Guys wanna ask,

Is there any big different between 850 Evo and UV400/Sandisk SSD which is cost less than RM100++ other than reliability?

already did some googling but still cant decide either to fork up another rm100++ or just save it for another hardware upgrade.

Main use is gaming

[Budget] 4k-5k (lower the better) (including monitor)

[Purpose] gaming, programming

[Hardwares that will be re-use] mouse only

[Monitor resolution] 1920x1080 (prefer 144hz)

[Games & softwares that use frequently] dota2, aaa games (programming softwares not known yet)

[Personal preferences] an ssd, corsair air 240/ fractal define nano s for casing

[Location] kl

Is it possible to have a Gtx 1070 for this budget including monitor? Thanks for the help

This post has been edited by Epix: Sep 2 2016, 08:34 AM

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

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This post has been edited by zellix: Sep 2 2016, 09:51 AM

Thanks! Does the motherboard come with wifi?

[Budget] 3.5k -4k (lower the better) (including monitor)

[Purpose] games and work

[Hardwares that will be re-use] Logitech keyboard, Logitech Z623 speakers and some RM50 gaming mouse. That would suffice for now.

[Monitor resolution] 1920x1080 preferably

[Games & softwares that use frequently] only dota2 and many excels and words, movie and internet surfing

[Personal preferences] not really sure cause I'm noob (currently play dota on macbook. Anyway, not sure if wifi card would be included but definitely need that

[Location] KL

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.

Any wifi dongles you would recommend? I've had bad experience with USB wifi dongles. A Dlink on my htpc gives me 0.1mbps....

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

[Budget] RM1k

[Purpose] Basic use

[Hardwares that will be re-use] None

[Games & softwares that use frequently] Microsoft Office, Internet, AI & Photoshop

[Personal preferences] Currently using SFF Dell which has E8400 processor & 4GB RAM. This spec able to do multitasking and able to run AI & Photoshop CS6 too. Need 2 spec which is better than above spec.One is SFF and another one normal setup. G4400 able to perform better than the spec above right ?

[Location] KL

Fractal Design Core 500
Asrock H110M-ITX

looking for computer shop in lowyat which carry both item above ?

Yaya. One of my friends also suggested me this 850 Evo SSD. He said the speed is notably faster than the UV400. Since both are SSDs, can the difference be THAT noticeable ahh for a layman like me? If it is not, then no point forking out the extra for something which I cannot feel haha.

I am currently undecided between a modular PSU and a non-modular one:
Modular: Silverstone SX500-LG
Non-modular: Silverstone Strider Essential ST50F-ES500

Since I do not really care how the inside of the casing looks like (cable design, aesthetics and all), do you think going for a modular PSU is a waste of money?

The non-modular option is slightly larger in size (125 x 63.5 x 130 vs 150 x 86 x 140). Can the extra dimensions fit into the casing? Do you think such a small difference in clearance between the PSU and other parts in the casing will effect cooling much?

Below is the build recommended by terence_nwb, which was modified to suit my needs:
Intel Core i5 6600
ASUS H110I-PLUS
Kingston Value RAM 16GB (2x8GB) 2133MHz
Zotac GTX 1060 3GB Mini
Seagate Barracuda 2TB
Kingston SSDnow UV400 120GB
Silverstone SFX 500W (or ST50F-ES500)
Silverstone RVZ02

Thanks a lot in advance.

This post has been edited by bb100: Sep 2 2016, 02:15 PM

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?

Is that like the kind of spec that "maxing out" on Dota2? i.e. should I upgrade the CPU or GPU for a better performance? And what do you mean 120GB for SSD if only for OS?

Sorry for being such a noob. I've only used laptops so far. First time building my own rig.

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.

hello im an idiot here. can simplify what is DX11 and DX12? OpenCL and Vulkan?

for normal gaming like Dota 2 and CSGO which is better? i've searching in google but still dont get the meaning LOL

thank you so much first!

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