AMD current CPU lineup is very old already, it is not worth to spend your money on it, better wait for Zen (upcoming AM4) platform which is expected to arrive in the next couple of months.

Intel Core i5 6402P - RM 715
Asus H110M-K - RM 274
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 147
Gigabyte GTX960 2GB GDDR5 OC - RM 869
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
Tecware Alpha - RM 199
BenQ GW2270 - RM 379
Logitech MK200 Wired Combo - RM 65

Total: RM 3045 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Intel Core i5 6400 - RM 775
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 419
GSKill 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 169
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual Fan - RM 1249
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB SSD - RM 229
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 219
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 199
Sharkoon T3-W - RM 199
Acer R241Y IPS - RM 649

Total: RM 4107 (Idealtech price inclusive of GST)

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 835
Asus H110M-K - RM 274
Kingston 16GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 290
CM K282 - RM 193

Total: RM 1592 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

If you run triple A titles on 1440p max settings, then GTX1070 and above is more preferred. Palit GPU is ok, price is cheap but not as premium as other brands like Asus, Gigabyte, MSI etc. You need to fork out extra few hundreds for those brands and in return, you get little to zero performance improvement (in terms of FPS) which is not budget friendly at all.

Intel Core i7 6700 - RM 1305
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 379
Kingston 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 290
Palit GTX1070 8GB GDDR5 Jetstream - RM 1999
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 255
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Superflower Leadex Gold 550W - RM 409
Tecware Alpha - RM 199

Total: RM 5045 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Alternative build would be a locked i7 rig which provides extra threads compared to 6600K.

If your ambient temperature is high and you do a lot of heavy OC, I suggest you to get a better cooler, same goes to RAM, get a high speed RAM when you have a Z170 mobo, Skylake CPU does benefit from high speed RAM.

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 479
ASRock H110M-ITX - RM 315
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 147
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
CM Elite Power 350W - RM 126
CM Elite 110 - RM 159

Total: RM 1435 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

WiFi adapter:
1. TP-LINK TL-WN881ND PCIe WiFi 2.4G - RM 65
2. TP-LINK TL-WN722N USB WiFi 2.4G - RM 45
3. TP-LINK TL-WDN3200 USB WiFi 5G - RM 63

Or get a mobo with on-board WiFi card included like Gigabyte H170N-WiFi (RM 516).

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Aug 2 2016, 02:20 PM

Since you didn't mention your case form factor and PSU length so I am going to reuse the current case and assume your case is ATX form factor which supports ATX mobo.

Intel Core i7 6700 - RM 1305
Gigabyte H170-HD3 (D4) - RM 446
Kingston 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 290

Total: RM 2041 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

ASRock H170M-ITX/ac, MSI H110I PRO AC

I will go for on-board WiFi card instead of dongle anytime now, cheap dongle overheats too fast and might face frequent disconnection when it is hot, speaking from my own experience

i7 6700 costs 1.3k and you left 700 for the rest of the part only, so i5 is more budget friendly in your case.

What's your current GPU model?

2TB HDD doesn't require super high power PSU, just treat it as normal HDD.

First option is out if your workload consists of excel/word/PPT processing, J2900 is weak and the 2GB RAM can barely do anything now.

The second option is better with latest Skylake Pentium CPU but you need to get Windows license key separately as it is a custom build PC.

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 479
Asus H110M-K - RM 274
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 147
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Cheap OEM case + PSU ~ RM 100
Logitech MK200 Wired Combo - RM 65

Total: RM 1274 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

If you want a 120GB SSD to be included, you can either downgrade the i3 to Pentium or 8GB to 4GB RAM, top up a bit if necessary.

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 479
Asus H110M-K - RM 274
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 147
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
CM Elite Power 350W - RM 126
Armageddon T1x - RM 95

Total: RM 1330 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Can add a 120GB SSD if needed.

You can consider getting a mITX rig if you prefer small, compact and light weight PC.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 835
Gigabyte H170N-WiFi - RM 516
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 147
Superflower Leadex Silver 550W - RM 349
CM Elite 130 - RM 178

Total: RM 2025 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Intel Core i7 6700 - RM 1311
Gigabyte H170-HD3 (D4) - RM 446
Kingston 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 290
Palit GTX1070 8GB GDDR5 Jetstream - RM 1999
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 255
Superflower Leadex Gold 550W - RM 409
Tecware Alpha - RM 199

Total: RM 4909 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

To max out your budget, you can get a better case according to your personal requirements and preferences or larger size SSD/more HDD/GPU of other brands.

Much better than CM PSU, in fact the CM V series PSU is the only PSU that you should consider when you want to pick CM, other CM models are just so-so (mixed Chinese and Taiwanese caps).

