Lots of storage? Need to include how many HDD then?

How about the casing with minimum number of HDD bay available?

Can't quite get what you mean.

Lose the casing = no need casing?

And for HDD, since you never specify the total number you need, I will just include 1 x 4TB HDD first.

Intel Core i5 6400 - RM 754
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 289
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 148
Palit GTX750Ti 2GB GDDR5 StormX OC - RM 509
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
Bitfenix Nova - RM 149

Total: RM 2252 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 470
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 289
Kingston 4GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 90
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 400W - RM 145
Deepcool RGB Color LED Strip with Remote Controller - RM 75

Total: RM 1284 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Actually LED TV is cheaper than PC monitor nowadays, RM 800+ can get a 32 inch 1080p LED TV already.

I assume you have DDR4 RAM to re-use and your PSU is capable to run these parts since you didn't list out your current system specs.

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 470
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 289
Palit GTX950 2GB GDDR5 StormX Dual - RM 730

Total: RM 1489 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 815
Gigabyte H170-HD3 (D4) - RM 486
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 148
Zotac GTX970 4GB GDDR5 Reference - RM 1397
Tecware Alpha Black - RM 219

Total: RM 3065 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

If you want non-reference GTX970, you have to downgrade the mobo to mATX form factor to cover up the cost of it.

Kepong, KL.

http://www.lelong.com.my/Merchant/easyit2u.htm

https://www.facebook.com/etechpc88/

http://www.lelong.com.my/zotac-gtx-750-ti-...7-04-Sale-P.htm

By looking at the current price of GTX980 (around RM 2.3k+/-), it is totally not worth to invest on it, R9 390X which is few hundred cheaper than GTX980 is more worth in value and it is faster than GTX980 too.

I would suggest your friend to get GTX970/R9 390 for now and upgrade to GTX1000 series in Q3 when it gets released here

Yep if cannot wait then I suggest to pick GTX970 at the moment, Q3 is third quarter, which ranges from July to September, Nvidia said they will announce consumer based GTX1000 series GPU in the upcoming Computex 2016 in Taipei, shipment will begin in early July so I guess by the time the stocks reach here, it should be end of July or early of August.

Price didn't change drastically for 700 series last time but they were phased out quick rapidly once Maxwell 900 series took over, but things might change this time depending on the improvements of Pascal cards.

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Apr 9 2016, 05:05 PM

Haha, thanks to auto correct

What games you play?

Your budget can fit GTX960 or R9 380.

It depends on the model you get, I checked the specs of your case, if you didn't install the HDD cage then it is able to fit any GPU up to 400mm long.

Look for Sapphire R9 380 4GB version, should be around 1k (more or less).

[Monitor resolution] will decide

Does it mean you need a new monitor?

You only play PTGCO? Any other games? If no then this is more than enough.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 815
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 403
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 148
Palit GTX750Ti 2GB GDDR5 StormX OC - RM 509
Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB SSD - RM 209
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 450W - RM 166
Tecware Alpha - RM 219

Total: RM 2684 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 815
MSI B150M Bazooka D4 - RM 409
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 148
Sapphire R9 390 8GB GDDR5 Nitro - RM 1549
Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB SSD - RM 209
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
Seasonic M12II EVO 620W - RM 363
Deepcool RGB LED Strip with Remote Controller - RM 75

Total: RM 3783 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

I don't see any sleeved cable listed on their lelong account, you can ask them directly yourself, market price is around RM 100+/-.

As for monitor, if you only want cheap 1080p monitor (< RM 500), plenty of choices you can make, BenQ GW2270, AOC M2470SWH etc.

If you want high end/high frequency monitor then look for Dell UltraSharp series like U2417H (high end IPS), BenQ XL2411Z, Acer XB240H (high frequency), price is > 1k.

If you want to go beyond 1080p, prepare at least 1.5k alone just for the monitor, QHD isn't cheap.

Price.

Any SSD is fast enough for you to feel the difference between SSD and HDD.

If you want a more "premium" brand then go for Samsung, otherwise Kingston should be enough, their internal components (NAND, controller) are different too but very hard to notice the difference in real life usage unless you benchmark them.