New Gaming System - $2500 Budget

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Approximate Purchase Date: 2-4 weeks

Budget Range: $2500 Before Rebates; After Shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming/Movies/Work

Are you buying a monitor: No


Parts to Upgrade: No upgraded parts (all new)

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Location: Northport, NY (Long Island)

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, M2 SSD

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: Looking to eventually have 3, one a 4k but that is down the road.

Additional Comments: Quiet is nice, no lighting effects. Playing PUBG, Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: just want a new computer
 
Get the 9700k with a Strix or rog z390 mobo. RTX 2080ti if you want but wait for the reviews and decide. You can very well go with a single 2080ti or a 1080ti sli.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($154.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX8200 480GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($124.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Lian-Li - LANCOOL ONE DIGITAL ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $629.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-17 23:56 EDT-0400

Higher resolutions, sli scaling can be worth it.
 

schaft

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I would not recommend SLi. its a nightmare to optimize it.
Here are my recommendation. Its using the current optimized set up. You can go beyond these set up, but the performance will not go as much the the money burned. For example, Samsung 970 pro is better than 970 evo, but its difference on games and other usage are miniscule. Ram normally efficient with 2400 CL15, but if its only $10 differ to get 3000 CL16, I would recommend go for it.
Here are my recommendation, if you do not like the case, you can change with anything you want. I mainly just go for functionality.
[PCPartPicker part list](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NGMbV6) / [Price breakdown by merchant](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NGMbV6/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
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**CPU** | [Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/sxDzK8/intel-core-i7-8700k-37ghz-6-core-processor-bx80684i78700k) | $359.99 @ Amazon
**CPU Cooler** | [CRYORIG - M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LPVBD3/cryorig-cpu-cooler-m9i) | $19.99 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** | [Asus - Prime Z370-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mKCrxr/asus-prime-z370-p-atx-lga1151-motherboard-prime-z370-p) | $109.89 @ OutletPC
**Memory** | [G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FNprxr/gskill-aegis-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3000-memory-f43000c16d16gisb) | $135.98 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Samsung - 970 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/P4ZFf7/samsung-970-evo-500gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-mz-v7e500bw) | $147.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Seagate - Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/dCxfrH/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | $42.03 @ Amazon
**Video Card** | [Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2TgPxr/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-11gb-gaming-oc-11g-video-card-gv-n108tgaming-oc-11gd) | $649.99 @ Newegg Business
**Case** | [Deepcool - DUKASE V2 ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hygPxr/deepcool-dukase-v2-atx-mid-tower-case-dukase-v2) | $34.99 @ SuperBiiz
**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/64cMnQ/seasonic-focus-plus-gold-750w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-ssr-750fx) | $99.99 @ SuperBiiz
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$1600.84**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2018-09-18 08:19 EDT-0400 |


I7-9700K is coming but its only has 8 core 8 threads. I personally prefer 6 core 12 threads (i7-8700K) since I myself already experience the huge difference between i5-2320 (4core4threads) against i7-3770K (4core8threads) which gave the RX 480 4Gb a boost from 35-50 fps to 60-100 fps in battlefield 1. that just how big the difference of dual threads per core. My own unproven opinion of i7-9700K is a product of intel's greed to leech more money from us. They should go 8 core 16 threads, but they will create new i9 for it. Its just my opinion though.


Good luck
 
The 9700k will have higher clock speeds, will overclock better, has soldered ihs, has 8 physical cores.

No doubt in saying that it will be the new gaming cpu king. Call the mods if you have a different opinion or think I am trolling. I am sure they will also support my post.

While sli is poor for 1080p/2440p, look at 4k benchmarks for the latest AAA games. According to the games, scaling is anywhere from - 5%to +60%. So op can look at those benchmarks for the games he want to play and can decide for himself.
 

ohenryy

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PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WHfv29
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WHfv29/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8086K 4GHz 6-Core Processor ($394.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($154.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Taichi ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($212.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($147.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($1200.00)
Case: Corsair - Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case ($124.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $2520.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-18 10:52 EDT-0400


 


Are AMD's CPUs, which have unlocked multipliers, on a 'do not purchase' list as they must be 'meant for overclocking'? :)

It should be noted, however, that, rather unsurprisingly, they also work at their marginally higher than non-K variants' advertised clock speeds even if not overclocked...; just because a CPU has 100-200 MHz OC headroom available does not mandate a customer to up the core voltage, take the +20C temp heat increase, etc., for hte net gain of 3 fps in gaming...does it?

A Z370 board also could run all 6 cores at 4.7 GHz with MCE enabled....hence the current results of the 8700K offering 99+% of the 8086K's performance...even when NOT OC'd.
 

laserpp

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Thanks everyone, I have heard the RTX 2080 isn't worth it right now because it doesn't have all the features it was said to have currently. Thoughts?

I guess its worth it for future proofing.
 

laserpp

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What I thought, also just re-did my desk setup and picked up 2 LG 27inch 4K monitors (https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-27UK600-W-4k-uhd-led-monitor) .

I can def tell my GTX 970 seems to be straining on handling the 4k dual resolution (not horrible). Also the monitor only support Displayport 1.2 and not 1.4, should that be a concern not being able to get the full use with DP1.2?
 

logainofhades

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4k, if you can afford it, the 2080ti is simply the best option, right now. The RTX 2080 is kinda a waste of space. Costs more than a 1080ti, with similar performance, and the extra features of the RTX aren't usable yet.
 

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Why would you get an 8086K when the 9000 series are literally a few weeks away from dropping? :??:
 

logainofhades

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2 of those would eat up their budget. :lol: A single 2080ti is capable of 60hz 4k gaming though.

I would definitely wait til 9th gen comes out, if you can. If not, something like this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($369.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - R1 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.85 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Taichi ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($211.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($134.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($167.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($1200.00)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C TG ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $2452.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-26 15:32 EDT-0400
 

logainofhades

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Still don't need SLI, to run two of them, unless of course you plan or gaming on both, at the same time. Typically game on one and do other things on the other. Very little resources are used to run 2d, on a second screen, and I believe a different part of the GPU handles 2d anyway.
 

laserpp

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After reading reviews I am thinking going with 8700K and 1080 TIs (would be a big jump from my 4 year old PC still), from what I hear the 2080 and 9700k aren't that great in performance over the previous generation, and hoping when they are released prices will drop on the last gens.

Thoughts? Also might wait onto black Friday/cyber Monday and see if I can get good deals on the whole system.

 

laserpp

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Yea I was looking at the MSI MEG Godlike, and you think 8086K. Hopefully by black Friday/Cyber more detailed reviews will be out.