61mm is the clearance available, Noctua NH-L9i and Cryorig C7 both qualified for it.

One 4K monitor is already very hard to drive even with the latest Titan X Pascal (barely hit 60 FPS in most of the titles), and you want 3 to 6 (all 4K?)?!?!

That's a serious gaming showcase plan you got there

1. You can just stick with the stock CPU (Intel HSF) cooler since it is a non-overclockable CPU setup. If you want a 3rd party CPU cooler, something like CM Hyper 212X/Cryorig H7 (below RM 200) will do, make sure the CPU cooler height is within the available clearance value of the casing that you are going to get so it can fit inside nicely.

2. There is no i7 6600K (I assume it is a typo), i7 6700K is probably the one you are looking for, but in order to take advantage of the "K" model of i7 6700, you need a Z170 mobo to overclock it and yes, only Z170 chipset mobo (should be at least RM 550+ for entry level one) can overclock it, if you go for this path, then you confirm need to fork out extra money for a decent 3rd party CPU cooler because i7 6700K doesn't come with any stock cooler from Intel. There are 2 versions of i7 in Skylake, i7 6700 and i7 6700K, "K" means unlocked and is ready for overclocking. You can read more on CPU overclocking to understand more on its benefits and drawbacks online.

3. GSync is a luxurious proprietary technology from Nvidia and it is not cheap to get a monitor with GSync support, the cheapest one is Acer Predator XB241H priced at RM 1899 currently in our local market. It is not necessary to get a monitor with GSync, non-GSync compliance monitor will work fine with Nvidia GPU, what you don't get is the exclusive features of GSync, such as synchronized frame rate with monitor, low input lag and screen tearing. FYI FreeSync (the same offering from AMD side) is much cheaper and you can buy a FreeSync enabled monitor as low as RM 700 in Malaysia, but it is only compatible with AMD card (selected model).

4. Go for full size side window type casing or tempered glass model like Segotep K7 Tempered Glass then

Your Windows OS license key will be revoked, if you are using OEM key then you will need a new key (or call Microsoft for help or link your current key with your Microsoft account to be able to restore it), for retail key, you can just re-enter the key to activate on the new mobo.

By right, you are recommended to reinstall the OS, but both of the mobo (Asus Z170i Pro Gaming and Maximus VIII Impact) share almost the same components/functionalities and similar chipset, I think you will be able get away with it. Let's see how the OS deal with it

Nope, C7 fan is not "flippable" so pull config is not possible.

1080p (Full HD) monitor is a better choice instead of 4K in this case, this is because if we take three 1080p monitors as example, you will get a combined 5760 x 1080p ultrawide triple screen setup already, and this is an insane resolution to drive, you will probably need at least two GTX1080/Titan X Pascal running at SLI configuration to make the most of out it.

Budget wise, yours is ok, 20K (max) is still a healthy budget for this "crazy" setup

Mostly aesthetic and better heat dissipation (just slightly).

Example of metal backplate on a GPU, it looks much nicer right?



Intel Core i7 6700K - RM 1550
Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Aura - RM 772
Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 3200MHz RAM - RM 618
Asus GTX1080 8GB GDDR5 Strix (x 2) - RM 6418
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 315
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 205
EVGA Supernova 850 G2 - RM 659
Corsair Hydro H100i V2 - RM 561
Dell UltraSharp U2417H (x 3) - RM 2907

Total: RM 14005 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

I haven't go into "all-in" mode yet, Dell U2417H is chosen mainly because of its super slim bezel which is good for Nvidia surround setup (triple monitors setup), the downside is slower response time (6ms) and 60Hz (still a standard anyway). As for GPU, GTX1080Ti is coming very soon and should be packing with Titan X Pascal's performance at much cheaper price tag than Titan X Pascal (est. RM 4500).

According to Zotac website, yes it doesn't have backplate.

https://www.zotac.com/us/product/graphics_c...060-amp-edition

Budget range is a little bit "too huge", so I decided to go for 8k one.

Intel Core i7 6700K - RM 1550
ASRock Z170 Extreme 6 - RM 720
Corsair Vengeance LED 32GB (8GB x 4) DDR4 3200MHz RAM - RM 1236
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1219
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 315
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 205
EVGA Supernova 550 G2 - RM 459
Corsair Hydro H100i V2 - RM 561
Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass - RM 449
Dell S2316H - RM 1150

Total: RM 7864 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

You can reduce the total cost by going for non-overclockable CPU setup (can save up to RM 1000) and weaker GPU (mostly for CUDA hardware acceleration usage only).

Intel Core i7 6700 - RM 1399
Gigabyte H170-HD3 (D4) - RM 446
G.Skill Aegis 32GB (16GB x 2) DDR4 2133MHz RAM - RM 918
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1219
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 315
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 205
EVGA Supernova 550 G2 - RM 459
Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass - RM 449
Dell S2316H - RM 1150 <this monitor is using glossy screen type, you will need to change to other model if you want matte screen type>

Total: RM 6560 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Dec 2 2016, 04:18 PM

If it is a standard 120mm radiator then it should fit just fine.

Asetek is the OEM for few Corsair AIO liquid cooler and H55 is one of them so they share almost the same appearance

I have seen them in DotaTech (Ampang), Topmaid (Lowyat Plaza) and Lucro PC (Cyberjaya) before, need custom back-to-back order if I recall correctly, the price starts from 2k last time, probably not the same now since our currency is dropping non-stop since few weeks ago

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 906
Asus H110M-K - RM 253
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 229
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1219
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 205
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
Tecware F3 - RM 125

Total: RM 3125 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

If you want a new SSD, please top up your budget (or if you have HDD/SSD to re-use from your old PC, then you can remove the HDD from the build list and the total cost will be less than 3k).

