[SOLVED] $2000 budget PC

[darkknightrasil]

So I decided to buy the parts for my new PC I don't think my current PC will be of any use considering I have photoshop and other work I need to do.
This is a list someone helped me create for parts on a new PC My budget ranges from $2000-$3000 but I'd like to keep it as low as possible.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/RADDART/saved/#view=Kspgbv

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Game Design, Art, Multi-screen viewing

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor(unless upgraded to 4k at a future date)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: NEWEGG, Amazon (Do not know of others)

Country: United States-Southern California

Parts Preferences: Intel i9 10th Gen./32+ gigs of ram (light effects)

Overclocking: Yes

Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080

My current PC is 12 years old and needs to be replaced before World of Warcraft Shadowlands comes mid/early November.
I currently have a tower (Frame) Termaltake View 71TG -(Tempered Glass full tower)

My current PC specs:
Alienware: Area 51 (2008)
12 year old pc
Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i7 CPU 920 @2.67 GHz
RAM: 18 GB
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

warcraft requirements for new expansion:
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	RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATIONS
OPERATING SYSTEM	Windows® 10 64-bit
PROCESSOR	Intel® Core™ i7-6700K AMD Ryzen™ 7 2700X
VIDEO	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 AMD Radeon™ RX Vega 64 DirectX® 12 compatible GPU with 8GB VRAM
MEMORY	8GB RAM
STORAGE	Solid State Drive (SSD) 100GB available space
Resolution

 

[logainofhades]

So apparently blizzard lied, when they said they were not increasing the shadowlands requirements. For gaming, a 10900k is overkill. A 10600k is plenty, with a 10700k being ok for a bit of system longevity, multi-threaded wise. Also with RTX 3000 coming, you are going to want to hold off on the GPU purchase. I threw in a 2080s, just for pricing purposes.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor ($406.59 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($85.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE ATX LGA1200 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($899.61 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake Core V71 TG ATX Full Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($134.69 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($22.98 @ B&H)
Total: $2029.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-21 11:54 EDT-0400


For reference, I am playing WoW, at 1440p, with the rig linked in my sig.

 

[RodroX]

So apparently blizzard lied, when they said they were not increasing the shadowlands requirements. For gaming, a 10900k is overkill. A 10600k is plenty, with a 10700k being ok for a bit of system longevity, multi-threaded wise. Also with RTX 3000 coming, you are going to want to hold off on the GPU purchase. I threw in a 2080s, just for pricing purposes.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor ($406.59 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($85.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE ATX LGA1200 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($899.61 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake Core V71 TG ATX Full Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($134.69 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($22.98 @ B&H)
Total: $2029.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-21 11:54 EDT-0400


For reference, I am playing WoW, at 1440p, with the rig linked in my sig.

I agree with this build, but if not in a rush, I would actually hold a bit cause nvidia launch is really close and you really wana wait for reviewers to test and see if the pcie 4 is need it or not (porbably not but perhaps it does not hurt to wait a bit).

For now the only platform that support pcie 4 is AMD 3rd gen (B550 and X 570 chipsets).

 

[darkknightrasil]

I agree with this build, but if not in a rush, I would actually hold a bit cause nvidia launch is really close and you really wana wait for reviewers to test and see if the pcie 4 is need it or not (porbably not but perhaps it does not hurt to wait a bit).

For now the only platform that support pcie 4 is AMD 3rd gen (B550 and X 570 chipsets).

when does that usually occur? that graphics card is going to cost a few thousand tho isnt it?

 

[darkknightrasil]

So apparently blizzard lied, when they said they were not increasing the shadowlands requirements. For gaming, a 10900k is overkill. A 10600k is plenty, with a 10700k being ok for a bit of system longevity, multi-threaded wise. Also with RTX 3000 coming, you are going to want to hold off on the GPU purchase. I threw in a 2080s, just for pricing purposes.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor ($406.59 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($85.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE ATX LGA1200 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($899.61 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake Core V71 TG ATX Full Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($134.69 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($22.98 @ B&H)
Total: $2029.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-21 11:54 EDT-0400


For reference, I am playing WoW, at 1440p, with the rig linked in my sig.

what if i switch the motherboard to a ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero Z490 (WiFi 6) LGA 1200 (Intel 10th Gen) ATX Gaming Motherboard (14+2 Power Stages, DDR4 4800+, 5Gbps LAN, Intel LAN, Bluetooth v5.1, Triple M.2, Aura Sync) (399.99) price

 

[ocer9999]

Perhaps you should consider AMD, 12 cores, for less money and it's awesome at productivity software as well gaming.

Also has the advantage of 4.0 PCIe which in the future for storage I can see playing a big role as well on the next gen GPUs.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor ($429.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S 46.44 CFM CPU Cooler ($59.95 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X570 Steel Legend WiFi ax ATX AM4 Motherboard ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($352.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB Video Card ($499.99 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.99 @ Best Buy)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1986.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-23 16:57 EDT-0400

 

[RodroX]

what if i switch the motherboard to a ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero Z490 (WiFi 6) LGA 1200 (Intel 10th Gen) ATX Gaming Motherboard (14+2 Power Stages, DDR4 4800+, 5Gbps LAN, Intel LAN, Bluetooth v5.1, Triple M.2, Aura Sync) (399.99) price

Yuo can swtich the mobo to the Asus one, is more expensive but if that ones come with the features you need/want, you can do it.

 

[logainofhades]

I do not recommend Asus due to their terrible customer service, along with MSI, for that matter. I see 0 value in a $400 motherboard, regardless. That money is better spent elsewhere.

 

[RodroX]

I do not recommend Asus due to their terrible customer service, along with MSI, for that matter. I see 0 value in a $400 motherboard, regardless. That money is better spent elsewhere.

