New PC Build

Jusrof · October 25, 2015

For the first time I'm planning to get my hands on building a new PC and would like to hear suggestions from you guys!

1. Budget & Location

I do have a budget in mind that I would like to keep my build price under but at the same time I don't wanna state the budget price down to limit what you guys can suggest for me on the build.

So to the main point, I would like to get a mITX build which can get the best bang out of the buck from or the lowest price that can achieve what I needed the PC to be able to do. I'll state what I want the PC to be able to achieve under the Aim section later on.

I live in Singapore,

so the currency I will be using will be in SGD

*Do link me to the sites that will be able to ship to Singapore if the parts you suggest are listed there.

2. Aim

I don't know if this sound dumb but I would like to get a Hackintosh build that can Game, Haha!

45% on gaming

Games like CS GO, GW2, Dota, Console Games like Assassin Creed, Car Games and etc

35% on editing

Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, After Effects, 3D rendering software, programming and etc

10% on web browsing and etc

Pretty much what's left, surfing the web, watching movies and shows

For gaming I would like to achieve a 4K like resolution experience or if down a scale (is down a scale 1440p if it is yea) at it's best!

For editing I would like the PC to be able to process files at a normal rate, not too slow nor needing it to be very decent but overall it'll does the work just fine!

Low Noise would be good too!

*Side question I wanna ask is, is it better to have Skylake in this build?

3. Chassis

I'm leaning more towards the mini-ITX cases and I'm eyeing on the RVZ02 but if you guys have other mITX cases to suggest do feel free to do so!

Yup I guess that's all I have and if there are more information that you would need from me to help me on the build do let me know about it!

AlTech · October 25, 2015

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Based on what your saying:

i7-6700

For graphics card go for a GTX 970 (personally I like MSI, good cooling designs, low noise and looks good)

Trust me your hackintosh would not be able to play any kind of games and it would be a real nuisance to set up. Not to mention that Apple has the right to sue you for money.

Once again for mobo - go for an MSI one which fits your needs. I recommended earlier today a MSI H170 Gaming M3 to someone else on the forum.

2 or 3TB 7200RPM Seagate Barracuda HDD

128GB SSD boot drive - ADATA SP 920 should be perfect

Why 4K?

If you want that then you can forget about that GTX 970 and go for dual GTX 980Ti s

Whatever case floats your boat! Go for it! - very much a subjective thing!

As for skylake? Well I would go for the i7 skylake unless your doing video editing as your job. Then we can talk about Xeons.

Hope this helps!