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How old is your son? Lots of benefits in having him build it himself from parts. Cheaper too.

In terms of raw gaming performance, the one from gameekstra has the edge in graphics power. The imtec system has a minor edge in CPU performance.

A high end monitor is necessary to make these make any sense at all. 1440p high refresh or 4K 60hz. If you haven't budgeted a monitor into these selections then you might need to reevaluate.

RTX2080Ti and RTX2080 / RTX 2080 Super are good for 1440p well above 60hz in most titles. (or 4K)
RTX2070 / RTX 2070 Super are good for 1440p 60hz
RTX2060 / RTX 2060 Super/ RX5700 is adequate for 1440p without maxing out game settings
GTX1660 TI is good for 1080p

You are obviously willing to spend quite a bit, so we'll ignore the lower end offerings.

I went with more reasonable part selections in some cases, but that Ryzen build in particular isn't very well optimized for a high end gaming system. The Intel build is better off the shelf, but still over priced. About $800 US more on the Intel and $600 US more on the AMD build.

Price list for a comparable i9-9900k build.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($483.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler ($74.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($182.69 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB Dual Advanced Video Card ($649.99 @ B&H)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($105.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1867.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-24 11:23 EDT-0400


price list for a comparable R7-2700X build:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor ($254.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler ($74.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus TUF B450M-PRO GAMING Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Corsair Force MP500 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($76.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB ROG Strix Gaming Advanced Video Card ($1229.99 @ B&H)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($105.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2097.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-24 11:27 EDT-0400
 
What countries are you shopping in?
Bosnia and Turkey?

Of the 2 choices you provided, the i9-9900K build is the better one (if price after currency conversion is the same). I'd recommend an i7-9700K though. That should cost a fair bit less without giving up much/ any performance in games.

Something like This would still provide good performance on a 1440p resolution monitor and is a well balanced system.
*I have no idea on whether or not price is good for what you're getting, just judging on components only.

I don't like gameekstra using such small SSDs (240GB only for their high end builds?) I also don't like that once you drop out of their "best of the best" tier, they're only offering 8GB system RAM. 16GB is pretty average these days in mid-tier systems.
 
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What countries are you shopping in?
Bosnia and Turkey?

Of the 2 choices you provided, the i9-9900K build is the better one (if price after currency conversion is the same). I'd recommend an i7-9700K though. That should cost a fair bit less without giving up much/ any performance in games.

Something like This would still provide good performance on a 1440p resolution monitor and is a well balanced system.
*I have no idea on whether or not price is good for what you're getting, just judging on components only.

I don't like gameekstra using such small SSDs (240GB only for their high end builds?) I also don't like that once you drop out of their "best of the best" tier, they're only offering 8GB system RAM. 16GB is pretty average these days in mid-tier systems.
Thank you kind sir..i will go with the setup you recommended..its 2100$ setup so i still can buy him a good monitor for the rest money..even tho i thought to connect it to his tv...can you recommend me some good one from the same store..i want him to play games for some time without upgrading the pc...sorry for obnoxiousness