Hi Guys, need some advice on my build, below are the details:
PROCESSOR Intel Boxed Core I5-6500 FC-LGA14C 3.20 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151
MOBO MSI B150M Night Elf
RAM (Brand TBC) 8Gb DDR4 2133mhz
SSD Samsung 850 Evo 250GB
HDD (Brand TBC) 1 Tb HDD
GPU MSI GTX 1060
PSU EVGA 500 B1 80+ BRONZE, 500W Continuous Power
PC CASE Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB
Casing Fa (Not sure how many needed and which brand to choose)

[Budget]
Shall be around RM 4.5K

[Purpose]
Mainly for gaming, but also will do some coding with this build.

[Monitor resolution]
1080p will satisfied me, BTW I'm building a new RIG with no old parts, so any advice on which monitor to buy?

[Games & softwares that use frequently]
Casual games(Dota, CS:GO), maybe some 3A title in the future
Android Studio, Visual Studio and etc.

[Personal preferences]
Anything will do if it works, I'm not too concern on the appearance of the RIG, but the temperature and performance is my priority. So prefer a setup with good airflow.

[Location]
Selangor or KL area


This is my first build so I kinda get lost, is there anything to improved? Btw i still haven't decide which brand of Ram to used, and will the 2133mhz and 2444mhz differ much in performance? Since this MOBO only support DDR4 2133mhz.

Thank You

Intel Core i7 6700 - RM 1274
Gigabyte H170N-WiFi - RM 516
Kingston 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 290
Palit GTX1070 8GB GDDR5 Gamerock - RM 2099
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 255
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Superflower Leadex Gold 650W - RM 420
CM Elite 130 - RM 178

Total: RM 5241 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Your budget is healthy and since you don't plan to OC so the build can be done within 5k+.

Optional upgrade:
1. Aftermarket CPU air/liquid cooler
2. GTX1080 (upgrade)
3. Better or larger size SSD (M.2 PCIe SSD/512GB SSD)
4. Better casing

EVGA PSU isn't available officially in Malaysia and Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB is not a PC case.

Skylake Non-OC build (non-Z170 mobo) only supports 2133MHz DDR4 based RAM speed so no point getting anything beyond 2133MHz, most of the RAM provide lifetime warranty and RAM is pretty durable, so any value RAM will do.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 835
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 379
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 147
MSI GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Gaming X - RM 1499
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 255
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Superflower Leadex Silver 650W - RM 379
Tecware Alpha - RM 199
BenQ GW2470H - RM 536

Total: RM 4438 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Thanks! Actually got a typo on the case. I actually referring to corsair 100r, but anyway, I just have a look at techware case and it seem pretty neat!

Finally, thank you for making thing clear for me. Cheers!

hi, i have a i5-4440 and r9 290. i know besides GPU, nowadays AAA games also CPU intensive like gta 5. may i know if i don wanna change GPU, will my CPU bottleneck my gaming performance? if so, what should i change to? Thanks.

So you are keeping your R9 290 and i5 4440 and asking if the i5 will bottleneck the R9 290 right?

If yes, don't worry, only those CPU demanding games will have some issues, just lower down those CPU related settings like population density in GTA V, BF4 players limit etc and you will be fine.

If you really want to eliminate CPU bottleneck, you can go for either i7 4770/4790 or Xeon E3 1230 V3/1231 V3.

4770K/4790K is also ok if your mobo supports overclocking.

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Jul 24 2016, 01:09 PM

Thanks for the suggestion Wanna ask, is it possible to forgo the SSD and get a GTX950 instead of GTX 750Ti?

Yes

Hi, planning to buy new cpu for gaming.
Will be playing dota2 and starcraft2 and also streaming while I'm playing.
My budget is RM3K solely cpu only.
Thank you very much.

[B][Budget] Rm4k (can top up another rm500 if worth)

[Purpose] Mainly Gaming, Engineering software

[Hardwares that will be re-use] Keyboard ,Mouse

[Monitor resolution] 22-24inch

[Games & softwares that use frequently] CsGo, D2, GTA V, Overwatch, Assasin creed, AutoCAD, Solidwork....

