Need some advice.

My Core 2 Quad Asus P5Q3 with Radeon HD4850 died recently. I need to get replacement motherboard and cpu.
My usage are Handbrake re-encoding, MKV remuxing, moving mkv files across hard disks.
I have lots of SATA disks and a SSD lying around. Would prefer 6 or more onboard SATA.
Would be nice to have ESata as I have one USB2/ESATA Hotway RAID box.

I have been looking at either a cheap AMD direction of A88X mobo with an A8/10 APU.
Or i3/i5 solution with onboard Intel video.

What are the current popular games these type of onboard video can play? ( 720p good enough)
And what games are definitely not even worth an attempt with these onboard video?

And what budget graphic card upgrade would be worth putting in?

Has anybody personally compare between AMD and Intel? Is there noticeable performance differences on daily usages.

Hardware that can be reused:
Kingston SSD 240G
WD 2TB x 6
PSU Silverstone 500W or Aerocool VP750
RAM 2x 2GB Corsair DDR3

Any input or opinions are welcome.

This post has been edited by wkchu: Jul 19 2016, 03:06 PM

Intel 6th gen Skylake iGPU HD 530 can run Dota 2 at medium settings 1080p at average 50 FPS, so 720p should be fairly easy to get 60 FPS, onboard iGPU is not meant for gaming anyway, casual is fine, definitely not those graphically demanding games like most of the triple A titles released recently.

If no gaming then you can use back your current HD4850 (if still alive) or the onboard iGPU. If light gaming, then you can consider getting a GTX750Ti (below RM 500 now).

What's your budget for the CPU and mobo?

I see Acer Aspire AXC710 Desktop (Core i5-6400) retails at RM2099.
So I would prefer not to spend over 2K.

What are the current triple A titles?

I used to like playing FPS games like CoD. Can the GTX750Ti handle the current crop of FPS games at 720p?

What's the main differences between the B150, H170, and Z170?
I would prefer an ATX size mobo that can add in cards to support future standards like USB 3.1 / Thunderbolt.

If you don't understand what I meant by "triple A titles" then it actually means those high quality games from big/highly budgeted developers with their games priced at 60 USD normally. Some example of the recently released triple A titles are Doom 2016, Mirror Edge: Catalyst, Overwatch etc, upcoming one are Battlefield 1, Mafia 3, COD: Infinite Warfare etc.

GTX750Ti is a low end card, but is the top notch low end card, or in another word, "highest end" low end card below RM 500, you should be able to run latest games at low/medium settings with GTX750Ti at 720p, though it is subject to many factors like games optimizations, resources needed etc, nobody can guarantee it will work nicely with all the games.

B150, H170, Z170 and also the missing H110 are the consumer grade chipset of Skylake platform.

H110 - lowest end, provides basic features that are needed to run a PC at lowest cost, suitable for low budget PC.

B150 - mid end, provides some extra features that are not found in H110 chipset such as extra 2 RAM slots (max 4), more USB 3.0 and SATA ports etc.

H170 - highest end (without CPU and RAM overclocking support), provides RAID support, better PCH PCIe configuration support etc.

Z170 - highest end (with CPU and RAM overclocking support), with multi-GPU support (SLI/CF) etc.

I suggest you to get new CPU + mobo + RAM (DDR4) + GPU with your 2k budget and reuse the rest of the components, this yields a better price/performance ratio than getting a new prebuilt OEM PC.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 835
Gigabyte H170-HD3 - RM 446
Corsair 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 250
Zotac GTX750Ti 2GB GDDR5 Single Fan - RM 470

Total: RM 2011 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

R9 380 or GTX 960?

Thanks for the breakdown on the chipset.
You really know your stuff.

Your suggestion sounds good to me. I'm really not into overclocking, really hate the reboot times when system is unstable.

Do you work at ETech? Does it do online sales as in merchant on Lelong, Lazada, GEMFive or others?

Budget? If too close to GTX970 then you might as well just board the GTX970 ship

Nope, I am not affiliated with any shop listed in this thread, I am just using their price list as reference, forumers are free to make their own decision

http://www.lelong.com.my/Merchant/easyit2u.htm (online store)

Or visit their physical store in Kepong, KL.

Would like to seek recommendation for RM7K

Excluding monitor.

For gaming purpose tho, prefer i7-6700K proces

This post has been edited by ValityMental: Jul 19 2016, 04:57 PM

Prefer i7 6700K so I assume you are going for an overclockable rig.

