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Budget (including currency): $2,200 USD Country: United States Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Browsing + Gaming (Adventure / open world) Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): With parts pricing normalizing I would like to buy the components for my 2nd PC build to replace the first system I put together back in 2013. I would love any advice or comments on the parts I am picking based on my use. I have given myself a budget of $2,200 (USD) though I think I can build for a lot less by moving the GTX 1070 from my current machine and delaying a new graphic card to later in the year as well as moving some storage drives. Main Use: Daily driver, 2K Gaming (Tomb Raider, Assassins Creed, Far Cry, etc..) Desired Features: Stability, quiet, responsive, longevity (8 years+ of use), expandability Don’t need: Overclocking, RGB, portability I picked my parts based on advice from https://www.pcgamer.com/ and am keeping the list at https://pcpartpicker.com/list/68qxcb Component Item Notes Cost CPU Intel CoreI7 12700K $375 Cooler Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black $110 Motherboard Gigabyte Z690 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard H670 motherboard instead? $240 Memory Patriot Viper Steel 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory $125 Boot Drive Western Digital Black SN850 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME SSD $150 Game Drive Crucial MX500 1TB SSD SATA 6GB Move from current PC $0 Data Drives 2 x Western Digital WD Green WD30EZRX 3TB Move from current PC $0 GPU MSI GAMING GeForce GTX 1070 8GB RAM Move from current PC, future upgrade to RTX 3070 $0 Case Be Quiet 500DX $110 Power Supply Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 PE 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $110 Optical Drive None $0 Displays 2x GIGABYTE G27Q 2K Move from current PC $0 Keyboard Logitech G610 Orion Brown Move from current PC $0 Mouse Razer DeathAdder Chroma Move from current PC $0 Operating System Microsoft Windows 11 Home $120 Total $1,340

I can confirm the web controller had problems with Chrome on my rig but is running just fine in Firefox.

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Come September I will be updating the graphics card in my home rig and could use some advice on which family and model might best fit my needs. Based on what I have read so far I think a GTX 1060 is a good fit though an RX 480 or a GTX 1070 could do the trick as well. Below are some details of the use and rest of the system: Want / what is important: To push the quality settings on single player games (Rise of the Tomb Raider, Far Cry Primal, Fallout 4, GTA V) on a 1080p monitor (I actually run two monitors but play on one and keep performance panes on the other). I also try to keep my system as cool and quiet as I can and hate it when my current video card sounds like it is trying to take off, so I am willing to pay a premium for quiet and efficient cooling. At least 3 years longevity (my 4 year old Radeon HD 7870 can barely keep up with newer titles and I would rather not upgrade the GPU again until I build my next system in 2019). Don’t need / don’t care: SLI, overclocking or resolutions above 1080 (I plan to switch to 4K monitors for my next build but for the next 3 years my two 1080p monitors will do just fine). LEDs or fancy designs (don’t mind them but don’t need them). Lastly I would love to get some good bang for my buck so a ~$270 GTX 1060 or a ~$200 RX 480 would be great but I can realistically pay more and am willing to pay some premium for quiet and longevity. Given my needs I think a GTX 1060 is the best choice since it performs well at HFD and has very low power consumption and good thermals (and should therefore be easy to cool without too much fan noise). I was thinking of an MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137018) or Armor (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127964) or some similar model depending on what is actually in stock first week in September when I can put the order in. Anyone have other suggestions or advice? For any who care below are the rest of the details on the current build: PCPartPicker.com: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/wnzbXH CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 @3.5 GHz GPU: SAPPHIRE 100354OC-2L Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 RAM: 32GB - 4 x 8 GB PC3-10700 (667 MHz) (CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM) Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD4H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA OS: Windows 10 64-bit Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 650D (CC650DW-1) Power Supply: CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W ATX12V 2.3 CPU Cooler: CORSAIR Hydro Series H80i Water Cooler Boot Drive: Intel SSD 240GB SSDSC2CW240A3 (Read 550, Write 520 MB/s) Data Drives: 2 x Western Digital WD Green WD30EZRX 3TB IntelliPower SATA 6.0Gb/s Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH12LS38 GPU Driver: AMD Radeon Crimson 16.3.2 Displays: 2 x Acer G6 G276HL Gbmid Black 27" (1920 x 1080)

Rig name: P10Cpu: Intel Core i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50 GHz 3.90 GHzGpu: AMD Radeon HD 7870 - 2GB GDDR5Ram: 32 GB Corsair Vengance (4 x 8 GB) DDR3 @ 667 MHzScore: 0.3