If your max settings include max MSAA, GameWorks settings (HBAO+, HairWorks etc.) then surely you cannot run at 60 FPS, those settings are FPS eater

Considering you don't have a SLI ready mobo and PSU, I suggest you to tune down the settings to achieve 60 FPS for the time being while waiting for next gen GPU, even if you get another GTX980Ti, you won't get a correct SLI scaling if the game doesn't support SLI (no SLI profile from games developer and Nvidia), so you end up running the games with single GPU only.

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Mar 18 2016, 11:56 AM

It is always better to run single GPU vs dual/triple/quad GPU, less issue and hassle.

This depends on the price or Pascal, if the price is same like what they are pricing the 900 series then I guess it should be around 2.3 - 2.5k.

Edit: Need to factor in warranty status, card status etc as well.

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Mar 18 2016, 01:39 PM

Acer XB240H or BenQ XL2411Z for glorious 144Hz master race

FHD, QHD monitor ain't that cheap.

Acer XB270HU is first gen, XB271HU replaced it few months ago and it is the cheapest QHD IPS G-Sync monitor in Malaysia, we don't have many choices to make

TP-LINK TL-WN881ND (2.4GHz)

TP-LINK TL-WDN3800 (dual band 2.4 & 5GHz)

If your router is just 2.4GHz router then getting dual band adapter won't benefit you, unless you are planning to get a stronger dual band router to pair with high speed fiber broadband connection like 50Mbps/100Mbps.

Intel Core i7 6700 - RM 1284
Gigabyte H170-D3HP - RM 562
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 162
MSI GTX970 4GB GDDR5 Tiger - RM 1535
Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB SSD - RM 409
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
Seasonic S12II 620W - RM 303
NZXT S340 - RM 315
Logitech MK200 Wired Combo - RM 63
Dell S2316H IPS - RM 659

Total: RM 5507 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

First, you need to ask yourself, do you use any of the extra features provided on MSI Z170A Gaming M5 mobo, if no then Asus Z170 Pro Gaming is enough for your usage.

But I don't think normal consumer will use those extra features provided TBH, unless you really need 2 M.2 and SATAe port etc.

The price difference between them is quite huge, it is RM 719 vs RM 897 (ETech price).

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 496
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 289
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 162
PowerColor R7 240 2GB GDDR5 - RM 293
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 400W - RM 145
Bifenix Nova - RM 149

Total: RM 1749 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Your requirements aren't high, this build should be enough, the GPU chosen has 3 display outputs, 1 VGA, 1 DVI and 1 HDMI.

You can swap for Seasonic M12II EVO 750W or get the non-modular unit (S12II 620W).

Superflower MY unit is distributed by Cyntrix, warranty claim should be ok since they are also the main distributor for other brands like Zotac and Phanteks etc and they have a physical shop and warehouse in SetiaWalk Puchong.

I haven't tried Tecware Alpha case before but it looks quite decent, since they recommend you this case, I think it should be ok

S12II is the non-modular unit of M12II, non-modular as in cable are attached to PSU and cannot be unplugged manually.

Not much info on silver rated Leadex online, but the Gold rated is pretty nice though.

Other options that can be considered are CM V series (550/650) and Seasonic G series (550/650), both required top up.

NZXT Source 210 got 8 x 3.5" drive bays

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

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

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)

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+.

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.

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.