mainly for gaming.

not very sure about what's the latest and current market price for a gaming system since i left college many moons ago and have been referencing Dell's XPS system to buy one.

my budget is somewhere between RM4.5k to RM5k.

many of my peers saying that i could get much more by "custom-building" with the same price that i'm buying from Dell so am trying to see if that's real or just stupid talk.

the last time i walked into lowyat was almost 10 years ago  and there's something about the vibes there that doesn't comfort me. feels like every single one of them is trying to rip me off, especially more so if i walked in there and tell them i "no-no".
i see - the entire process sounds a bit tedious to me 
Yes! proprietary parts - this is exactly the reason why i am considering not purchasing from Dell for my next Home machine. I just found out recently that my XPS8910 has proprietary PSU so i cannot just upgrade my GPU because of the power limitation.

Nobody recommend that 1 ktard that always build PC and post drills in /k?? No jaga geng sendiri

Cannot remember his name, samjet or something

No way 5k can get much nowadays. 3060ti alone also 2k already, i7 12th gen also almost 1.6k, mobo 1k. No money for good PSU good coolers.

i got a little bit "inspired" on assembling my own after watching too many videos on building a system but given my history with electronics, i'm sure to break something expensive in between and i also know that building appears to be easy but can become very technical for newbies which is why i'm being cautious at the moment.

I want a gaming system that can accommodate High setting but if not, Medium for triple A titles will do just fine hence i'm referring the XPS's price as a budget gauge because my current XPS 8910 is acceptable to me.

Yeap, i've known all along that PSU cannot be cheap'd out - which is why the first thing that I tried to upgrade in my XPS8910 (before anything else) is actually the PSU but after finding out it's proprietary, i gave up.
tak takut ke those keys from shopee etc - nanti susceptible to ransomware 

5000 budget can only get i5 and 3060ti meh, damn stupid prices leh. Personally I'd rather used 1080TI for 800 bucks la.