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Recommendations for forwarders from 1688 etc

3sixty — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:03:34 +0800

There are some specific items I can't find on local online platforms. I know Taobao does consolidated shipping but some of the items I can find are only available from 1688 and Wedian who only ship to local Chinese addresses

I know when I bought from Amazon US last time I got a US forwarder to do it for me. Anyone have any recommendations for China ones? Thanks

[WTS] Gaming PC - Ryzen 5600, RTX 3060, 16GB

3sixty — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:45:07 +0800

Item(s):

Package includes:

Brand NEW and UNUSED Gaming PC. Including all boxes and accessories - still has plastic protector on case

AMD Ryzen 5600
Gigabyte B450M K motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR4 3200MHz
Gigabyte RTX 3060 graphics card
PNY 500GB NVMe
Deepcool 650W 80+ power supply
Black case and 3 RGB fans and controller
Wifi
Windows 11 Pro fully activated

All parts are brand new and unused. Case even has the plastic on the glass

As you can see, all parts are top quality and well known brands, not the unknown cheap versions

Price: RM2,500 (willing to negotiate a bit) (!!!NOTICE!!!: Sellers are required to display the exact selling prices of their products. Failure to do so will result in the deletion of the topic)

Warranty: Full manufacturers warranty on all parts

Dealing method: COD

Location: Kuchai Lama, KL

Picture:

Best graphics card in current prices for RM 1-1.5k

3sixty — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 09:52:01 +0800

I upgraded my PC last year to new CPU Ryzen 2600, 16gb RAM and motherboard

I didn't upgrade my graphics card due to the current crazy prices so kept my old R9 270x which is around 8 years old.

Last night, the card started artefacting and red and green lines everywhere. I thought it was overheating, so took case side off, cleaned it, put a fan on it and monitored temperatures. They were about 50-60 on load but every 5mins PC would go weird colours and crash. I guess my GPU died.....

So now I need a new card and forced to buy in these current crazy prices. Which card is best for a budget of RM 1k - 1.5k?

I looked online and seems 1660 or 5500xt are good cards and in price range, but Lazada etc all full of scam links so hard to find

Recommendation for 24" 144hz 1080p - Budget RM900

3sixty — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 00:56:24 +0800

Hi

I am looking for a 144hz monitor 1080p max size 24" with a budget of RM 900

I have read a lot of websites and a lot of reviews and I still cant figure out which model or even type of panel.

I play mainly FPS games (Counterstrike / Valorant) but only casually so I don't need some insane 0.001ms refresh rate. But at the same time, I want the best for my money - so I am leading towards IPS as good colours and good refresh rate?

Does anyone have any recommendations? I am currently looking at Asus VG249Q which is 1ms, 1080p and IPS panel. Is this the best my money can buy?

[WTS] FX8320, BeQuiet cooler, m'board and 12GB RAM

3sixty — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:15:24 +0800

Item(s):
1. AMD FX8320
2. Asus M5A97 R2.0 motherboard
3. BeQuiet PureRock cooler
4. 12GB RAM (4GB ExceleRAM, 8GB Corsair)

Package includes: All above items or can buy separately

Price:
1. CPU - RM 100
2. Motherboard - RM 50
3. Cooler - RM 50
4. RAM - RM 150
5. All together - RM 300

Warranty: None

Dealing method: COD

Location: KL Sentral / Mid Valley / Taman Desa

Contact method/details: PM
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Item(s) conditions: All used for around 2 years. I got the CPU with pins missing, the CPU works fine (can show video of it up and running) and thats the reason why I reduced the price.

Picture: See images below

Reason for sale: Upgraded to Ryzen

(WTB) Ryzen 5 2600 or 3600 and B450 motherboard

3sixty — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 17:14:46 +0800

Item(s): Ryzen 2600 or 3600 with B450 motherboard (or will buy each separtely)

Price: RM 650 offer me

Warranty: Warranty is better, but proof it works is fine

Dealing method: COD

Location: Taman Desa (but will travel to collect around Klang Valley)

Contact method/details: PM

Advice on upgrade CPU and motherboard

3sixty — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 11:13:52 +0800

Budget: RM500-750 (happy to buy used / second hand parts)

Want to upgrade my CPU and Motherboard. Currently have a FX8350 and motherboard but it's slowly dieing (I bought the CPU with bent pins and fixed it, but I guess it's now old and dieing - random crashes, USB ports not working etc). Since I need to get a new one, may as well upgrade right?

Ideally would like to go to Intel as emulators are quite specific and work better on Intel

Purpose: Gaming (CSGO, League of Legends and a few older titles) and emulators

I have 12gb DDR3 I can reuse (if mobo supports) or I have some DDR4 in another system I can use if need to

Graphics card is R9 270x currently, not sure if it will bottleneck?

