Hello, I am deciding on purchasing a new desktop workstation. I always purchased pre-built desktops in the past so this will be the first build I am attempting. I would like to keep the budget at no more than $2000 which is around what this build is at currently- including peripherals.
I suffer from impulse buying so at first I made a build that was way too overkill for what I wanted. I tend to overspend just because I want the best of the best. I know PC builds can be very expensive, but I want something much more reasonable - as long as it can meet all my needs with no issues I will be very very happy.
My needs/questions:
This is the build I have created so far, https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9bLV8Y
Side Note:
I currently own one monitor that I use with my xbox One so that's why only one monitor is selected in the build. I dont want to get two different monitors as I dont know if that would cause any issues so Im currently planning on just getting another one of the same monitor to play it safe. And the Seagate Backup 2TB External Drive is for my xbox as well so you can ignore that.
I suffer from impulse buying so at first I made a build that was way too overkill for what I wanted. I tend to overspend just because I want the best of the best. I know PC builds can be very expensive, but I want something much more reasonable - as long as it can meet all my needs with no issues I will be very very happy.
My needs/questions:
- My plan for the desktop is to use it to run a Remote Desktop server on one monitor while running automated software/scripts as well as search engines, discord, etc on the other monitor. So pretty much something powerful that will allow me to be running a lot of memory-heavy programs at once with no issues whatsoever.
- Speed is very crucial. Some automated softwares I use are running and updating/checking 100 different tasks each at 4 times a second(250ms) so it is crucial that I will be able to handle this type of power needed without losing any performance.
- I will not be using the desktop for gaming as I am a console gamer and play on my xbox.
- I have included a dual monitor stand in the list, not sure if theres any better ones out there for cheaper as $379 is pretty steep.
- I would really love to have a full RGB setup as I love changing colors regularly depending on holiday seasons and whatnot, I don't care for rainbow effects but I may need to have a blend between 2 or 3 colors at one given time so syncing is important to me.
- Im not sure if since the board is a Micro ATX that It will have enough slots for all the fans included in this set up. I know that it says everything is compatable on the website but I was doing some research and read that micro ATX boards usually lack enough fan ports.
- I have absolutely no clue what I am doing with the storage, I chose an SSD and a internal hard drive but have seen other builds with only ssds. What is the difference/is there any benefit? Should I change these?
- Should I consider a cooling option for the cpu? I have no clue on what overclocking is and may try to learn about it in the future but I would like a nice build that is a beast without having to overclock. This build will be in an enclosed room so if it produces a lot of heat that could be an issue.
This is the build I have created so far, https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9bLV8Y
Side Note:
I currently own one monitor that I use with my xbox One so that's why only one monitor is selected in the build. I dont want to get two different monitors as I dont know if that would cause any issues so Im currently planning on just getting another one of the same monitor to play it safe. And the Seagate Backup 2TB External Drive is for my xbox as well so you can ignore that.
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