What's a good build for 1000-1100 USD

[Ov3ns]

First time builder, and I want to switch from my cappy laptop to a sort of nice desktop.  If anyone has good recommendations for a build I'll take mostly anything.  Any deals for black friday/ cyber Monday would be fantastic.

 

No peripherals needed, and I have a windows 10 license

Edited November 17, 2017 by Ov3ns

[Walt]

What would be your aim? Gaming, editing, 3d moddeling, school/work etc.

 

 

[Ov3ns]

1 minute ago, Walt said:

What would be your aim? Gaming, editing, 3d moddeling, school/work etc.

 

 

Gaming and maybe editing, but mostly gaming

 

[Tom Cat]

A Intel based system with an i5 8400 or the k version if you want to overclock. 8 gb of ram. A z370 motherboard. Ill post a list in a min.

[Doomed83]

Having a price range is a great starting place. What do you expect to get out of the 1000-1100 budget?

 

Do you need to include peripherals ( keyboard, mouse, monitor) in the price?

 

Do you need to include a windows license in the price?

 

How important are aesthetics?

 

List anything else that may be important to you about the system you want.

[Walt]

I would look at something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.89 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($31.40 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 HD3 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($101.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8GB Red Devil Video Card  ($259.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1027.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-17 12:01 EST-0500

 

Change some parts if you care about aesthetics

[Tom Cat]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6v2LtJ

[CrippledROBOT]

14 minutes ago, Douglas The Duck said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6v2LtJ

This is a solid build list. For the price, this is essentially as good as you'll get, which mind you, is a REALLY solid machine!