Need Assistance & Ideas for Creating a New Gaming System Within a Rough $2,000 Budget
Need Assistance & Ideas for Creating a New Gaming System Within a Rough $2,000 Budget
Looking to create a budget gaming setup around $2,000. I'm planning dual monitors at 1080P and want to play various games. The components needed are: CPU, air cooler, motherboard, graphics card, memory, 2TB SSD, power supply, case (no RGB required but would be nice). Thanks for your help!
Do you have monitors using GSync or FreeSync?
Do you have any preference regarding the manufacturer or other factors? Are you interested in Ray Tracing?
In terms of cost, you can assemble a decent setup for around $2K. Does this budget also account for an operating system license?
Where are you planning to purchase?
Thanks for your reply, Punkncat!
I haven’t bought any monitors yet, so I’m open to whatever is better. No specific brand preference as long as it’s a quality maker. I’d like the option to enable ray tracing and be able to run most games at maximum settings. The budget should also cover the OS license. I haven’t started shopping yet—I’m just waiting to see the recommendations first.
You didn't specifically mention the monitors, so wasn't aware if that was part of the budget. If you want an NVIDIA card for Ray Tracing, it will be best to consider having monitors that are at least officially GSync compatible:
NVIDIA GeForce G-SYNC Gaming Monitors
Search for GeForce G-SYNC gaming monitors.
www.nvidia.com
Keep in mind to watch for the required cabling.
There are some pending hardware releases in the graphics market that are likely to shake things up a bit in the first quarter. I don't expect so much that any of it would be on your radar right off, but will quite likely make the older hardware take more aggressive and attractive pricing. For your use case and budget I feel like the 4070 ti variants should be in that sweet spot of performance to price.
Would consider AMD on either 7xxx or 9xxx, but for sure want to go with the X3D variants on that. Alongside that I always try to tend towards higher quality motherboards such as to have good VRM, feature set and so on. IDK if I would consider anything under 64GB of RAM at this point on a new 'gaming' build. For storage I feel that WD Black has some really good offerings to price. I am always a fan of Samsung, if not always their pricing.
Get a GOOD Gold or Platinum level of power supply. No reason to skimp here on that budget.
Cases are always a personal choice. You have to live with it and look at it every day. I am a HUGE fan of Lian Li right now in that space. YMMV Don't forget case fans or a consideration of case flow alongside noise when considering powerful hardware...
For RGB it can be pretty easy these days with very little forethought. Just check compatibility between the various parts for header and app for control.
If you have a MicroCenter nearby, that is a darned good place to start.
PCPartPicker List of Components
CPU:
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor
($470.50 on Amazon)
CPU Cooler:
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Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler
($37.90 on Amazon)
Motherboard:
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MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard
($149.99 from MSI)
Memory:
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TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
($87.99 on Amazon)
Storage:
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Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME SSD
($87.97 from Newegg Sellers)
Video Card:
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Gigabyte EAGLE OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card
($614.99 on Amazon)
Case:
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Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case
($74.98 on Amazon)
Power Supply:
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Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
($79.98 on Amazon)
Monitor:
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MSI G244F E2 23.8" 1920 x 1080 180 Hz Monitor
($89.99 at Best Buy)
Monitor:
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MSI G244F E2 23.8" 1920 x 1080 180 Hz Monitor
($89.99 at Best Buy)
Overall Total: $1784.28
Costs encompass shipping, taxes, and applicable discounts
*Selected parts based on predefined parameters*
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2024-12-31 16:55 EST-0500
Why_Me, really happy you're still here! Your help with the last build was great, and it turned out to be a very solid one. Thanks again!
I just realized the incorrect MB was set during that build and I updated it now.