basically i want upgrade my graphic cards, ram and my fan. Others im not sure
graphic cards - old , i cant play many games
ram - 8gb maybe ?
fan - im not sure why but when i play dota 2 or csgo, the fan is so loud and its bothering me

I checked the link you posted and looked for PSU info and it says "Maximum Power Supply Wattage 250 W", can you please open your case and check the PSU model?

If you don't know what is the model, you can snap a photo of the PSU and post here.

But OEM PC normally comes with low grade PSU which cannot support mid/high end GPU, so you might need to change PSU if it is not compatible with the upgrade.

And about the fan noise, probably the stock cooler is crying already

Hi, Please help to suggest a rig for purpsoe below :

[Budget] RM1k

[Purpose] Movies, browsing

[Preference] preferable with i3-processor, do not need monitor

This post has been edited by nsg86: Nov 5 2015, 07:06 AM

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So i need to change my stock cooler ?

This post has been edited by KhongChin: Nov 4 2015, 11:20 PM

Need recommendation on some stuff that i need to rebuild a new rig. Going to buy in mid November. Basically i just need SSD (if possible), proc, mobo, ram and gc. The rest im going to reuse.

[Budget]
RM1500

[Purpose]
Light gaming

[Hardwares that will be re-use]
Monitor, casing, psu, keyboard, mouse

[Monitor resolution]
1920x1080

[Games & softwares that use frequently]
Diablo 3 mostly

[Personal preferences]
Prefer intel proc, i3 perhaps

[Location]
Sabah

Thanks in advance.

Include monitor?

Alright, if you can, clean up the cooler, if you never clean it before, watch tutorial video on Youtube.

For 1K budget, you can fit these,

1. Another 4GB RAM - RM 125
2. Zotac GTX950 Single Fan - RM 699
3. FSP Hexa+ 550W PSU - RM 189

I googled the model of your PSU, seems like it is a 300W PSU, so PSU is recommended to change as well to run new GPU.

If you can spare another RM 100, go for Gainward GTX960 Reference (RM 799). CPU bottleneck might be possible but that's the solution for now, upgrade CPU next time when you have more money.

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Nov 5 2015, 07:47 AM

What is your current exact PSU model?

hi,monitor is not needed ..

i3 is not possible with your budget, the cheapest i3 costs nearly RM 500 now.

Intel Pentium G3250 - RM 229
ASRock H81M-VG4 - RM 209
Kingston 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Value RAM - RM 99
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 219
FSP Hexa+ 400W - RM 129
Cheap casing (your choice) ~ RM 100

Total: RM 985

If you really want i3, you can just get those cheap case which bundles with PSU (roughly RM 100 in total for case + PSU), but you are warned that the quality of the PSU is totally unknown, don't come back and find me if anything happen to your PC

[Budget]
If can around 1.5k , if not then around 2k-2.5k

[Purpose]
Light-Medium Gaming

[Hardwares that will be re-use]
Currently Own :
MOBO : GigaByte G31M-ES2L
PROC : Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 @ 2.8GHz
RAM : 4GB
GPU : AMD Radeon 5670

[Monitor resolution]
Currently using Samsung SyncMaster P2350

[Games & softwares that use frequently]
Tried with current rig :-
Metal Gear Solid 5 : Phantom Pain - OK
Dragon Age Inquisition - Not Good (In the end ABANDON)
The Witcher 3 - Not Good (In the end ABANDON)

[Personal preferences]
1) Best would be i3 and above as technology keep improving , cant catch up with the pace.
2) My MOBO i think only can support up to Core 2 Quad / Extreme , which i doubt is good to upgrade (I think this rig around 8-10yrs?)
3) HDD , Casing and other peripheral can buy a new one.
4) I dun mind running in Low-Medium spec for current gaming technology

[Location]
Selangor / KL


Thanks all the sensei that helps ~

This post has been edited by jamesl: Nov 5 2015, 10:12 AM

Hi, I'm totally newbie , and now I'm going to have my own desktop:

[Budget] RM2k- 2.5K

[Purpose] Gaming only

[Hardwares that will be re-use] Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Speaker

[Games & softwares that use frequently] Dota2

[Personal preferences] Maximum setting in Dota2

[Location] Butterworth, Penang

Thank in advance.

Rig based on < 2K, this spec can run games at low/med settings, but please take note some games won't run on dual core i3 like Far Cry 4, if there are more games to follow this trend then you might need to consider upgrading the i3 to i5 and Haswell (4th gen) is used due to Skylake (6th gen) i3 not yet reach Malaysia.

Intel Core i3 4160 - RM 497
Asus H81M-K - RM 229
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Value RAM - RM 209
Leadtek GTX750 2GB GDDR5 OC - RM 480
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 225
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 189
Thermaltake Versa H25 - RM 139

Total: RM 1968 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

If you want to maximize your budget, you can either upgrade the CPU to Haswell i5 (+ RM 300), completely switch to Skylake i5 platform (+ RM 500) or upgrade the GPU to GTX960 (+ RM 350).

Intel Core i3 4160 - RM 497
Asus H81M-K - RM 229
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Value RAM - RM 209
Leadtek GTX750 2GB GDDR5 OC - RM 480
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 225
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 189
Thermaltake Versa H25 - RM 139

Total: RM 1968 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

You can upgrade to Skylake i5 (if you want latest Intel chip and quad core) or GTX960 (if you want to play other games at high settings) with the remaining of your budget (assuming you are ok to utilize all your 2.5K)

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Nov 5 2015, 10:34 AM

1) Which means to upgrade to i5 Haswell , that will be switch from the i3 to i5 [RM1968 + 300 = RM 2268] to have a better performance for current gaming tech ?
2) I see that you propose other 3 types of option, may i know which option will be optimum ?

Yes i5 with quad core will have better performance in latest big titles, but it won't improve the graphics settings you can run.

Upgrading to GTX960 gets you almost twice the performance of GTX750, if you are not fancy in graphics settings, GTX750 should be enough for you, an upgrade to i5 will be more suitable.

Whether to go Skylake or not, well it depends on your budget, performance difference between Haswell and Skylake isn't huge and if you don't mind getting outdated hardware, Haswell will be more cost efficient for the time being.

To upgrade to i5 Haswell (Outdated Hardware) : 1968 + 300 = 2268
To upgrade to GTX960 (2x Performance) : 2268 + 350 = 2618

Understood and Thanks ..

it is cosair 650w. bought earlier this year. but all my other components is 5 years old. thats what im going to change.

Intel Core i3 4160 - RM 497
Asus H81M-K - RM 229
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Value RAM - RM 209
Leadtek GTX750 2GB GDDR5 OC - RM 480

Total: RM 1415 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

i clean the stock cooler before and it is still very loud. I dont know why. If i want to upgrade my CPU how much do i need ? Upgrading CPU means changing the mother board ?