Some of the mITX mobo that are available in Malaysia:

Asus H110i-PLUS
ASRock H110M-ITX
ASRock H170M-ITX/ac
MSI H110I PRO AC
MSI B150I Gaming Pro

Can, just don't do something too demanding (or stress the PC), the PSU included with the case is "cap-ayam" brand and not suitable for high power requirement components, office use is fine.

You can use stock cooler or get a decent 3rd party air cooler like CM Hyper 212X/Cryorig H5 etc., please check the clearance of your case before buying.

Or if you already have a preferred case then let me know so I can tell you which air cooler to buy or can fit.

CPU = processor itself only

Should call it as 'rig' instead and the situation is a bit different in your case because your budget can fit RX470 8GB + i3 or RX460 4GB + i5 but there is no actual/real life benchmark or review yet, we are getting it much earlier than other country this time around

i5 + RX460 (weaker GPU with stronger CPU)
Intel Core i5 6402P - RM 707
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 249
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 131
Sapphire RX460 4GB GDDR5 Nitro - RM 689
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 189
Tecware Alpha - RM 199

Total: RM 2534 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

i3 + RX470 (stronger GPU with weaker CPU)
Intel Core i3 6098P - RM 437
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 249
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 131
Sapphire RX470 8GB GDDR5 Nitro+ - RM 1139
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 189
Tecware Alpha - RM 199

Total: RM 2559 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

RX480 is between GTX970 and GTX980.

My prediction:
RX470 is between GTX960 and GTX970 (or R9 380 to R9 390).
RX460 is between GTX950 and GTX960 (or R7 370 to R9 380).

RX460 is more worth in my opinion, 4GB version of RX470 is due to arrive in Malaysia soon as well at RM 989.

Intel Core i5 6402P - RM 707
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 249
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 131
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual Fan - RM 1249
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 189
Tecware Alpha - RM 199

Total: RM 2939 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

If you decide to play WoW only, you can save the money and get i3 + GTX750Ti rig, can be done with 2k only.

SSD can be added by downgrading the GPU to RX470 (not so worth) or RX460 (worth but expect huge performance deficit).

May I know what games you are going to play (or currently playing)?

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Aug 3 2016, 05:15 PM

Since no gaming, you might as well just drop the dedicated GPU and use the iGPU (HD 530) of your CPU, R7 250X is just 5 to 10% faster than HD 530 anyway, not worth spending RM 250+ for it.

Same goes to PSU, 600W is overkill, just get a 300 - 400W PSU


This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Aug 3 2016, 05:41 PM

Witcher 3 favors faster CPU, the others are ok with i3.

If you don't really care about the settings you can run and only want a more stable performance (FPS), i5 + RX460 is a better pick.

i3 + RX470 on the other hand will be able to run on higher graphics settings provided the i3 is not bottlenecking (hardly though).

Can but you need to tune down the graphics settings so you can get a more stable performance (FPS).

Intel Core i3 6098P - RM 437
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 249
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 131
Sapphire RX460 4GB GDDR5 Nitro - RM 689
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 189
Tecware F3 - RM 129

Total: RM 2039 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

Need to change the mobo because the chosen one is ATX currently, change it to Gigabyte B150M-D3H DDR4 (RM 379).

ETech is located in Kepong (lelong)

Some other shops that you can consider also:

Techview in PJ (lelong)

DotaTech in Ampang (lelong)

Idealtech in Pandan Indah (FB)

Lowyat Plaza (Viewnet, Jayacom, Cycom, TopMaid etc).

and many more, so basically you can choose the one you prefer and is closer to you (save time and cost).

You may need to ask yourself which form factor you prefer first, all the mobo listed by me are mITX form factor with only 2 RAM slots and 1 PCIe slot (limited upgrade ability), the pros is it can be very small and compact which meets your lightweight requirement.

Asus H110i-PLUS - around RM 350
ASRock H110M-ITX - around RM 350
ASRock H170M-ITX/ac - around RM 525
MSI H110I PRO AC - around RM 400
MSI B150I Gaming Pro - around RM 500

Any mobo is the market can also be used for gaming and illustrator editing, what matters the most is the CPU, RAM and GPU (and other components) that you are going to use on the mobo.

Hmm so a new monitor needs to be included for dual monitor setup?

Intel Core i5 6402P - RM 707
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 249
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 131
Sapphire RX460 4GB GDDR5 Nitro - RM 689
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB SSD - RM 145
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 199
Tecware Alpha - RM 199
BenQ GW2270 - RM 399

Total: RM 2943 (Techview price inclusive of GST)