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Most of the time will be using Photoshop and mild gaming. When I was creating this build, I need to have one system that can lasts me at least 3 years before first upgrade

Dear Sifus,

Building a rig from 0. Besides GTX 1060 and i5 6400 is in my mind I don't really have any idea. Mostly for gaming. Better if its built to be able to run also the latest games or future upcoming games in the next 3 years. Do I need a 144hz monitor as well?

Thanks sifus

[B][Budget] 4-5k

[Purpose] Gaming. Dota 2, Civ 6, CSGO, Overwatch, Witcher 3

[Hardwares that will be re-use] None

No wonder cannot find in this thread

144Hz is optional, triple A titles are very hard to achieve high frame rate due to many factors and the results vary from games to games, 144Hz monitor will cost you around 1k, which left you 4k for the rig, I wouldn't recommend you to go for 144Hz monitor first if you are building from scratch, 144Hz is more towards "premium" quality gaming, luxurious yet expensive and doesn't always guarantee you can take full advantage out of it if you prefer graphics quality over frame rate. Why I said so? If you prefer to run games on the best available graphics settings (a.k.a ultra settings) then you probably won't be able to hit 144Hz in triple A titles and vice versa.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 865
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 379
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 198
Palit GTX1070 8GB GDDR5 Jetstream - RM 1848
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 287
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Superflower Leadex Gold 550W - RM 409
Tecware Alpha - RM 199
Acer R241Y IPS - RM 622

Total: RM 5016 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

But here is a build with 144Hz monitor, you can swap it with a normal 60Hz monitor to reduce the total cost.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 865
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 379
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 198
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1238
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 287
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Superflower Leadex Gold 550W - RM 409
Tecware Alpha - RM 199
Acer XB240H - RM 952

Total: RM 4736 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Dear sifus, im planning to get a new desktop soon
Need sifus suggestions, tqtq

[Budget]
RM3k or less, including rigs+monitor+OS (can top up if needed)

[Purpose]
Photo editing, gaming

[Hardwares that will be re-use]
Mouse, kb, speaker

[Monitor resolution]
No idea

[Games & softwares that use frequently]
Games (Dota for now, might go better graphic game in future like GTA5?)
Softwares (Photoshop, Lightroom, all those editing softwares)

[Personal preferences]
At least 8gb RAM
SSD if possible

[Location]
Penang

Sifu I noticed your first choice of GFX card is usually Palit rather than ASUS or the other brands. Any specific reason for that?

May I know how much you can top up? 3k is enough to build something for Dota but if you plan to get on board with latest triple A titles, you are advised to go for a better specs unless you are ok with slightly lowered graphics settings and frame rate

Price is the main concern, all of them are using similar chipset, so the performance isn't too far ahead for either brand. The differences are just the brand name, warranty (if any), design, clock speed (can be adjusted manually so it isn't a main problem), the performance difference is negligible but you have to fork out extra few hundred for it, worth or not?

max budget rm5k
can suggest me gaming pc under this budget?
possible to go for 4k monitor?
thx

Max budget 5k cannot get you 4k monitor along with the rig I believe. Only X2 your budget can do that.

Unless you say 5k for the rig and the monitor you utilise a separate budget then possible...

What etech?

This post has been edited by ayaizafri: Oct 25 2016, 12:39 PM

Maybe 3.2-3.3k?
But triple A titles not a major concern for me since i play dota most of the time

Can fit a 4K UHD monitor but you also need the hardware required to drive it.

Casing is included.

ok maybe can give me hardware only without monitor.
plus exclude HDD and PSU

thx

Kepong.

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

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 490
ASRock H110M-HDV - RM 245
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 198
Sapphire RX460 4GB GDDR5 Nitro - RM 699
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 287
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
FSP Hexa+ 450W - RM 166
Tecware Alpha - RM 199
BenQ GW2470H - RM 473

Total: RM 2966 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

OS is not included, not sure which version you need, but you can get it cheaper in Garage Sales section.

If you plan to buy in Penang, you can look for GTech (hikari85) in Butterworth but price might be slightly higher than Klang Valley area.

I would suggest:
Zotac GTX1070 AMP! Edition - 1949
i5 6600K - 1020.78
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB 2600MHz - 233.2
MSI Z170-A Krait 3X - 750
Cryorig H7 - 189
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB - 275.6
NZXT S340 - 315

Total: 4732.58 (inc. 6% GST, all reference price from different trusted distributors @ lelong)

#Side Note:
1. Can choose 16GB DDR4 RAM to meet the max budget of yours, or maybe grab a Gigabyte 1070 G1 or EVGA 1070 ACX3.0
2. Price will be much higher if buy from local retail store, expect over-budget if planning to buy from physical store
3. GPU is good enough to run 4K, but don't expect full-fledged 60fps for some AAA games, would rather suggest Ultrawide 1440p monitor

This post has been edited by lolzcalvin: Oct 25 2016, 03:33 PM

i already have 120gb ssd,i guess its enuf for me for now,maybe i can ditch the money into ram?
btw thx

A friend of mine need help on his rig

[Budget]
RM2k

[Purpose]
Photo and Video editing, 3D rendering

[Hardwares that will be re-use]
a monitor, keyboard + mouse and a 980Ti

[Games & softwares that use frequently]
Adobe softwares

[Personal preferences]
the best parts per his budget

and if he were to increase his budget to 2.5k, what can he get ?

Thanks terence_nwb

I will ditch the i5-K to i7 anytime, this will reduce the cost significantly (no need Z170, 3rd party cooler, high speed RAM and potential OC worries) and add the money into the 4K monitor funds

Based on 2.5k budget.

Intel Core i5 6400 - RM 802
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 379
Kingston 16GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 396
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB SSD - RM 190
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Superflower Leadex Silver 550W - RM 339
Tecware Alpha - RM 199

Total: RM 2514 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

For 2k one, you can drop the 8GB RAM, SSD and get a cheaper PSU.

[Budget]: 3.5k - 4.0k

[Purpose]: Gaming & Editing (Photoshop)

[Hardwares that will be re-use]: Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Speaker

[Monitor resolution]: 1920 x 1080

[Games & softwares that use frequently]: MMORPG, Terraria, Photoshop, Words

[Personal preferences]: Prefer NZXT S340 (Razer Edition)

[Location]: Muar, but prefer IdealTech shop

Thank you in advance

This post has been edited by NoKusshon: Oct 26 2016, 10:29 AM

thx bro, another question, what is the best low profile aio cooler that one can get at the market right now ?