Best $2000 USD computer from 2010

[thatguyyouknow75]

Many of you have been into tech much longer than I have, and for that reason I came here. 2010 in computer years is decades ago, but back then what could $2000 have gotten you and what would it's performance be like with modern applications?

[Fatelinha]

Hi

 

 

Any combination of this may suit you. Check http://www.logicalincrements.com/for the full chart.

 

Try it yourself and post something for us to judge

[Mushious]

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Didn't read OP at all ._.

 

Whatever the rig would be, it'd include a 580 or 6970.

[Brandon Cassie]

Can't remember much from 2010, my 2010 build had an i7 860 which if I remember correctly was a $300 CPU upon release and a GTX 480

 

Entire system costed around $1200 or so.

 

Swap the 860 with a 990X and you should be around the $1800 mark, CPU costed $1000 back then, no faster than a $350 3770K

[Aniallation]

Many of you have been into tech much longer than I have, and for that reason I came here. 2010 in computer years is decades ago, but back then what could $2000 have gotten you and what would it's performance be like with modern applications?

The descendants of the parts that today cost $2000. Prices haven't changed much over the past 5 years... it would have been a first gen Core i-series and GeForce 400 or Radeon HD 5000/6000 series. 

[JAKEBAB]

Back then it would of been the core i7 990x 6 core with either an evga or asus mobo and I think gtx 480 but you could go with a 930 4 core and sli 480s maybe? I can't really remember much about this but lga1366 was the year I first got into computers.

[harrynowl]

i7 970 (~$550) and a GTX 480 SLI ($1100 for the two) (or HD5870 X-Fire) with a decent X58 board (~$220) and 12GB of DDR3 (~$150) triple channel.