Intel Core i7 6700 - RM 1289
Gigabyte H170-HD3 (D4) - RM 446
Kingston 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 290
Gigabyte GTX1070 8GB GDDR5 G1 Gaming - RM 2299
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB SSD - RM 315
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Superflower Leadex Gold 550W - RM 409
CM Hyper 212X - RM 152
Corsair Carbide 400C - RM 485

Total: RM 5894 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

To max out your budget, you can:
1. Go for OC build (might over budget a bit)
2. Go for GTX1080
3. Get water cooler AIO

i7 6700K - good choice but if your task isn't that CPU demanding, you won't feel any difference at all.

X99 - enthusiast level, expensive and not worth if you aren't going for 28/40 PCIe lanes environment (more than 2 way SLI/CF etc) or heavy workloads which require or benefit from multicore architecture.

But of course you can still do the upgrade if you have lots of money to spend, I am just speaking for money wise (price/performance ratio).

http://www.kitguru.net/components/motherbo...damage-skylake/

No reason to go or invest in DDR3 anymore when the price of DDR4 RAM is the same as DDR3 now, some of them are even cheaper than DDR3.

Value RAM = low profile RAM unless you are going to install special CPU cooler which may take up certain slot or space of RAM slot.

Both having similar features, but Asus one comes with a better board design (at least 2 SATA ports at side vs all 4 at center) and color scheme in my opinion.

Corsair, Adata, Apacer etc.

Value RAM will do (the one with green PCB exposed).

ASRock one (H110M-ITX) also doesn't have, unless you get the AC model but it is not available in Malaysia.

You can always use USB WiFi dongle to connect to WiFi.

Cut cost.

GTX1060 - runs faster in DX11/OpenCL games (most of them now) and consumes less power

RX480 - runs faster in DX12/Vulkan games (only few of them but will become mainstream in next few years) but consumes more power

Hard to detect or feel any difference in real life usage unless you benchmark both of them.

If only use for gaming (storing games files) then any entry/cheap SSD is fast enough for you to feel the difference between SSD and HDD.

Corsair Carbide Air 240 has GPU width limitation, please ensure the card can be fitted into this case if you are going to it.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 835
ASRock H110M-ITX - RM 315
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 145
Asus GTX1070 8GB GDDR5 Turbo - RM 2100
Kingston SSDNow UV400 140GB SSD - RM 265
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Superflower Leadex Silver 550W - RM 339
Fractal Design Define Nano S - RM 339
BenQ GW2470H - RM 469

Total: RM 5016 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Optional upgrade:
1. Acer XB240H 144Hz - RM 952
2. Acer Predator XB241H 180Hz GSync - RM 1899

Nope, but can be bought separately. USB WiFi dongle will do.

And there is a typo in the build list, the SSD size is 240GB not 140GB.

Intel Core i5 6402P - RM 707
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 276
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 145
Palit GTX950 2GB GDDR5 StormX - RM 609
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Corsair VS450 - RM 162
TP-LINK TL-WN722N USB WiFi - RM 45
Tecware F3 - RM 125
BenQ GW2470H - RM 469

Total: RM 2747 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Optional upgrade:
1. 240GB SSD (or 120GB if only for OS)
2. 16GB RAM (if you deal with many large Excel files)
3. PCIe based WiFi adapter for better stability
4. IPS monitor
5. Other case (your own preferences)

WiFi is prone to interference, obstacles and many external factors, for optimum connection experience, you are recommended to use ethernet cable.

You can swap to a mobo with onboard WiFi card like Gigabyte H170N-WiFi, but that would cost RM 200+ more.

As for USB dongle, any cheap TP-LINK will do if you are still using single band router (2.4GHz) only, it makes no difference to get dual band when you are being limited by the router itself

SFF one is totally out of your budget reach because the casing & mobo price already take more than half of it.

Intel Pentium G4400 - RM 230
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 249
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 151
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 225
Standard ATX casing + PSU ~ RM 100

Total: RM 950 (Techview price inclusive of GST)

Topmaid might have both of them, saw them just restocked FD case few days/weeks ago.

