Get 3.5" HDD to 5.25" bay adapter to put 3.5" HDD in the DVD drive slot.

I am using Corsair H100i currently.

Upgrade the GPU to RX470 4GB or GTX1060 3GB, both are priced below 1k now or top up RM 100+ for GTX1060 6GB (more worth).

Add a 120GB/240GB SSD when you have more money later to improve overall system responsiveness and shorten the boot time.

You mean the PCIe slot? Don't worry it is very durable

The real cause is the card, either too heavy or too long and causing slight "bending" or "flex", it should be ok because the PSU shroud of this chassis is very close to the GPU which can act as a "support" to the card.

GTX960 2GB price now is around RM 850 (more or less), SLI doesn't provide 100% perfect GPU scaling so you might end up getting extra 50% boost only (this is different for each games). Another issue is the VRAM, 2GB is barely enough for any games now even in 1080p, do remember VRAM will stay the same even in a SLI setup unless the games you play support VRAM stacking in DX12 (none available currently).

GTX1060 3GB is just slightly above RM 900 now, which provides twice the performance of your current GTX960. By going for this path, you don't have to worry about the performance of SLI, or whether the games support SLI or not, the only thing you need to worry is the VRAM.

Higher end single card is always on top of the "buying" priority when you compare it with weaker cards in SLI. Real life example, RX480 on CF vs GTX1080, AMD claimed that RX480 on CF can beat GTX1080, yes this is true, but not entirely true though, it is true if only raw performance is involved and with perfect scaling, but how many games out there have perfect or near perfect scaling? Only few titles, like AC: Unity and Crysis 3

It is cheaper to get RX480 CF (RM 1300 x 2 = RM 2600) compared to GTX1080 (RM 3000), but the power consumption will be much higher, 300W vs 225W (just a raw peak estimation, not reflecting to real life power draw). I am not going to mention the requirements on mobo and PSU since you already have them.

My suggestion is sell off your GTX960 (probably can get back RM 500+) and get GTX1060 6GB/RX480 8GB.

I don't have any hardware price list from Yik Foong Complex & Perak IT Mall (if you want to get it there then I cannot help with the price)

Intel Core i7 6700 - RM 1289
ASRock H110M-ITX - RM 315
Corsair 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 312
Palit GTX750Ti 2GB GDDR5 StormX OC - RM 488
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Corsair VS450 - RM 162
CM Elite 110 - RM 159

Total: RM 2934 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

The dedicated GPU included is only useful if you enable GPU acceleration in Premier Pro, you can remove it if video editing is not the main priority, SSD addition will boost the speed of the rig in terms of overall system responsiveness and shorter boot time.

If you need the rig to be even smaller, you can consider other chassis like RVZ02/01 (console alike).

Not recommended to pair i3 with GTX1060, some (not all) CPU demanding games will show bottleneck (GPU can't fully unleash its power due to slow CPU).

1. It will work.

2. Yes.


Exhaust on top.

PCIe is backwards compatible, what you get from 3.0 is more bandwidth, 3.0 card will work fine in 2.0 slot (or 1.0) but with restricted speed, but it should be fine since both cards aren't super high end cards which require that high amount of bandwidth yet.

If you have 2k budget, I suggest you to find used i7 3770 (around RM 750+/-) and get a new GTX1060 6GB instead, not worth to invest in a new 2k rig, the performance gain compared to the upgrade of your existing rig is low/poor (or even at negative side, which you gain nothing but lose even more).

Brand doesn't really matter, for example, if you are getting GTX1060 6GB, it will still be the similar chipset even you get another brand, the differences are just the cooler design (including card design), clock speed which can be adjusted manually as well since it is not locked by manufacturers and warranty (after sales services).

If you are on a limited/tight budget, just get the cheapest variant available, the extra RM 100 (or more) is not worth to spend/invest in return for few extra FPS/lower temperature

If same price, then R241Y is a no brainer choice, IPS vs VA

GTX750Ti, Palit or Zotac both around RM 480 for 2GB variant.

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Sep 20 2016, 12:31 PM

Intel Core i7 6700 - RM 1289
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 379
Kingston 16GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 290
Palit GTX750Ti 2GB GDDR5 StormX OC - RM 488
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB SSD - RM 315
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Seasonic M12II EVO 520W - RM 339
Tecware Alpha - RM 199

Total: RM 3508 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Since you mentioned triple A titles, if your cousin really wants to run them at high settings, can consider getting GTX1060/RX470/RX480.

