Help in building new comp

[WasteMyTime]

Mainly used for gaming at 1080p.
Games like total war, assassin Creed etc.

Hoping to keep everything below 1.5k.
Require monitor.

Have a 970gtx and a seasonic 600psu (tink 6years already lol)..should I reuse both of them?
Hope to have a white theme.

Please recommend thanks!

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[Phen8210]

You can reuse your GTX 970 first, if not good then upgrade it. What is your budget?

 

[singupingu]

Download PC Themes price list from HWZ shopping tab.

Pair an i5-8500 with B360 series motherboard or Ryzen 5 2600(X or not also okay) with B450 motherboard. 16gb of 2666/3000mhz ram of your choice. Mix and match from there. Plenty of 1.5k builds in this forum. Do a search.

Reuse gtx 970. Don't reuse psu.

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[WasteMyTime]

Hi both, thanks for the reply!
my budget is ~1.5k.

Im looking at a white theme with RGB.
have picked the following..let me know if its ok or if anywhere has better prices!

R5-2600 + MSI B450M Mortar Titanium ~ $442
G.Skill Tident Z RGB LED 3000MHZ CLI16 (2x8gb) ~ $250
Super Flower Leadex II GOLD 650W ~ $128
NZXT h500 atx t-glass case (white) ~ $119
GPU - reuse 970gtx
Total: 939

Thanks!!!!!1

 

[singupingu]

Hi both, thanks for the reply!
my budget is ~1.5k.

Im looking at a white theme with RGB.
have picked the following..let me know if its ok or if anywhere has better prices!

R5-2600 + MSI B450M Mortar Titanium ~ $442
G.Skill Tident Z RGB LED 3000MHZ CLI16 (2x8gb) ~ $250
Super Flower Leadex II GOLD 650W ~ $128
NZXT h500 atx t-glass case (white) ~ $119
GPU - reuse 970gtx
Total: 939

Thanks!!!!!1

Yeap it's good. Get the 2600X if you can. Higher stock clock and better box cooler since you're not getting any aftermarket cooler.

You didn't select any storage like ssd or hdd though.

Consider adding some fans into the system. Tecware Orbis is cheap rgb fans you can buy. Maybe find an RGB LED strip for ambience lighting too

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[WasteMyTime]

Yeap it's good. Get the 2600X if you can. Higher stock clock and better box cooler since you're not getting any aftermarket cooler.

You didn't select any storage like ssd or hdd though.

Consider adding some fans into the system. Tecware Orbis is cheap rgb fans you can buy. Maybe find an RGB LED strip for ambience lighting too

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Thinking of 2600 + h7 quad lumi for the bling and OC haha instead of 2600x.

For the fans does the nZxt casing comes with it? Didn't know there's no fan included.

Yup will pick ssd n hdd maybe tonight!

Thanks for the feedback.

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[singupingu]

Thinking of 2600 + h7 quad lumi for the bling and OC haha instead of 2600x.

For the fans does the nZxt casing comes with it? Didn't know there's no fan included.

Yup will pick ssd n hdd maybe tonight!

Thanks for the feedback.

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Sure you can do that. But oc mileage varies with silicon lottery.

The chassis have 2 fans. But since you want rgb, I'm just suggesting you could get some extra rgb fans to pimp your rig hahaha

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[WasteMyTime]

Sure you can do that. But oc mileage varies with silicon lottery.

The chassis have 2 fans. But since you want rgb, I'm just suggesting you could get some extra rgb fans to pimp your rig hahaha

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Ah ok!

H500i looks really good with the RGB function , while h500 lacks. Possible to install rgb fans n strips to get the same effect?
Or any other white casing to recommend?
Thanks!

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[zhihao57]

Ah ok!

H500i looks really good with the RGB function , while h500 lacks. Possible to install rgb fans n strips to get the same effect?
Or any other white casing to recommend?
Thanks!

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You can consider tecware Nexus , then use the additional money to blink up your PC. But of cos la the chassis quality all will drop, it's dam cheap HAHA!

 

[singupingu]

Ah ok!

H500i looks really good with the RGB function , while h500 lacks. Possible to install rgb fans n strips to get the same effect?
Or any other white casing to recommend?
Thanks!

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They are cheaper chassis, like Corsair 275R white and Tecware Nexus. But quality drop a bar, just like the price.

You can add your personal rgb strip in, but won't be as nice as the addressable rgb nzxt can do. Addressable RGB means each LED can do different colours, they run at 5V. Normal 5050 RGB strip, can be hooked up with motherboard 5050 connector and control using motherboard software (in your case MSI Mystic Light), but they are series and can do single colour for all LED at a time.

Alternatively, can buy NZXT starter kit. But see the price first ya. They are costly hahaha

For H500i, try dropping Tech Dynamic a call, see if they can help you bring it in for their next shipment.

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[Phen8210]

You can consider tecware Nexus , then use the additional money to blink up your PC. But of cos la the chassis quality all will drop, it's dam cheap HAHA!

That is one of the lightest chassis which i have ever built a PC in.

From what i can recall, the cable management holes are spot on.

However, the back doesn't have much room and it may be very hard to close the case if you have too much cables running at the back. I strongly suggest a modular PSU to go with it.

