Hi Sifus,

Happy new year to all.

I'm in need of some advice on small form factor / light weight PC.

Details as follows :

[Budget]
5 to 6k

[Purpose]
Gaming, programming & occasional video editing


[Hardwares that will be re-use]
Monitor

[Monitor resolution]
1080p 60Hz

[Games & softwares that use frequently]
Mostly strategy/city builder game like Civ series, TW series & Cities Skyline
Android Studios & MeteorJS
Planning to learn video game programming like UE4
Also running Linux sometimes

[Personal preferences]
Ryzen R 1600 & Nvidia 1070/1070Ti (any cheapest model, possibly Zotac)
Not sure if the above is suitable for my use case

[Location]
Will be going to Lowyat tomorrow

Especially need recommendations on mobo & case

RM5.5k budget is considered low if u want SSD and 16GB RAM for today's prices. Too demanding

How about these?

Core i5-8400 - 854
MSI Z370 Gaming Plus - 599
Kingston 8GB DDR4-2400 X2 - 790
Zotac GTX 1060 6GB DDR5 AMP! - 1299
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB - 438
WD Blue or Seagate 1TB - 200
Super Flower Leadex Silver 550W - 359
Tecware Edge case - 199
Viewsonic VX2771 27" monitor - 799 (from Viewnet)

RM5537 total (C-Zone prices)

Also too demanding

How about these?

Core i5-8400 - 854
MSI Z370 Gaming Plus - 599
Kingston 8GB DDR4-2400 X2 - 790
MSI GTX 1070 8GB DDR5 Armor - 1800
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB - 438
WD Blue or Seagate 1TB - 200
Super Flower Leadex Silver 550W - 359
Tecware Edge case - 199
Viewsonic VX2771 27" monitor - 799 (from Viewnet)
Windows 10 Pro - RM20 or less (from shopee and lelong)

RM6058 total (C-Zone prices)

Just get a cheap one. Video editing needs CPU and more RAM.

How about these?

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 - 1039
Gigabyte AB350N Gaming WIFI - 529
Kingston 8GB DDR4-2400 X2 - 790
Asus GTX 1070 8GB DDR5 Dual - 1999 (Zotac is more expensive on C-Zone)
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB - 438
WD Blue or Seagate 1TB - 200
Super Flower Leadex Silver 550W - 359
Coolermaster Elite 130 or Silverstone SG13B (from lelong or lazada) case - 199/239

RM5553/5593 total (C-Zone prices)

You can remove the SSD if you want GTX 1070 Ti.

Thank you, will read further on recommended parts.

Edit : Done reading on the recommended list, overall looking good, hopefully unit will be in stock, thanks again @TristanX

This post has been edited by light0range: Jan 2 2018, 08:26 AM

Hello I am planning to build a rig with parts below. Please let me know which Power supply unit I should buy and if my combination is ok. Also, let me know if there are better alternative for the parts I have chosen.

I am using this rig for moderate browsing only but I will hook it up to 2 to 3 monitors. No gaming at all. I am building a new one because my current rig is very slow. I plan to use this rig as long as possible. Is there anything I could do to make it last longer? I bought my current rig in 2009 and it started to become slow/ lag in 2012 and I bought myself a laptop there. Now I want to go back to desktop but my rig is still slow after I have reformat the thing. Is there any part I can upgrade to make the lag comes later?

If not, how long can a rig with parts below go smoothly without lag?

I have flexible budget. I am planning to order my parts from lazada and amazon because I find seller charging higher price for parts listed below in the town I live.

Ryzen 3 1200
Asrock AB350 Pro4
G-skill ram ddr3 1600 4gbx2
Samsung 850 evo SSD 250gb
NZXT S340

Thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by dunni: Jan 2 2018, 05:56 AM

https://www.lelong.com.my/super-flower-lead...4351.1499736609

Hi,

Need recommendation on power supply unit.
On tight budget around RM 200.
My rig specs as below:

Intel i7-4770 3.4 GHz
Asrock Fatal1ty B85 Killer
KINGSTON HyperX FURY 8GB DDR3 1600MHZ
SAPPHIRE DUAL-X R9 270X 2GB GDDR5 OC WITH BOOST
Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD
WD Green SATA III 2TB
WD Blue SATA III 500GB

Does FSP Hyper K 600w 80 Plus recommended?

TQ

Hi Sifus,

Please recommend.

