Need to upgrade wife PC since she can claim I/Tax rebate for 24.5% upto 3000 this year...

Currently her CPU is i5-2500, GPU is HD5850 i think... i dont need a Monitor... using some Silver rated 650w Modular PSU (2 years old), also dont need keyboard, mouse, speakers

She mainly use for playing games...

So budget 3000max (tax tax)...

I grabbed some recommendation as below... usable for my needs ka? Wan a full big size system... not small tiny box

Intel Core i5 6400 - RM 798
ASRock H110M-ITX - RM 278
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 215
MSI GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 OC - RM 1129
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 215
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 188
CM Elite 110 - RM 178

This post has been edited by MeToo: Nov 9 2016, 05:43 PM

SPoken to the LHDN guys (when they called me in for some.... clarification) no monitor etc they dont care.. as long as its a Desktop PC, so I'm good to go without misc accessories.

She does MMO... and sometimes at Max setting in a PvP setting it might get a little heavy.

She do have a Samsung 850 SSD now... 120GB only though... maybe can upgrade this

She does want a big casing.. currently using the CM Enforcer... if casing too small put in the table looks very funny cause its a specific built table with slot

Does this mean the PSU can be re-used?

That clarification was to make sure to exclude tabs... previously tabs also can sneak in, that memo made it clear cannot. There is no mention of desktop PC MUST include monitor.

Dont want argue with you, you do what you believe to be true.

Any further discussion on this is not pertinent to the thread.

This post has been edited by MeToo: Nov 9 2016, 06:06 PM

Thanks for the tip! Especially the casings... those are real nice, will probably grab the Phanteks.

Though I notice the i5-6500 isnt too much an improvement over my current i5-2500 (like 10%)
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel...2500/3512vsm517

After poking around some stuff myself... I migth wanna go for the following..

Skylake i5-6600 (about 23% improvement over my current instead of 14% for 6500) - RM952
MSI GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 OC - RM 1129
MSI B150 Gaming M3 - RM552 (is this a good idea?, any improvement over the Gigabyte?)
Casing : Fractal Define R5 - RM469 (the PC will be in our bedroom..)
PSU : BE QUIET! STRAIGHT POWER 10 600W CM 80 PLUS GOLD - RM497

haiz.. as always cannot keep to budget...

As always, thank you for your thoughts

CPU : I canont bring myself to buy 6500 when the benchmark show so little imporvement over my current... so die die must see 20%+ improvement.. the price diff like 1.5 jug of beer la

Mobo : Good point on H170, I wont go Z170 cause I dont see myself overclocking or SLI. How about Gibabyte GA-H170-D3HP @ RM516? As for looking good... the casing doesnt have a see thru window... so is syiok sendiri saja hahaha

PSU : Hmmm didnt realise Straight Power 10 is 2nd tier, it was getting pretty decent reviews... i was going for a silent PSU.. cause those things really does contribute a lot of the noise coming from the PC.. will go back drawing board

Edit : Read there are some issues with SuperPower Leadex low hold up time? Maybe its model specific..

This post has been edited by MeToo: Nov 11 2016, 11:46 AM

Normal B150 all starts 500++ wor... unless go for B150M...

Been trying to struggle finding a decent quiet PSU...

The COrsair RM series are also Tier 2... the RMi series are Tier 1, but @ $660 for 750w

Edit 2 : My unit 650w enuf kan? Recommended PSU Wattage: 353 W

Edit : And no I dont dare to use the Seasonic fanless series... not with that casing...

This post has been edited by MeToo: Nov 11 2016, 03:53 PM

Oh ya bro how come u always recommend 8GB... enuf for gaming? tak payah 16GB ka?

Just some update

1. Seems MSI GTX 1060 OC sold out at a lot of place...

2. Lazada SIngapore have an offer going for Palit GTX 1070 for around RM1550

depends lor u wait for klaby lake there goes your chance to claim PC tax rebate this year, and yeah there is the FOREX factor.

B150 is generally more exp then B150M

This model confirm no stock a lot of place.

The cheapest was the MSI pointed out by bro st4Lk3rz but you gotta be really lucky to find stock.

An alternative you might try the Gigabyte same specs.. ETech was quoting 1220 ish

Ytd i went get my PC... a few items they already claiming prices will be hiked... so yeah... if u need to claim 2016 tax rebate... no point waiting...

Bro... the u2717d is RM2300 leh... thats why until now I havent upgrade my old samsung p2770h.... cannot see myself paying 2300 for a monitor when a 42" 4k smart TV is only goign for 3k ish...

If there is any decent buy for say under 1.5k then I would seriously consider lor...

When you start talking about art/photo and colour accuracy... time to stack on the $$$... a little improvement in those area equates to a huge increase in price...

Its like saying a Merc S600 is too big so must stick with a C200 even if its more expensive

Anyway, I agree for monitor due to its close proximity PPI might be more of a consideration then just 4K... I need to get 800mm depth just for the 27" monitor (also I like to rest my entire forearm on the table for comfort).

so i guess my pipe dream of upgrading my monitor remains that... especially with our awesome ringgit

SPot on for the RAM... I got the Avexir 16GB DDR4 2400mhz @ RM400 2 days ago... was RM389 last week...

ETech generally cheaper.

Also once you there u can nego for slight discount below their Lelong listed prices... but not much due to thin margin..