Advice/Tips 1st time building/upgrading

[Marouis]

hello guys

i hope you can help me

Budget & Location: US

its been 5 years since i started buying pre-build desktops and to be honest i didn't like pre builds its just i dont know how to build one at the start

so first is I've been using this pre-build alienware desktop now for 2 years going 3 years i was wondering if i can upgrade it or just get a new one

link is here :https://www.bestbuy.com/site/alienware-aurora-r6-desktop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1070-1tb-hard-drive-intel-optane-memory-epic-silver/6124573.p?skuId=6124573

budget is around 1000 USD$ to 1200 USD$ (preferred not to go over 2000 USD$) but considering to go up if the performance is worth it

and is it the best time to buy parts?

 

Aim

Its obvious I'm aiming for a gaming desktop

the catch is the reason I put upgrading on the title is because i got a 1070 on the unit and i got the 256 TB SSD with the 1TB HDD along with x2 1TB SDD ( which one is one it right now and 1 will be grabing from my old laptop)

i got x2 G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Intel Z170 Platform / Intel X99 Platform Desktop Memory Model (F4-3000C15D-16GVRB)

but i dont think they work on my MB but put them anyways ( would like to upgrade ram if performance is worth it)

 

 

Monitors

as for monitor I'm using the Alienware 25 Gaming Monitor - AW2518H got it for cheap the only reason i choose this one 

 

Peripherals

would like to ask much as possible a white(case)/blue(lighting) theme or a black(case)/white(lighting) theme

preferred asus as a brand maybe? but if you guys tell me that others are better then i will follow it

 

Why are you upgrading?

would like to upgrade since its turning 3 years since i last bought it and its all acting weird now 

reason for this one too is i would like to learn how to build gaming desktop to help me today and in the future 

and so i can help others too

i don't know anything one compatibility of the parts like which PSU( like i only know that this is power supplly) compatible to the MB or anything which or what MB is compatible with this and that and so fort 

i hope i will learn a lot from this 

[Jurrunio]

19 minutes ago, Marouis said:

its all acting weird now 

You do get the benefits of buying a prebuilt though. You can send the whole thing back to Dell and ask them to fix this.

 

20 minutes ago, Marouis said:

Alienware 25 Gaming Monitor - AW2518H

I see it has Gsync which is nice, but how high is its refresh rate?

 

Do you want to sell this thing, or will this thing contribute its parts for the new PC?

[Marouis]

I would prefer to upgrade instead of taking months or them to repair the desktop and i wont have anything to game with  

 

monitor has 240hz and would like to stay on the build so it doesnt count on the budget

[Marouis]

sad

[Herman Mcpootis]

On 6/27/2018 at 9:11 AM, Marouis said:

I would prefer to upgrade instead of taking months or them to repair the desktop and i wont have anything to game with  

 

monitor has 240hz and would like to stay on the build so it doesnt count on the budget

if the warranty is still there then just send it to Dell for repairs and upgrade the 1070 afterwards, no need to get an entirely new rig.