[WTS] Seagate 500GB thin laptop HDD hard drive

3sixty — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:49:23 +0800

Item(s): Seagate 500GB thing laptop HDD hard drive

Package includes:

Price: RM 100

Warranty: Unregistered, so full warranty with Seagate

Dealing method: COD

Location: Taman Desa nr Mid Valley (weekday evening and weekend) / KL Sentral (weekday working hours)

Contact method/details: PM
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Item(s) conditions: Brand new, taken straight out of my new Asus laptop. I replaced it immediately with a SSD, so the laptop has never been turned on with this HDD inside

Picture: see below

Reason for sale: Replaced with SSD

Recommend me a laptop

3sixty — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:29:42 +0800

Hi all

Looking for a laptop. I have built my Gaming PC but no idea when it comes to laptops.

Minimum requirements are it needs an SSD and minimum screen size of 15". Anyone any recommendations? Its just going to be used for internet browsing, office work etc. so no need for gaming huge spec processors and graphics cards

I would also like to buy new so it has a warranty. I don't mind buying online or in store.

Looking for leather re-trim in KL

3sixty — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:50:42 +0800

I am looking for car / detailer shop to re-trim some bucket seats. Any recommendation in KL area?

I am at Taman Desa (near Mid Valley) but happy to travel for someone with good work and recommendation. If anyone has any prices that would also be good

Looking for few people for competitive games

3sixty — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 22:16:24 +0800

I've just got back into CS:GO, but having moved to Malaysia all my previous friends list are on different timezone (UK and US)

So need a few new people to hang out with, play a few casuals competitive games, nothing clan based. Nothing serious, just some like minded people who wont ruin the game like playing with 4 other random Chinese/Thai/Russian etc. that you get who grief and troll.

I play most nights from 9pm onwards. I'm Gold Nova 3, so not at all good - but I'm not completely new

Cars and Coffee (or similar meets) in KL

3sixty — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 22:13:53 +0800

I am originally from UK and also travelled a lot to US. Every 2 weeks there would be a car meet where people can park up their car at the local cafe / Starbucks etc. and grab some breakfast and a coffee on Sunday morning and look at other cars, have a chat to people etc. Its quite a good following and I enjoyed it a lot

See a few Youtube video examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DZyoxVv_D0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MFt7BZmRoU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fqH0wZbRYk

Is there anything similar in KL? If not, is it worth starting one up?

Also, what happened to the KL Drag Race that was on a few years ago. I went once and it seemed good and well organised - then nothing this last year?

Upgrade advice

3sixty — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 08:38:49 +0800

Hi guys

I am looking to build a new media PC for my living room. Instead of just building new, I thought I could use parts from my current PC and use it as an excuse to upgrade my main gaming PC I will therefore have 2 PCs, a media PC and a gaming PC - I am looking for upgrade options for the gaming PC only in this post [edited to add to make clear based on replies below]

Currently, I have a AMD FX8320 with a R9 270x and this PC is mainly used for gaming (CS:GO, League of Legend and some other games) and secondary for watching movies/internet/youtube etc. I am thinking of re-using the mobo and CPU in my Media PC and selling the R9 270x

This would give me a budget of RM 2 - 2.5k. I would need the following parts:
- CPU
- Mobo
- RAM (as PC now is DDR3)
- Graphics card
- Power supply

I will re-use my HD, SSD and case.

Looking at the budget, I was thinking of going for Intel (as had many problems with AMD....) and saw the i5 8400 with a GTX 1050 Ti would use up most of my budget. I am fairly sure the CPU would be a performance upgrade - but is the graphics card an upgrade from 270x to GTX 1050 Ti? I couldnt see (from benchmarks) much improvement

So what should I do? Any suggestions for my budget?

[WTB] Minimum 600W 80+ PSU

3sixty — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 21:26:01 +0800

Item(s): Want to buy branded PSU (Corsair, Thermaltake etc. no general make unbranded cheap PSUs) - minimum 600W 80+

Price: Up to RM300 but willing to consider higher if higher spec PSU

Warranty: Minimum 1year

Dealing method: COD, can collect

Location: KLCC, KL Sentral, Taman Desa - can collect from anywhere close by (PJ etc)

Contact method/details: PM here

[WTS] Xiaomi RedMi Note 4 - 32GB storage | 3GB RAM

3sixty — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 21:49:51 +0800

SOLD SOLD SOLD

Item(s): Xiaomi RedMi Note 4

Package includes: Phone, charger, original box, tempered glass and transparent case

Summary spec:
5.5" screen
3GB RAM
32GB storage
Octacore
13MP rear camera, 5MP front camera
Fingerprint sensor

