Hi all sifus, I'm totally new to building own PC and do not really have knowledge about it. I have budget around RM3000 and wanting to build a PC. I mainly used it for gaming, browsing and working. Should I just go to stores in plaza lowyat and ask them to build for me or find the parts by myself and build it. Any recommendation on building my own PC for RM3000? Thanks in advance

TristanX

i would recommend if you are ok with intel build..

i know ryzen is the rage nowadays but i still prefer intel

3k for rig only or including monitor and peripherals?

Hmm mind sharing what kind of build?

3k for rig only

No point going Intel at this budget, due to the fact that you'll need a RM800+ Z490 board to make full use of your CPU's performance (even the locked multiplier ones)
Only Z490 boards allow faster RAMs, and modern 10th gen chips benefit greatly from faster RAM

B460/H470 boards has a RAM speed limitation of 2666MHz (2933 if you go for an i7/i9), which hold back the CPU's performance quite significantly

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Aug 3 2020, 02:38 PM

iinm, a lot of intel CPUs can't OC too.

whereas if you were to get a Ryzen 5 3300x or 3600 with a B450, preferably B550 mobo, at least you can OC for better performance.

How about these?

How about these?

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 799
Asrock B450M Pro4 - 349
Pick your brand 8GB DDR4-3200 X2 - 318
Zotac GTX 1660 6GB Twin Fan E - 929
PNY CS3030 500GB - 359
FSP Hyper K 500W - 169
Tecware Forge M case - 149

RM3072 total (C-Zone and Viewnet prices)

Yes, pay more for less.

https://www.techspot.com/review/2032-intel-core-i5-10400/

Only DDR4-2666 counts.

This post has been edited by TristanX: Aug 3 2020, 02:55 PM

3k you can easily get a
R5 3600
B450m mobo
2x8GB 3200mhz ram
480gb ssd
gtx1660 super

You can buy from shopee and assemble them yourself if you know how, else shops from lowyat can offer this kind of price also, just need to nego with them