Form84

Ok, so I have a budget of around 3.5k to try to accomplish this, but if it goes over well, :/ Alright, so I am trying to upgrade my main gaming rig, build a 4k home media gaming/center and upgrade my sons PC all at the same time. Each of these systems has to be able to do a specific use case. 1. My PC, Goal - 100+ fps 1440p gaming Current specs, i7-8700, 16gb 3200mhz ddr4, 1070FE, MSI-Gaming Plus z370 motherboard, 750w psu I play alot of overwatch and elite dangerous in VR, flight sims too, so my current setup doesn't game very well at 1440p. Can't play some games without turning down the settings, etc. I'd really like to be able to play elite with higher ss, etc. 2. Media center, (I call him wabbajack!), Goal - 4k 60fps gaming. Ideally small but still has to hold a full size gpu. Also has to have alot of storage as it will also double as a home NAS, media server, transcoder, etc. This machine needs to have a high core count because it does all kinds of things, things i haven't even thought up yet, but will need to have a computer be able to do. Our last wabbajack was a home NAS, random game server (minecraft,ark,empyrion, etc)kodi server, and twitch streaming combination box (combined my pc's stream with my wife's pc stream and stitched them together before streaming it to twitch). My wife uses this PC to play her games on the TV also, and she's a big fan of the witcher 3, and wants to play cyberpunk 2077, so this machine will likely end up being nearly as strong or stronger than my own pc. This machine is currently not built because my cat knocked the older version over one day and I havent had time to fix it, and it's not worth fixing anyway. So no current specs Also, one more variable. The media center doesn't need to be 4k ready until cyberpunk 2077 is released, and so it's currently going to be getting the 1070FE from my PC until the 3080ti comes out ideally. Currently planning on buying something like a 2080 super for the media center. 3. Sons PC, Goal - VR gaming, overwatch Current specs, fx-6300, 1050ti, 8gb ddr3, some random mobo that fits that, 400w psu My son comes up to me the other day and wants to start using my old vr headset in his bedroom. Well his computer sucks, but he's a great kid on the honor roll, and his birthday and christmas are in the same month and he's willing to throw in $350 that he saved up to upgrade his computer, so I figure it's time to upgrade his computer and we'll get it able to do VR. Alright, so thats the setup. So this gets complicated as soon as the options start to open up. - My current setup would be fine for my son, I could just give him my current computer, and then buy new parts for my own and the media center. - I would also like to create what I call a trickle down (i upgrade my parts, old ones goes to media center, media centers old parts goes to son, etc) but currently we're running different cpu's, sockets, etc. So that wouldnt work currently, but I'd like to ideally plan this out so that it will work out eventually. - I could just upgrade my processor, ram and graphics card, then buy new parts for media center and son. My motherboard is compatible with i9's from intel, so that could work. - I could buy new computer for myself and then my old pc becomes media center with a new gfx card, then new mobo/cpu/ram/gfx card for son. - Oh, and my wife wants all of this purchased on black friday/cyber monday. :/ ARG its all blowing my mind. I don't know whether to go 9900k for my own rig, or to go ryzen for myself and media center and give my old computer to my son, or just my son goes ryzen and my old pc becomes media center. So confusing!!!! Please...help.... Thanks!