 for Windows 10 Pro Retail key) so you might need to look for cheaper genuine key in Garage Sales, but beware of counterfeit license key.

You only need the CUDA cores for hardware acceleration in Premiere Pro, GT730 has 384 CUDA cores which is equivalent to what GT740 has at slightly cheaper price tag.

And due to your budget issue, I can only fit a low end GPU, unless you change the SSD to 128GB or RAM to 8GB to cover up the cost for GTX750/750Ti.

And low end nvidia desktop GPU starts with GT, mainly for x20, x30 and x40 series, GTX is for x50 and above, same goes to laptop section.

Yeah maybe 8gb ram + GTX750 Ti would be enuf.

thank you.
what if i wan to upgrade to i5 or Skylake
how much more do i need to stretch？

If stay at Haswell i5, you need ~RM 300 more.

If going for Skylake i5, then you need to save ~RM 650 more for new Skylake mobo + DDR4 RAM.

Edit: There is a mistake in the post, it is Asus H81M-K, not ASRock H81M-K

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Oct 18 2015, 09:13 PM

Hi guys, hope I am asking this in the right section? Can you guys help out a noob. How much do I need to build a pc that can play fallout 4 on max settings???

This is the requirements:

Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz/AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz or equivalent
8 GB RAM
30 GB free HDD space
NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB/AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB or equivalent

Fallout 4 is not released yet so we don't know if it is a well optimized PC games or not, hopefully yes.

If the game is fully optimized for PC and the stated requirements are for 1080p 60 FPS then you will need at least RM 4k for just the rig (not include monitor and other peripherals).

Hi everyone, help needed

[Budget]
- RM1k to 1.3k

[Purpose]
- HTPC mini ITX build

[Hardwares that will be re-use]
- Nil

[Monitor Resolution]
- 1080p

[Games & softwares that use frequently]
- Mainly as HTPC and browsing/downloads

[Personal preferences]
- Nil

[Location]
- Selangor

Thanks guys

Intel Pentium G3250 - RM 228
MSI H81I - RM 299
Kingston HyperX Fury 4GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM - RM 125
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 225
FSP Hexa+ 400W - RM 155
CM Elite 110 - RM 159

Total: RM 1191 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

Hi Terence, just gonna piggyback on this comment. What's the difference between the Zotac Single fan version and the normal GTX 960?

I would obviously assume that it only has one fan, but does that have a huge impact performance-wise? And with its lower price tag, will it provide more bang for the buck, or would it be better to just spend a little more and get the normal GTX 960?

Thanks.

This post has been edited by RagnarTheRed: Oct 19 2015, 11:58 AM

It is still a GTX960 with 2GB VRAM and Maxwell chip, only the cooling is different. Single fan version might run hotter than dual or triple fan setup. I think other brands are hitting 1k mark already so it is definitely not worth to get other brands because R9 380 with 4GB VRAM is slightly faster than it at cheaper cost.

[Budget]
RM2,500 - for rig only, not including mouse, kboard etc

[Purpose]
gaming

[Hardwares that will be re-use]
none, complete new

[Monitor resolution]
at least 1080p
will use 42" tv maybe

[Games & softwares that use frequently]
can running smooth company of heroes 2, ARMA 3, SW battlefront 3, GTA V at highest setting
and able to running future game with smooth frame rates

[Personal preferences]
must intel processor
proc & gpu no need overclock feature (user noob.haha)
SSD+normal HDD (storage)
casing design doesnt matter as long give good airflow

[Location]kuala terengganu

This post has been edited by MjMax15: Oct 19 2015, 01:15 PM

Budget] 3k excluding monitor

[Purpose] gaming

[Hardwares that will be re-use] none

[Monitor resolution] -

[Games & softwares that use frequentl GtaV high spec, mgsV, witcher 3

[Personal preferences] Intel + Nvidia + ssd 500gb

[Location] kl/selangor

GTA V highest settings will require at least a GTX980Ti (basic & advance settings all maxed out at 1080p 60Hz). I tested with GTX970, basic settings can be turned on to max (including population/traffic density etc. provided your processor is not bottlenecking with i5 mininum), but once advance settings are turned on, FPS drop occurs everywhere.

Your budget cannot fit a GTX970 so highest setting is not possible for now, and you requested SSD to be included which is even harder to build a decent gaming rig that can handle games smoothly.

Intel Core i3 4170 - RM 486
Asus H81M-K - RM 229
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM - RM 220
Gainward GTX960 2GB GDDR5 Reference - RM 799
Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB SSD - RM 229
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 225
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 189
Thermaltake Versa H25 - RM 139

Total: RM 2516 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

The degradation of MYR has caused hardware price to increase for the past few months, it is possible to get a i5 + GTX960 under RM 2500 last time FYI. If you wish to run future games at smoother frame rate, I suggest you to save RM 1000 more for i5 + GTX970/R9 390.