Intel Core i5 6400 - RM 773
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 403
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 148
Zotac GTX960 2GB GDDR5 ZT-90302-10M - RM 869
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
Tecware Alpha Black - RM 219
Acer XB240H 144Hz - RM 1169

Total: RM 3984 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Included a 144Hz monitor for you, it is quite useful for CS:GO, but if you play other games especially triple A titles, I suggest you to drop the 144Hz monitor and use the fund to get either GTX970 or R9 390.

What if without monitor ? Which grapgic card will fits ?

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 496
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 1994 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

initially i thought a i5 was going to be better then i3 in gaming. fast dual vs slow quad core.
i3 fast 2c,4t vs slow i5 4c,4t

then i saw this site, they runing an GTX 980
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardw...-review-10.html

i3 6100 is truely amazing for gaming on a budget, not much difference with i3 vs i5,
my guess is people buying a i3 will not pair a gtx 980 more like a gtx 950/960 at this rate the i3 will be similar in performance as i7 in terms of current gaming

the sites also shows there is not much difference in i5 6400 vs 6500 in gaming too.

people can alwasy upgrade to i5 later in few years when games become more multi threaded and dx 12.

This post has been edited by Leon be here now: Apr 3 2016, 10:43 AM

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This post has been edited by Leon be here now: Apr 3 2016, 10:41 AM

Thanks for the suggestion. I mainly play Dota 2. Any suggestion for below setting and need a monitor, I don't mind over 4k.

Intel Skylake Core i5-6400 - RM 773.01
ASUS B150 PRO GAMING/AURA SOCKET 1151 - RM 557.00
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB 2133Mhz - RM 169.00
ASUS Strix GTX 960 OC 2GB GDDR5 128BIT - RM 1,015.00
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5 - RM 209.00
SAMSUNG 120GB SSD 850 EVO - RM 239.00
CORSAIR VS SERIES VS550 550W - RM 220.00
NZXT H440 - RM 509.00

Total: RM 3691 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Thank you

What I can see is plenty of overpriced stuffs especially Asus mobo and GPU, but it's your money so I won't stop you from getting them, you can always spend your money in a wiser way like getting better parts for the rig for better performance instead of aiming for certain brand name.

Hi guys,

currently i'm in a dilemma between choosing i5 or i7 proc for my gaming pc
some says that i5 is better for gaming some says that i7 is better. but, if i get i5, i may have some leftover money to upgrade my gpu.
would you guys help this brother to choose which processor is better for gaming.

p/s: i don't want to overclocked it.

my current pc specs:

proc: i5 or i7
mobo: Gigabyte H170-HD3 (D4)
RAM: Corsair 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM
GPU: Sapphire R9 390 8GB GDDR5 Nitro (stuck between choosing this gpu and GTX980/GTX970)
SSD: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB SSD
HDD: WD Blue 1TB HDD
PSU: Seasonic S12II 620W
Case: Tecware Alpha White

this specs was suggested by terence

For sure the i7 which is having the hyperthreading technology (extra 4 threads) will have slight edge on gaming but not all games utilize this technology yet.

DX12 aims to reduce the CPU overhead and is believed can improve CPU utilization so i7 might become the primary CPU choice for triple A titles (even though many triple A titles recommend i7 now even in DX11 era, but it is still far from being able to fully utilizing the power of i7 though).

i5 is also good enough for gaming, get i7 only if your budget allows.

So you said you can upgrade the GPU if you go for i5 path, from R9 390 to R9 390X? Or R9 390 to GTX970/GTX980? GTX970 is slightly weaker than R9 390 though and GTX980 is more expensive than R9 390X.

i thought of taking the gtx 980 but nvm. i think i'll go for i7 and r9 390. GTX 970 is slightly weaker than r9 390 in terms of performance right? but in term of power consumption, gtx 970 is better. my main concern is the pc temperature. i want to keep my pc temperature at a standard level.

I suggest you to wait for next gen GPU if you are not in a rush as Nvidia is expected to announce new Pascal GPU at GTC on April 5.

Temperature is quite similar for both brands for non-reference card.

Hi all

Kindly suggest me a rig

Tyvm

[B][Budget]

RM 1800 max

[Purpose]
Gaming

[Hardwares that will be re-use]
I already have a LCS monitor

[Monitor resolution]
HD

[Games & softwares that use frequently]
- CS GO
- FIFA 16
- DOTA

[Personal preferences]
Only play max 5-6hours per day

[Location]
USJ/Subang Jaya

Intel Core i3 4170 - RM 473
ASRock H81M-VG4 - RM 202
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Value RAM - RM 149
Palit GTX750Ti 2GB GDDR5 StormX OC - RM 509
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 400W - RM 145
Armageddon Microtron T2X - RM 109

Total: RM 1802 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Suggested 4th gen Intel CPU due to budget limitation.

[Budget]RM4000 (Able to stretch a bit)

[Purpose]Mostly gaming

[Hardwares that will be re-use]None

[Monitor resolution]1080p

[Games & softwares that use frequently]Steam games and Chrome xD

RM 4000 is for the PC with keyboard monitor and mouse. I'm able to stretch my budget abit.

I also need the GPU to be Nvidia for Gamestream on the Shield Tablet.

How many times you need to ask

Prices do not change much compared to last week.

ITX build again?

What is the reconmended 4k monitor. Budget below rm 3k

Acer Predator XB281HK, if you are using a compatible Nvidia GPU then you can take advantage of the GSync feature.

Hi, Thanks for the suggestion above.

I think H110 mobo chipset is enough for me. What do you think ?

Kingston SSD reliable ?

H110 comes with 2 RAM slots only but for casual users, it should be enough, if you think it is ok for you then just pick H110 (save money).

Kingston SSD is ok, just need to avoid their lowest end series (V300) due to NAND issue.