It's either GTX1060 6GB or RX480 8GB with that budget range.

GTX1060 performs better in DX11/OpenCL games (~95% of the titles in the market now).

RX480 performs better in DX12/Vulkan games (only few titles but it is increasing slowly).

Intel Core i5 7400 - RM 854
Gigabyte B250M-D3H - RM 419
G.SKill Aegis 8GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM - RM 280
Sapphire RX470 4GB GDDR5 Nitro+ - RM 998
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 219
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 195
Tecware Edge - RM 149
ViewSonic VA2419-SH IPS - RM 525

Total: RM 3909 (ETECH price inclusive of GST)

Optional upgrade:
1. 120GB/240GB SSD (You may downgrade the mobo/monitor to cater the cost of the SSD if you wish to have it in the build)
2. Logitech KB/Mouse combo (if you don't have one and not interested in "gaming" KB/mouse)

Intel Core i7 7700 - RM 1424
Gigabyte B250M-D3H - RM 419
G.SKill Aegis Aegis 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2400MHz RAM - RM 560
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1229
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 375
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 219
Superflower Leadex Silver 550W - RM 359
Tecware Edge - RM 149
ViewSonic VA2419-SH IPS - RM 525

Total: RM 5259 (ETECH price inclusive of GST)

To keep within your budget, you may do one of these (or more):
1. Downgrade the PSU
2. Downgrade the mobo
3. Get a 120GB SSD instead of 240GB
4. Downgrade to 8GB RAM

etc.

Intel Core i5 7400 - RM 854
MSI B250M Bazooka - RM 429
G.SKill Aegis 8GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM - RM 280
Sapphire RX470 4GB GDDR5 Nitro+ - RM 998
Intel 600P 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD - RM 448
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 219
Superflower Leadex Silver 550W - RM 359
Casing re-use

Total: RM 3587 (ETECH price inclusive of GST)

If you play other games too, especially triple A titles then you are recommended to focus more on GPU (dump the SSD idea and go for GTX1060 6GB or RX480 8GB) first.

RAM - 8GB is enough but will run of out memory in no time if you don't practice memory management at all, i.e. few Chrome/FF tabs can take away half of your available memory already, 16GB is recommended for this case (not mandatory though as Windows will remove inactive apps from the memory if it is not enough or use virtual memory).

PSU - I have no idea why they always push that PSU model to their customer, RM 349 for a non-modular and unknown internal component quality (barely got any review online), why take the risk? Superflower Leadex Silver is obviously a better choice here within the same price range. And yes I do recommend you to top up your budget a bit for a better PSU in this case.

If latency is on top of priority then ethernet connection is recommended, otherwise it is fine, if your router is 5GHz capable then you may consider getting the dual band model instead.

Good insight, but if it is played on a 60Hz monitor then it doesn't really matter since it is able to output 90+ FPS in average ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I see, I don't play WoW and I thought it is "quite" a lightweight game

Sentinel92 Time for new thread soon.

Techview posted the picture of BenQ Zowie XL2411 two weeks ago on their FB page, not sure if it is sold out or not, if you haven't asked them then you can try to PM them.

Check this out:

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4054489/all

No pivot support is a big let down for me

Watch Dogs 2 is very CPU demanding, you will experience inconsistent frame rates especially in city area or crowded area with i5, but your budget can only fit i5, unless you are willing to wait for AMD Ryzen 5 1400 (4C8T) $199 (or ~RM 1k) or top up your budget.

Focus on performance first before adding SSD and other fancy features/requirements like modular PSU, 16GB RAM etc, you may use the following build as the reference, it contains a good quality fully modular PSU but unfortunately I couldn't fit an SSD and 16GB RAM in the build, but they are easier to upgrade in the future as an "add-on" though.

Intel Core i5 7400 - RM 854
Gigabyte B250M-D3H - RM 419
G.SKill Aegis 8GB DDR4 2133MHz RAM - RM 280
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1229
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 219
Superflower Leadex Gold 550W - RM 429
Tecware Edge - RM 149

Total: RM 3579 (ETECH price inclusive of GST)

If you plan to save cost, you can actually go for previous generation chipset like H110/B150 (there is no B270, it is B250).

And which Pioneer SSD model is that? I checked the specs, it doesn't seem to amaze me too much in terms of sequential 4K read/write, go for other model if you can.

Will use Skylake CPU instead of Kaby Lake CPU in the below build to save cost (of course you can go for Kaby Lake or wait for the upcoming AMD Ryzen if you wish ).

Intel Core i5 6402P - RM 781
Asus H110M-K - RM 259
G.SKill Aegis 8GB DDR4 2133MHz RAM - RM 255
Zotac GTX1050Ti 4GB GDDR5 Mini - RM 729
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 219
FSP Hexa+ 450W - RM 169
Tecware F3 - RM 119

Total: RM 2531 (ETECH price inclusive of GST)

Add an SSD later when you have more funds to improve system responsiveness as well as system boot time.

