Need recommendations for upgrade

[-AwD™-]

Advice needed for new Desktop

Main purpose is gaming. According to CYRI with reference to current rig, GTA V is heaviest amongst my games.

Budget under $1k. No OC unless absolutely necessary.

Mainly need advice on mobo and gfx.

- Asus H97M-E or Plus (any other mATX mobo to consider?)
- i5 4590
- Kingston value ram 8gb
- Samsung Evo 850 250gb
- R9 380 4gb (red card preferred, need advice on which brand)

the rest reuse from current rig --->

planning to hoot tmr, so any advice is much appreciated.

 

[-AwD™-]

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[*adiBOY]

Main purpose is gaming. According to CYRI with reference to current rig, GTA V is heaviest amongst my games.

Budget under $1k. No OC unless absolutely necessary.

Mainly need advice on mobo and gfx.

- Asus H97M-E or Plus (any other mATX mobo to consider?)
- i5 4590
- Kingston value ram 8gb
- Samsung Evo 850 250gb
- R9 380 4gb (red card preferred, need advice on which brand)

the rest reuse from current rig --->

planning to hoot tmr, so any advice is much appreciated.

I would recommend to go with Skylake platform. i5-6500 is good enough for gaming with any non-z mobo will be fine. The rest of the parts are okay.

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

get sapphire if u dun mind the warranty

 

[-AwD™-]

I would recommend to go with Skylake platform. i5-6500 is good enough for gaming with any non-z mobo will be fine. The rest of the parts are okay.

which mobo would you recommend?
based on my current rig...i'm way out of touch with this diy business

 

[-AwD™-]

get sapphire if u dun mind the warranty

what do u mean by mind the warranty?

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

what do u mean by mind the warranty?

cos sapphire only give 2 years warranty but other brands is 3 years, den again its up to u.

 

[-AwD™-]

cos sapphire only give 2 years warranty but other brands is 3 years, den again its up to u.

thks. will take note

 

[watzup_ken]

I think one of the cheaper R9 380 4GB out there is from Powercolor. You can get it from Lazada and get further discounts if you have say Citibank CC.

I prefer the Sapphire Nitro series despite the shorter warranty. I feel the build quality is really solid. Longer warranty period is ideal, but based on past experience, if the distro goes out of biz, the warranty status becomes uncertain.

 

[-AwD™-]

after some tinkering, this is what i have...

ASRock H170M Pro4 + i5-6500 --- 459
Kingston value ram 8gb --- 58
Powercolour R9 380 4gb PCS+ --- 339
Samsung Evo 850 250gb --- 123(lazada, other online stores may be cheaper, will keep looking)

total 979. all prices from pct except ssd.

one thing i failed to consider is usb 3.0
- buy front panel($20+), wait for $$$ come, hoot casing + aio cooler
OR
- buy casing, wait for $$$ come, aio cooler

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

after some tinkering, this is what i have...

ASRock H170M Pro4 + i5-6500 --- 459
Kingston value ram 8gb --- 58
Powercolour R9 380 4gb PCS+ --- 339
Samsung Evo 850 250gb --- 123(lazada, other online stores may be cheaper, will keep looking)

total 979. all prices from pct except ssd.

one thing i failed to consider is usb 3.0
- buy front panel($20+), wait for $$$ come, hoot casing + aio cooler
OR
- buy casing, wait for $$$ come, aio cooler

do u have alot of device or ext hdd that constantly required a usb 3.0 connections? and also do u have a place to put ur pc where its hard for u to connect ur device to the back panel?

 

[Koenig168]

Samsung 850 Evo at 105+3 less 10.50 Citibank card and 2% Shopback = 95.61. I don't think you will be able to get this cheaper.

http://www.lazada.sg/samsung-850-evo-250gb-25-inch-sata-iii-internal-ssd-mz-75e250bam-3260529.html?mp=1

 

[-AwD™-]

do u have alot of device or ext hdd that constantly required a usb 3.0 connections? and also do u have a place to put ur pc where its hard for u to connect ur device to the back panel?

gd point. i actually only need 1 front usb for game controller. problem is casing too old, front usb ports all rusted. guess i'll just diy something temporary until i get a new case or diy one to match my furniture.

 

[-AwD™-]

Samsung 850 Evo at 105+3 less 10.50 Citibank card and 2% Shopback = 95.61. I don't think you will be able to get this cheaper.

http://www.lazada.sg/samsung-850-evo-250gb-25-inch-sata-iii-internal-ssd-mz-75e250bam-3260529.html?mp=1

stoopid me didn't sort by price.
anyways got it down to 98.
thks for the tip.

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Oh ya, how old is your PSU? Maybe get a new one of over 5 years

 

[-AwD™-]

Oh ya, how old is your PSU? Maybe get a new one of over 5 years

to be honest i can't remember. only remember i changed psu when i upgraded gfx.
think get new one safer. any to recommend?

 

[*adiBOY]

stoopid me didn't sort by price.
anyways got it down to 98.
thks for the tip.

Get the Zotac Premium 240GB even cheaper. Performance about the same. You won't see any differences in real life usage anyway.

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

to be honest i can't remember. only remember i changed psu when i upgraded gfx.
think get new one safer. any to recommend?

if ur psu still have warranty, maybe dun need to buy, but if no more get superflower leadteak 550W

 

[MoneyFace =p]

after some tinkering, this is what i have...

ASRock H170M Pro4 + i5-6500 --- 459
Kingston value ram 8gb --- 58
Powercolour R9 380 4gb PCS+ --- 339
Samsung Evo 850 250gb --- 123(lazada, other online stores may be cheaper, will keep looking)

total 979. all prices from pct except ssd.

one thing i failed to consider is usb 3.0
- buy front panel($20+), wait for $$$ come, hoot casing + aio cooler
OR
- buy casing, wait for $$$ come, aio cooler

Just spend slightly more on a brand new chassis with USB 3.0 front I/O support and an even higher end GPU.

CPU+MB: Intel Core i5-4460 + ASRock B85M Pro4 @ $376 (PC Themes)
GPU: Palit GTX 970 4GB JetStream @ $400" (Qoo10 Singapore)
SSD: Zotac Premium 240GB @ $84*
PSU: Super Flower Leadex Silver 550W [80 Plus Silver] @ $82+3^
RAM+CASE: Kingston ValueRAM DDR3L-1600 CL11 8GB+ Armaggeddon Microtron T2X [Black] @ $84+3+8`

Total: $1035

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[-AwD™-]

Just back frm sls. hooted.

@MoneyFace
your post came in as i was paying. the casing too flashy, looking along the lines of silencio 352 or smaller.

will check out the ssd though. thks