Full specs: https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_note_4-8531.php

Price: RM700

Warranty: Full warranty from supplier (never been used)

Dealing method: COD

Location: Kuala Lumpur (KL Sentral / Taman Desa) - can also deliver if nearby (PJ, KLCC etc)

Contact method/details: PM for Whatsapp
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Item(s) conditions: Brand new - never used

Picture:

Reason for sale: Bought for a friend back in UK to send back to him, but went to PostLaju and found as the battery is lithium it can't be sent via mail. So looking to sell[B]SOLD

[WTB] AMD AM3+ motherboard

3sixty — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 12:25:05 +0800

Item(s): WTB AMD AM3+ motherboard supporting FX8320

Price: < RM300

Warranty: Any

Dealing method: COD preferred

Location: KL - KL Sentral / OUG / Petaling Jaya area preferred

DX Racer chair - re-skin / re-leather

3sixty — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 22:56:36 +0800

Not sure if this is the correct subforum, so apologies.

I bought my DX Racer chair 3 years ago when back in UK and shipped it with me when I moved to KL 2 years ago. The chair is comfortable and fits my posture and size (I tried a few as I am 6'3" and needed a high backrest). I assume as Malaysia is obviously hotter the material has now cracked and split. The rest of the chair (frame, support, bolster, cushioning) is perfect, just the material is now getting ripped and split

I looked online and the chairs seem expensive for a new one (I paid £100 for mine new, here the same model is RM2000+) so my questions are:

- Is it worth the effort of re-skinning / re-leathering it?
- Are there any companies that will do this? I am assuming if I take to the car garages that re-leather car seats they should be able to do it
- Any ideas how much it would be?
- Any other alternatives if I am to buy a new one

Leasehold vs. Freehold - crossing point?

3sixty — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 07:46:52 +0800

Hi all

I have been offered an option for two properties:

1) Freehold, 4 bedroom, 1800sqft
2) Leasehold (99 years remaining), 4 bedroom, 2300sqft

Both are the same price, both in the same location (around 2min drive between them), similar facilities but option 2 is 1 year older (both are new and completed this year and last year)

At what point, in your guys opinion, is the crossing point where it makes leasehold more worth it?

I have always been against leasehold and opt for freehold, because of the sale price in future and also because the demand will be a lot lower when I come to sell.

This is for own stay, not for investment and I expect to stay there around 5-10 years

My question is that the RM/sqft for the Leasehold is a lot lower and the space is a lot bigger for the same price, but the downside is it is leasehold. Does the cheaper RM/sqft and bigger space make it worthwhile to go for leasehold with all the problems it has?

Data recovery companies in KL (Or Malaysia)

3sixty — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 21:06:24 +0800

I have a MicroSD card which is not read by my old Samsung S4. I've tried it in a few phones and still not being recognised. I put it into a USB reader, and saw the volume so began to copy my files across to my PC as a backup. Around 1min into this, it couldn't find the drive anymore.

Ever since then, no matter how many USB readers or re-plugging into PC it can't find the volume. It recognises there is a USB, and I can double click and try to open the drive in Windows Explorer, but it just spins the circle for 2-3mins and then it says timed out.

So I am looking for a data recovery company who can retrieve my photos and videos - cost isn't too much of an issue and the card is only 8GB.

I have tried the one at Plaza Imbi as I saw they were mentioned on here before, but when I went and passed the owner my MicroSD card (after confirming he can do it or at least try by email the day before), he didnt even have a MicroSD card reader (I didnt know this at the time). He made some excuse that he had to go away for a minute, and then came back with some loose change in his hand and a brand new unopened cable - so already I am starting to doubt his ability. He then tried once to insert into USB, couldnt find the drive in Windows (which I already told him) and then said the card is "fried" and can't be retrieved

The reason I mention the above, is I know it can't be retrieved by software (I have tried a lot of diff programmes), so I need a company experienced in this process probably through hardware method. I did Google, but the same 2 companies keep coming up (the one above) and MDR, whos phone number never answer and emails never reply.

So if anyone has any recommendations for KL where I can drop it off, or I am happy to post/courier my card if its somewhere else in Malaysia, I just need some recommendations, thanks!

Who works in construction / property / developer?

3sixty — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:24:32 +0800

Thought it would be interesting to see who worked in the same industry

I just moved to KL from UK and am a Chartered QS but now work in construction tax. Was looking to build up contacts and networks but spoke to RICS (no events except RM2k annual dinner....) and Malaysia Board of QS (didn't reply me...)

I did look into a few property expo and fairs but this just seems to be sales agents and for people to view to buy property

Anyone in the industry? And if so what events do you attend?