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 497
ASRock H110M-HDV - RM 245
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 229
Gigabyte GTX1050Ti 4GB GDDR5 - RM 699
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 205
FSP Hexa+ 450W - RM 166
Tecware F3 - RM 125
BenQ GW2270 - RM 350
Logitech MK200 Wired Combo - RM 65

Total: RM 2581 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Yes you can, you can go for i5 6402P to save even more, i5 6400 and 6402P have lower core clock speed (2.7GHz and 2.8GHz) compared to i5 6500's 3.2GHz, a top up of RM 50+ grants you another 0.5GHz pump so the performance/price ratio is definitely there for us to pick it over the other i5 models.

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 497
Asus H110M-K - RM 253
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 229
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB SSD - RM 203
CM Elite Power 350W - RM 126
Tecware F3 - RM 125

Total: RM 1433 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Planning to run games on 4K UHD screen? If yes please get a better GPU like GTX1080, GTX1060 will crawl on 4K UHD resolution, upgrade the CPU to at least i5 too if possible.

The hardware above will cost you around 3k+/- (incl. Windows 10 Home OEM key).

Yes you can (with top up of course ), but you are strongly recommended to go for 8GB x 1 instead of 4GB x 2 for 8GB RAM because the mobo listed in the buidl list only got 2 RAM slots, meaning if you go 4GB x 2, you will have to sacrifice one of them if you want to add more RAM next time, or get a mobo with 4 RAM slots (this requires top up as well). And due to chipset limitation (H110/B150/H170/C232/C236), 2400MHz will be downclocked to 2133MHz automatically, so it is basically a value RAM speed but at a more expensive price tag.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 906
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 379
Corsair 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 458
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1219
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB SSD - RM 315
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 205
EVGA Supernova 550 G2 - RM 459
Tecware Alpha - RM 229
Acer R271 - RM 855
Logitech MK200 Wired Combo - RM 65

Total: RM 5090 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Haswell is long obsoleted and Skylake is the successor to 4th gen (Haswell) and 5th gen (Broadwell) Intel CPU, no doubt that i5 6400 will edge out the i5 4460 in most of the aspects. Although the core clock speed of i5 4460 is higher than i5 6400 but it just doesn't worth my money considering it is an aged 22nm CPU and only supports DDR3 RAM.

To pick 4th gen over 6th gen, you need a LGA1150 mobo, this is a bit hard to find now especially LGA1151 has become the main Intel CPU socket since one year ago. Haswell only supports DDR3 based RAM, so you will need to switch to DDR3 RAM if you go for this path, the price of DDR3 and DDR4 is almost identical, so spending money in obsoleted DDR3 just doesn't look worth to me at all.

GTX1070 yes, much faster than GTX1060, but still not fully qualified as a 4K UHD card yet (if you are ok with lower graphics settings then it will work fine).

Nowadays you can just shop online and get all the items delivered to your doorstep (delivery charges may apply).

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 498
Asus H110M-K - RM 253
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 229
Zotac GTX1050 2GB GDDR5 Mini - RM 589
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 205
FSP Hexa+ 450W - RM 166
Tecware F3 - RM 125

Total: RM 2065 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

I'll go for this.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 885
Asus B150M-A/M.2 - RM 415
G.Skill Aegis 8GB DDR4 2133Mhz RAM - RM 249
Gigabyte GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Windforce OC - RM 1329
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB SSD - RM 349
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 219
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 199
Sharkoon VG5-W - RM 199

Total: RM 3844 (Idealtech price inclusive of GST)

OS is not included (not sure if you need it or not).

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 498
Asus H110M-K - RM 253
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 229
Zotac GTX1050 2GB GDDR5 Mini - RM 589
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 205
FSP Hexa+ 450W - RM 166
Tecware F3 - RM 125
BenQ GW2270 - RM 350

Total: RM 2415 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Alright I removed the monitor and upgraded the CPU to i7 and GPU to GTX1070, have to drop the RAM to 8GB for now.

Intel Core i7 6700 - RM 1399
Gigabyte B150M-D3H (D4) - RM 379
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 229
Palit GTX1070 8GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1859
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB SSD - RM 315
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 205
EVGA Supernova 550 G2 - RM 459
Tecware Alpha - RM 229

Total: RM 5074 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 906
Asus H110M-K - RM 253
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 229
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1219
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB SSD - RM 315
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 205
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
Segotep Gank II - RM 179

Total: RM 3494 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

You got no choice due to budget restriction, top up your budget to get i5 is always a good idea to get real quad core CPU experience. And 450W is enough to power up the components listed above, and again due to budget restriction, I wasn't able to include a better PSU (high quality one) but the PSU chosen in the build list will work just fine though.

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Dec 6 2016, 08:43 AM

If you prefer AMD, please wait for their upcoming Zen CPU instead of spending your cash in those aged AMD CPU.

Intel Core i3 6098P - RM 475
Asus H110M-K - RM 253
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 229
Zotac GTX1050 2GB GDDR5 Mini - RM 589
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 205
FSP Hexa+ 450W - RM 166
Tecware F3 - RM 125

Total: RM 2042 (ETech price inclusive of GST)