Decided to sell my laptop and build a desktop from scratch. After doing the research on the parts I went to buy the parts from SLS during the long Hari Raya weekend. I could have saved more by buying parts online / wait for sales but decided "what the heck" and just went to buy immediately.
Buying Process
I listed down all the parts I wanted on a Google and included alternatives in case the items were out of stock. I also included the price from various shops based on the latest pricelists. In the end, my list looked something like this (price list not shown).
So I scooted down to SLS and started from level 4 and went to the more famous (?) shops (e.g. PC Themes, Dynacore, Bizgram, etc.). Most shops had 1 or 2 items from my list that were out of stock. Eventually, I decided to get the parts from Bizgram and Dynacore. The buying experience took 20 minutes as they had to pick the parts. One thing to note: You really have to know what you are getting as they will readily swap out parts that are out of stock with other items without telling you. They will not bait-and-switch, but they may give you better parts that costs more and burst you budget or give you similarly priced parts that are not as value.
Buying Process
I listed down all the parts I wanted on a Google and included alternatives in case the items were out of stock. I also included the price from various shops based on the latest pricelists. In the end, my list looked something like this (price list not shown).
So I scooted down to SLS and started from level 4 and went to the more famous (?) shops (e.g. PC Themes, Dynacore, Bizgram, etc.). Most shops had 1 or 2 items from my list that were out of stock. Eventually, I decided to get the parts from Bizgram and Dynacore. The buying experience took 20 minutes as they had to pick the parts. One thing to note: You really have to know what you are getting as they will readily swap out parts that are out of stock with other items without telling you. They will not bait-and-switch, but they may give you better parts that costs more and burst you budget or give you similarly priced parts that are not as value.