Mid and lower end AMD Ryzen is scheduled to be released next month, so this build is still based on Intel CPU and they are many possible builds for your budget, you didn't list out which games you are going to play so I'll just use a dual core i3 as reference, you may ditch the SSD and upgrade to i5 or even GTX1060 if you prefer to get something that is able to improve your gaming experience.

Intel Core i3 7100 - RM 522
ASRock H110M-HDV - RM 260
G.SKill Aegis 8GB DDR4 2133MHz RAM - RM 255
Zotac GTX1050Ti 4GB GDDR5 Mini - RM 729
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB SSD - RM 234
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 219
FSP Hexa+ 450W - RM 169
Tecware F3 - RM 119

Total: RM 2507 (ETECH price inclusive of GST)

You don't need GTX1060 for 1080p Dota 2, GTX1050(or Ti) is more than enough to give you 60 FPS max settings in games (provided CPU is not the bottleneck). BTW, the performance of GTX1050Ti is quite similar to GTX580, no need to upgrade if it is still working (the problem is the GPU right?).

VGA is using analog signal and new GPU models ditched VGA since long time ago and switched to digital signal to provide a better display output quality. If you want to save money then you can just get an adapter, not necessary need to repair it since VGA is still able to output 1080p60 fairly well.

Future i5? We aren't sure if Intel is going to re-use LGA1151 socket for their 8th gen CPU yet so this is hard to guarantee but rest assured it would be compatible with current gen i5 (6th and 7th).

Intel Pentium G4560 - RM 244
Asus H110M-D - RM 279
G.SKill Aegis 8GB DDR4 2133MHz RAM - RM 255
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD - RM 219
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 195
Tecware Edge - RM 149

Total: RM 1341 (ETECH price inclusive of GST)

[Budget] 7k

[Purpose] Gaming

[Hardwares that will be re-use] None

[Monitor resolution] 1080

[Games & softwares that use frequently] AAA titles

[Personal preferences] Don't intend to overclock. 2 TB hard disk at least. GPU minimum 1060.

[Location] KL

Wondering if this is a good period to buy, or should wait a month or so for better bang for buck based on new releases?

This post has been edited by statikinetic: Mar 22 2017, 02:27 PM

[Budget] 600

[Purpose] Extended monitor

[Hardwares that will be re-use]
CPU: Intel Core i5-6400
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
SSD: Adata 240GB SP500 Premier Pro
HDD: WD 3.5" 1TB Caviar Blue
RAM: Corsair Value Select DDR4 2132 8GB
MBD: Gigabyte H110M-DS2-CF
PSU: FSP Hexa+ 550W 80 Plus
Monitor: 22 Inch LED (details...)
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Chroma v2
Mouse: DeathAdder Elite Chroma

[Games & softwares that use frequently] AAA titles

[Personal preferences] The extended monitor can be several inch smaller or wider. My purpose is one monitor for gaming, another for movies and web browsing.

[Location] KL

Side note, need pro advice on my build. Anything seems wrong? Except the fact that my GPU is single fan from ZOTAC which I bought off at RM950

This post has been edited by chubbyqq: Mar 22 2017, 02:10 PM

CPU - Intel i5-7600 RM1002
MOBO - ASUS ROG STRIX H270F GAMING RM689
RAM - GSkill 2800C15 RIPJAWS V 2x8GB RM583
SSD - Samsung 850 EVO 120GB RM286
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 2TB RM313
GPU - ASUS GTX1070 8G D5 OC STRIX GAMING RM2649
PSU - Superflower Leader Silver 550W RM359
Case - Tecware Edge RM169

Total - RM6050 based on C-Zone prices

EDIT : Not sure what type of 1080p monitor you prefer but I listed 24" gaming monitors:
ACER XF240H -144Hz RM1199
BenQ XL2411Z -144Hz RM1199


