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bajigur89
post Oct 22 2015, 08:53 AM

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Hi guys, i need some suggestion here. I plan to build my gaming rig by the end of this year. But i totally no idea what the best cpu, gpu, psu within my budget. So, i hope some suggestion from sifu here.

[Budget] RM 3K (monitor, case, keyboard, mouse and other accessories are not included in this budget )

[Purpose] Mostly gaming (expected to play most of the latest game with high setting), entertainment, and some programming and multimedia

[Hardwares that will be re-use] none

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[Games & softwares that use frequently] Dota2, COD, Eclipse, Photoshop, Illustrator

[Personal preferences] -

[Location] Bangi

Is it possible to add water cooling system for the cpu and gpu within my budget? if its not possible, how many ringgit i need to add to have water cooling system in my rig?

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bajigur89
post Oct 22 2015, 09:22 AM

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QUOTE(chiahau @ Oct 22 2015, 09:06 AM)
You prefer it to run on Skylake or Haswell for the system?

If you run it at Haswell, you probably could get a higher end GPU which would be more beneficial for your system in terms of gaming.

As for water cooling, pretty sure you can get for your CPU as the cheapest one I saw was around 200 bucks or so.

For gpu, that one, you have to wait for an expert to clarify.

Side note : December still a long way. Prices may change by the time you want to purchase due to current economy conditions.
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i did read a comparison between Skylake vs Haswell, and as a conclusion Skylake is better than Haswell. But since you said with Haswell i can get better performance in gaming, probably will use Haswell. You guys knows better than me biggrin.gif

Yeah, december still long way to go, i hope i can complete this rig by next month biggrin.gif at least i get the idea what i will have in my rig
bajigur89
post Oct 22 2015, 09:30 AM

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QUOTE(terence_nwb @ Oct 22 2015, 09:16 AM)
Most probably Haswell is nowhere to be found by end of this year as Skylake is slowly taking over the market now which means you need to spend more due to the price of Skylake.

Water cooling is not needed due to your budget can only fit a locked (non overclockable) CPU. If you have extra to spend, don't go for those low end and cheap water coolers, they just aren't as good as high end air cooler. A decent CPU and GPU water cooler can cost you a bomb, as high as 1k, so for the time being, just use the air cooler which comes with the CPU and GPU if you don't want to spend so much first.

Just to let you know first, if you go for Haswell i5, you can get a GTX970 with some over budget (+/- RM 250), if you choose latest Skylake i5, you mostly end up with GTX960/R9 380.
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I see, so i need to add another 1k for the water cooling system.

Let say i go with Skylake, which psu should i buy?
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post Oct 22 2015, 10:11 AM

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QUOTE(chiahau @ Oct 22 2015, 09:38 AM)
Skylake does not offer much other than power efficiency and DDR4 support compared to Haswell.

Was using an i7-3770 SB and I can't say there's any significant different much on my gaming performance.

If you on for the Skylake build, you'll be spending much more than 1k for the watercooling.

i5 - 6600k will set you back around MYR 1089.

i7 - 6700k I'm not sure.

You'll also need to spend more for a Z170 board in order to fully capitalize on the capabilities of the unlocked processor.

As for PSU, I'm using Silverstone 600w 80+ for my system. But I reckon you don't need that much.
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QUOTE(terence_nwb @ Oct 22 2015, 09:42 AM)
It depends on the hardware you are going to get.

For mainstream 3k-4k build with i5 + GTX970, you only need at least 500W, if you want more headroom for future hardware extension like more storage drives, then get a 600W, but please note that not all PSUs are created equally, some crappy cheap PSUs which claim they can provide 500W aren't really providing full 500W during peak load, so be careful on this.
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It seems my rig will cost me more than 3k cry.gif i should be more realistic with my budget.
can you guys help me again, what do you guys suggest for the rig that will support most of the latest game in high setting and it will last long about 4-5 years. (is this possible?) within budget about 3k-3.5k inluded psu, hdd, ssd
bajigur89
post Oct 22 2015, 10:51 AM

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QUOTE(terence_nwb @ Oct 22 2015, 10:33 AM)
Last for 4 - 5 years? Very hard to predict, 1 - 2 years then yes, technology is evolving rapidly, you should be grateful if current spec can handle upcoming games without any hiccup  nod.gif

Not recommended to get SSD with your budget at the moment, focus on spec first, get SSD later when you have extra money.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 859
MSI B150M Bazooka D4 - RM 409
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM - RM 289
Palit GTX970 4GB GDDR5 Reference - RM 1345
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 225
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 189
Thermaltake Versa H25 - RM 139

Total: RM 3455 (Techview price inclusive of GST)
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Thank you terence biggrin.gif
i dont need the case, so maybe i can remove it and add another ringgit for SSD biggrin.gif
and in the future, should i get water cooling system or just leave it be?
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post Oct 22 2015, 11:29 AM

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QUOTE(terence_nwb @ Oct 22 2015, 10:59 AM)
Alright removed the case and added SSD.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 859
MSI B150M Bazooka D4 - RM 409
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM - RM 289
Palit GTX970 4GB GDDR5 Reference - RM 1345
Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB SSD - RM 229
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 225
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 189

Total: RM 3545 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

I'll suggest just leave it be because stock cooler runs fine on that locked i5, as for GPU, because it is a reference card, temperature will be slightly higher than other non reference models, so if you are not satisfied with the temperature and want to apply water cooler, just grab a NZXT Kraken G10 + water cooler AIO, but you're warned, it is not cheap  laugh.gif
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I dont think i will overclocked my rig, do you think i will need to overclocked my rig someday? haha yeah, kraken G10 + kraken x40 drool.gif

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