Hi guys,

I'm planning to build a new PC, my current one of 10 years just died (PSU blew) and I thought of getting something new. The only thing that I will reuse is my casing. I will not be playing any games at all, but just using it for light photo editing / video editing. I may start playing game in the future, but when that happens I would just pop in a graphics card so it's good to have something that's future proof where it can accommodate me plugging in a graphics card.

The motherboard must have a display port as I'm connecting it to my 2 x 2k resolution monitors via Displayport MST.

CPU - Core i5 13400  - RM1049
Mobo - TUF B660M-Plus Gaming Wifi D5 - RM959
RAM - XPG Lancer 5200 32GB - RM699
NVME - Kingston Renegade 1TB - RM399
PSU - FSP HV Pro 550W RM249

Just wondering if you guys have any inputs on this.

Thank you!

DDR5 is the future no doubt but right now it is a very expensive future. IMHO its still very early and will take more years to reach price/performance parity with DDR4.

ATM cheapest 5200 DDR5 kits still has 70-90% premium over similar cheapest 3200 DDR4 kits at same size 32GB. Whats galling is except for bandwith intensive apps, others like gaming sees no significant difference in real world performance. A fast DDR4 kit with low latency priced the same as standard DDR5 will actually perform better in such situations so low end DDR5 sux.

To really leverage on this new tech you need to go up and that means 6000+ and above speeds (for intel), this way it will start to outpace fastest DDR4 performance and if you want to add more RAM in future, lets say a 7000MHZ kit would have be affordable in 3 years time, then ur current 6000+ RAM wont badly hamper ur new ones unlike if you use those new with bog slow 5200 sticks.

Right now with Intel 12/13/14 gen one still have a cheaper path to new hardware.

Ah, seems like no one is recommending DDR5 yet. Still not ready for mainstream adoption from a price/performance perspective? Oh, i forgot to mention, I'm less into gaming but would prefer some 'blinks' ie ARGB mobo and ARGB DDR sticks 

Try consider getting a b660 to cut cost. No difference to b760 since ure using ddr4. Can save more

Ah there's always ppl who are reluctant to make the jump.
Citing cost this and that.
As I said earlier, if u can afford it, just buy and use it.
What's the issue with that ?
Price/performance is not an argument for an enthusiast and hobbyist.
I remember paying 2k+ for a pair of trident z5 when launched. No regrets in that.
It's ready for mass adoption as prices have dropped a lot
D4 is at life end. Another 1+ year and the next Intel platform will be wholly D5 based. 
So it boils down to the individual user. Do not be deterred by some who discouraged users from D5.
The reason why u see lots D4 builds here due to budget constraints.
If u want an acceptable build/rig with quality components, just save up and buy it. There's no need to whinging all the way about rm currency which is counter productive.

Hello everyone.
Refer to this post: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=5387187&hl=

I am currently looking for a good B550 mobo/motherboard for a Ryzen 9 5900X, while doing RMA for the current X570 mobo.

Of all the following, which is the best option? (I don't do overclocking)
1) MSI B550 Gaming Gen 3.
2) MSI Mag B550 Tomahawk Max Wi Fi
3) MSI B550 Mortar Max Wi Fi
4) Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite Gaming
5) Asus Tuf Gaming B550M Plus Wi Fi II
6) Asus Prime B550M-A

I7 12700 RM1469
B66m msi a WiFi D4 rm659
32gb 3600mhz Kingston fury beast black RM409
2tb pny cs3030 gen 3x4 nvme RM 479
1st player steampunk 850 gold rm399
Azza hive 450m rm259
Thermalright pa120 se rm159

Long time no quote 3600mhz de...XD

this build is picked from the pricelist of the same computer shop with the similar spec recommended here ><''
heard that if dont pick all the parts from the same shop will kena hoot
then I change to Crucial P5 Plus M.2 NVMe?
wow Asus RX 6750 XT has better performance than GTX 3060 Ti
sorry noob question, this GPU got any compatibility concern on mobo or processor?

RT is pointless with crappy VRAM. You need better than that to do proper RT anyway.

sobs they dont have PA120 in their brochure.. so I pick among the cheapest in their list..

maybe I buy PA120 somewhere else and let them assemble hope they wont hoot me ><''

Dun say like tat.. lowyat price anyhow oso better than some cut throat shop in ulu place . I7 4th gen laptop can sell u rm1k..n put a green moon flag in front their shop..

Yah I bought PA120 black RM165 liao.. will give them to install and tell them from nearby shop hehehe thanks ya

ah PSU not 750 enough? seeing shopee currently selling RM519 only

https://shopee.com.my/CORSAIR-RM750E-(750W)...462.18667494226

but somehow Lazada selling RM455??
https://www.lazada.com.my/products/psu-cors...3398569970.html

for the mobo, u are referring this one?
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/PRO-B760M-A-WIFI-DDR4

hikvision.. CCTV taikor.. higher tdw than kingston.. tried.. speed oso not bad

I thought DDR5 motherboard quite expensive? Saw few Asus DDR5 motherboard, nearly all of them selling RM 1k and above
2TB SSD seems overkill
How about Kingston Fury renegade ssd?

Btw the RAM is CL 40?

Do you have any other casing to recommend?
No DDR4 for me
And RM850E seems overkill
Although I had no idea whether I will change GPU or not

You can stuff ODD on Fractal Pop Air.

> Good Mobo and PSU (as I plan to upgrade to better RAM / CPU / GPU in future, so hopefully can have those which is compatible with future hardware, IF possible)
> 16GB ram. DDR4 is okay as long as the Mobo can support switching to DDR5 in future when it gets cheaper
> Prefer to have mini-itx casing, something like kxrors s300, as i got very limited desk space
> CPU have iGPU if possible, intel or ryzen both are fine
> Budget can top up more if 4.5k max is too unrealistic, sorry didnt follow PC rig thread for few years so don't know the market rate now

[Location] : KL / Selangor

No idea the vrm stuff

How to reuse the windows 10 key? that key haven't been use previously
Just want to know can I don't install windows 10 and straight install windows 11 and activate it using windows 10 key

Thanks for the reply. Sorry for the weird request, as I'm totally new to PC rig world, so got no idea of those issue you mentioned.

My main concern is the limited space I have for the rig, so preferably small form factor.

So let say if I tweak my requirement to be small form factor, NO overclocking, DDR4 ram 32gb (16gb ram is fine also), a decent PSU which won't fry up the PC part, a decent mobo (if able to upgrade i5 to i7 in future is a plus, or any Ryzen counterpart etc), will that still be possible?
I also won't be going for any top tier GPU in the future as well like rtx4080 etc, at most is upgrading to budget range (also understand that there is no guaranteed future proof, as the new component spec may change so mobo cant fit).

I guess I'll have to google up to read some PC building knowledge also to pick up on those core knowledge so I can get a better hang of thing like what is possible what is not.

Do you have any article or place I can start with?

Thanks

Bro it's width 232mm

Unless I put the casing on floor with cpu stand then I got lot of choice