The A-BNL PSU is a worse version of the A-BN

Get the normal A-BN instead:
https://shopee.com.my/MSI-MAG-A650BN-650-Wa...01-04941f5b4ef9

250GB drive is barely useable considering most titles can go 100+ GB these days

hustlerism It's actually possible to do a gaming machine under 2.5K, but expect quite a bit of cuts:

i3 12100F - RM334
MSI H610M-E - RM258
2x8GB DDR4 3200 - RM224
Adata Legend 900 512GB - RM155 (DRAMless, but has HMB which uses your PC's memory as a DRAM)
ASRock Intel ARC B580 Challenger 12GB - RM1194
MSI A650BN - RM190
Montech Air 100 Lite - RM143

Total: RM2498

Tip: take advantage of the Shopee/Lazada 11.11 sales for bigger discount

Swap CPU and board for a Ryzen 5500 and Gigabyte A520M-K V2 for RM254 and RM184 respectively if you want to get closer to the original RM2K mark

For that build, it'll cost you around RM2344, and those are new parts

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Nov 9 2025, 09:00 AM

You only got half the story
Heres a podcast telling the whole saga and how AMD did 180 degrees turn, and even then the main question of what RDNA2 being in Maintenance mode means in future when the noise has died down

Processor: INTEL Core Ultra 5 225F
GPU: NVIDIA Geforce RTX5070 TI 16G (Gigabyte/MSI)
Cooler: FREE JONSBO CR-1000 MAX ARGB
Motherboard: MSI H810M GAMING WIFI6E
RAM: GSKILL Ripjaws S5 16gb DDR5 6000Mhz CL36
SSD: T-FORCE G50 512GB GEN4 SSD ( 5 Year Warranty)
Power Supply: CORSAIR CX750 (80+ Bronze) ( 5 Year Warranty)
Casing: ANTEC AX85 ARGB (3x ARGB Fan)

Base Specs Subtotal Price: RM5699

*FINAL TOTAL PRICE: RM5699.00*

Is this spec good, still can get cheaper than this? prefer nvidia due to CUDA

I'm not going to reply much, as TristanX already has reiterated many times

Usage?

RM5.7K and a H810 board with low quality PSU?
16GB is hardly enough for a gaming build these days (probably single channel)

Arrow Lake isn't exactly a good performer in gaming, but I presume you also want it for productivity?

Hmm, i need 24/7 hours running GPU calculations.
RAM is ok for me but the board and PSU is bad?
enough tahan 24/7 hours full run?

What workloads?

H810 is a bargain bin tier chipset, won't recommend it for a high end build, and the PSU is a double forward + DC-DC unit which is fine for an entry level machine, but not something like a 5070 Ti
If you can afford a 5070 Ti you certainly can get much better PSUs than that
Does your workload rely on more GPU memory?

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Nov 9 2025, 08:19 PM

mining. is this worth to upgrade? not rely on GPU RAM

ANTEC GSK750 GB (ATX 3.1)

(+RM109.00)
(80+ Gold / Full Modular) 7 Year Warranty

7 Year Warranty
ANTEC GSK850 GB (ATX 3.1)

(+RM259.00)
(80+ Gold / Full Modular) 7 Year Warranty


ANTEC NE1300G M (ATX 3.0)
(+RM399.00)
10 Year Warranty

This post has been edited by Invulnerability: Nov 9 2025, 08:22 PM

Definitely a better choice, if you don't mind the somewhat mediocre fan
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akC...g#gid=931697732

Currently ranked as a Tier B+ unit, but has no proper reviews at the moment

The Antec 1300G is even better, but way overkill for your build

Are you ordering from Idealtech?

GPU mining these days isn't worth it though

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Nov 9 2025, 08:39 PM

yes I'm ordering from idealtech, so far prebuilt one this is the cheapest i see and suitable for me.
RAM is damn so expensive now. I might upgrade in future and also add another GPU.
So lets say if I want add another GPU, i should upgrade to 1300G right?
purpose quite similar with mining

EDIT: opps, looks like the board not supporting x2 GPU.
Guess i just upgrade to ANTEC GSK750 GB / ANTEC GSK850 GB

This post has been edited by Invulnerability: Nov 9 2025, 09:03 PM

Whats your use case? It seems like everything has been pared down just to fit a 5070Ti into the build.

If gaming I see few issues
That mobo is absolute dogshit with poor VRMs. At least B860 MSI Pro or Asrock Pro RS
That SSD is DRAMless. At least S70 Blade or T-FORCE G70 PRO both with DRAM cache
That RAM CL timings isnt very good with newer kits at CL28-30 but looking at RAM prices its better than nothing
That PSU is C tier and while I think its enough for the job, imho for 5070Ti class GPU I would go with Gold rated unit to better safeguard that expensive GPU

Sorry to say it feels very unbalanced unless your making full use GPU for work or encoding.

EDIT: Just saw your purpose is for mining. Is that reliant on CUDA? iirc Radeons are better at mining (RX580 was lejen), so you may want consider 9060XT/9070.

This post has been edited by babylon52281: Nov 9 2025, 10:18 PM

Fanbois can reiterate as many times but cannot be denied it was a PR disaster and just waiting for owners to find out if Maintenance Mode really is what it means.

Can ask sifu Myway for his reco based on your use case, he could also tell your budget enough or not.

main purpose doing some heavy parallel math on the GPU like 1+1, 2+2, 3+3 across all the cuda cores. so it is quite full use of gpu, very light use for processor, RAM, SSD.
important is stable performance, enough power, no sudden shutdown, doesn't burn my parts.

nice, looks like can upgrade to mobo asus B860m ayw at around rm160+, so probably will upgrade this mobo and the PSU.

EDIT: hmm, let me check if I convert to use AMD, not too familiar with this.

This post has been edited by Invulnerability: Nov 9 2025, 11:10 PM

TBF that AYW mobo isnt any better than that MSI mobo, sorry to say, both having 6 VRMS on the Vcore. See if can up budget to MSI B860M Gaming Wifi.

For PSU if you dont mind the oddity of its connectors, a better deal is Lianli Edge EG750 as its Gold rated and A Tier. Idealtech are throwing prices on these.

Continue to be ignorant circling around is asking for a ban.

Tip: don't feed the trolls

Calling me as an AMD fanboy is a serious stretch considering my current machine has a 5070 Ti right now

11.11 is here, and there are some nice hardware deals to be had:

Asus Dual RX9060 XT 16GB - RM1407 https://my.shp.ee/dKCet1j
Sapphire RX 9060 XT 16GB Pulse - RM1415 https://my.shp.ee/JWvaEiW
Asus Prime RX9070 - RM2293 https://my.shp.ee/mmTCJRP
Sapphire Pulse RX9070 XT - RM2829 https://my.shp.ee/3kyfeKW
Palit RTX5070 Infinity 3 - RM2165 https://my.shp.ee/5gmALHP
Colorful RTX5070 Ti Battle AX - RM3389 https://my.shp.ee/g86Qe7v
Colorful RTX5060 Ti Battle NB Duo - RM1781 https://my.shp.ee/xXgdSWj

TristanX

MSI B650M Gaming Plus WiFi now costs RM514:
https://my.shp.ee/jc3poff

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Nov 11 2025, 06:43 AM

My hand itchy wanna buy GPU, but i can wait. Is 8GB VRAM difference worth the price n wait? Looking at 5070 ti or other reco. Thx

You mean the 5000 super variant with more VRAM?
The launch date for that is delayed.