 

[goodebye]

Coincidentally i am also looking to get a new PC. Pretty noob here so i went to aftershock directly as they are having some kinda discount. Need some feedback here:

Warranty (Desktop) : 3 Years Parts Warranty (1st Year ONSITE)
Chassis : Bolt : Bolt Black Edition Tempered Glass
DESKTOP MOTHERBOARD (BOLT, ZEAL) : ASROCK Z370 Motherboard (Support wifi and bluetooth) (Overclocking capable, for Intel K series processors) 4 Ram Slots
CPU (Bolt) : Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Coffee Lake 6 Core Processor (9M Cache, up to 4.1 GHZ)
Thermal Compound : IC Diamond Thermal Compound CPU (Free Lifetime Thermal Compound Re-pasting)
Graphics Card (Bolt) : NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 3GB GDDR5
CPU Cooling System (Desktop) : INTEL/AMD stock cooling fan solution
Memory (Bolt) : 8GB (8GB x 1) DDR4 2666MHZ KLEVV RAM
Solid State Drive, Bolt : 256GB PCIE M.2 SSD (Over 1100 MB/s Read Speed)
First Hard Drive (Desktop) : TOSHIBA 1TB 3.5 INCH HDD (Buffer Size 32MB)
Chassis Fans : Standard Chassis Fans

Total cost is $1,235. Does anyone know if i can build a pc with similar specs at lower cost or same cost but better specs? Thanks

 

[shadow84]

Coincidentally i am also looking to get a new PC. Pretty noob here so i went to aftershock directly as they are having some kinda discount. Need some feedback here:

Warranty (Desktop) : 3 Years Parts Warranty (1st Year ONSITE)
Chassis : Bolt : Bolt Black Edition Tempered Glass
DESKTOP MOTHERBOARD (BOLT, ZEAL) : ASROCK Z370 Motherboard (Support wifi and bluetooth) (Overclocking capable, for Intel K series processors) 4 Ram Slots
CPU (Bolt) : Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Coffee Lake 6 Core Processor (9M Cache, up to 4.1 GHZ)
Thermal Compound : IC Diamond Thermal Compound CPU (Free Lifetime Thermal Compound Re-pasting)
Graphics Card (Bolt) : NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 3GB GDDR5
CPU Cooling System (Desktop) : INTEL/AMD stock cooling fan solution
Memory (Bolt) : 8GB (8GB x 1) DDR4 2666MHZ KLEVV RAM
Solid State Drive, Bolt : 256GB PCIE M.2 SSD (Over 1100 MB/s Read Speed)
First Hard Drive (Desktop) : TOSHIBA 1TB 3.5 INCH HDD (Buffer Size 32MB)
Chassis Fans : Standard Chassis Fans

Total cost is $1,235. Does anyone know if i can build a pc with similar specs at lower cost or same cost but better specs? Thanks

So, did u already bought from them? If so, no need to compare, just enjoy what you bought.

Otherwise, its a decent spec rig. But u also have to consider that should you DIY, servicing and troubleshooting is all on you. U must figure out what and how to dismantle and RMA. Whereas for Aftershock, u can just throw all to them for issue.

 

[Rashkae]

Coincidentally i am also looking to get a new PC. Pretty noob here so i went to aftershock directly as they are having some kinda discount. Need some feedback here:

Warranty (Desktop) : 3 Years Parts Warranty (1st Year ONSITE)
Chassis : Bolt : Bolt Black Edition Tempered Glass
DESKTOP MOTHERBOARD (BOLT, ZEAL) : ASROCK Z370 Motherboard (Support wifi and bluetooth) (Overclocking capable, for Intel K series processors) 4 Ram Slots
CPU (Bolt) : Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Coffee Lake 6 Core Processor (9M Cache, up to 4.1 GHZ)
Thermal Compound : IC Diamond Thermal Compound CPU (Free Lifetime Thermal Compound Re-pasting)
Graphics Card (Bolt) : NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 3GB GDDR5
CPU Cooling System (Desktop) : INTEL/AMD stock cooling fan solution
Memory (Bolt) : 8GB (8GB x 1) DDR4 2666MHZ KLEVV RAM
Solid State Drive, Bolt : 256GB PCIE M.2 SSD (Over 1100 MB/s Read Speed)
First Hard Drive (Desktop) : TOSHIBA 1TB 3.5 INCH HDD (Buffer Size 32MB)
Chassis Fans : Standard Chassis Fans

Total cost is $1,235. Does anyone know if i can build a pc with similar specs at lower cost or same cost but better specs? Thanks

Why are you crashing this thread when you already have your own??

 

[Rashkae]

Mainly used for gaming at 1080p.
Games like total war, assassin Creed etc.

Hoping to keep everything below 1.5k.
Require monitor.

Have a 970gtx and a seasonic 600psu (tink 6years already lol)..should I reuse both of them?
Hope to have a white theme.

Please recommend thanks!

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Ever consider second hand? There's a few 1800X with motherboard going cheap cheap in the marketplace section

 

[WasteMyTime]

Hi all!
Managed to build my PC

2600x
B450m mortar titanium
16gb ram
Season 620w m12ii
Nzxt h500

Require 2 140mm fans for the front of my NZXT h500 case.
Any recommendation for cheap n good both RGB n non-RGB fans? Or AIO? Haven't really decided yet.

Thanks

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[Unic0rn]

you can try the corsair fans

 

[WasteMyTime]

Hi!
Looking to change up my 970gtx..
Is it worth upgrading to 1060 6gb or 580?
Or should go 2060?

I'm playing on 1080 using a 144mhz monitor
Games include ac odydessy, total war, pubg etc.

Thanks

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[-Synchronicity-]

Not worth to change to rx580 or 1060. 2060 is ok but if you can get 1070ti at decent price, go for that instead.

 

[WasteMyTime]

Not worth to change to rx580 or 1060. 2060 is ok but if you can get 1070ti at decent price, go for that instead.

Hi thanks for your input!

Both seems similarily priced now at Lazada ? Why would a 1070ti be better compared to a 2060 when 2060 is a newer card which perform similar to the 1070ti?

Thanks!

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