Is monitor required?

If no gaming then no need to spend money on getting dedicated GPU, the iGPU (Intel HD 530) that comes with the CPU is enough for daily task.

And yea you didn't state your usage/purpose of this build, please provide info on this.

The mobo you picked is a DDR3 based Skylake mobo, it cannot work with DDR4 RAM (you picked DDR4 RAM though), so you need to change to other model.

No monitor required.

Ah,sorry2. I guess he will only be using for basic picture/video editing,watching movies, playing around with his phone.

Noob question: Would playing higher res videos require a dedicated graphic card? Say later if I wanna connect to hd or 4K tv?

for the board, ill go with the one mentioned in above suggestion.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 804
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 289
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 133
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 400W - RM 145
Bitfenix Nova - RM 149

Total: RM 1735 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Optional upgrade:
1. Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB SSD - RM 195

ETech will install Windows 10 for free for their customers (as reported by previous buyers here).

For those usage, i5 is more than enough.

Playing 4K UHD video doesn't need dedicated GPU, the iGPU is enough.

No prob, Im a value oriented person.
if you download movie/watch and surf internet most of the time, even a cheap Pentium will do the job, you can still edit stuff on that too, it just takes a bit longer then i3/i5, how long its hard to tell, depends on what kind of software you use and how big your file is.
but it sounds like you are not using a professional editing software all the time (you mention edit for youtube?) so the Pentium may not even be that much slower then i3/i5, as its just small clips occasionally.

If you are not intending to play games then no need to buy a GPU.
Intel Pentium G3260 - RM216 - 3.3GHZ 2c,2t
Intel Core i3 6098P - RM 427 - 3.6GHZ 2c,4t - HD510
Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 470 - 3.7GHZ 2c,4t - HD530

The HD530 iGPU is a pretty good graphics, from memory i think its similar to GT730 which cost around RM300
The HD510 iGPU is a normal iGPU, it has only half Execution Units of the HD530
Pentium iGPU even worse, there are people on youtube able to play gtv 5 on this with lowest resolution with ok frame rates.
All the above iGPU will have no problem watching high res videos i mean 1080, not sure about 4k tho, you need to search online for that.

Just get the i3 6100
but personally if I were in your situation and want the best bang for buck, I would rather spend the money on Pentium + SSD
if i want to play some games, i would just buy eg gtx750ti down the road, i will not play games at lowest resolution, it just sucks.
If you can get the i3 -6100+ SSD even better.

I am currently using a fanless laptop with Core M 5y10c its similar to an i3 but with max 2.0 GHZ, it has a HD515 and it plays FULL HD 1080 8GB downloaded movies just fine.
this Core i3 6098P is faster then your typical i5/i7 laptops.

Thanks for the quote Terence. Much appreciated. FYI I discovered that the RAM units provided by the supplier were not original hardware but I'm amazed that it lasted that long (5 years). Perhaps it's a contributing factor to the BSODs. In the future I will have to double check the hardware on all branded units to ensure that I'm not being cheated. Meantime I'm still diving in to figure out the actual cause of BSODs before I give up on the unit altogether.

Regards

Thanks bro.

[Budget] Less than RM3K include monitor

[Purpose] DOTA2 max setting @1080p

[Monitor resolution] 1080p

[Games & softwares that use frequently] DOTA2

[Personal preferences] ITX form factor. Anything as long as DOTA2 max@1080p

[Location] Shah Alam

My friend want to build a rig just to play DOTA2. Cheaper is better as long as can play DOTA2 max@1080p.

Thanks

This post has been edited by syazwanreno: May 5 2016, 11:11 AM

Intel Core i3 6098P - RM 427
Asus H110I-Plus - RM 369
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 148
Zotac GTX750Ti 2GB GDDR5 Single Fan - RM 509
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 205
Corsair VS450 - RM 169
CM Elite 110 - RM 159
BenQ GW2270 - RM 439

Total: RM 2625 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

[Budget] RM2000 BELOW

[Purpose] main work, download. sub-work is some of office work, some simply photo or graphic edit.

[Hardwares that will be re-use] monitor, speaker, keyboard and mouse will reuse.

[Location] sabah.

thank you.

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 470
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 289
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 133
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
Corsair VS450 - RM 162
Bitfenix Nova - RM 149

Total: RM 1418 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

this set be able 48hrs non-stop? hehe

This post has been edited by familykien: May 5 2016, 11:34 AM

If you don't game on this PC, then you can go for the cheaper i5 6402P (RM 689), if you do some light gaming, then pick the i5 6400 (RM 754) which comes with a more powerful iGPU (HD510 vs HD 530).

Other parts can remain.

Your usage might not even need an i5 since most of them are simple tasks.

On for 24/7 is not an issue for the hardware, it is all about your airflow, if the ambient temperature (your surroundings) is high, then you can consider buying few casing fans or switch to Tecware Alpha (RM 189) which comes with 2 extra front intake fans. The last resort would be getting a aftermarket CPU cooler if you still aren't satisfied with the temperature.

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: May 5 2016, 11:37 AM

thanks your suggestion, i remark it all 1st. thank you a lot. double thumbs up!

Good afternoon,

Here's my desktop spec:

Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990fx r2.0
RAM: 8 gb
GPU: ASUS Nvidia GTX680
Processor: AMD FX4300 Quad core

I am planning to upgrade my processor, as for GPU i have to wait and see on the Polaris and Pascal in next few months.

Is FX8350 a good upgrade ? I am using my desktop mostly for gaming and occasional work related stuff (using microsoft office).

I did some googling and many recommend switching to i3 or i5, but I cannot afford that, as the motherboard was just recent purchase around end of 2014.

Thank you.

Well you can sell off your current CPU & mobo & RAM and add the money into your upgrade funds for i5.

If you really want to stay with AMD, then yea FX8350 is one of the choices, if you care about your electricity bill, then you can pick the 8320E which is made for efficiency.

Hi everyone,

I am currently building one custom rig and below is the specification after some study (prices are from C-Zone, I believe the price won't differ too much between shops):

[CPU] CORE I3 6100 (2C/4T) - RM 466
[MAINBOARD] ASUS H110M-K - RM 292
[RAM] CORSAIR D4 PC2133 VALUE 8GB - RM 127
[HARDDISK] WESTERN DIGITAL BLUE 1TB - RM 201
[POWER SUPPLY] COOLER MASTER 460W ELITE POWER - RM 189
[CASING] COOLER MASTER ELITE SERIES CASING - RM 159

[MONITOR] SAMSUNG S24E310HL 23.6" - RM 535

Is there any parts that I can change where the cost can be reduced without downgrading the performance too much?

My main usage for this rig will be browsing internet, watching video and performing some office work. I don't have any preference in brands as well.

Thanks in advance.

The PSU can be downgraded but sadly C-Zone do not carry FSP PSU.