New build ~$2000 (excluding case, storage)

[AtotehZ]

Hello guys,

I'm looking to buy a new rig, but the case and storage will be transferred with the old one.

I can be a bit flexible with the price if there's something significant to gain by doing so.

I can wait for a more opportune time to buy if you know about any releases on the horizon worth waiting for.

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  ■As a minimum the GPU chosen must perform as a GTX 1080, but prefer closer to GTX 1080TI performance.
  ■The CPU must perform equal to or better than an I7-9700
  ■I don't need more than 16GB RAM.(can upgrade RAM amount later if circumstaces should change)

Hope you can help me out. I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[AtotehZ]

Weird that this wasn't answered.

 

[Supahos]

What resolution do you plan to play at and what refresh rate monitor.

 

[AtotehZ]

What resolution do you plan to play at and what refresh rate monitor.

1440p, it's a gsync monitor. Just need as much power as possible. Rtx 2080 + i9-9900k comes to mind, but that's hardly specific.

 

[Supahos]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($529.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($169.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($235.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($209.99 @ Newegg Business)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB Dual Video Card ($739.99 @ Newegg Business)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1965.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-24 07:55 EST-0500

Something like this I suppose

 

[AtotehZ]

That looks ok. I'll be doing my own revisions of course, but having input elsewhere makes it less likely that I miss something.

The computer needs ~575W at full load when counting all drives and peripherals. I'd be uncomfortable with a 650w considering wear and tear... 750w however is very possible.

I'll by going for a Noctua NH-D15 unless I hear about something better at a similar price. It's pretty silent with great performance. I know the H series of Corsair. Had the H100 back when I had a GTX 690. The power requirement for that was criminal and the H100 broke, almost frying my CPU. Used the H80 for a while after that.

 

[SgtScream]

That build is great. If it were me, I'd drop the system memory to 16gb, drop the noctua, go with R7 2700x/x470and try to swing the RTX 2080 TI.
At 1440p and higher resolution, the processor matters less. Especially since Ryzen has closed the gap significantly in IPC over the years. If by slim chance there is a difference in IPC and game performance it won't be that much at all and the next triple A title release will most likely place the limiting facor in your system to be the graphics card, so that small percentage difference in IPC eventually won't be the processor.

 

[SgtScream]

I love my Ryzen 1700 stock and it places my gtx 1080 ti on full load, playing black ops at 1440p ultrawide. What's the refresh rate of your monitor? Also another reason why you should spend a lot less going with AMD is because the i9 9900k will allow you to hit ridiculously high frame rates so gsync will be disabled most of the time because this happens when FPS exceeds refreshrate. This causes screen tearing. So you'll essentially buy an amazing high end Intel system, spending a lot extra only to have to put a FPS limiter on your game for smooth playback so the additional cost isn't justified.

 

[AtotehZ]

Can't speak for the future, but at the moment i9-9900k gives a 15% increase in fps over Ryzen 2700x at 1440p, but only in some games. The TI version of rtx 2080 gives 10-20% and the cost difference is huge.. $500 extra.

 

[SgtScream]

I hear ya man. That's why I picked up a used GTX 1080 TI off eBay. It was perfect timing.