Hey,
In a few weeks or less I plan on buying and putting together my first Gaming PC. While not strictly used for gaming that is what I plan to spend most of my time using it for. While I have made a post asking for help in the past large amounts of time has passed between me posting and now and I have new wants and needs that the computer needs to fill that I'm not sure can be fulfilled with some builds I have seen.
1. Budget & Location
I don't have a set budget however I set the minimum that I would spend at $750 and then my max would be at around $1,750 but I would like to spend as much is needed to get it to meet my needs and possibly surpass them in order for the computer to last at minimum three years however the cheaper the better. Location is the United States and to add on their isn't a lot of stores in my area that actually specialize in computers and the few that do for some reason persuade against building a PC and have limited stock and variety.
2. Aim
The systems main use will be for gaming however I need it to be able to run the program Solid-works, Blender, Photoshop, and other various applications that struggle to run on my laptop. Games that I would like to be able to run preferably at max settings are games like Ark, Skyrim, GTA V and other large games.
3. Monitors
I plan on running one monitor to start then going up to one large one or two medium sized ones. The resolution I would like to be able to run is 4k however when I probably won't get a 4K monitor to start off with and more likely will want to get a 1440P monitor.
4. Peripherals
I will need to get a keyboard and a mouse as well as get Windows operating system however I don't need to get a copy of windows that has office and excel and such.
5. Why are you upgrading?
I am upgrading because the laptop I have currently caps off at 2.5ghz and runs programs that I currently run slowly and the cpu gets very hot. I've tried using a desktop computer but it made too much noise. I also want to upgrade to a desktop so I can get a cheaper laptop for school and still have something powerful to run games on and stuff.