Build the best gaming rig for $3000 (bonus points for coming in under budget). Specify all parts and purchase source. All parts must be obtainable within a reasonable amount of time (approx 2 weeks). No need for keyboard, mouse, monitors or other peripherals... just the box.
Here's what I put together:
Dual Video Cards
Price
Site
Description
Reasoning
CPU
$437.13
Amazon.com
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core AM4 Processor
Best bang for buck per cpubenchmark.net, PCIe 4.0, latest from AMD
CPU Cooler
$59.99
Amazon.com
Scythe Ninja 5 Air CPU Cooler, 120mm Single Tower
Quietest CPU cooling fan out there
Motherboard
$359.99
BestBuy.com
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero ATX AM4
PCIe 4.0, USB 3.2 Gen2, 128GB max mem, X570 chipset
Memory
$278.99
NewEgg.com
G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32GB F4-3200C14Q-32GTZN
DDR4-3200, 64GB, CAS Latency 14
Storage
$349.99
bhphotovideo.com
Samsung 970 Pro 1TB M.2-2280 NVME SSD
Basically the best one out for this level build
Video Card
$499.99
bhphotovideo.com
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card
Best bang for buck per videocardbenchmark.net
Video Card
$499.99
bhphotovideo.com
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card
Best bang for buck per videocardbenchmark.net
Case
$131.98
NewEgg.com
Cooler Master MasterCase H500 ATX Mid Tower Case
2 nice sized fans in front, 1 in rear
Power Supply
$219.99
bhphotovideo.com
ASUS ROG Thor 850W 80+ Platinum
80+ Platinum, over 750W
Optical Drive
$0.00
nothanks.com
LaserDisc went out in the 80's dude
Just cause you can put it in doesn't mean you should put it in
OS
$139.99
eshop.macsales.com
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
It's what I'm used to
Misc
$20.00
Local Store
Miscelaneous items like thermal conductor and zipties
Stuff to build system correctly
$2,998.03
