Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 865
Gigabyte H170-HD3 (D4) - RM 446
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 171
Palit GTX1070 8GB GDDR5 Jetstream - RM 1848
Tecware Alpha - RM 199

Total: RM 3529 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

Sell off your old parts (CPU, mobo and RAM) at Garage Sales section and add the funds into your budget.

You might be able to find some cheap GTX1070 with discount code/voucher on Lazada/GemFive, have a search and look before making the final decision.

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 469
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 299
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 189
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 199
CM Elite Power 350W - RM 129
Chassis of your own choice ~ RM 100
Windows 10 Home OEM - RM 349
MS Office Home & Students 2016 - RM 419

Total: RM 2153 (Viewnet price inclusive of GST)

There are many ways to reduce the cost:

1. Get Pentium G4400 (with iGPU of HD510) if you workload is light.
2. Search for cheaper OS and MS Office key in Garage Sales section
3. Get cheap chassis with PSU included (be careful of cap ayam PSU though)

You can adjust the build if you need more memory or storage drive, the iGPU (HD530) of the i3 6100 can run Dota 2 at decent frame rate on a 1080p screen FYI.

[B][Budget] Rm1000

[Purpose] WoW,Dota2 (medium gfx setting), Nox (android player to run Marvel Future Fight)

[Hardwares that will be re-use] everything except mainboard, ram, cpu

[Monitor resolution] re-use existing

[Games & softwares that use frequently] as per Purpose above

[Personal preferences] nil

[Location] KL/Old Klang Road


Thanks in advance. My mb,ram,cpu is dinosaur age version. gfx card still can run above mentioned games at medium setting. just that one of the ram is kaput.

This post has been edited by alcali: Oct 23 2016, 10:35 PM

Any idea how much my old parts can go for?

Intel Core i3 6100 - RM 469
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 (D4) - RM 299
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 189

Total: RM 957 (Viewnet price inclusive of GST)

Depends on the item condition, if they are still in good condition then you can put on sales for ~RM 500 (more or less).

Hi guys im very new to this and would apprieciate any info and recommandation

[Budget] Around 4k maybe 4.5k at most

[Purpose] Mainly real Hardcore high graphics gaming (gtaV, witcher 3, fifa 16, etc)
Of course other stuff like browsing, movies, and some presentations.

[Hardwares that will be re-use] Monitor keyboards mouse? May get new ones though(Not included in budget)

[Monitor resolution] 1080p basic monitors

[Games & softwares that use frequently] Gta V. Fifa 16. Other high graphic games

[Personal preference] Looking for graphics setup that will be able to support high end games for at least the next five or six years if possible.
Also looking for ones that does not heat up easily and runs cool.

[Location] KL

Real newbie here, so ill take any advice. Thanks in advance

The best combination for your budget would be i5 + GTX1070, but the i5 may struggle a bit in GTA V, especially in city area where population/traffic density is high, causing massive CPU load and potentially some FPS drops throughout the gameplay, not really a problem if you are willing to tune down the settings a bit (those CPU demanding one). This applies to other CPU demanding titles as well.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 865
Gigabyte H170-HD3 (D4) - RM 446
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 171
Palit GTX1070 8GB GDDR5 Super Jetstream - RM 1988
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB SSD - RM 487
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
Superflower Leadex Silver 550W - RM 339
Tecware Alpha - RM 199

Total: RM 4504 (ETech price inclusive of GST)

To keep below 4k, you can:
1. Downgrade to mATX mobo
2. Downgrade to GTX1060 6GB/RX480 8GB (around 60% of the performance of GTX1070)
3. Remove the SSD for now
4. Downgrade the PSU

Hi,

I was thinking to upgrade my old so called gaming rig. Current setup as per below:

Intel® Core™ i3-2100
MSI H61M-P35 (B3)
MSI NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 750 Ti (N750 TI-2GD5T/OCV2)
Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB 1600MHz DDR3
Kingston HyperX FURY 4GB 1600MHz DDR3
FSP HEXA+ 550W 80 Plus
Western Digital Blue 1TB
Western Digital Blue 500GB
Samsung S22B300H 21.5" LED Monitor
BitFenix Nova Windowed
Keyboard, Mouse, & Speaker

I do have some disposable income for the upgrade, budget around RM500-RM750 but cheaper is better so I can spent on something else. I might sell some of these item to top up my budget. Other item I don't think need to change. Price is based on my assumption after some survey on Garage Sales:

Intel® Core™ i3-2100 - RM200
MSI H61M-P35 (B3) - RM75
MSI NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 750 Ti (N750 TI-2GD5T/OCV2) - RM450
Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 - RM150
Kingston HyperX FURY 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 - RM80

My initial idea is to sell my GTX750Ti and get GTX1050Ti + SSD. But it might get bottleneck somewhere due to my old processor. I'm aware that both my RAM running on 1333MHz, I bought it before I know about computer and stuff. I spent most of the time using this rig to play Dota 2 & CSGO. Also I play PES & FIFA on regular basis. Sometimes playing new release game title like GTAV, COD with lowest setting possible. Kindly suggest me what should I upgrade with that kind of budget.

