Your WiFi router is capable of 5GHz or not? If yes then getting a 5GHz dual band adapter will greatly improve the connection.

Still good, no worries!

Yes that's a dual band adapter, overkill if your router is only single band (2.4GHz).

What I can say is it is a decent entry level mobo.

V550 indicates fully modular unit, VS is the semi modular unit unless they have typo on their price list.

For workstation rig, Ryzen is more preferred thanks to its higher core count.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 - RM 1039
Asus Prime A320M-K - RM 303
G.SKill Aegis 16GB (8GB x 2) DDR4 2400MHz RAM - RM 570
Palit GTX1050 2GB GDDR5 StormX - RM 565
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 219
FSP Hexa+ 450W - RM 185
Tecware Edge - RM 149

Total: RM 3030 (ETECH price inclusive of GST)

Included a discrete GPU so you can enable CUDA in AutoCAD as hardware accelerator.

You might face some CPU bottleneck issues if you pair it with high end GPU in those CPU demanding titles, try to look for used i7 3770 and grab RX580 8GB/GTX1060 6GB, should be able for you to run latest titles at decent FPS with max settings

Fixed for you

Intel Core i5 7400 - RM 853
Gigabyte H110M-DS2 - RM 279
Corsair 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Value RAM - RM 279
Zotac GTX1050 2GB GDDR5 Mini - RM 579
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 219
Corsair VS450 - RM 190
Tecware F3 - RM 119
Dell S2318H IPS - RM 699

Total: RM 3217 (Techview PJ price inclusive of GST)

Yep you can

Bear in mind that this mobo comes with 2 RAM slots only, if you plan to add more in the future, please get 1 x 16GB now or swap to a 4 slots one.

Yup, cheapest one is around RM 400.

Superflower Leadex Gold/Corsair V series (or VS for semi modular unit) etc, they aren't cheap FYI.

If you aren't satisfied with the performance of your current 980Ti and got plenty of budget then why not

But if I were you, I might just wait for Volta instead, Pascal is 1 year old already this month, successor is coming soon

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/blog/2012/aug...e-benefit-to-me

Load the link and scroll to the bottom part for the table, the difference isn't too much actually.

Nvidia just announced Tesla V100 (based on Volta architecture) few days ago at their technology conference, consumer grade (GTX) card should be around the corner, be patient

The RAM model listed by you is supported by Ryzen (certified by Corsair) but some people complained on Reddit that they failed to keep it running on 3000MHz, have to downclock to 2666MHz for total stability.

And about the PSU, Silver unit is under tier 2 while the Gold unit is under tier 1, if you can fork out the extra RM 100 then why not right

If budget is a concern then the Silver unit will work fine too, but due to stock shortage of Superflower PSU, you might be forced to get other brands.

So far only high end ATX Z270 and mITX Z270 come with WiFi card and yes, they do come with Bluetooth connectivity (mostly 4.2 and above) and dual band WiFi support.

Just get a cheap 2.4GHz TP-LINK WiFi adapter if you are using normal 2.4GHz router and would like to save money.

That's front panel USB port, don't forget you still have rear USB port from your mobo, if your mobo comes with 4 rear USB ports then you will have 8 USB ports in total.

CPU bottleneck is likely to happen in those CPU demanding titles. I would suggest you to dump the SSD idea and opt for a better CPU initially, only add an SSD when you have more funds later, it is always easier to add new stuff rather than upgrading the whole CPU platform (since you need to find a place to sell your existing CPU when you conduct the upgrade).

Just upgrade (to what you stated), no need to build again, not worth the money.

No problem with the new setup (I assume you can top up your budget since the total cost of your initial build is around 3k only).

Got budget and can spend so much in one time? Go for it

Got budget but don't want to cash out so much? Ask for installment plan, if got then you can consider this step

No budget? Stick with the initial plan

Superflower Leadex Gold (seems to be OOS too for most of the retail shops), CM V series (not VS), Corsair RM series etc.

If you go for Ryzen path, you will need to get a super low end GPU for display because it doesn't have any integrated GPU, even the basic one, this will increase the total cost and over your budget (cheapest Ryzen 5 1400 + cheapest A320 mobo + cheapest GT710 = RM 100+ more than Intel build).

Intel Core i5 7400 - RM 773
Gigabyte B250M-D3H - RM 419
G.SKill Aegis 8GB DDR4 2133MHz RAM - RM 275
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 219
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 210
Tecware Edge - RM 149
Dell S2218H IPS - RM 589

Total: RM 2634 (ETECH price inclusive of GST)

Included an entry level 550W PSU so you can upgrade your GPU in the future without having to upgrade the PSU as well.

This post has been edited by terence_nwb: May 17 2017, 08:17 PM

You may go for something like this.

AMD Ryzen 5 1400 - RM 819
ASRock AB350M Pro4 - RM 399
G.SKill Aegis 8GB DDR4 2133MHz RAM - RM 275
Palit GT710 1GB DDR3 - RM 150
WD Blue 1TB HDD - RM 219
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 210
Tecware Edge - RM 149
Dell S2218H IPS - RM 589

Total: RM 2810 (ETECH price inclusive of GST)

I don't see any reason to upgrade from i5 with your usage pattern, i5 is more than enough to serve you at the moment, if the pattern doesn't change, it can last you for many years, those are light weight tasks.