Hi I am looking to upgrade my current parents PC. Below here is the specs that it is currently running:

Processor: Intel Core i3 530
Motherboard: Asus P7H55-M LE
RAM: 4GB
Graphic Card: Asus GT 220 1GB
Storage: Seagate 1TB
PSU: Silverstone SST-ST50F-ES 500W

[B][Budget] RM1000 (Maximum up to RM1500)

[Purpose] Mainly for light browsing and word processing. Mainly just need a new motherboard, processor and RAM. A change to the current graphic card is also cool

[Hardwares that will be re-use] Seagate 1TB hard disk, Monitor, casing, mouse, keyboard, Optical disk, Wi-Fi card, graphic card (if there are options better than the current one, it would be great)

[Monitor resolution]

[Games & softwares that use frequently] N/A

[Personal preferences]

[Location] Subang Jaya

Thank you in advance to all sifus

This post has been edited by crazydjrock: Jul 19 2016, 10:12 PM

Yes, it is used to store and speed things up, but this is just the most basic/common usage of SSD.

Some people have extra requirements, such as brand, warranty, speed (benchmarking tools), form factor (2.5", M.2 etc.), controller (SATA/PCIe) etc.

You have quite a few choices with RM 350, either spend them all (max out) or get a cheap yet reliable 240GB SSD (will have some balance left) and call it a day.

Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB, around RM 250
Intel 540S Series 240GB, around RM 360
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB, around RM 300

All are based on SATA 3 controller.

ok, i wanna buy a 240/256 gb ssd. any form factor also ok. for controller i not sure. which one faster or no difference? intel 540s or 850 evo faster?

An upgrade to CPU platform is enough since no gaming is involved, the iGPU of Intel Skylake (HD 530) is 3 times faster than your current GT220 FYI.

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 467
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 249
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 149

Total: RM 865 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

For SATA 3 based SSD, the speed is limited by SATA 3 technology (6Gbps), Samsung 850 is one of the fastest SATA 3 based SSD in the market, especially when you benchmark it but it is too hard to notice the difference in real life usage and I don't think it is worth to pay RM 100+ extra for the small performance bump.

I see. I thought that every manufacturer have diff performance on the GPU.
Btw sorry to ask again, are the monitor available in smaller size(18-20'') as im looking to lower down the cost.

This post has been edited by sharkz07: Jul 19 2016, 10:54 PM

They do have small performance difference (within 5% - 10%) due to different clock speed (core, memory etc.) and cooler design.

Acer 18.5" K192HQL HD TN - RM 289
BenQ 19.5" DL2020 HD TN - RM 299
AOC 20.7" E2180SWDN FHD TN - RM 318

HD = 720p (1366 x 768)
FHD = 1080p (1920 x 1080)

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Jul 19 2016, 11:16 PM

[Budget]
RM3k~5k include accessories, preferably close to RM3k. But I don't think it's going to be close to 3k would it?

[Purpose]
Gaming, prawnographic, and stuff.

[Monitor resolution]
1080p with 60Hz maybe? Hope I could run everything below in around 60fps.

[Games & softwares that use frequently]
I linked most of the game names listed below to their respective steam pages in case you're gonna check em out, preview doesn't show them in different color like how I usually saw on other sites, so I thought I'd inform, just in case . Now, my games, I only play Minecraft, need to run it in max graphic with SEUS shader, plis...


[Personal preferences]
It's gonna get lengthy here, gonna trouble sifus to spoon feed me with suggestions :kowtow: <- no kowtow icon

1. Heat, don't have air cond, hope sifus can put this into consideration, don't want the machine to Bern.
   
2. Graphic settings,
   1. Minecraft with shader on max setting, serious, I play minecraft, shader doesn't have to be ULTRA version, standard is enough.
   2. Rocket League and CSGO on max
   3. Those crappy unity games , well, as long as those games could run decently with shadow and anti alias on, I dont mind playing at 800x600 <- dat resolution
   4. Oh yeah, almost forgot my Final Fantasy XIII, XIII-2, and Type-0, low to mid settings is enough for me.
   5. Wish to play GTA V at low to mid setting, don't have GTA V, even if there's pirated copy, size is too big for me to big , steam copy can get from friends, so since I don't have it, this game can be ignored if it's going to strain the budget, darn, even the game's price is high.
3. Habit, I spend most of time playing indie titles, to name a few more that I have yet listed, Tree of Life, The Long Dark, Don't Starve. So what I'm trying to say is, rig doesn't have to be super stronk, but able to deliver decent performance when needed(on those un-optimized game).
   
