Ryzen 1500x - 879
Asus A320M-K - 299
8gb ddr4 ram - around 300
Msi gtx 1070 armor - 2179
Kingston 240gb ssd - 399
Viewsonic VX2771 ips or Dell 2715H ips - 799 or 1099
FSP raider series - 319
Any cheap case - 230

Total
RM5404 with Viewsonic or
RM5704 with Dell

As usual, i don't really factor with windows since I'm assuming you can get it cheap later. The hdd and ram can always be added later too.

It's a shame, but I'm sure the cpu is good enough even without overclocking

Don't forget to get a wifi usb if you need it.

Not sure about the monitor resolution, but 1080p is good enough, or simply put, a necessary sacrifice.

You don't wanna go lower than 1070 at that budget.Besides, 1440p is overrated anyway.

If i were you i crank out the quality settings in nvidia driver instead since the gpu is stupid powerful

Around RM530.
Price issue. You are getting less performance for the price if you go AMD cards. CPU side is different story. AMD has better price/performance. Also, going 3440x1440 is going to need at least GTX 1080. RX Vega 56 and GTX 1070 may not be enough.

GTX 1060 6GB (RM1.25k)  > RX 570 (RM1.3k)
GTX 1070 (RM1.8k) price too close to RX 580 8GB (RM1.7k)
GTX 1080 (RM2.5K) is the price of RX Vega 56 (RM2.5k)


https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Rad...Vega_56/31.html

For the rig.....

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 - 1039
Asus Prime B350M-A - 445
Kingston 8GB DDR4-2400 X1 - 368
Power Color RX 580 8GB DDR5 Red Devil - 1699
Kingston UV400 120GB - 255
WD Blue or Seagate 1TB - 200
Super Flower Leadex Silver 550W - 359
Tecware Edge case - 199

RM4564 total (C-Zone prices)

Yup, Zotac is good as well.

You can try looking for G.Skill and Corsair. As for the PSU, Seasonic Focus, Corsair and EVGA should be good.

The most expensive Zotac should have highest factory overclock and the best heatsink.

Corsair VS is a low grade PSU. Look for at least CX series. No, higher wattage does not increase electric bills. It consumes only what the system needs. It gets a bit less efficient if the system load percentage is too low though.

Around RM530.
Price issue. You are getting less performance for the price if you go AMD cards. CPU side is different story. AMD has better price/performance. Also, going 3440x1440 is going to need at least GTX 1080. RX Vega 56 and GTX 1070 may not be enough.

GTX 1060 6GB (RM1.25k)  > RX 570 (RM1.3k)
GTX 1070 (RM1.8k) price too close to RX 580 8GB (RM1.7k)
GTX 1080 (RM2.5K) is the price of RX Vega 56 (RM2.5k)


https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Rad...Vega_56/31.html

For the rig.....

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 - 1039
Asus Prime B350M-A - 445
Kingston 8GB DDR4-2400 X1 - 368
Power Color RX 580 8GB DDR5 Red Devil - 1699
Kingston UV400 120GB - 255
WD Blue or Seagate 1TB - 200
Super Flower Leadex Silver 550W - 359
Tecware Edge case - 199

RM4564 total (C-Zone prices)

Hi Tristan,

I have decided to go for the below

AMD Ryzen 1700
Asus Prime B350M-A
Kingston 8GB DDR4-2400 X1
Zotac 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB
Kingston UV400 120GB
WD Blue or Seagate 1TB

3 questions here

1) Corsair is more common here in Dubai, should i still stick to 550W CX-M or do i need higher voltage?
2) I realize that AMP! Extreme edition has only around 100Mhz more than the Mini version. Is it worth to pay 400MYR more for this if i dont OC?
3) I remember i read somewhere that we can still OC the Ryzen for additional 20% with stock cooler, that means I can OC it until 3.6 and it's still safe?