Intel Core i7 6700K - RM 1444
Asus Z170 Pro Gaming - RM 699
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 3000MHz RAM - RM 385
Palit GTX1080 8GB GDDR5X Super Jetstream - RM 2960
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB SSD - RM 153
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Seasonic M12II EVO 620W - RM 363
Corsair Hydro H100i V2 - RM 508
NZXT S340 - RM 320

Total: RM 7041 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

If you are running a 1080p60 monitor then you consider to downgrade to GTX1070 instead and use DSR (2K/3K/4K etc.) in game to render the graphics at higher resolution for better output quality.

[quote=terence_nwb,Jul 19 2016, 04:48 PM]
Budget? If too close to GTX970 then you might as well just board the GTX970 ship

managed to find this ZOTAC GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core - RM1099. guess I'll go with this

Can I get a better graphic card in exchange for a cheaper motherboard while the total still 3k?

Hello guys thinking on getting new entry level/ mid range gaming rig.

[B][Budget] 2-2.3k

[Purpose] Gaming(fifa 16 csgo on mid high setting or any triple A games at decent rate), browsing,movies

[Monitor resolution] prefer any cheap monitor that can support 1080p

[Hardware reuse] mouse keyboard & speaker

[Personal preference] dont mind any cheap casing to max out specs in other items.i dont OC

Need your recommendations for the budget that maybe can be upgradable in the future.Much appreciated thanks

This post has been edited by sharkz07: Jul 19 2016, 07:43 PM

Better act fast, I heard some shops stopped taking the order for this promotion due to stock allocation limit reached.

Yes, you can swap the mobo to H110 model and bump the GTX950 to GTX960.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 835
ASRock H110M-ITX - RM 315
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 130
Gigabyte GTX960 2GB GDDR5 OC - RM 869
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB SSD - RM 153
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Seasonic M12II EVO 520W - RM 335
CM Elite 130 - RM 178

Total: RM 3024 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Jul 19 2016, 07:45 PM

Guys, would like to seek help on recommendation

[Budget] Around 3k +- RM200

[Purpose]CAD, Rendering and occasionally gaming.

[Games & softwares that use frequently]Softwares mainly used would be AutoCad, Revit, Sketchup, Photoshop & etc

Not looking to be upgrading any major parts for at least 3-4 years, so possible would like a good lasting hardware

Specs looking on at the moment :-

Xeon e3 1230 v5 or i7 6700
unsure about motherboard
8GM ram minimum (ram still can be upgraded so I can hold onto budget for now)
GPU: 750ti?

Not quite sure how to choose a motherboard, powersupply

Cheers!

Intel Core i3 6098P - RM 441
Asus H110M-K - RM 274
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 130
Palit GTX950 2GB GDDR5 StormX - RM 609
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
FSP Hexa+ 450W - RM 166
Armageddon T1x - RM 95
BenQ GW2270 - RM 379

Total: RM 2303 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Intel Core i7 6700 - RM 1274
Gigabyte H170-HD3 - RM 446
Corsair 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 250
Zotac GTX750Ti 2GB GDDR5 Single Fan - RM 470
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB SSD - RM 153
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
Tecware Alpha - RM 199

Total: RM 3189 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Thanks bro. May i know size of the monitor?
One more thing what is exactly the diff between Palit and Zotac on the GTX series?
And btw do Etech support postage coz i not live in KL

This post has been edited by sharkz07: Jul 19 2016, 09:43 PM

Hi, may I know which brand and model to buy for SSD? i saw viewnet and there are a lot of choices. i opt to buy either 120/128gb or 240/256gb.

and just asking, is it worth to buy a 2nd hand SSD?

21.5" 1080p VA panel.

Palit, Zotac, MSI, Asus, Gigabyte, EVGA etc. are GPU manufacturers while Nvidia is the GPU chipset maker, GTX is one of their consumers grade GPU series.

And yes you can ask them to ship the items/rig directly to your doorstep, in fact most of the shops in Klang Valley do provide shipping service to whole Malaysia, shipping fee may apply though.

It depends on your budget and requirements.

Need to check the lifetime left if you are buying 2nd hand SSD, most of the modern SSD come with a very long lifespan nowadays, but still recommend to check for the stats of the SSD.

If price is too close to new unit, then just get a new unit instead.

for budget; more or less rm350. and requirements; i don really understand. isnt all ssd used to store and speed things up?

This post has been edited by bingding: Jul 19 2016, 09:55 PM