Decent build for 2000 US dollars

LightningwingDragon · January 23, 2019

Greetings.

Here's to hoping that the tech wizards of the LTT forums can help me out.

Looking to buy my first PC. Before now, the only things I had was a laptop that was oh so adaptly named 'the Airplane' by my friend who has an 'EPIC' gaming setup. (And I mean Epic, with a capital 3, for three monitors.) and currently a Surface Pro 2017/18 (Not the Pro 6).

Why? Well, as previously stated before, my current laptop is about five or six years out of date. Takes half an hour to start up, and won't even turn on if there is a USB device connected (A very interesting bug that took some time to discover.)

With only minor knowledge of PC building, i turned to LTT for help. Coincidentally, that same day, LTT released their buyer guide on which companies sold the best Pre-build custom PC's

So, here we go.

I would like to buy from Digital Storm or Maingear (Digital Storm being the first choice.)

Usability-Mostly games, and browsin' the web, but I do tend to have ten or more MS Word docs open at the same time when I do writing.

Gaming-Playing games like Space ENgineers, and such, but I would like to be able to play VR games as well. Also, any tips on hooking up to an Xbox One would be appreciated as well.)

Budget-$2,000-$2,500 US dollars (Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard not included in price.)

Time to buy-I'm not in any rush, need to save up, will probably wait until Black Friday/Cyber Monday for the sales and such.

Case Size (So it will fit in my desk cabinet. Anything larger and it will have to go on top of my desk, or underneath it.)

Length(Depth)-21 inches

Width-10 inches

Height-20 inches

(Personally, I was looking at the Lumos, from Digital Storm.)

Others- I do not have a dedicated wired connection to my room, so the PC would be running off the internet wirelessly. If its possible, a reasonable router and modem might as well be added to the pack. (Priced separately plz.)

So, i think thats it. I hope that one of you will be able to help me. first gaming PC, should be awesome.

Lightning

LightningwingDragon · January 23, 2019

Oops, realized i posted this in the wrong forum. Sorry.

Nocte · January 23, 2019

I would do something like this. PcPartPicker does not support the stores you mentioned, but maybe you can use this as a guide if they have similar prices.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor	$308.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus - ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard	$174.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$119.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Inland - 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$49.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$44.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	EVGA - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Black Video Card	$1196.98 @ Newegg
Case	Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$59.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - RMx 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$69.89 @ OutletPC
Wireless Network Adapter	Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter	$36.39 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$2102.00
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$2062.00
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-22 19:31 EST-0500

11 minutes ago, LightningwingDragon said:

Oops, realized i posted this in the wrong forum. Sorry.

A mod will eventually move the thread (maybe )

EDIT: I went on Digital Storm website... They sell prebuilts. The "Lumos" prebuilt is a 460X Corsair case, and their pricing is bad. The build I made you costs over $3,000 dollar in their configurator.

LightningwingDragon · January 23, 2019

17 minutes ago, Nocte said:

I would do something like this. PcPartPicker does not support the stores you mentioned, but maybe you can use this as a guide if they have similar prices.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor $308.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus - ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard $174.89 @ OutletPC
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $119.99 @ Newegg
Storage Inland - 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $49.99 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card EVGA - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Black Video Card $1196.98 @ Newegg
Case Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $59.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair - RMx 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $69.89 @ OutletPC
Wireless Network Adapter Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter $36.39 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $2102.00
Mail-in rebates -$40.00
Total $2062.00
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-22 19:31 EST-0500

A mod will eventually move the thread (maybe )

EDIT: I went on Digital Storm website... They sell prebuilts. The "Lumos" prebuilt is a 460X Corsair case, and their pricing is bad. The build I made you costs over $3,000 dollar in their configurator.

Thank you. I was thinking of building it myself, accept i have absolutely no idea how to do so. I wouldnt want to take the risks. Is buying prebuilt more expensive than buying individual parts? (Seems like that to me.)

ATFink · January 23, 2019

30 minutes ago, LightningwingDragon said:

Time to buy-I'm not in any rush, need to save up, will probably wait until Black Friday/Cyber Monday for the sales and such.

Can't make any mobo/CPU/GPU suggestions then since Ryzen 3000 and Navi come out in June.

I advise you wait until you have the money ready before asking for a list since what we say now will likely be outdated by late November.

Here's a sample list now, but again, I highly advise you do ask for an updated list when you're ready to buy:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$409.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Corsair - H115i PRO 55.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$109.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS ELITE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$169.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$129.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$129.89 @ OutletPC
Storage	Toshiba - X300 5 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$137.98 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GAMING OC WHITE Video Card	$749.89 @ OutletPC
Case	Phanteks - Eclipse P350X (Black/White) ATX Mid Tower Case	$64.73 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$59.99 @ B&H
Wireless Network Adapter	Asus - PCE-AC55BT B1 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter	$34.42 @ Amazon
UPS	CyberPower - CP1000PFCLCD UPS	$149.95 @ Adorama
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$2186.81
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$2146.81
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-22 19:51 EST-0500

ATFink · January 23, 2019

4 minutes ago, LightningwingDragon said:

I was thinking of building it myself, accept i have absolutely no idea how to do so. I wouldnt want to take the risks. Is buying prebuilt more expensive than buying individual parts? (Seems like that to me.)

Yes. They are definitely more expensive. Linus just made a bunch of videos about going undercover and buying prebuilt rigs though LTTs accountant (that didn't know anything about computers). The buying experience was very mixed with a range from absolutely terrible garbage+ experience to pretty decent with good customer support.

If your friend (the one with the nice computer you talked about) is willing to help you build the PC you should definitely build it yourself. Just make sure he/she doesn't become your personal tech support or they'll hate you. Since you said it'll be a while before you build there is a ton of time for you to learn if you're interested. Just look up some videos on YouTube, they are everywhere.

LightningwingDragon · January 23, 2019

1 hour ago, ATFink said:

Yes. They are definitely more expensive. Linus just made a bunch of videos about going undercover and buying prebuilt rigs though LTTs accountant (that didn't know anything about computers). The buying experience was very mixed with a range from absolutely terrible garbage+ experience to pretty decent with good customer support.

If your friend (the one with the nice computer you talked about) is willing to help you build the PC you should definitely build it yourself. Just make sure he/she doesn't become your personal tech support or they'll hate you. Since you said it'll be a while before you build there is a ton of time for you to learn if you're interested. Just look up some videos on YouTube, they are everywhere.

I saw the vids, hilarous.