he claims hdd prices not really. For desktop hard drives rated for 8 hours a day, i can see that.

But i don't think thats the case for 24/7 NAS or server hard drives. prices at least in malaysia seem to be quite high 
For amd cpu shopee prices as of this month roughly

amd 9800x3d for RM2,095.50

*this is boxed. the tray might sell for cheaper. fyi box has better warranty than a tray version.
pcpartpicker historical pricing on amazon
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fPyH99/amd...istory_days=730

about RM2k

The just got that Hydro PTM 1200W, which is now ATX3.1. Although seller advertise it as ATX3.0, it came as 3.1.
Fitted everything into a Lian Li A3 mATX case, tight fit.😂

Got myself Ryzen 7 8700F, Colorful B850i, Klevv Urbane 48GB DDR5 6000 CL30. Not going for 9800X3D because it is extremely overpriced. And I already got very powerful CPU for work.

Will update if it is value for money or not.

I don't blindly buy stuff.

Low power pc, 8700F with price comparable with i5-14400. Full blast is not the target performance. 8 p-cores with mono die is the main strength. I'll just jump into 9800X3D if I want pcie 5.0. Not like pcie 5.0 SSD is affordable anyway.

Finally put everything together. Got the parts over the last 3-4 weeks from Shopee. Took time bcos only buy with vouchers. Looking good so far. Still using the supplied Wraith Stealth.

Ryzen 5 7500F MPK c/w Wraith Stealth [RM511.84]
MSI B650M Gaming Plus Wifi [RM529.60]
Klevv Cras V 32GB Kit CL28 [RM489]
Super Flower Leadex III 850W [RM334]
WD SN850X 2TB (bought April last year) [RM480.37]

Use back:
Tecware Quad case
RX 6600 XT
KC3000 1TB

Incoming:
Gigabyte RX 9060 XT Gaming OC 16GB [RM]
Thermalright BA120 [RM]

My last AMD processor was Athlon64. Such a long time ago. Anyway this replaces the 12400F which replaces the 10400F which was sold off.

Documenting temps now before putting in a better cooler. Also power consumption. My TNB bill really gg for this month.

Sorry for not being clear. My main is Macmini M1 and the last few days, I've been using the 7500F a lot and running Cinebench. So using quite a fair bit of power.

For normal stuff like browsing and YT in Chrome/Safari, Excel & file management. The 7500F uses 94Wh and the Mac 12Wh. The 12400F iirc was about the same, maybe 5-10Wh less than the 7500F.

i gambled on those hdd, and none of them were good.

just cause u see smart is showing everything is new, doesnt mean it is.

example, mine showed in farm stats, 4 years power on cycle. and the all the smarts got reset back to 0. so u cant even tell the condition simply because smart says its ok, when in fact it may be on the cusp of dying. a few died so... u arent getting a good deal. trust me i know cause i actually tried it and lost 

Great point there. But getting a 16TB with warranty is extremely expensive. Easily more than RM2K and above. Any recommendation where to get them at a reasonable price?

i need to buy 12tb. so choice is seagate ironwolf non pro or western digital plus.

cheapest i saw was a western digital plus 12tb at computer zone lowyat. not on shopee, u have to get in person from lowyat.

prices on shopee is all like 1.7k -1.8k

But if u go to the official distributor, i was told the price for seagate ironwolf, can get slightly under rm 1.6k

For western digital plus is 1.5k
thats the cheapest official.... as in the distributors/resellers officially.
some sellers on shopee they claim they source from the official distributors. whether that is true no idea. but the thing is, if they lied and later in few years u got to claim warranty then u find out u got scam, think shopee will save you? they wont. so why take any chances unless u know for 100% 

I think ppl say US can get much cheaper is like ppl no check latest price. It is not much cheaper, it is cheaper in msia