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Five and a half years have passed, and it is time to upgrade my AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, which I bought back in March 2020. My budget this year is also the same as it was 5 years ago, which is around S$3,500.

I will be passing the computer to my nephew, who just took his PSLE this year. The computer should last him another 4 to 5 years, which hopefully would bring the total lifespan of this computer to 10 years.

This time round, I bought my computer from Tradepac, which is located at #05-07 in Sim Lim Square. The prices are very reasonable, and hence they don’t indicate a lot of the prices in their price list. You can WhatsApp them at +65 8263 8533 to obtain a quotation.

They can be quite pushy to get you to commit, but you must stay firm. Eventually, they will offer a discount in addition to the already low item prices. I got a S$59 discount. The discount amount can be unusual because sometimes they have no stock for an item, and you need to top up if you want to make a change.

For my case, I wanted the Lian Li Lancool 217 in Black, but they only have it in white. So I changed it to the NZXT H7 Flow (2024) in Black and topped up the difference.

After confirming all the parts, I placed a S$500 deposit on Monday, 27th October 20205 and confirmed my visit at 4 pm on Saturday, 1st November 2025 to collect my computer.

Tradepac offers free installation of your computer, which alone can save you S$30 to S$50 if you are not intending to build it yourself.

When I arrived at around 4 pm on Saturday, my computer was almost ready for collection. They will help you install an unactivated copy of Windows 11 Home, so that they can verify the parts installed are what you have purchased.

The entire collection process takes approximately an hour.

By the way, you can activate your Windows 11 Home or Pro for free by using MassGrave. Tested on two computers, and it works without any side effects.

Here are the full specifications of my computer and their prices.

The cable management done by Tradepac is also quite neat.

Surprisingly, five and a half years later, my new computer is about S$200 cheaper than my previous one, at S$3,349 versus S$3,524.

I chose the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT instead of the Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti because the former offers better value for money. The difference might be only S$100+, but I can use the amount to offset my fans. If I keep telling myself the difference is only S$100 for every part, it will be a rabbit hole, and I will burst my budget.

I made all the fans red so they match the default RGB color of my graphics card, which is named “Red Devil”.

I am probably going to get a 32″ 4K gaming monitor next, so I can fully utilize my graphics card.