4. Holes , 2 holes are always occupied , controller and mouse, maybe soon 3 holes for keyboard . Need Wi-Fi, have an old TP-Link dongle, don't know where I placed it, but prefer if there's something like laptop's wi-fi card or something, sorry, the last time I ever own a PC was like back in 2007 I think, and I don't have access to internet then, so I'm not sure about Wi-Fi stuff. So, Wi-Fi card stuff, if no Wi-Fi card stuff for PC, I guess need at least 4 ports for mouse/kb, controller, and wifi dongle I guess, and extra USB ports to spare if possible, for pendrive or whatever I might plug into the hole .
   
5. Keyboard, been with laptops for years, must.... use.... chiclet... sad life... I only know Razer DeathStalker is chiclet style
   
6. Audio, need speakers, just a decent quality would be enough, not audiophile, and I use headphone when playing competitively.
   
7. Monitor size, size doesn't matter
   
8. My friend got a himself a new rig with GTX 950, I feel the urge to beat him with some later model, like GTX 960

[Location]
Live in Port Klang, about 5km away from Klang only. Prefer place that have a proper price quotation tho, I don't feel like going into different shops to check all the prices for all the parts. I am a lazy person I guess.


Please help suggest the ideal rig for me, thx in advance sifus :kowtow: <- no kowtow icon

ok help me to quote a 4.5k cpu only
case n200

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Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 835
Asus H110M-K - RM 274
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
TP-LINK TL-WN881ND PCIe WiFi - RM 65
Tecware Alpha - RM 199
BenQ GW2270 - RM 379
Edifier R12U - RM 56

So you need a new KB (Razer DeathStalker?), how about mouse (you didn't mention it in your long story though)?

Razer DeathStalker - RM 182

Total: RM 3351 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Keep it short and simple next time or provide a tl;dr version for a quick through

I assume it is for gaming purposes.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 835
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 379
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 130
Palit GTX1070 8GB GDDR5 Jetstream - RM 1999 (*)
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB SSD - RM 153
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Seasonic M12II EVO 620W - RM 363
CM N200 - RM 183

Total: RM 4251 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

* - There is a Palit GPU discount by using coupon code on GemFive, can save up to RM 240 if I am not mistaken, so the Palit GTX1070 Jetstream card will cost only RM 1760 if you get the deal, please check GemFive regularly, the seller of the card is Occasin, the seller will restock from time to time, so the status of the item might either be sold out or on limited unit most of the time.

If you get the above deal, you will have enough budget for i7 6700 (RM 1284).

Good luck.

Thank you so much Terence!

Oh sorry if this trouble you, what monitor can I get as well? I might stretch the budget up to RM1.5k. Would prefer resolution up to 1080p and HDMI port has to be present.

Thanks again!

This post has been edited by crazydjrock: Jul 20 2016, 11:21 AM

Thanks for the advice!

Looking for what size?

Between 21" to 23"

Acer R221Q, around RM 460.

21.5", FHD, IPS, ultra thin bezel, HDMI ready.

[Budget] RM4k (can exceed a bit)

[Purpose] Pure gaming

[Hardwares that will be re-use] None

[Monitor resolution] 1080p ~ 1440p

[Games & softwares that use frequently] The Witcher 3, Deus Ex Mankind Divided, Toukiden Kiwami, Final Fantasy series

[Personal preferences] No SSD is required, hope to achieve 1060 with 1440p

[Location] KL

Thank you so much!

The problem is that 1440p monitor is still very expensive, Dell 25" U2515H costs roughly RM 1400 currently

If you already have a 1440p monitor then it will be a different story.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 835
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 379
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 130
Zotac GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 AMP! - RM 1399
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Seasonic M12II EVO 520W - RM 335
Tecware Alpha - RM 199
BenQ GW2470H - RM 536

Total: RM 4022 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Boss, recommended required.

Looking for a casing to fit the new GTX 1070

Currently eyeing Zotac Amp Extreme, the card looks huge.

Am on CM N200 but thinking to move to a better casing with better airflow and etc.

Any suggestion?

Looking for below 500 ( Well, cheaper better since the 1070 is gonna be ex ) and I'd prefer the side transparent window.

Thanks!

Model Name	Price Range (+/-)	GPU Clearance up to 325mm	Casing Fans Included	Form Factor
Corsair Carbide 400C	RM 450	✓	2	ATX
Corsair Obsidian 450D	RM 480	✓	3	ATX
NZXT S340	RM 330	✓	2	ATX
Fractal Design Define S	RM 400	✓	2	ATX
Fractal Design Define R5	RM 500	Need to remove HDD cage	2	ATX
CM MasterCase 5	RM 480	Need to remove HDD cage	3	ATX
CM MasterBox 5	RM 400	✓	2	ATX
Corsair Obsidian 350D	RM 450	✓	2	mATX
Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 Window	RM 400	Need to remove HDD cage	3	mATX

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Jul 20 2016, 02:20 PM