Hi there. I am looking to get a new build going. My budget is $1500ish for a case, CPU, mobo, ram, hard drive, psu and cpu cooler. My last build was done in 2010 and is based on an i7 2600K o/c to 4ghz. I have been upgrading the video card periodically since 2010 then and everything has been fine. The machine is primarily gaming (who are we kidding) with a touch of Excel here and there.
I want it as small as possible and silent. No coil whine.... no LED or RGBs whirling around. I move the machine around between my living room and office. I play gamepad only games on my couch.. but I play a BF4 style game at a desk while seated. I'm using my existing EVGA 1080TI in this build. If you spot a EVGA, Asus or MSI 3090 for MSRP, please include that and consider the budget + whatever that costs. I copy and pasted the Q&A from the sticky. I hope that helps. Buy time is now if possible. Thank you
Approximate Purchase Date: Today. Now?
Budget Range: x < $1500ish (excluding video card, excluding monitor)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: SFF high performance gaming machine (some excel work)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Case, CPU, MOBO, RAM, M.2 SSD, PSU (CPU closed loop cooler?)
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Parts Preferences: Everything must be plug and play. No extra firmware flashing, etc
Overclocking: Yes, if its 1-2 clicks
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 3840x2160
Additional Comments:
I want it as small as possible and silent. No coil whine.... no LED or RGBs whirling around. I move the machine around between my living room and office. I play gamepad only games on my couch.. but I play a BF4 style game at a desk while seated. I'm using my existing EVGA 1080TI in this build. If you spot a EVGA, Asus or MSI 3090 for MSRP, please include that and consider the budget + whatever that costs. I copy and pasted the Q&A from the sticky. I hope that helps. Buy time is now if possible. Thank you
Approximate Purchase Date: Today. Now?
Budget Range: x < $1500ish (excluding video card, excluding monitor)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: SFF high performance gaming machine (some excel work)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Case, CPU, MOBO, RAM, M.2 SSD, PSU (CPU closed loop cooler?)
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Parts Preferences: Everything must be plug and play. No extra firmware flashing, etc
Overclocking: Yes, if its 1-2 clicks
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 3840x2160
Additional Comments:
- Must be MiniITX or MicroATX
- Only need 1 hard drive
- CPU selection must be whatever is best for gaming
- Start with 16GB ram in 8GB sticks - will upgrade to 32gb later
- Using a EVGA GTX 1080 TI FTW3 video card (case clearance..)
- MB must use most recent chipset for best processor - this part has me stuck. CPU speeds are all the same but there are a half dozen generation of processors ???
- Please balance price/performance of selections
- MB must have PCIe 4.0 (buying a 3090 when possible at non-scalper prices)
- MB must have most recent M.2 slot
- I move this machine between my living room and office. Play gamepad games in living room.. WASD games in office.