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Feb 23 2017, 12:24 PM

Intel only supports 6 SATA 3 ports (from the PCH) even with the highest end Z270, it makes no difference to go for ATX mobo since you can also get 6 SATA ports on mATX (B150/B250, H110 is limited to 4) unless you purposely choose those mobo with custom onboard controller (which is usually found on those high end & expensive Z270 mobo only), it is not budget friendly at all in my opinion unless storage is the main requirement.

ViewSonic VA2419-SH, around RM 500.



Ultra setting at 1080p 60FPS?

Oh I see, couldn't find Pioneer branded SSD on their lelong online store, but Transcend, Kingston and Intel are sold by them, you may consider swapping the Pioneer to one of these.

Kingston UV400 (cheaper but slower in 4K read/write)/Transcend 370S (more expensive but faster than UV400).

Possible, you can downgrade the i5 to Pentium G4560 (similar to an i3's 2C4T at lower clock speed) and the GPU from GTX1050Ti to GTX1050, this can save you around RM 650+/-.

Dota 2 and CS:GO perform better and faster on a CPU with high single core clock speed, if your friend prefers to have a stable 60FPS, especially during heavy clash in Dota 2, try to get i3 7100 (but this costs twice the amount of a G4560 though )

Any monitor requirement? Or just a normal 1080p60 panel will do?

So do mATX, you still have spare slots for expansion card, unless you plan to install more expansion card than usual, then that's different story and purpose.

But I don't think this is one of the requirements though, it is not mentioned in the list.

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This post has been edited by terence_nwb: Feb 23 2017, 09:01 PM

Since PS is in the software list, I decided to go for a high end premium IPS monitor that comes with excellent sRGB (99%) and NTSC (72%) coverage.

Intel Core i7 7700 - RM 1424
Gigabyte H270-HD3 - RM 519
G.SKill Aegis 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2400MHz RAM - RM 560
Palit GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Dual - RM 1229 (If it is only for minor Lumion work then you can downgrade this GPU)
Intel 600P 240GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD - RM 448
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 219
Superflower Leadex Silver 550W - RM 359
Tecware Alpha - RM 219
Dell U2417H - RM 1019

Total: RM 5996 (ETECH price inclusive of GST)

Techview SS2, Jayacom/All IT in Digital Mall PJ etc.

I don't have Hikari85's latest price list so I will use one of the retailers in KV area as example.

Intel Core i7 7700 - RM 1424
Asus Prime B250M-A - RM 450
G.SKill Aegis 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2400MHz RAM - RM 560
FSP Hexa+ 450W - RM 169
Tecware Alpha - RM 219

Total: RM 2822 (ETECH price inclusive of GST)

Discrete GPU & SSD are not included, upgrade the PSU to a better one if you plan to get a powerful discrete GPU in the future, same goes to SSD, either downgrade the RAM to 8GB (not really recommended since you run so many applications at the same time) or top up your budget a bit for that.

The price of 500GB and 1TB HDD is damn close, not worth going for 500GB when you can get extra 500GB by paying a bit more only (~RM 20+/-).

Intel Pentium G4560 - RM 259
Asus H110M-K - RM 259
G.SKill Aegis 8GB DDR4 2133MHz RAM - RM 255
Zotac GTX1050 2GB GDDR5 Mini - RM 589
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 219
FSP Hexa+ 450W - RM 169
Tecware F3 - RM 119
TP-LINK TL-WN722N USB WiFi - RM 45

Total: RM 1914 (ETECH price inclusive of GST)

* BIOS update is required to run Kaby Lake CPU on H110 mobo.

G4560 is basically a Kaby Lake i3 with slightly slower clock speed as it comes with 2 core 4 threads (the highlight of the entire Kaby Lake CPU this time), you have to spend double to get i3 7100 for that 0.4GHz bump and better iGPU (HD630 vs HD610, but not useful in this case since you are going to get a discrete GPU anyway), no so budget friendly

You can try to use the pricelist from the popular retailers in Malaysia to get the total price.

Here is a reference list from ETECH.

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor RM 1107
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler RM 139
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard Phased out, replaced by Z270M Extreme4, RM 780
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory x2 RM 580
Storage: Western Digital Blue 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive RM 413
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive RM 219
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card RM 1480
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case RM 170
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply RM 459

The best would be looking for used card for that budget range because new low end GPU cost more than that, GTX750Ti around RM 500, GTX1050 around RM 600 etc.

Used GTX750Ti should be around RM 300 now (depends on item condition, warranty status etc.)

For AMD side, you may consider HD6950/HD7790/R7 260X, they are having similar performance with GTX750Ti, HD6950 is older than HD7790 and R7 260X is the rebranded version of previous card.