Help Me Create the Best Gaming PC for $2,000 USD

[LetsBuild]

Budget (including currency): $2,000 USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Other details: Will mainly be used for gaming via Steam.  I want to start buying parts now and be able to assemble them once I get all the right stuff.   Never build a PC before but had done some work on one.  I’m getting overwhelmed research which essential parts to go with.   

 

[1stMidnight]

For cpu, I would say 5600x no question. Only $300 and has the gaming performance of any of the other ryzen cpus.

[Omar.B]

Welcome to the form!

 

Since its gaming here 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$300.00
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO V2 62 CFM CPU Cooler	$29.99 @ Newegg
Thermal Compound	Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1 g Thermal Paste	$8.92 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$168.83 @ Amazon
Memory	Crucial Ballistix RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$109.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ B&H
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$55.49 @ Newegg
Video Card	Asus GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card	$450.00
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Mesh w/ Controller ATX Mid Tower Case	$92.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$84.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1426.19
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1406.19
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-17 09:35 EDT-0400

 you can still go with better gpu and more storage and if necessary with higher psu , tell me if I'm wrong or something  ,happy to help! ")

[SorryBella]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor	$439.00 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$84.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$199.22 @ Amazon
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$87.95 @ Amazon
Storage	PNY CS2130 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$109.00 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive	$74.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$700.00
Case	Cooler Master MasterCase H500P Mesh ARGB ATX Mid Tower Case	$199.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$129.99 @ Newegg Sellers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2025.04
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-17 09:49 EDT-0400

Somehow squeezed in a B550-F and Ryzen 7 and 3080. This is pretty banger and the only thing you might wanna add is more fans for the exhaust.

[Omar.B]

This one just personal prefer from @SorryClaire

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor	$439.00 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$84.90 @ Amazon
Thermal Compound	Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1 g Thermal Paste	$8.92 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$199.22 @ Amazon
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$93.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial P5 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$129.99 @ Adorama
Storage	Toshiba X300 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$89.49 @ Amazon
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$700.00
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Mesh w/ Controller ATX Mid Tower Case	$92.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$129.99 @ Newegg Sellers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1978.49
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$1968.49
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-17 10:10 EDT-0400

 

[LetsBuild]

Wow thanks for the quick responses!   I forgot about PC Part Picker.  I couldn’t remember the name.  
 

And if I can get even more for just a little more in the budget that’s cool too!!

[Herman Mcpootis]

wait for rtx 3080/6800xt stocks.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i9-10850K 3.6 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($384.99 @ Best Buy) 
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK TISIS 70.2 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($65.48 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI Z590-A PRO ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: OLOy 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($75.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro 960 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.49 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase H500 ARGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: MSI MPG A-GF 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1071.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-17 11:33 EDT-0400