First off, I'm sorry if I hijack this thread. But rather than opening a new thread, I think maybe I can tap on this and ask for advice as well.

It's time for me to upgrade my PC as well since it's been almost 10 years, most of the parts starts failing. My budget is around 4.5k.

My use case is almost similar to johnsonxray. I'm using it mainly for light gaming, Photoshop and Illustrator stuff. I also download tons of stuff so storage is quite important.

I'm planning to just go Lowyat and get the parts that was recommended in this thread and get them to set it up. The price I got it from C-Zone. If there are better ones please do recommend.

Core i5-14600K - 1459
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE - 129
MSI B760M-E - 569 (Any difference between B760M-E & B760M-G?, I use LAN mainly so maybe no need for the more expensive Wifi version)
Corsair Vengeance LPX (3600) 32GB - 389 (RM20 difference only, I suppose 3600 is better than 3200)
Samsung 990 Pro 1TB (with Heatsink) - 609
MSI A650BN - 229 (Is Coolmaster 650W MVE Gold recommended? - 399)
Montech Air 1000 Silent - 209

Total:RM3593 (or RM3763 if getting the Coolmaster PSU).

Was thinking to get 2 Seagate Barracuda HDD, so another RM978. Or should I just get external hard disk instead?

Grand total will be RM4571, still within budget. Any idea or suggestions? Thanks in advanced.

This is my current setup for reference. So any new parts will be a massive upgrade.


This post has been edited by blownfreaks: Feb 4 2024, 01:32 AM

Thank for your reply. Good points raised for my consideration. I’m really out of touch with the tech stuff in the last ten years, the specs I put there is based on what I read in this forum.

From what I read, the new generation integrated graphics seems to be able to handle things just fine so I opted for a CPU that has that. Not too sure if it is able to handle the applications such as Photoshop or illustrator, hence my question. Alternatively, I could opt for a CPU without the integrated graphic and just get a cheap something like COLORFUL GT 1030 2GB (RM399, C-Zone). Will it be a good idea?

As mentioned, my PC is almost ten years already, a few parts have failed over the years, PSU, MOBO, and recently the HDD. I’m afraid it might no survive until the end of the year. Surprisingly, the GPU still survived after 10 years and RAM is still good. But then it’s really time to get a new one which can last me a few years.

Thanks for the suggestion on the MOBO, will definitely get something better as you suggest.

Ad for the HDD, it is mainly to store files and torrent… critical stuff are backed up on Cloud. Can’t afford to get NAS solution, also should I say that I don’t really have a good understanding how to set it up. Maybe can consider in the future.

Thanks for the advice. Perhaps I need to clarify a bit, my version of light gaming mainly consist of some online games (or boardgames that I purchased from Steam), I don't play any 3D games. My son plays mainly Roblox and Minecraft, I suppose the integrated chips or a cheap GPU can handle well. The games works fine on my existing 10 year old PC with GT630 (it was one of the better ones 10 years ago ). I think any newer GPU in the market now would be a big upgrade, my only concern is the reliability of this COLORFUL brand. Been out of touch, those days I don't think I have heard of this name, if anyone can shed some light it'll be great.

As for the HDD, thanks for the recommendation. Just a noob question (price from Viewnet), NAS 8TB Toshiba - RM799 vs ENTERPRISE SATA 8TB - Toshiba - RM1059... Is it worth paying extra for the Enterprise SATA? My main concern is reliability.