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.
I finally bought a new windows desktop computer after my Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Desktop spoiled two years ago.
The age gap between them is 12 years. Between 2008 and 2020, a lot of things have changed for the better.
Benjamin recommended me to go with AMD instead of Intel. So I will be getting the AMD Ryzen R-3700X.
For RAM, Benjamin recommended the G.Skill Trident Z Neo Series 32GB. It is a PC4-28800, 3,600 MHz, 288 pins RAM with a CAS Latency of CL16 (16-19-19-39) at 1.35V.
Thanks to Melvin for the heads up. I managed to get quite a good deal for the Asus ROG Strix RX VEGA56 OC Edition 8GB (ROG-STRIX-RXVEGA56-O8G-GAMING) on Lazada.
I got it for S$499 which is a massive discount from the usual price of S$1,179. At first, I was wondering whether it is a fake since the discount seems absurd.
