Should I complete my build?

[jasonwj322a]

To give some background info, 

I've primarily game on Xbox for the past few years. Most of my friends are on there but I would really like to not exactly switch over to PC but to also game on it. I was planning on a build a long time ago but never got to it. 

 

I have a EVGA RTX 2080 XC Ultra, two 1TB Samsung 970 Pro, and a Noctua NH U14S Cooler. Now here's where it gets complicated. I'm 18, not a lot of money and I'm not sure if I should finish it. If I sell all the parts I can get around $1000 I can potentially put into savings or something. I don't currently work either but I do have some money saved up I can use to pay for other parts if that's the path I'm taking. What do you guys think? I estimate at least $1000 more to complete the build, which is a lot of money. This would be a do it all PC for me. My current laptop is pretty high end one rocking a 7th Gen core i7, 16GB of RAM, and a 1050. Though it still struggles with the stuff I do on it, which explains my price estimation. 

 

I can pay for the rest but I just don't know if I should. I'm not dying to play on PC though it would be really nice. The extra horses a new PC would give me would definitely help me out. It's just a lot of money for me and I'm not sure if it's worth it. If we're just talking about dollar value, this will be a great deal for me given I got these parts for free. But a $500k Bugatti Chiron is still $500k even if it's the deal of the century. 

[Mr. Budget]

If you personally don't care much about playing on PC, don't bother finishing it and sell your current parts. However if you do care alot about moving over, you should complete this build. I wouldn't suggest a super high end CPU for this, as even an upper-tier Xeon for about 15 bucks can work. If you really want a higher end CPU, i'd suggest at least an i7-2600 or 2600k if you want to overclock, however if you have alot of money to spend you can even get a lower end i9 or higher end i7.

[badreg]

4 minutes ago, jasonwj322a said:

If we're just talking about dollar value, this will be a great deal for me given I got these parts for free. But a $500k Bugatti Chiron is still $500k even if it's the deal of the century. 

If I was gifted anything that I didn't need, I would convert it to cash without hesitation. This is especially true with rapidly depreciating assets like computer parts.

[jasonwj322a]

Just now, Mr. Budget said:

If you personally don't care much about playing on PC, don't bother finishing it and sell your current parts. However if you do care alot about moving over, you should complete this build. I wouldn't suggest a super high end CPU for this, as even an upper-tier Xeon for about 15 bucks can work. If you really want a higher end CPU, i'd suggest at least an i7-2600 or 2600k if you want to overclock, however if you have alot of money to spend you can even get a lower end i9 or higher end i7.

Wouldn't that bottleneck the graphics card though? I was initially thinking maybe a newer Ryzen or something similar. 

 

 

P.S. I like your name 

[Mr. Budget]

Just now, jasonwj322a said:

Wouldn't that bottleneck the graphics card though? I was initially thinking maybe a newer Ryzen or something similar. 

 

 

P.S. I like your name 

1. Thanks. I came up with my name when I was trying to make a PC build that could run most AAA games for under 400 dollars. 
2. It could bottleneck the graphics card depending on how bad the CPU is. A Xeon could still have the GPU run at a decent pace for the cpu, but once again the more you spend the better you receive. If you can throw 100-300 dollars at a CPU, go ahead, buy a newer and higher-end Ryzen. But if you are really requiring something cheaper in terms of CPU since you already threw away 1000 dollars for the rest of the components, a mid range cpu I'd recommend is a ryzen 2600x or i5-9400F. 

[dizmo]

It sounds more like you want us to make a decision for you that you can't make yourself. When it comes down to it only you can decide what works best for you in this situation. I'd say a better question isn't should you or should you not build a PC, but why you don't have a job? I'd focus on obtaining one of those before I'd worry about whether or not I should build a PC.

 

Now, aside from that, since you have tons of time on your hands why don't you use that time to find yourself some good deals and build a PC that way?

You can find killer deals on eBay if you have enough time. Buy a few of those, sell the parts you don't need, and you can easily get a free computer, or even make money. I'd also consider selling your laptop if you build a PC, since you don't really need two things with the same use.

[dizmo]

2 hours ago, Mr. Budget said:

If you personally don't care much about playing on PC, don't bother finishing it and sell your current parts. However if you do care alot about moving over, you should complete this build. I wouldn't suggest a super high end CPU for this, as even an upper-tier Xeon for about 15 bucks can work. If you really want a higher end CPU, i'd suggest at least an i7-2600 or 2600k if you want to overclock, however if you have alot of money to spend you can even get a lower end i9 or higher end i7.

An upper tier Xeon is a horrible suggestion...he'd be better off selling the 2080, getting a 2060 and a mid tier CPU.

[SpookyCitrus]

If you don't have a job and you aren't going to use the PC that much and the money from selling the parts would be beneficial for you to have then I would sell them, however if you ultimately decide on going for a new build Ryzen 3000 is a great path. You won't need to spend $1000 plus if you know what to get. You can go for a 3700X which would kill anything you threw at it for about $660 or you can even get it down to below $550 if you went for the Ryzen 5 3600 which is on par with the 8700k in most tasks for almost $100 less. You already have the most expensive component out of the way and you got it for free to top it off! Those SSDs aren't cheap either considering you got all those parts for free, finishing the build and ultimately spending a little over $600 on the total computer especially a new Ryzen 3000 build with a 2080 would be the deal of a lifetime.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$194.79 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock B450 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard	$108.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
Case	Phanteks ECLIPSE P350X ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$85.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$529.75
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PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$329.00 @ B&H
Motherboard	ASRock B450 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard	$108.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
Case	Phanteks ECLIPSE P350X ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$85.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$663.96
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-28 00:54 EDT-0400