RVZ02 requires SFX or SFX-L PSU, that ATX PSU won't fit in the case, I explained before.

Going for fully modular PSU can help you eliminate those unused cables and save some space for better cooling, you don't want to have a cramped up space in your PC right, do you?

For 1080p 60FPS yes.

If you play other games too then you can consider upgrading the GPU to a better one, if not it is enough.

Some people get a small size SSD (like 60/120GB) for OS installation only (to improve system boot time and responsiveness by a large margin over HDD), whereas all the other files will be stored in HDD instead to save cost.

Those are multimedia API.

DX11 and DX12 are created and managed by Microsoft and is built into your Windows OS directly, DX12 is Windows 10 exclusive at the moment.

OpenCL/GL is another API that is being used widely to create video games on PC, it existed since a very long time ago.

While Vulkan is the one of the latest graphics API which aims to provide low overhead and cross platform support to the massive gamers out there, the ability of this API has gained significant attention from video game maker and gamers. Doom 2016 already had Vulkan support since last month and guess what, Titan Pascal is able to run this games at max settings 4K UHD 60 FPS without problem at all.

Dota 2 and CS:GO aren't GPU demanding games at all, either Nvidia or AMD will work just fine.

Dota 2 added Vulkan support few months ago and is still under beta tag, it doesn't benefit high end GPU though, mostly low end GPU and laptop for better performance (in terms of FPS).

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Sep 2 2016, 04:25 PM

If you go for i7 6700, you can actually stick with the provided stock cooler, temperature should be well within the safe range if the airflow is good.

And you need to spend more on the mobo if you go for i5 6600K.

i5 6600K + Z170 + decent CPU cooler - estimated to be around 2.2k+

i7 6700 + H110/B150/H170 + CPU cooler - estimated to be around 1.9k (if you pick H170 and sub-RM 150 CPU cooler, will be much lower if you get B150 and stick with stock cooler)

I will go for i7 > i5 anytime, core clock isn't the only important factors in gaming right now, we've started to see some newer games to utilize and benefit from multicore enabled CPU.

Depends on your usage, if only normal browsing, watching videos/movies and basic & light tasks then even i3 is enough.

i5 6500 worth the most in Skylake Core i5 family due to best price/performance ratio.

But of course the 6600 is also fine, just not that worth if you compare the gain from 6400 to 6500 and 6500 to 6600, the 6600 will become more "premium" in this case.

Swap to Tecware Alpha case (RM 200+/-) then, it comes with more casing fans which can save you the hassle of buying more casing fans separately to improve the airflow of the rig.

The processor does come with stock CPU cooler so you don't have to get any 3rd party CPU cooler for the time being unless the temperature is not within your comfortable range.

Depends on your budget and usage, if don't care about form factor, then cheap entry level of H110/B150 mATX mobo should be enough, if you want standard ATX then you can look for H170.

Some examples:

Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4)
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4)
Gigabyte H170-HD3 (D4)
ASRock H170 Pro4 (D4)

From the 2 casing models you've listed down, it seems like your budget for the casing is around RM 300 - RM 400.

There are other options available too within this budget such as Phanteks Eclipse P400/Enthoo Pro M, CM MasterBox 5, Fractal Design Define S.

If I were to choose one from this list, I will go for Phanteks Eclipse P400

Haswell has been phased out since few months ago and Skylake is now 1 year old, while Kaby Lake is due next year (Jan 17) so there is no reason to go for Haswell anymore now, the price is almost the same too.

But your budget is way too low for "mid-high gaming", 1.5k can only fit a duo core G4400 + GTX750Ti, after adding a cheapest 1080p monitor, it will go over 1.8k which is already out of your budget reach

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Sep 2 2016, 10:02 PM

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 470
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 276
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 145
Palit GTX950 2GB GDDR5 StormX - RM 609
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
FSP Hexa+ 450W - RM 166
Tecware F3 - RM 125

Total: RM 2000 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Which GPU are you going to get? Zotac Mini card should be able to fit a 3.5" HDD alongside with it, there is a slot for you to slot in a 3.5" HDD if your GPU is not > 190mm.