Ryzen 3000*, as Ryzen 2000 mobile platforms do not support Windows 11 officially

Easy way to go around is to get a used ThinkPad/Elitebook from the second hand market, the ThinkPad T/X/X1 models are good choices, as long as it has an officially supported CPU for Windows 11, adequate amount of RAM and SSD storage
Basically any machines with Intel's 8th Gen and Ryzen 3000 mobile onwards + 8/16GB RAM (16GB recommended) with at least 256GB storage should be plenty workable

Since they are business models, they tend to be built better than your garden variety consumer machines, and replacement parts are in abundance too

Most new models under RM1.5K are almost certainly terrible to use, and they are very underpowered with mediocre build quality

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Oct 19 2025, 01:37 PM

Perhaps a RTX5060 Ti 16GB?

Without CUDA/Nvidia's ecosystem the 9060XT isn't exactly a good fit for productivity

According to Shopee, a 16GB RX9060 XT costs around RM1639 (Gigabyte Gaming OC), which translates to around US389. That's actually quite in line with what most RX9060 XTs currently offer on the US market
Note that GPU prices can get quite a bit lower during the X.X sales on Shopee/Lazada, so do take advantage of that

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Oct 19 2025, 10:22 AM

Since 11.11 is around the corner (it's arguably one of the largest sales event of the year), perhaps it might be better to plan now

Again, don't plan your build based on rumors; it's a very bad thing because there's always unexpected delays or potential cancellations, not to mention prices may be lackluster when the cards did arrive
If you are willing to wait about 3 weeks or so the 11.11 Shopee/Lazada sales will be a great time to buy parts - after all it's probably one of the largest sales event of the year

For your budget I think you can definitely go for a 7800X3D + 5070 Ti/9070 XT build; depending how the sale goes

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Oct 19 2025, 10:28 AM

Are you upgrading an existing AM4 system? Since the 5800/5700X3D is EOL'd (if you are very lucky like I am you can probably find new old stock from shops), you have two options:

1. Buy a 5800X3D from places like Aliexpress (may not be ideal due to warranty and reliability problems), or
2. Swap to a new AM5 platform - the 5800X3D has the same gaming performance as the 7600X according to HWUB, but some may point our the larger cache of the X3D chips will benefit greatly from certain genres like simulation/strategy and MMOs:

https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/...00x_am4_vs_am5/

Yes, but it's likely EOL'd

Answering your question, the i5 14500 is a small uplift over the 3600 in terms of gaming performance, certainly not worth spending that much to swap to a 'dead' platform
A 7500F + B650 board will be a much better pick IMHO - the CPU is equal to the 5800X3D in terms of gaming, and you do get plenty of upgrade path in the future. The tentative 10800X3D should be a substantial upgrade over the 7500F if the rumors are indeed correct, and it should be compatible with your board with a BIOS update

P.S. you may want to upgrade your GPU too, especially with the 8GB VRAM is no longer viable for modern titles these days

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Oct 19 2025, 10:43 AM

For the budget of rm3k, I wish to do some editing. It seems u recommend a higher cpu, i7 vs i5 with a gpu. Is it fair to say for that budget this would be the best option?

If you are video editing, 6500 XT is crap to begin with. It has no video encoder. Intel built-in GPU is overpowered for it. i7 will make it even smoother.

Kinda exceeded my budget, I checked my cart, even with voucher it knock off rm250, it's still like rm400 extra. Need a bit buffer for peripheral.
Any recommendation on where I can skim off?

Also, amd vs Intel i7? Can I have your take?

Sale expired I guess. Wait for payday sale on 24th, 8pm.

This post has been edited by TristanX: Oct 19 2025, 11:54 PM

Tristan reco is good up to the budget limit but if you want to save cost on this office PC, GPT reco isnt too bad. More details

Intel Core i5-12400F
MSI B760M-E DDR4 (or any B660/B760 mobo is okay)
Corsair/Kingston ValueRAM 16GB (2×8GB) DDR4 3200MHz
Adata S70/ Legend 960Max 1TB SATA SSD
RTX 5060 8GB (editing takes advantage of Nvidia features) (or RTX 5050 if budget is over limit)
FSP HV Pro 550W / 650W 80+ Bronze (or else MSI A650BN if its cheaper)
MATX case with airflow (ie Tecware M2, Montech Air 100)

This post has been edited by babylon52281: Oct 20 2025, 12:06 AM

If your gonna be spending money, would better topup bit more for:

13th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processorWindows 11 Home15.6" diagonal FHD displayNVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 405016 GB DDR4-3200 RAM512 GB SSD Hard Drive

Coz you cant upgrade the main parts so its better to spec up when you buy.

Might want to stick up to 9600X as the ITX mobo VRAMS might not be sufficient to power 8Cores & above.

need a recommendation for am5 ram to pair with 9800x3d. i saw klevv bolt/fit v 6000mhz cl28 for 500ish, is there anything better at similar price ranges?

edit: don't care about rgb, cooler clearance is appreciated

This post has been edited by i7xQTi: Oct 24 2025, 08:54 PM

Unfortunately no. Brands like G.Skill charges premium now.

Klevv is affiliated with Hynix so your more than guaranteed to get A- (binary size) & M- (non-binary size) dies instead of AIBS that will use unknown perhaps crap Sammies & Crucials. CL28 is very good low latency RAM.
Just double check its on your mobo QVL as Ryzen is very finicky with its RAM pairing and also depends its mobo.

thanks bros

OPTI 7020 / INTEL CORE 12TH GENERATION I7-12700 / 16G / 512GB SSD / INTEL INTEGRATED / WIN11PRO/3yr warranty

RM2550