New GTX750Ti is just around RM 500+, it might drop further with the arrival of new GTX1050/GTX1050Ti, so I assume all of the items listed by you can get you an extra of RM 850.

By adding RM 850 to your existing budget, it would become RM 1600 (with your initial max available budget), this can get you the following.

Intel Core i3 6100 ~ RM 480
Cheap H110 mATX mobo ~ RM 250
8GB DDR4 RAM ~ RM 200
GTX1050 ~ RM 650 (estimation)

Price of GTX1050/GTX1050Ti is unknown yet, I don't put my hope too high for a good introduction price for these 2 cards due to many reasons (you know it ), so I estimate the non-Ti 1050 will cost at least RM 650.

I saw Palit GTX1050Ti for USD160. You are right, I put so much hope. Forgot our conversion rate no longer ~3.0

Thanks for the suggestions, i have a few questions though:
1. Where is ETech? I have checked the price at Czone and sri computers at Lowyat but the prices seems to be quite higher.
2. Is it better to opt for i5 with gtx 1070 or i7 with gtx 1060?
3. Is there a noticable difference between the gtx1060 6gb and the rx480 8gb? (Price diff aside) Does the extra memory come in handy? I heard that the Amd chips age better, is this true?
4. Is it recommanded to go for the asus B150M over the gigabyte H170?

Thankss

To answer your (1) ETech

Remember to x5 instead of x3, you can use x4.5 too but that's normally won't be the final price here

1. ETech is located in Kepong, you can find their Lelong store here or visit their physical store in Kepong.

2. i5 + GTX1070 yields more frame rates than i7 + GTX1060 in most of the cases (provided CPU is not bottlenecking).

3. GTX1060 outperforms RX480 in DX11 games (most of them now) while RX480 excels in DX12/Vulkan titles (only few currently and will become mainstream in few years time). This little "rule" doesn't apply to all games, some games tend to favor either one of the camps and have one sided performance on it regardless of the graphics API used (DX11/DX12/Vulkan/OpenGL etc). More VRAM is certainly better, but 6GB is enough for 1080p for now, about the age (I assume you are referring to lifespan?), it is very hard to have a chipset failed on you, but artifact is something that is very hard to avoid (depends on your luck).

4. H170 > B150, I am pretty sure that Asus B150 will be more expensive than Gigabyte H170 due to brand name difference, unless you need the specific features of that mobo (or aesthetic purpose), I wouldn't recommend you to go for it.

Ok, my finalized build. Should be ok right?

CPU: i7 6700K
Cooling: Artic Cooling Liquid Freezer 120
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A
Ram: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 8GBx2 2666Mhz
GPU: TBC after GTX1050 released
PSU: EVGA SuperNova G2 650W
Casing: Segotep EOS

Good looking build, but I would rather...suggest a gtx1060 to suit the overall performance? Most likely if gtx1050(ti) reaches malaysia the price would be around 800-1200 (and non-ti vers would be around 600-800 i think). Top up a few hundreds more and you'll get gtx1060.

This post has been edited by lolzcalvin: Oct 24 2016, 06:30 PM

I was looking at 1060 before this till my gomen rejected that hence I need to opt for cheaper options

Thank you very much for the advice

What i mean by 'age' is sort of like smartphones, where they perform very well at first but sort of slow down or lag with time and continued usage.

Anyone please suggest me gaming rig, budget below RM3k. Please maxed out the system.

Game that I play : GTA 5, Witcher 3, Blade and Soul and GUild wars 2

I want

Cpu : i5
Ram: 8Gb ram
Graphic : Gtx 1060 3gb

This post has been edited by ayaizafri: Oct 24 2016, 10:34 PM

Main purpose/usage isn't gaming right? I tried to look for the previous posts and couldn't find any info regarding the purpose provided by you

Technology is evolving rapidly and it is very hard to cope with latest requirements, I am not aware of either camp in getting a lengthier age than the other.

But what you get from AMD GPU is a better DX12/Vulkan performance (from what we can see now), but things might change in the future when Nvidia starts to pump in some of their secret recipes in optimizing their driver for better DX12/Vulkan performance, just like what they have in DX11/OpenGL era currently.

Intel Core i5 6500 - RM 865
ASRock H110M-HDV - RM 245
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 198
Zotac GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Mini - RM 1169
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 209
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
Tecware F3 - RM 125

Total: RM 2999 (ETech price inclusive of GST)