Would recommend it as I have a unit of Samsung Evo as well.

But honestly, once you're on SSD, you can see the difference compared to HDD.

If budget's not a problem, go ahead with the Samsung.

IINM, it has 5 years warranty as well?

Hi Sifus!
Need help building a new rig before Fallout 4 comes out!

[Budget]
RM3500

[Purpose]
Gaming

[Games & softwares that use frequently]
Fallout 3, COD-BO3, Star Wars Battlefront...

[Hardwares that will be re-use]
Will transfer most of my HDD over (3 of 5), will be used for storage
So will need new 1 SSD for OS, and a new 1 TB
Monitor (philips 234cl) <-- might want to buy a new one, any recommendation? not part of the 3.5k budget.

[Personal preferences]
No DVD drive needed
lasts for next 3-4 years

[Location]
KL

Thanks!!!

Good but expensive.

I already got 1 old Kingston V300 60GB SSD..its running very slow..yes, very big different when switch my OS from HDD to SSD..now want to get Samsung 850 EVO 250GB to replace it..yeah..5 years warranty..

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
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 3705 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

You have so many HDD, might as well just consider not to get a new 1TB first so it won't over budget?

If you can top up your budget, get a better PSU (like Seasonic) for more extra headroom for future upgrade.

Kingston V300 is quite slow, yes.

I have one 120 gb one, filled it up to 40 GB only.

The rest throw to my HDD.

Thanks! Could always skip the 1TB.
Seasonic G-series modular 650W?

Seasonic M12II EVO 620W (more expensive) for fully modular cable or S12II 620W (slightly cheaper) for non modular cable.

Great! Thanks, I'll go for the modular version

Any recommendation for a decently priced monitor to go with your recommended setup?

Any specific acceptable budget range for the monitor?

Around the 1k mark

Previously plug into SATA2 motherboard..thought motherboard limited the speed..the SSD can support SATA3..but now using SATA3 motherboard..so still slow..somemore its aging already..

Can fit either with Dell's high quality IPS 1080p 60Hz monitor or AOC/Acer gaming grade TN 1080p 144Hz monitor.

NICE!
Can I get the Acer TN 1080p monitor at TechView too?
This is Acer GN246HL right?

Nope, I don't think Acer MY got bring in this model.

And bumper too, Acer XB240H 1080p 144Hz monitor price increased to RM 1199 already, last time it was under 1k.

AOC G2460PQU 1080p 144Hz too, RM 1149 now.

I think you either top up budget or go with Dell U2414H IPS, should be able to find it under 1k at the moment.

Can top up... so its Acer XB240H vs AOC G2460PQU
Hmmmm.......

does 128 bit/256 bit has a huge difference if i am planning on this build

CPU: Intel Core I5 4460
MOBO: ASrock B85M-HDS
RAM: Avexir Core Green 2x4GB DDR3 1600mhz
GPU: Palit GTX970 Single Fan 4GB DDR5 256 bit OR Palit GTX960 Jetstream 4GB DDR5 128 bit
PSU: FSP HEXA+ 550W PSU
Chassis: IN-WIN 703 White
HDD: WD 1TB Caviar BLue HDD
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 120GB SSD

Just to let those DOTARIAN know..
Leadtek GTX750 2gb oc is good enough to max 1080p full setting in dota2.
you will get about 100fps averagely.

that gpu would recommend the resolution bigger such as 2175p or so (weird), makes thing even sharper, but the fps would drop to 40fps.

970 is almost twice the performance of 960 FYI.

That's nvidia's DSR.

hi sifu


Xeon or I5 for heavy graphics gaming?