You are looking for 1080p or 1440p?

RX480 8GB is basically the only card that you can look for currently, Fury/Fury X is slightly faster than RX480 but it is more expensive.

Maximum size that I would go for 1080p is 24", 1080p on 27" is just too "pixelated" for me due to its low PPI value.

1440p packs almost the twice of the pixel counts of 1080p, this certainly brings more workspace to your desktop and most of the people will love it if they multitask a lot (side by side window viewing etc.), but yea, frame rates in games will be lower in this case if compare natively with 1080p

Not recommended to run 1080p on 1440p (or any downscale), the images will look blurry and spoil your gaming mood sometimes. Just turn down the settings like AA to none (1440p doesn't need too much AA TBH due to high pixel counts) to achieve better frame rates.

Checked, only managed to find 1080p under 1.5k, better stick with your current one since it is not really an upgrade (feel like wasting money ).

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 488
ASRock H110M-HDV - RM 245
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 225
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 206
Corsair VS450 - RM 162
Tecware F3 - RM 119

Total: RM 1445 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Cannot fit a dedicated GPU (even with Pentium G4400) so just use the iGPU of the i3 (HD 530) for Dota or Starcraft.

RRP for Dell S2417DG is RM 1949, GSync is expensive, need prepare around 2k for that (add more if going for ultrawide or IPS panel )

Yes due to lower bandwidth throughput on SATA 2 port, but it is still significant faster than normal HDD.

If you want fast response time then VA and IPS panel both are out of your choice already, TN is the only option left, BenQ GL2460HM and Dell SE2417HG both having similar response time (2ms).

No, it's about budget constraint, mATX/mITX can fit dedicated GPU just fine

If you plan to get a high end GPU in the future, please consider swapping the current selected PSU to a better one so you don't have to upgrade the PSU next time when you do the GPU upgrade.

Get the Corsair VS550/FSP Hexa+ 550W if you don't plan to fork out too much money for it, else you can go for a decent one priced > RM 350+.

Bear in mind that some CPU demanding games will require a more powerful CPU to fully unleash the performance of GTX1060, i3 will work fine (don't worry) but it might hold back the performance of the card in some games.

No

This one also not bad

It is the usual 1080p 60Hz IPS, 1.1k is quite expensive considering the new ViewSonic VX3209-2K only costs 1.2k with much larger screen size and 1440p

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Nov 18 2016, 03:41 PM

Non-gaming grade IPS type panel is always like this, my Dell U2417H is on 8ms response time, well I use it for gaming too sometimes, doesn't look too bad though, my eyes aren't that powerful enough to differentiate between 1ms and 8ms yet

It's the similar question again, response time and the respective panel type, no doubt that XB271HU is one of the most popular GSync monitors here thanks to its sleek design and IPS panel, S2716DG introduction price was very close to 3k initially before it got slashed to 2.6k now so XB271HU is a no brainer choice before this.

But yea if GSync is a must for you then you will have to ask yourself 2 questions, budget and panel type, if you aren't limited by the budget and would like to have a better color reproduction then XB271HU is the only choice (of course you can opt for the equivalent Asus PG279Q but that will cost you 4k). Bear in mind this is just a 1440p 16:9 GSync comparison, other resolutions and aspect ratio aren't included yet.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 862
MSI B150M Pro-VDH - RM 340
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 225
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1219
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB SSD - RM 196
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 206
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
Tecware Alpha - RM 229
BenQ GW2470H - RM 473
Logitech MK200 Wired Combo - RM 65

Total: RM 4003 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Nov 19 2016, 07:29 PM

Upgrading to GTX1080 but stick with a 1080p 60Hz monitor? It seems a bit overkill to me, better go for monitor upgrade to fully unleash the power of GTX1070.

Intel Core i5 6402P - RM 758
ASRock B150M-HDV - RM 283
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 225
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1219
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 206
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
Segotep Gank II - RM 179
BenQ GW2270H - RM 386
Logitech MK200 Wired Combo - RM 65

Total: RM 3509 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Nov 20 2016, 09:43 AM

Your budget can fit GTX1800, but if you want an overclockable CPU setup then you have to downgrade to GTX1070.

Intel Core i7 6700 - RM 1384
Gigabyte H170-HD3 (D4) - RM 446
Corsair 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 450
Palit GTX1080 8GB GDDR5X Gamerock - RM 2845
EVGA Supernova 650 GQ - RM 459
Segotep K7 Tempered Glass - RM 359

Total: RM 5943 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Intel Pentium G4400 - RM 237
ASRock H110M-HDV - RM 245
Corsair 4GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 127
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 206
CM Elite Power 350W - RM 126
Armageddon V1x - RM 79

Total: RM 1020 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

You can save money by going for casing + PSU combo, I am not sure about the price but it should be cheaper than getting them separately, then you can upgrade the RAM to 8GB.

You can do the same thing (get the casing + PSU combo) and get a 500GB HDD instead of 1TB HDD (500GB HDD will be slightly slower than 1TB due to lower RPM).

Quite a significant difference if you transfer a lot of data in between disk drives, you will be grateful how much time you have saved from a 7200 RPM drive

For > 2TB storage HDD, please get Seagate Barracuda instead of WD Blue (7200 vs 5400 at almost same price).

Best price/performance ratio rig, if you prefer to have SSD and not so picky on the graphics settings that you can run, then you can consider tweaking the build.

Intel Core i5 6402P - RM 758
ASRock B150M-HDV - RM 283
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 225
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1219
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 206
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
Segotep Gank II - RM 179
BenQ GW2270H - RM 386

Total: RM 3444 (ETech price inclusive of GST)