[Personal preferences] Priority
(Internal Hardware such as processor,ram,graphic card..etc> Speaker> Monitor)

[Location]Cheras

Thanks for suggestion. Was lurking some upgrade since I got some budget to spend.

I'm may switch rather to Corsair Carbide Air 240 or Corsair Carbide Clear 400C. As for water cooling probably go for Corsair Hydro Series (H100i or H80i) v2 ; as long its fit inside.
As for GPU, as long its support dual monitor, multitasking or high game setting, I'll just go for it.

Thanks Terence so much for the advice, I got my Rig and I'm really satisfied with it. But one question to ask you, Seasonic does not come with 8pin connector, so for my case I have to connect two 6pin connector from PSU and use the convertor to become 8 pin power for my Palit 1070 card. Is it possible to get use one connector instead of two?

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 824
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 379
Kingston 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133Mhz Value RAM - RM 294
Zotac GTX950 2GB GDDR5 Single Fan - RM 620
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 255
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
Tecware Alpha - RM 199

Total: RM 2968 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 824
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 379
Kingston 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133Mhz Value RAM - RM 294
Zotac GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 AMP! - RM 1399
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 255
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Superflower Leadex Gold 550W - RM 409
Tecware Alpha - RM 199
BenQ GW2470H - RM 536

Total: RM 4504 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

To keep within 4k, you can downgrade the GPU to last gen GTX970/120GB SSD/cheaper monitor etc.

Speaker is not included, please choose yourself since different people have different preferences on this (2.0/2.1/5.1 etc.)

Air 240 is a mATX case while 400C is a mid tower ATX so the mobo form factor will have to change accordingly (of course mITX will still fit in these cases but it could be just a waste since you aren't limited by the form factor anymore when going for bigger case).

Which Seasonic PSU?

If it is M12II EVO then it does come with modular 6/8 pin to 8 pin PCIe/CPU power cable, please check properly.

Hi Terence

I keep changing my mind and increase my budget from 4K to 6K now, can advice below spec is it ok?

PROCESSOR - INTEL SKYLAKE CORE I5-6600K - RM1015
CPU COOLER - CRYORIG R1 - RM359
MOBO - ASROCK Z170 gaming K4 - RM659
RAM - GSKILL RIPJAWSV 8GB x 2 - RM499
GRAPHIC CARD - GIGABYTE GEFORCE GTX 1070 G1 GAMING 8GB GDDR5 - RM2299
PSU - SuperFlower Leadex Gold 650W(80+Gold/Full Modular)*5 Years Warranty - RM449
CASE - NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case Window -Black/Red (CA-H440W-M1) - RM519
SSD - SAMSUNG 850 EVO 120GB - RM279


Build from IDEALTECH website, I heard alot of consumer giving very good review to them, I wish to give them a try on their services provide.

Everything is ok

Hi,

I need some help choosing PC components to build.

Here are what components I've come up with:

Processor: INTEL CORE I5-6402P PROCESSOR (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz) - RM700
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-B150M-HD3 INTEL LGA1151 M-ATX MAINBOARD - RM348
Graphic: MSI GTX950 GAMING 2GB GDDR5 128 BIT - RM750
Memory: CORSAIR 16GB DDR4 2133MHZ DESKTOP RAM CMV16GX4M1A2133C15 - RM289
Storage: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5 HDD - RM213
PSU: SEASONIC S12ll-520 520W 80PLUS BRONZE POWER SUPPLY - RM309
Monitor: SAMSUNG 24' FHD LED MONITOR VGA-HDMI S24F350FHE - RM585
Casing: ???

So what do u guys think of this build? Is it functional and worth building?
And I'm also not sure what casing would fit these bad boys. Can anyone suggest a cheap but good enough casing for this build?
And is there anything else missing for the build?

Current total price: RM3194 (price quoted from Techview)

Thanks

What's the usage? Gaming? If yes, what games?

Yes mostly for gaming.

Currently I only play Dota 2 heavily and CS GO sometimes.

This post has been edited by imbagaijiin: Jul 25 2016, 09:16 AM