[Budget] RM3000 (not include the monitor, speaker, keyboard & mouse)

[Purpose] 40% Internet surfing, 30% watching movie, 20% Running office (with many files opened at same time), 10% Playing game (mainly is with android simulator - mobile game, others like Sim series)

[Hardwares that will be re-use] If possible, casing (CM USP100)

[Monitor resolution] N/A

[Games & softwares that use frequently] Android simulator, excel (with macro), AUTOCAD, & can run win 10 smoothly.

[Personal preferences] i5-7400

[Location]Lowyat / Digital Mall

Note : I am not going to upgrade my pc. Will use it until it breakdown. Hope the set up can last as long as possible.

This post has been edited by scorp: Jan 2 2018, 04:37 PM

Budget very low. You can get budget PSU but don't expect good quality. Yes, the PSU you mentioned is one of them.

Going Kaby Lake is paying more for less performance. I advise against it.

Core i5-7400 - 751
Asus H110M-K - 279
Kingston 8GB DDR4-2400 X2 - 790
MSI GTX 1050 2GB DDR5 - 589
WD Blue or Seagate 1TB - 200
Corsair VS 450W - 184
Tecware F3 case (USP100 no stock. You have to find it) - 199

RM2992 total (C-Zone prices)

Anyone know where to get copper shims?

Here
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...77791&hl=copper

You might wanna ask him what size for your CPU.

Thanks - I am waiting for his reply.
Using the copper shims do I need to still apply the thermal paste?

Not sure. Never used it before. I think you should because thermal paste closes all the gaps.

Hi guys can recommend cheapest rig setup that can play PUBG? Incule with good wifi device bcs my house is wireless.

How about these?

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 - 519
Asrock AB320M-HDV - 275
Kingston 8GB DDR4-2400 X1 - 395
Zotac GTX 1050 Ti 4GB DDR5 Mini - 719
WD Blue or Seagate 1TB - 200
Corsair VS 450W - 184
Tecware F3 case - 145
USB WIFI dongle - 20

RM2257 total (C-Zone prices)

Kindly take note Ultra settings will need at least GTX 1060 6GB.

This post has been edited by TristanX: Jan 3 2018, 10:41 PM

RYZEN 3 1300X 599
ASUS PRIME A320M-K 303
SAMSUNG 960 EVO 250GB 681
2666 C16 VENGEANCE LPX 4GBx2 422
Silverstone E230 249
Sapphire Nitro RX460 589
Total 2843

Casual gaming. Is it OK?

This post has been edited by Xefron: Jan 4 2018, 12:01 AM

RM130 more can get Zotac GTX 1050 Mini. That's better.

[Budget] RM3,000 (CPU only)

[Purpose] Graphic design work

[Hardwares that will be re-use] Samsung PM961 NVMe & Dell USB 2.0 Speaker

[Monitor resolution] FHD

[Games & softwares that use frequently] Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, sometime Premier Pro(very little sometime), & Internet Explorer.

[Personal Preference] Cheaper-er board with NVMe, number of DIMM slot doesn't really matter.

[Questions]
1. Is Ryzen advisable for the purpose?
2. If not, Kaby Lake or Coffee Lake?
3. More CPU or more GPU?

Thanks in advance.

Happy new year to all sifus, im back to this thread again after 3 years. I think its time to upgrade my rig already. Budget around 2k+ what should i upgrade? Mostly for web browsing and gaming(DOTA & PUBG). My pc specs are at below:

i5 4440
ASUS B85M-G
16GB KINGSTON VALUE RAM
SAPPHIRE R9 280
2TB HD
BE QUIET PURE ROCK CPU COOLER
SILVERSTONE STRIDER ESSENTIAL GOLD 500W


Idk which route to go, whats in my mind is either
1. upgrade cpu,mobo,ram
2. gtx1060 & ssd/monitor
3. gtx1070 (but idk if it will bottleneck with my old system + insufficient psu juice)
4. or sifu advice

Yup. Ryzen is recommended. Budget very low though
https://www.techspot.com/news/72550-massive...intel-cpus.html

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 - 519
Asus Prime B350M-A - 445
Kingston 8GB DDR4-2400 X2 - 790
MSI GT710 1GB DDR3 - 170
WD Blue or Seagate 1TB - 200
Corsair VS 450W - 184
Tecware F3 case - 145
LG 24MP59G monitor - 573

RM3026 total (C-Zone prices)

Change to at least GTX 1060 6GB for PUBG. This game has poor optimization. 400W for GTX 1060, 500W for GTX 1070 (PSU ageing still applies).