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Ankerr
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Hi,

 

I want to buy a desktop that will (hopefully) be able to perform amazingly for at least the next 4 years.

Specifically, I want to buy one to play a game called Star Citizen at max settings.

I already have all my peripherals so I just want some suggestions for the tower.

If need be you can also suggest a bunch of different components for me to buy and I can build one myself if that is a better value.

In terms of spending power I'm thinking around $2,000, +/- 500 if need be.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Ankerr

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1 minute ago, Ankerr said:

Hi,

 

I want to buy a desktop that will (hopefully) be able to perform amazingly for at least the next 4 years.

Specifically, I want to buy one to play a game called Star Citizen at max settings.

I already have all my peripherals so I just want some suggestions for the tower.

If need be you can also suggest a bunch of different components for me to buy and I can build one myself if that is a better value.

In terms of spending power I'm thinking around $2,000, +/- 500 if need be.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Ankerr

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Are you sureeeeeeee you don't want to build it? No? Okay, I won't criticize you. Well, go on iBuyPower and configure one that works for you. At that budget, I can confidently say that you can afford a GTX 1080 and i7 7700k, although I would wait for Ryzen to launch before you jump the gun.

 

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waiting for ryzen seems to be the smart decision lol, thanks

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Will you be overclocking? What resolution do you want the computer to be targeted at? AMD or Nvidia? Intel or AMD? Will you be doing any video editing? Are you an audiophile? RGB or no RGB? WiFi or LAN? Big PC or compact PC?

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never tried to overclock before, theough it might be interesing

resolution would be 1920x1080 or better

nividia graphics

probably ryzen cpu but maybe not

no editing

not an audiophile

rgb is optional

Lan (maybe with wifi option?)

size doesnt matter

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13 minutes ago, That_PC_Kid said:

 AMD or Nvidia? Intel or AMD?

that is the worst possible question to ask someone. ask about there use cases like you did and just leave that part out. 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

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1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

that is the worst possible question to ask someone. ask about there use cases like you did and just leave that part out. 

I can agree but some people are die hard fans of certain companies.

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1 minute ago, That_PC_Kid said:

I can agree but some people are die hard fans of certain companies.

no need to bring it up if they truly are they will state it in the OG post. 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

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2 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

no need to bring it up if they truly are they will state it in the OG post. 

Will keep in mind.

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It's unrealistic for a PC to last for 4 years without upgrading. I would get the what meets your needs now and don't spend extra on "futureproofing".

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