Question Need Help & Suggestions Building A New Gaming System With a $2,000'ish Budget

[AnimalisticDisskord]

I'm going to build a budget gaming system, and I'm looking for suggestions for around $2,000 - it can be a little higher if necessary. Want to run dual monitors at 1080P. Playing a variety of games. The pieces needed are:

CPU:
CPU Air Cooler:
Motherboard:
Grapics Card:
Memory:
SSD - 2TB:
Power Supply:
Case:

Doesn't need RGB, but it would be nice to have.

I appreciate your time for helping me out!

 

[punkncat]

Are your monitors GSync or FreeSync?

Do you have a preference for anything so far as manufacturer or anything? Care about Ray Tracing?

At surface value you can build quite a nice system for $2K. Does that budget need to include OS license as well?

Where are you shopping?

 

[AnimalisticDisskord]

Are your monitors GSync or FreeSync?

Do you have a preference for anything so far as manufacturer or anything? Care about Ray Tracing?

At surface value you can build quite a nice system for $2K. Does that budget need to include OS license as well?

Where are you shopping?

Thank you for your response, Punkncat!

I haven't purchased the monitors, so whatever's better. No preference on manufacturers so long as they're quality manufacturers. I would like the ability to use ray tracing. In fact, I would like to play most games on max settings. The budget does need to include the OS license as well. I haven't shopped anywhere yet, I'm waiting to see what the suggestions are first.

 

[AnimalisticDisskord]

Actually, the full $2,000 can be applied toward the build. I'll buy the OS with additional money.

 

[punkncat]

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.

 

[AnimalisticDisskord]

Thank you for those suggestions, I appreciate your time!

 

[Why_Me]

I'm going to build a budget gaming system, and I'm looking for suggestions for around $2,000 - it can be a little higher if necessary. Want to run dual monitors at 1080P. Playing a variety of games. The pieces needed are:

CPU:
CPU Air Cooler:
Motherboard:
Grapics Card:
Memory:
SSD - 2TB:
Power Supply:
Case:

Doesn't need RGB, but it would be nice to have.

I appreciate your time for helping me out!

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($470.50 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($37.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($149.99 @ MSI)
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($87.97 @ Newegg Sellers)
Video Card: *Gigabyte EAGLE OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card ($614.99 @ Amazon)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: *Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Monitor: *MSI G244F E2 23.8" 1920 x 1080 180 Hz Monitor ($89.99 @ Best Buy)
Monitor: *MSI G244F E2 23.8" 1920 x 1080 180 Hz Monitor ($89.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1784.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-31 16:55 EST-0500

 

[AnimalisticDisskord]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($470.50 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($37.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($149.99 @ MSI)
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($87.97 @ Newegg Sellers)
Video Card: *Gigabyte EAGLE OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card ($614.99 @ Amazon)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: *Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Monitor: *MSI G244F E2 23.8" 1920 x 1080 180 Hz Monitor ($89.99 @ Best Buy)
Monitor: *MSI G244F E2 23.8" 1920 x 1080 180 Hz Monitor ($89.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1784.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-31 16:55 EST-0500

Why_Me, so glad you're still on these forums! You helped me with my last build and it's a super solid build. Thank you!

 

[Why_Me]

Why_Me, so glad you're still on these forums! You helped me with my last build and it's a super solid build. Thank you!

Thanks ^^ I just noticed I had the wrong MB in that build so I changed it just now.