PC Specs Vetting

[InvincibleTofu]

Hey. Planning on getting a new rig for a budget of ~ $1200/+

Need

• OS - Can get from Reddit?
• Mobo/CPU - Was thinking a H170 + i5 6500 (ASRock or MSI)
• GFX - Was condering the GTX 970. But apparently there are issues with RAM usage > 3.5GB? Should go AMD instead?
• RAM
• PSU - Got modular ones?
• Case (mATX welcome)

Have SSD (Bought the Transcend SSD370S during the Lazada sale - any good? Or should change?) + HDD + Keyboard/Mouse.

Thanks!

 

[IceCreamPoop]

Hey. Planning on getting a new rig for a budget of ~ $1200/+

Need

• OS - Can get from Reddit?
• Mobo/CPU - Was thinking a H170 + i5 6500 (ASRock or MSI)
• GFX - Was condering the GTX 970. But apparently there are issues with RAM usage > 3.5GB? Should go AMD instead?
• RAM
• PSU - Got modular ones?
• Case (mATX welcome)

Have SSD (Bought the Transcend SSD370S during the Lazada sale - any good? Or should change?) + HDD + Keyboard/Mouse.

Thanks!

OS can get from Reddit, got good experience before(current system using the reddit OS for 2-3months), forgot the name of my seller liao but if u ask around they can recommend u a few honorable ones

CPU+Mobo is ok, Asrock or MSI is purely depend on u, factors will be price, color scheme, features and last but most important of all REVIEWS (just google or ask around here)

GFX is good. The 3.5 drama is purely affecting those using a 1440p or higher monitor only. If you are playing on 1080p should be no probs. Can consider getting those less 'branded' brands like palit and zotac.

PSU - Recommend Super Flower Leadex Silver 650w

Others like ram or case just go down and see see look look lor, if not can ask others for recommendations

Edit: 1200+ for Skylake plus gtx970 might be a little hard(but then again not expert on pricing), do you need monitor?

 

[InvincibleTofu]

OS can get from Reddit, got good experience before(current system using the reddit OS for 2-3months), forgot the name of my seller liao but if u ask around they can recommend u a few honorable ones

CPU+Mobo is ok, Asrock or MSI is purely depend on u, factors will be price, color scheme, features and last but most important of all REVIEWS (just google or ask around here)

GFX is good. The 3.5 drama is purely affecting those using a 1440p or higher monitor only. If you are playing on 1080p should be no probs. Can consider getting those less 'branded' brands like palit and zotac.

PSU - Recommend Super Flower Leadex Silver 650w

Others like ram or case just go down and see see look look lor, if not can ask others for recommendations

Edit: 1200+ for Skylake plus gtx970 might be a little hard(but then again not expert on pricing), do you need monitor?

Thanks boss. Don't need! Already have a Dell 1080p monitor.

I can top up anyway.

What's so good about SuperFlower? Never heard of the brand before leh.

 

[IceCreamPoop]

Thanks boss. Don't need! Already have a Dell 1080p monitor.

I can top up anyway.

What's so good about SuperFlower? Never heard of the brand before leh.

Good quality at a cheaper price. The brand is not as well known as like cooler master all those but then is definitely on par with the better models and brands lor. Didn't know about the brand also until the bros in this forum recommended it to me. That and the fact that it is fully modular.

 

[herman1314]

Hey. Planning on getting a new rig for a budget of ~ $1200/+

Need

• OS - Can get from Reddit?
• Mobo/CPU - Was thinking a H170 + i5 6500 (ASRock or MSI)
• GFX - Was condering the GTX 970. But apparently there are issues with RAM usage > 3.5GB? Should go AMD instead?
• RAM
• PSU - Got modular ones?
• Case (mATX welcome)

Have SSD (Bought the Transcend SSD370S during the Lazada sale - any good? Or should change?) + HDD + Keyboard/Mouse.

Thanks!

the gtx 970 is good enough for 1080p, but i wouldn't recommend it. not because its terrible, but more because nvidia lied about its specs and the 5.3 gb fiasco, and that the 390 has so much more vram for the same price. the vram is more redundant than anything, but more games are needing lots of vram these days. if can go with the 390/290, but if you wanna go gtx 970 than thats okay.
need any wifi?any color preferences?

 

[herman1314]

mobo and cpu:ga-b150m-d3h and i5 6400 $428
graphics card(amd)owercolor r9 390 pcs+(videopro)$519
graphics card(intel):leadtek gtx 970 hurricane $488
ram:g.skill 8gb 2400 ddr4(videopro) $80
ssd/hdd:don't need
psu:seasonic m12ii 620w $115
case:coolermaster n200(cashtronic) $52
os:windows 7/8/10(reddit) $30
total(amd):$1224
total(intel):$1193
do ask around for price quotes and discounts before purchasing. all items non bracketed are from pcthemes.

 

[InvincibleTofu]

The R9 390 is significantly hotter and has higher power draw though.