Wanted to build a mATX rig to last the next 5 years for gaming and mild programming, gaming will aim to play AAA games (exp: Witcher3, Battlefield V)


CPU: intel core i5-9400f

MOBO: ASRock B365M / H370M

Cooler: COOLER MASTER CPU Cooler HYPER TX3 EVO (RR-TX3E-28PK-R1)

Fan: COOLER MASTER SICKLE FLOW X 120mm FAN - BLUE LED (R4-SXDP-20FB-A1) * 2

RAM: Kingston - hyperx fury 8gb * 2

Storage: Western Digital - Blue 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

GPU: MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card

Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case

Power suppply: Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

wireless: TP-Link - Archer T6E AC1300 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter


Any suggestions are welcome, my budget will be within RM4k including monitor

I'm having problem on finding my ASRock Mobo B365M, any suggestion on this ? even though i can stick to ASRock Mobo H370M which is much more common

wow, Thx for the link

looking to upgrade current mid range PC, so far parts that i have secure

CPU need recommend
MOBO need recommend
RAM 32GB ram (haven buy but plan to, existing ram 16gb)
SSD Kingston NV3 M.2 2280 1TB (existing)
GPU MSI Geforce RTX5060Ti 8GB (existing)
PSU 550w Gold (existing)
Casing armaggeddon infineon 1000 MATX (existing)

im hesitating not sure to go for AMD or Intel CPU
i mostly playing dota2 with my frens but sometimes will play some latest AAA game

This post has been edited by wch05: Aug 29 2025, 01:48 PM

i did minimal software coding on this rig, but mainly is for gaming, i dont chase for ultra settings, as long maintain 60fps with mid settings im fine with it

may i ask, why AMD CPU than intel right now ?

thx all sifu for the recommend