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kwackers
post Mar 10 2017, 09:58 AM

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Please recommend a budget gaming rig to play Doom 2016.

Just the system; no need for monitor, keyboard or mouse.

Budget is RM2,500. Looking for best value, so please let me know if I need to adjust budget upwards, and by how much. The most I can stretch it is another RM500.

Not concerned with storage, so I prefer a fast SSD.

Thanks!

As a reference, the minimum specs for Doom are:

CPU: Intel Core i5-2400/AMD FX-8320
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 670 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB
RAM: 8 GB
kwackers
post Mar 10 2017, 11:09 AM

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QUOTE(terence_nwb @ Mar 10 2017, 10:20 AM)
Doom 2016 is one of the most optimized PC games in recent years, pick an AMD card and run the games with Vulkan API, you can easily get > 60 FPS in max settings (1080p).

Intel Core i5 7400 - RM 854
Asus H110M-K - RM 259
G.SKill Aegis 8GB DDR4 2133MHz RAM - RM 255
Sapphire RX470 4GB GDDR5 Nitro+ - RM 998
WD Blue 250GB SSD - RM 413
FSP Hexa+ 550W - RM 195
Tecware F3 - RM 119

Total: RM 3093 (ETECH price inclusive of GST)

To keep below 3k, you can:
1. Downgrade the SSD to other lower end model with either similar capacity or smaller capacity
2. RX470 4GB to RX460 2GB (-40% in performance)
3. Kaby Lake i5 to Skylake i5 6402P (~almost no difference in terms of performance)
4. Further downgrade to i3 7100 (i3 7100 is on par with i5 2400)

BIOS update is required to run Kaby Lake CPU on a mobo with older chipset (H110/B150/H170/Z170).
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Thanks terence.

Is there any benefit to using the Intel i5 over an AMD CPU? Just curious, since at the same price point, I can opt for an AMD FX 8350 or an FX 8370.
kwackers
post Mar 15 2017, 02:22 PM

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I'm looking at the following system for RM3,165. It's a used/secondhand system with a new GPU.

Can I get some feedback on this build? Is it worth it?



Intel Core i5 4440
Asus H97 Plus
8GB HyperX Fury 1866MHz RAM
Asus GTX 1060 6GB Dual
240GB m.2 SSD
WD Green 1TB HDD
Cooler Master K380 Casing
Cooler Master 500w PSU




kwackers
post Mar 16 2017, 02:53 PM

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QUOTE(TristanX @ Mar 15 2017, 02:26 PM)
C-Zone also selling LG 22MP48HQ 21.5" at RM408.
Quite reasonable. You might wanna replace that questionable power supply though.
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The 500w Cooler Master psu came with the secondhand rig.

I was told there shouldn't be any issue since the GTX1060 doesn't exceed 122w:

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kwackers
post Mar 18 2017, 01:41 PM

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QUOTE(TristanX @ Mar 16 2017, 04:17 PM)
Because Coolermaster has a crappy line of PSUs. Extreme Power Plus is one of them.

Oh, that chart is just the graphic card, not total system power consumption.

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Thanks TristanX.

I'll see about swapping the PSU out with one of my other desktop rigs then.
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post Jul 19 2017, 10:48 AM

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My nephew is interested in building his own budget gaming system. I haven't mucked around with assembling a system in ages, so I hope to get some advice.

Besides budget parts, can you recommend stuff (casing, mobo, and etc.) that are easy to assemble? As in, a 12-year old could do it, with adult supervision.

He's currently gaming on an old Apple iMac, so he tends to play Minecraft, TF2, Counterstrike, etc. Any video card that can run DOOM and Overwatch comfortably should be fine.

Thanks in advance biggrin.gif

 

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