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@lienusLateTips 's argument seems reasonable. I don't love the look of the EVGA cards and with my budget I thought I'd get the ROG strix even though its a premium for the brand. That was actually the other motherboard I was looking at and its a very pretty one.

I was just asking for input. I'll be buying the pieces separately to see if anything drops in price or goes on sale. I'm also going to wait for the graphics card prices to drop.

Thank you for the concern and for helping us noobies out. If the deal lasts long enough I might take your advice. I can't buy the system for another couple of months.

Thank you for your blessing Sensei Crunchy Dragon

I've got the Asus - PB277Q 27.0" 2560x1440 75 Hz Monitor. I know its not amazing and I might be upgrading it if I can scrape together another $500 for something with a faster refresh rate.

This is my first build and don't know if this all works. I'm just using it for gaming on titles like Metro exodus and the Division 2. I've already got a monitor and peripherals. I might overclock the cpu when I become more educated on how. Suggestions are welcome! PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor $289.99 @ Amazon CPU Cooler NZXT - Kraken X72 Liquid CPU Cooler $159.99 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus - ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard $189.89 @ OutletPC Memory G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $120.98 @ Newegg Storage Crucial - P1 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $79.99 @ Adorama Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $59.89 @ OutletPC Video Card Asus - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB ROG Strix Gaming Advanced Video Card $819.99 @ Amazon Case NZXT - H700i ATX Mid Tower Case $189.99 @ NZXT Power Supply Corsair - RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $89.99 @ Amazon Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $15.67 Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $2036.37 Mail-in rebates -$20.00 Total $2016.37 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-24 23:52 EDT-0400

I think I will cut back on the RGB

The HDD is cheaper than a same size ssd. I'm probably going to change it to an h500 so I can get a better monitor. Its also cheaper to buy it from the official website but I'll have to get a little lucky to find it in stock. Thanks for the suggestions.

AOC - Q2778VQE 27.0"

Alright sounds like Ill just use a smaller one. Thanks for the help!

Why the Intel Core i7-8700K over the AMD Ryzen 7-2700X?

I heard the R5 2600X is good for gaming, but I might upgrade. I wanted the cooler to match the case, but I should probably downgrade. If i were overclocking would a 240mm or 280mm still work?

Why no sata m.2?

This is my first build. I've been using a dell prebuilt and wanted to try and build something better. I did some research and was wondering if this was any good. Just using it for games like Apex legends and csgo on medium settings. Any advice or changes are welcome. This is what i was looking at: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $199.99 @ Amazon CPU Cooler NZXT - Kraken X72 Liquid CPU Cooler $179.96 @ Amazon Motherboard Gigabyte - X470 AORUS GAMING 7 WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard $219.99 @ Newegg Memory G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $140.98 @ Newegg Storage Crucial - MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $69.95 @ B&H Storage Seagate - FireCuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive $94.89 @ OutletPC Video Card NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB Founders Edition Video Card $699.00 Case NZXT - H700i ATX Mid Tower Case $184.52 @ Amazon Power Supply Corsair - RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $99.99 @ Newegg Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1889.27 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-06 22:26 EST-0500 Thanks for the help!

Probably around 60 fps and I'd be playing games like Rust and COD mostly FPS games. I forgot to mention I was going to be doing some video editing as well and I didn't want to skimp on the CPU. I've already got a 1T HDD that I'm using with my current computer but I will be buying another.