legacy user looking for that special CPU,got burned before, it wont happen again...

[edwarde1212]

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Graymane1212/saved/mbvTHx

Approximate Purchase Date: ive got time to purchase, but as an enthusiast the sooner the better.
Budget Range: 1200 maximum (the wife had to set a limit)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming programming

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: none, all new

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: always open to new relationships

Location: none

Parts Preferences: none

Overclocking: in the future not now.

SLI or Crossfire: maybe in the future but not likley

Your Monitor Resolution: i have no idea

Additional Comments: i will upgrade things like ram and getting an ssd later. my last computer was a total waste of money (an overheating toshiba x870). forgive me i dont post anything anywhere on the internet but as i dont know many people in the computer field i often have to look this stuff up on my own and would greatly value an assistance.

after rebates and combo deals it totals around $1100. am i missing somthing? one of my concernse are the video card. is that great for that price? is there another card slightly better or worse with a different price tag? again any help would be great.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Graymane1212/saved/mbvTHx

 

[kanewolf]

A single 8GB DIMM is a really bad idea when paired with all the other high $$$ hardware you have. That RAM should be a matched set of two DIMMs to fully utilize your CPU.

 

[coozie7]

Which is most important: Gaming or programming? If programming is your bread and butter and your development software is fully multi threaded a Ryzen R7 2700X based build would be a better choice, it may sacrifice a little gaming prowess over an i7 but that very much depends on the display: Intel do best with fast HD displays than AMD but once you go over 1920x1080/1200 that difference becomes largely academic.

We really need to know the monitor details, for example, pairing a GTX1070Ti with a 60Hz HD display is wasting money.

Are you sure about the overclocking? Dropping to a non 'K' CPU and a cheaper MB/RAM won't cost much performance and if you don't need the i7s Hyperthreading or the cores/threads of an R7 2700X for software development, an i5 will give you 95% of the performance for far less cash.