It would still be compatible, just that your Ram will automatically run at the highest frequency your board supports which is 2133mhz

Hi all,


Budget - max 2500

Hardware reused - monitor and keyboard

Monitor resolution - 1080

Purpose - work ms office, gaming and watching movies. Mostly dota2 and pro

Preference - ssd and 16gb ram. Prefer to be really smooth running. Mini-ITX build

Location - lowyat or digital mall. 2 locations if possible


Thanks a lot!

Hard to compile all the prices from LYP or Digital Mall so I will suggest a build based on your budget and usage and you can use the list as reference.

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 496
Gigabyte H170N-WiFi - RM 569
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 162
Zotac GTX750Ti 2GB GDDR5 ZT-70605-10M - RM 509
Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB SSD - RM 209
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
CM Elite 110 - RM 159

Total: RM 2507 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Please take note that some of the items might not be available in other shop and the stated price might be different in other shop as well.

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This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Mar 20 2016, 02:01 AM

Thanks masta for the suggestion. For this setup, the casing/chassis is ATX right? Would it possible if for the mobo if I go for mATX Carbide 88R?

The mobo is already in mATX form factor, so changing the case to mATX is possible straightaway.

Thanks sifu.

If i don't need wifi as I will be using the Ethernet Cable directly, is there a cheaper Mobo? Possible to have 16gb ram?

If i use microsoft excel, sometimes large files with 6-7 tabs. Will the i3 6100 be able to handle and maintain smoothness?

Can you help me understand what is the diff between those you have recommended and the ones in red. Sorry cause I asked for recommendation last time too. Is it because of size (m-ITX)?

Thanks!

Hello, sifus. Can help recommend me based on

[Budget] Around RM4K

[Purpose] Heavy gaming, heavy programming, heavy video editing and rendering and also Photoshop

[Hardwares that will be re-use] HDD and SDD, mouse and keyboard

[Monitor resolution] 1920x1080 enough

[Games & softwares that use frequently] At least can run current AAA games at high or ultra decently

[Personal preferences] i7 if possible, Nvidia GC, 16GB RAM

[Location] Selangor very near KL


Originally planned on buying a new laptop (cost around RM6K) but then reconsidering buying desktop and just fix my old laptop. So is actually my first desktop. Got a friend who can help me assemble. This for work and entertainment.

Thanks in advance

This post has been edited by funkydude: Mar 20 2016, 01:02 PM

Great thanks. Then I'll go for the setup as per stated. Thank you.

You can swap to ASRock H110M-ITX, cheapest mITX mobo at the moment but not all shops are carrying it yet.

MSI M110M Pro-VH is not a mITX mobo, it is mATX.

You cannot fit i5 + 16GB with 2.5k budget, unless you top up your budget or remove the 8GB RAM or SSD.

Intel Core i5 6400 - RM 796
ASRock H110M-ITX - RM 332
Corsair 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 324
Zotac GTX750Ti 2GB GDDR5 ZT-70605-10M - RM 509
Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB SSD - RM 209
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
CM Elite 110 - RM 159

Total: RM 2732 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

If your excel file is very huge and has lots of data, even i7 sometimes got problem to handle it (likely need to be optimized by Microsoft)

4k budget cannot fulfill all your requirements.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 837
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 403
Corsair 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 324
MSI GTX970 4GB GDDR5 Tiger - RM 1535
Seasonic S12II 620W - RM 309
Thermaltake Versa H25 - RM 185
BenQ GW2270 - RM 429

Total: RM 4022 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Thanks for replying. Is the requirement you meant i7 or there are more? I can cough up more depends on how much I'm gonna spend for fixing my laptop

Actually what I meant is your personal preferences

Nvidia GPU and 16GB RAM are fulfilled but not the i7, i7 6700 requires a top up of nearly RM 400+.

Ok, will adjust accordingly. Thanks a lot

why most of you guys recommended GTX970 instead of R9 390?

Feel that MSI r9 390 Gaming more worth the money than GTX970...looking at the benchmarks for both cards on Hitman 2016, R9 390 is comparable to GTX 980!!!!!

Regret buying GTX970, should buy 390 instead

This post has been edited by KimiLau: Mar 20 2016, 03:57 PM

You need to factor in a lot of things.

First is budget, if you have a low budget, most likely you need to save money on PSU, GTX970 is low in power consumption, you can pair it with low end PSU like FSP Hexa+ 550W, it costs less than RM 200 only, if you pick R9 390, you need a decent PSU to pair with it, hence increasing the total cost to build a rig.

Secondly, some games tend to favor a particular camp, Hitman is an AMD title, that's why you should be able to get a better performance on R9 390 (or other AMD cards), similar scenario goes to Nvidia card, if the game uses GameWorks API, Nvidia GPU will be ahead of AMD card, for example, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition which is just released not long time ago on Windows Store, it has a heavy performance issue on newer AMD card.

Some people prefer Nvidia, some prefer AMD, there are a lot of builds which are based on R9 390 too if you check the previous pages, but the consequence is we must understand the requirements and suggest the build based on the budget.

Just wondering my current gear can handle games in upcoming 2-3year with min medium setting or not?

Do I need to upgrade partially or good to go for another years....

Mostly used for web browsing, movie and games only.

My specs:

I5 4460
R9 280
16gb 1600 ram
550 psu

If upgrade needed, any recommendations with affordable mid range budget? I don't really look for high end experience on gaming and tight budget recently.

Yeah shouldn't be a problem.

Hi guys, I am looking for a entry level rig. My budget would be RM3000 and below. I am a very light gamer, and dont mind low settings. would upgrade the gc later if needs arise.....

i am looking for rig+monitor only....please help...tq...

Intel Core i5 6400 - RM 775
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 289
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 162
Zotac GTX960 2GB GDDR5 ZT-90302-10M- RM 869
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
Bitfenix Nova - RM 149
BenQ GW2270 - RM 429

Total: RM 3076 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

If you cannot accept over budget (+RM 76), then downgrade to a cheaper monitor or GPU (GTX950/R7 370), but I recommend you to top up a bit for this build instead, should be able to last you quite a long time since you are a light gamer as you said.