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[WTS] Bohemian Rhapsody GSC ticket (Paradigm JB)

darrenwong — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 20:42:33 +0800

edit: SOLD

[WTA] New M-ATX based SFF desktop

darrenwong — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:08:55 +0800

Hello all sifus!

After looking around many place I have came to two systems in mind, but I needed more advice~

Firstly, system A and B have these similarities:

For the rigs:
2x4GB Kingston/Corsair DDR3 1333 -> RAM
Sapphire HD7850 -> GPU
1TB WD SATA3 CAVIAR BLUE -> HDD
GIGABYTE POWEROCK 500W/FSP HEXA 500W -> PSU
Lite-On 22X -> ODD
Aerocool Qx-2000/Thermaltake Armor A30 -> Case

Same peripherals:
AOC I2252VWH -> LCD
Logitech G100 -> KB+mouse combo (subject to change)

The differences of system A and B (processor and motherboard) are:

System A:
i5 3450
GIGABYTE GA-H77M-D3H

System B:
i5 3570k
ASUS P8Z77-M

Usage and requirements:
- Gaming (nfs the run, d3, bf3, skyrim, max payne 3, CS:GO ...)
- Surfing web with many tabs around 20-30 once in a while
- Multitasking (opening steam+desura+winamp+chrome+firefox+opera+safari+basic network monitor)
- Watching HD movies
- Possibly OC-ing in future (depends on whether budget can fit or not, we'll discuss more if it is)
- Not doing crossfire/SLI
- Might add on another SSD and a HDD in future

I'd love to hear your kind responses, quotations, and criticisms on this, especially on the coloured ones...

Please advise. Thanks!

New PC with RM3k budget

darrenwong — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:25:42 +0800

Hi guys, I'm looking for a new PC and purchasing it probably today or tomorrow. Just opening a quick discussion here and need your last minute advice.

Budget is tight to 3k. Already have speakers.

I'm planning to do hardcore 3D stuff, e.g 3ds Max 2010/2011, Autocad 2010 and Adobe stuff. Moderate 3D gaming can be included in as well.

Include moderate multi-tasking too. E.g opening web browser(s) on multiple tabs (more than 15) with Adobe Flash running while listening to music.

Here's the list of stuff:

INTEL CORE i5 2400 - 579
GIGABYTE H67MA-UD2H - 469
CORSAIR 4*2GB PC1333 - 256
SAPPHIRE 6850 - 594
SAMSUNG SPINPOINT F3 1TB (HD103SJ) - 169
LG DVD-RW 22X SATA - 59
COOLER MASTER ELITE 430 - 149
SILVERSTONE STRIDER 500W - 219
DELL ST2220L 21.5" LED - 479
LOGITECH MK200 COMBO - 45

Total - RM3018

Would this be enough? I would appreciate your critics for this rig. Is the price okay? Thanks. =)