I can't afford to buy everything in one shot. Need to buy the parts monthly around 1.5k/month. or should i just wait till i have enough money and buy everything?

Any suggestions on when is the best time to buy PC parts? Wait for year end or beginning of next year?

Should i get intel i7 6700 or intel xeon e3?

[Budget]3500-4000MYR

[Purpose]Hard gaming(csgo)

[Hardwares that will be re-use]

[Monitor resolution]1080p

[Games & softwares that use frequently]csgo,starcraft 2,dota 2

[Personal preferences]would love to have a consistent 200(or more) fps for CS GO

[Location]Penang/KL
please help guys. thanks in advance

[Budget] Below RM 1000

[Purpose] Casual use for web surfing or watch movie. No gaming, no rendering

[Hardwares that will be re-use] None

[Monitor resolution] Not needed

[Games & softwares that use frequently] None

[Personal preferences] None

[Location] Cheras

Thank you sifus.

Hi experts,

I want to put my rig in Fractal Design Node 304 case. Please recommend upgrade and/or would change to mini ITX mobo alone make more sense?

Current rig:
Intel Core i5 3470
ASUS P8B75M-LE
Kingston DDR3 dual 8GB
MSI RADEON R7770
FSP Hexa 500W

[Budget] 2-3k if optimized

[Purpose] movies, music, browsing, streaming video, downloading

[Hardwares that will be re-use] 3 HDD, 1 SSD, monitor, keyboard, mouse

[Monitor resolution] 1920x1080

[Games & softwares that use frequently] DOTA2 sometimes

[Personal preferences] Fractal Design Node 304 case and a second DELL U2414H monitor

[Location] KL

thanks

'sup guys

need a slapdash part recommend for :
[Budget] 3k-3.5k (without monitor)

[Purpose] 1080p gaming (not aiming 4k lelz) photoshop

[Hardwares that will be re-use] 4 HDD (2tb each)

[Personal preferences] Gtx 970

is it advisable to get Win10 home version?

thx for the write-up mannng

btw i was looking to get a new monitor

my current samsung LED is kidna thrashy color wise

i've been googling around monitor which are good for gaming/photoshop but most of the models are not readily available over here
got any recommendations

budget around 1.5k...

Thanks terrence. I might change PSU as well. Any recommendation?

@all, anyone interested with my old rig stuffs do let me know.

Hi guys,

[Budget] 2.5k - 3k

[Purpose] Gaming, Programming, Movies, Downloading, light Photo Editing

[Hardwares that will be re-use] Monitor, Keyboard & Mouse, Power Supply (750W), Asus R9 270x, 1TB HDD, Thermaltake Armor Revo, 8GB Value DDR3 RAM

[Monitor resolution] 1920 x 1080 (23")

[Games & softwares that use frequently] DOTA2, Assassin's Creed, Football Manager, COD, Visual Studio, Photoshop

[Personal preferences] Intel Skylake or Haswell

[Location] Penang

Thanks.

Hi guys. Need your opinion on my entry gaming build, based on digitalfoundry suggestion from their i3-6100 video review. This RIG will be used mainly for CAD Software and gaming (Witcher 3, Dragon Age etc.) I'm aiming for 1080p, no insane dual monitor 4K gaming etc for now, in fact I'm going to use my 1440x900 monitor for now. Below are the parts that I'm going to go with with justification.

NZXT S340 RM330 (Mainly for cosmetic purpose, also the space is sufficient in case I wanted to add some fans or watercooling my cpu)

MSI Z170A GAMING PRO RM695 (I got this recommendation from digitalfoundry article, from what I read its better to opt for z170 for some future proofing with skylake build and in case I wanted to SLI or upgrade my CPU)

Core i3-6100 RM500 (The performance are really good for entry gaming and when paired with 2666 speed RAM. also from digitalfoundry)

NH-L9I L TYPE LP CPU COOLER RM185 (Stock fan are loud)

KINGSTON D4 HYPER FURY 2666 (2x4GB) RM300 (For CAD software, I need the extra RAM and the 2666 is from digitalfoundry article as well)

MSI GTX950 2GD5 OC RM801 (price performance ratio, also from articles, I'm open for alternative but would prefer nvidia)

WD BLUE 1TB RM212

CM B500 500W 80PLUS POWER RM269 (This is where I think I could cut a little bit more, but I'm no expert, need input on this)

Total: RM3292

If it matters, you can refer to here for the digitalfoundry reference article.

Really appreciate your input. Thank you!

Hi guys, I would like recommendation for building a gaming rig.

[Budget]
RM3k-4k

[Purpose]
Gaming (mid-high graphics, enough to maintain ~60 fps on 1080p)

[Hardwares that will be re-use]
Mouse, keyboard.

[Monitor resolution]
1080p

[Games & softwares that use frequently] LoL, Dota2, CS:GO

[Personal preferences]
mITX case, specifically Fractal Node 304.
i5 instead of i7. Skylake or Haswell doesnt matter, whichever is the cheapest.
A 60Hz 1080p monitor.

[Location] KL

Thanks. Its my first time building an ITX rig, was wondering does the PSU fit into the rig ? Also, how much of an increase if I were to opt for GTX 970 ?

Thanks. Lastly a few questions, what would you suggest for an AMD equivalent of GTX970 or GTX960 ? If by using AMD gc, how would it effect the above build ? can it still fit ?

Sry guys need help , the rig I build is over budget .. Should I go for value ram instead of gaming ram for dd4 ? Is just for gaming and adobe n web building ..

Budget] 1.5k (without monitor)

[Purpose] AAA gaming (fallout 4, SW: Battlefront etc)

[Hardwares that will be re-use] hdds, ssd and gpu (HD5850, will try and upgrade later)

[Personal preferences] none, just trying to get new mobo, proc, and ram

INTEL CORE I7 6700K (4 CORE/ 8 THREADS/4.2GHZ 1569
MSI B150M BAZOOKA 399
KINGSTON HYPER X 8GB DDR4 2400mhz 289
Seasonic 620w s12ii 209
Deepcool tesseract 139
WD  2TB  7200RPM/64MB 316
ADATA 120GB SP900 229
Deepcool 120T 279

Anything I can adjust ? Just the ram right ?

Not going to overclock .. Seller everywhere no stock for non k.. Forced to take k that's why over budget :0

Hey,i am planning to build a computer from scratch, discontinuing the laptop tradition of my family haha. My budgt would be around RM3 500, as i posted last week for gaming and casual school use (Interested in Fallout)

I will reuse my mouse only,so aside from the rig i need a monitor too.

I would like an Intel chipset, Nvidia Card and a 1080p monitor, not to mention a SSD for super fast bootup speeds. Also is it possible to use Windows Product key from my laptop to use on this new rig?

Thanks in advance

hi sifus,
can you guys recommend me the minimum spec rig for cs go and dota? it doesnt need to be high quality, as long i can play comfortably without any fps drop.
Thank you!

Hi sifus

My son plays FPS like TF2 and he also renders and records videos.  Is it possible to setup a good rig which he can play TF2 at high FPS and no lag for RM2K?  Room for future upgrades if possible too.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks !