[Budget] 3k

[Purpose] Game + Editing

[Hardwares that will be re-use] WD 1TB Black / PSU;Silverstone ST70EF / Monitor

[Monitor resolution] 1080p

[Games & softwares that use frequently] Adobes + Games ranging Dota2 - Dark Souls - GTA

[Personal preferences] GTX 970 a must.

[Location] Selangor

Possible ?

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.

As mentioned by you all price based on etech...where is the shop located?

Kepong, KL.

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

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

Looking for graphic card below <RM500 which one is okay for my build. >RM500 is too much for me.
As for suggestion from this thread, GTX750TI is recommended. but the price is slightly >RM500 already. Any card slightly lower price than GTX750TI but the performance is on par with GTX750TI? AMD card is also acceptable. How about R7 250X Vapor?

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

Does GTX980 worth the price ? Coz some ppl said that it is much better to get GTX970 as their differences are only in Cuda Cores (correct me if I'm wrong) I mean my friend want to build a high end rig for his work and games, but still hesitating to cash out his money for GTX980Ti, should he keep his money for GTX980Ti or just get a GTX980/970

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

Thanks. Already bought Palix GTX 750 TI StormX Dual - RM565. Lol.

Ok we pm to discuss more

I see, but still, we're using softwares that'll utilize Cuda Cores, so if he cant wait for GTX1000 series, he can just go for GTX970 right ?

BTW, when is Q3 ? Is it around August and September ? From your experiences, if a new series of GPU released, does the price of the older generation drastically drop ? or just a little changes ? If the price differences are huge, ill ask him to wait until Q3

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

Maxwell you mean.

Haha, thanks to auto correct

Wta

If i have budget around 1k, what should i upgrade from my rig

This rig only for playing games and a little bit engineering software such as solid modelling.

I3 3220
Msi r7 260x
asrock b75m-dgs
fsp raider 550w
Kingston 8gb ddr3 1600

What games you play?

Currently i'm plying dota2, far cry 4.. but also looking forward to play gta v.

Your budget can fit GTX960 or R9 380.

[Budget] 3-4k (can go maximum 5k)

[Purpose] heavy gaming.

[Hardwares that will be re-use] Xigmatek Aquila white casing.

[Monitor resolution] will decide

[Games & softwares that use frequently] triple A games

[Personal preferences] i want it to be white and black theme. Incude led strips. White sleeves for cable and stuffs. Everything must be white and black. Is it possible?

Thanks to the contributors for awesome support!

[Budget] RM3K+-

[Purpose] Surfing, movies & gaming

[Hardwares that will be re-use] Keyboard, mouse, monitor

[Games and softwares that use frequently] MS office, Chrome tabs, PDF, PTGCO and some messaging platforms.

[Personal Preferences] open >12hours,SSD,I5 above,

[Location] Selangor