Idealtech pricelist doesn't have GTX970 anymore so I assume it is already EOL'ed.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 835
Gigabyte H170-HD3 - RM 489
GSKill Aegis 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 169
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1249
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB SSD - RM 349
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 219
Superflower Leadex Gold 550W - RM 409
Fractal Design Define R5 - RM 469 (non-window version)
Dell S2316H - RM 669

Total: RM 4857 (Idealtech price inclusive of GST)

RM 537 for a B150 chipset mobo is too "overpriced" for me, I would go for low end Z170 or high end H170 with such price tag.

Gigabyte Windforce has higher clock speed than Palit Jetstream, though you can manually overclock the Jetstream to match what Windforce is offering by using tuner app.

And about the PSU, I have no idea why Idealtech keep on pushing it to users, it is a non modular PSU which is priced at ridiculous price, Seasonic M12II EVO 620 (tier 2) or Superflower Leadex Gold 550W (tier 1) both are much better choice, spend your money wisely.

The cheapest 1440p monitor in Malaysia is Dell U2515H, which costs RM 1400+, if you (or your friend) want to save money, you can search Garage Sales for used unit or get imported set from South Korea (there is a seller helping to do this), the monitors there are much cheaper.

Dell U2515H - around RM 1400+
Dell U2715H - around RM 2000+
Dell U2717D - around RM 2250+ (new model)

Acer Predator XB271HU - around RM 3100+ (with GSync 144Hz)

and many more.

Chipset difference, for Intel Skylake Desktop SKU, there are 4 mainstream consumer grade chipsets which are H110/B150/H170/Z170. As for the difference, you can search online (better than my explanation I suppose )

And for your "future upgrading" term, it contains a lot of definitions, if you mean CPU upgrade then the max upgrade for the current LGA1151 (socket) mobo is Kaby Lake (7th gen, coming soon next year), if you want to upgrade to 10nm 8th gen then you have to upgrade the mobo as well (different socket).

As for RAM upgrade, just try to get a mobo with 4 RAM slots then you should be fine (max 16GB x 4 = 64GB). SSD/HDD relies on SATA ports, 6 to 8 ports should be enough.

There are 3 main form factors, ATX, mATX and mITX (search online for the differences if you are clueless on them). Idealtech suggested an ATX sized mobo to you and if you want to maintain in this form factor, the best price/performance ratio ATX mobo would be Gigabyte H170-HD3 (less than RM 500).

Some yes, in fact they are the OEM for many brands out there.

Hydro G is one of their best PSU (tier 1 in the chart).

So you wrote "Dota 2 and Adobe", mind to clarify more on "Adobe"? PS/AI/AE etc?

So it is for Dota 2 and CS:GO only? (Assuming yes for the below build) If you plan to play other games, especially triple A titles at higher settings then please consider getting a better GPU (either top up/remove SSD/get a cheaper chassis etc.)

NZXT S340 Razer chassis isn't cheap, you need to sacrifice a lot of components to fit it in the budget (for low/mid budget rig).

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 835
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 276
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 161
Palit GTX950 2GB GDDR5 StormX Dual - RM 635
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 279
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
FSP Hexa+ 450W - RM 166
NZXT S340 Razer - RM 475

Total: RM 3035 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Matte, can tilt up and down but not pivot (portrait mode).

Big budget title, like Witcher 3, GTA V, Fallout 4 etc.

Can.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 835
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 276
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 161
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1128
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 279
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
NZXT S340 Razer - RM 475

Total: RM 3551 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Depends on the games you play, but most of the latest titles are pretty CPU demanding, I suggest to get i3 (min) to reduce the bottleneck as much as possible.

No point squeezing every component in a tight 2k budget when you cannot even fully utilize its potential right?

There isn't any 144Hz 1080p IPS in Malaysia yet and 144Hz 1440p IPS will cost you 3k+

Based on your available budget, if you were to get the cheapest 1440p monitor (even though it is better to get 27" for 1440p), it would cost you around 1.5k, left 3.5k for the rig.

Intel Core i7 6700 - RM 1289
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 379
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 161
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1128
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
Tecware Alpha - RM 199
Dell U2515H - RM 1479

Total: RM 5032 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

SSD is not included yet, downgrade to i5 so you can include it and upgrade to a better PSU.

No, min is 1440p, max is 1440p too, 4K 144Hz IPS is coming soon.

Acer already have 4K IPS 60Hz but that model is not available in Malaysia, only the expensive Asus PG27AQ is available locally, 4.2k.

Which games do you plan to play?

Intel Core i7 6700 - RM 1289
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 379
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 161
Gigabyte GTX1070 8GB GDDR5 Windforce OC- RM 1945
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 278
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
Tecware Alpha - RM 199

Total: RM 4460 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Optional upgrade:
1. ATX size mobo
2. Better PSU