Thank you very much.. so am I good with only the stock cooler ?

Totally fine, add more casing fans or get 3rd party cooler only if you are not satisfied with the temperature or when you think the stock cooler is just too noisy for you.

Thanks again

Hi terence_nwb,

What do you think of this setup? Any cons if I go for AMD instead of Intel? It was recommended by another shop.

AMD Atlon X4 860K processor
Asus A68HM-E
Corsair 8GB DDR3 RAM
WD 1TB HDD
Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 384 2GB DDR5 (PCIE-3.0)
Crossair VS550PSU
Kingston 120GB SSD
Cooler Master Elite N200

Many thanks!

X4 860K is tier 3 CPU for now, you will have better performance with Intel Core i3 (tier 2) at about the same price.

[Budget] 3k

[Purpose] Gaming + Freelance Video Editing

[Hardwares that will be re-use] WD 1TB Black / PSU / Monitor

[Monitor resolution] 1080p

[Games & softwares that use frequently] Most of the adobes / Final Cut Pro 7 & X / Various genres of games from dota, dayz, arma, h1z1, team fortress 2, fallout

[Personal preferences] Need no OC. Regarding GPU dont think 2gb VRAM is enough nowadays ?

Nvidia + Intel please. Air con room.

[Location] Selangor

Need to know your exact PSU model.

Silverstone ST70EF.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 875
MSI B150M Bazooka D4 - RM 409
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM - RM 289
Zotac GTX970 4GB GDDR5 Reference - RM 1350
Thermaltake Versa H25 - RM 139

Total: RM 3062 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

You can top up another RM 130 to get a non-reference GTX970 (Zotac is the cheapest from Techview) which runs cooler than reference card.

Thanks!

doube post

This post has been edited by mothangel: Nov 2 2015, 09:27 PM

hey terence, thanks for your suggestion. can you suggest me something for 3k without the monitor?

Sifu-sifu,

Wanted to upgrade my CPU & Mobo.

I'm currently using as below, and the CPU is bottlenecking my GPU (GTX 670) manage to OC till 3.8Ghz but the bottleneck is still there. Any suggestions ?

MSI MS7599 870-G45
Phenom II X4 955BE with HYPER 212+

Would really loved to use my CPU long-term (So that its still suitable for better GPUs in the future)

Budget around 1 - 1.5k, should I get an aftermarket cooler as well ?

This post has been edited by joscmh90: Nov 2 2015, 11:14 PM

terence_nw
can you help to recommend if the budget is RM3K? Probably downgrade the proc and gpu?

Can fit Skylake with 3K budget without monitor but SSD has to be dropped out, else will over budget.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 875
MSI B150M Bazooka D4 - RM 409
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM - RM 289
Zotac GTX960 2GB GDDR5 ZT-90306-10M - RM 840
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 225
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 189
Thermaltake Versa H25 - RM 139

Total: RM 2966 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

If you want to adopt to latest Intel Skylake DDR4 platform,

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 875
MSI B150M Bazooka D4 - RM 409
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM - RM 289

Total: RM 1573 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

Stock cooler runs fine, if temperature is not satisfied, only get 3rd party cooler.

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Nov 3 2015, 07:13 AM

Will downgrade the GPU to GTX960 and remove the SSD for now to keep everything < 3K.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 875
MSI B150M Bazooka D4 - RM 409
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM - RM 289
Zotac GTX960 2GB GDDR5 ZT-90306-10M - RM 840
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 225
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 189
Thermaltake Versa H25 - RM 139

Total: RM 2966 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

Thanks for the reply bro,

I'm actually planning to OC my CPU in the future in the event where it's getting outdated and started to bottleneck. Also I'm in favor of an ATX mobo too. What are my other options ? Is it going to be worth it upgrading to Skylake ? or should I stick to Haswell ?

If you are planning to go for OC build, you need to increase your budget, the unlocked i5 costs more than RM 1000 now and the cheapest Z170 ATX board is going to cost you RM 700+, new pair of DDR4 RAM is around RM 300+/-, if you don't have a 3rd party cooler, you need to prepare extra budget for it too because Skylake "K" series CPUs do not come with stock cooler.

Price difference for Haswell and Skylake is not huge but of course Haswell will cost you less money, you can consider Haswell if you are ok with last gen hardware, and Haswell is being phased out now, if you want Haswell, better act fast before it is too late.

And about OC the CPU in the future when it starts to bottleneck, OC can help a little, but not much when it hits the limit, just like what happen to your current CPU, if budget is tight, just go for a locked i5, it can sustain for few years before showing bottleneck symptoms and by the time it shows bottleneck symptoms, you already have the funds to upgrade it, this is more cost effective in my opinion.

Can help me with a low budget gaming pc?

[Budget] 2.5k best, if worth it 3k

[Purpose] Mostly gaming

[Monitor resolution]1080p

[Games & softwares that use frequently] Dota, Lol, Need For Speed, Minecraft

[Personal preferences] Nvidia and Intel.... Not too big fan of amd

[Location] Perlis...

If possible, want 500 just for monitor and. Thx

This post has been edited by Bull Poli: Nov 3 2015, 08:19 PM