I only bought one MSI mobo in my life, when the product arrived home the chipset heatsink was loosed of the mobo and running free inside the box. MSI did nothing for me, luckily the retailer which I knew for years agree to replace the board for any other I would want from any brand at the first phone call (I guess MSI wasn't in fault here anyways).
Then I got this gigabyte in my signature for ym Ryzen 5 3600, I made a question regarding the BIOS on the gigabyte forums and thier support channel. That was 1 year ago, Im still waiting for an answer.

So I guess their support depends a lot on which country in the wolrd you are.

I do agree on the 0 value beyong the ~$290 range. Im guessing if high priced mobos exist is because someone buy them lol.

 

[logainofhades]

I had bought a B550 Gaming Plus, for a friend's build. The top M.2 slot didn't work, but the bottom one did. I contacted MSI support. They told me the top slot only supports PCI-E 4.0 drives, despite their spec sheets saying otherwise. The friend already had a Crucial P1, so we reused it. Talking to some other B550 MSI owners their boards were working with their 3.0 drives, just fine. Took the board back to Microcenter, the following weekend, and got a direct replacement. The replacement board, the drive worked, no issue. I called MSI out, on their lie, and no response whatsoever. Must be trained in the same way their other reps are, that harass youtube reviewers.

 

[RodroX]

I had bought a B550 Gaming Plus, for a friend's build. The top M.2 slot didn't work, but the bottom one did. I contacted MSI support. They told me the top slot only supports PCI-E 4.0 drives, despite their spec sheets saying otherwise. The friend already had a Crucial P1, so we reused it. Talking to some other B550 MSI owners their boards were working with their 3.0 drives, just fine. Took the board back to Microcenter, the following weekend, and got a direct replacement. The replacement board, the drive worked, no issue. I called MSI out, on their lie, and no response whatsoever. Must be trained in the same way their other reps are, that harass youtube reviewers.

Yeah that sucks and Asus is worst, I do agree with you on that.

It really sucks when this huge brands don't have a decent support team, they don't realize thats more important than any publicity /advertising you can do about your product.
They don't realize when someone have a bad experience with a product and the support does not help, that someone will stop buying thier products and will become bad influence to others when they ask about this brand.

 

[logainofhades]

Yea between my experiences, and some other mods' experiences with Asus, I don't recommend them either. It's getting harder to choose, because every company is getting to be this way.

 

[Zerk2012]

So I decided to buy the parts for my new PC I don't think my current PC will be of any use considering I have photoshop and other work I need to do.
This is a list someone helped me create for parts on a new PC My budget ranges from $2000-$3000 but I'd like to keep it as low as possible.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/RADDART/saved/#view=Kspgbv

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Game Design, Art, Multi-screen viewing

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor(unless upgraded to 4k at a future date)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: NEWEGG, Amazon (Do not know of others)

Country: United States-Southern California

Parts Preferences: Intel i9 10th Gen./32+ gigs of ram (light effects)

Overclocking: Yes

Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080

My current PC is 12 years old and needs to be replaced before World of Warcraft Shadowlands comes mid/early November.
I currently have a tower (Frame) Termaltake View 71TG -(Tempered Glass full tower)

My current PC specs:
Alienware: Area 51 (2008)
12 year old pc
Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i7 CPU 920 @2.67 GHz
RAM: 18 GB
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

warcraft requirements for new expansion:
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Resolution
	RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATIONS
OPERATING SYSTEM	Windows® 10 64-bit
PROCESSOR	Intel® Core™ i7-6700K AMD Ryzen™ 7 2700X
VIDEO	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 AMD Radeon™ RX Vega 64 DirectX® 12 compatible GPU with 8GB VRAM
MEMORY	8GB RAM
STORAGE	Solid State Drive (SSD) 100GB available space

That case doesn't have a slot for the DVD drive that I know of.

Under budget. Same motherboard that I'm using with 0 issues.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xnq6k6

If you just must have the 10 core processor these are better options for a ton less that the 10900K.

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/wW7p99,nGFKHx/

 

[Archaic59]

So I decided to buy the parts for my new PC I don't think my current PC will be of any use considering I have photoshop and other work I need to do.
This is a list someone helped me create for parts on a new PC My budget ranges from $2000-$3000 but I'd like to keep it as low as possible.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/RADDART/saved/#view=Kspgbv

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Game Design, Art, Multi-screen viewing

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor(unless upgraded to 4k at a future date)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: NEWEGG, Amazon (Do not know of others)

Country: United States-Southern California

Parts Preferences: Intel i9 10th Gen./32+ gigs of ram (light effects)

Overclocking: Yes

Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080

My current PC is 12 years old and needs to be replaced before World of Warcraft Shadowlands comes mid/early November.
I currently have a tower (Frame) Termaltake View 71TG -(Tempered Glass full tower)

My current PC specs:
Alienware: Area 51 (2008)
12 year old pc
Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i7 CPU 920 @2.67 GHz
RAM: 18 GB
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

warcraft requirements for new expansion:
��

Resolution
	RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATIONS
OPERATING SYSTEM	Windows® 10 64-bit
PROCESSOR	Intel® Core™ i7-6700K AMD Ryzen™ 7 2700X
VIDEO	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 AMD Radeon™ RX Vega 64 DirectX® 12 compatible GPU with 8GB VRAM
MEMORY	8GB RAM
STORAGE	Solid State Drive (SSD) 100GB available space

The new Comet Lake CPU's are a fine lot and I understand the single core performance is a bit better, but there are alternatives. You can build a powerful Ryzen system including an RTX 2080 Super with your budget. The video card should be available in a week or so.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QnXLtp