PC Upgrade

Upgrading the PC
Published on Sunday 5 January 2025

Having built the PC back in 2019 I thought it was time for an upgrade. And excuse to catch up with a mate and re-build the PC.

Products

Date Description Price Image Link
4 January 2025 Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2x32GB) DDR4 3600MHz C18 - Black £109.97 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07YV9VYYY
AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X Desktop Processor £205.00 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08164VTWH
Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OC Low Profile 6G Graphics Card - 6GB GDDR6, 96-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1477MHz Core Clock, 2x DP 1.4, 2 x HDMI 2.1, GV-N3050OC-6GL £166.97 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CV4CPQ7S
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2 TB PCIe NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (MZ-V7S2T0) £149.00 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MLJD32L

A few peripherals

Date Description Price Image Link
9 March 2025 Rankie HDMI to DVI Cable, CL3 Rated High Speed Bi-Directional, 1.8 m (Black) £4.99 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00YOSA85Q
10 March 2025 BENFEI DisplayPort to VGA Cable, 1.8M Display Port of Computer/Laptop to VGA of Monitor/Projector Gold-Plated Adapter (Not Bidirectional,Not Compatible with HDMI or USB) £6.49 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01GPMRYNM
16 March 2025 TP-Link RE220 WiFi Extender Booster, Dual-Band AC750 Mbps Range Extender Repeater with Ethernet Port, Connect Wired Devices, Works as a Wireless Adapter, Connect up to 32 Devices,Simple Two-Step Setup £22.99 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07ZWBBPQN