This post has been edited by richard912: Mar 22 2017, 02:36 PM

Your build looks okay. Note however that your existing 22" Samsung monitor don't have DVI nor HDMI input. You want to maintain this as your primary? For RM600, your choice will just be main stream 60Hz monitors eg ACER 24" KA241 (RM599). Since your existing Samsung is a 22", you could consider ACER 21.5" KA221Q (RM499). Note that both have DVI and HDMI inputs

i7 7700 - 1449
Kingston 8GB DDR4 2400 - 279 x2
MSI H270M-BAZOOKA - 514
Seagate 2TB - 319
Samsung EVO 850 250GB - 479
MSI GTX 1070 ARMOR OC - 2049
FSP HEXA 550W - 199

Total (without Casing and Monitor) : 5567
Price quote from Viewnet.

Since this is not OC setup, budget PSU will do the work fine. You can change to other PSU that other suggested if u prefer others than this FSP.

My existing samsung monitor has been following me since 4 years back, I will put this as secondary, other brands or models that you can recommend? Why only acer?

Side note, not sure how to extend monitor with desktop. It is easy with laptop but I never tried with desktop. Need some reference/guidance

Hi, not sure is it the right place to ask,
bought a laptop with i3-6100U with 4gb ram,
would like to swap out its 500gb 5400rpm with a ssd,
any suggestion which brand/model to buy in terms of price/performance,
prolly a 120gb or 240gb variant

How about these?

Core i7-7700 - 1352
Gigabyte B250M-D3H - 449
Corsair 8GB DDR4-2133 x2 - 520
MSI GTX 1080 8GB DDR5X Armor OC - 2650
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB SSD - 286
Seagate 2TB - 313
Super Flower Leadex Gold 650W - 479
Corsair Spec (pick your model) case - 299
Acer R241Y 23.8" monitor (from Viewnet) - 639

RM6987 total (mostly C-Zone prices)

i5 bottlenecks GTX 1070.

I tend to have a bias towards Samsung 850 EVO SSD

Thank you sifus on the recommendations!

thanks alot for the suggestion
i prefer to play games such as fallout 4, gta v
may i know if dual core cpu is sufficient for these games, or shoud i get the i5?

Those games you mentioned do take advantage of the extra cores, so yea i5 will give you a more stable frame rate and gaming experience.

thanks for the advice
maybe i'll reuse my 1tb hdd from my old pc to save some budget for the i5
then i5 7400 should be ok rite?
do i need to change the psu and mobo that u suggested earlier to cater for the cpu?

Try Viewsonic VA2419-sh, RM499 from Viewnet.

It's 24 inch 1080p IPS panel monitor.

The earlier suggested mobos are all socket 1151 so, no need to change.

I came across an AMD A10 7850k and FM2A88X+ Killer selling for RM500. Since my GPU is not working, I was thinking of buying this as a replacement. Is the price and performance any good? I may consider buying the R9 380X tomorrow to combo with this APU. Will the APU iGPU increase the FPS of external GPU? Will there be huge bottlenecks? Sorry, I do not understand much about APU.

By the way, if I were to sell all my old hardwares except for HDD and RAM, how much do you think I should price them? The issues with the hardwares are stated above. Thank you in advance.

This post has been edited by piggy2008: Mar 23 2017, 10:28 AM

You can estimate potential bottleneck using this online tool. On pricing of your stuff, research in Garage Sale section to get some ideas

APU of iGPU will not increase the FPS of dedicated GPU unless you go for the hybrid crossfire which is only available on few selected low end R7 series GPU, the performance after crossfire might not be able to beat a R9 380X after all so just forget about this.

For RM 500, you better go with new G4560 + H110 mobo (cost the same) or used i3 or even i5 which all of them roll over the performance of the aged A10 7850K.

Thanks for your suggestion!

I've did some searching but could not find people selling similar hardware such as mine so I could not determine the price. Could anyone provide a rough estimate or guess of how much I should price my old hardwares.

This post has been edited by piggy2008: Mar 23 2017, 12:03 PM