I've built several PCs over the last couple decades, but I don't keep up with the technical knowledge anymore so I'm coming at this cold. I've looked at the current guides and I will use them as a base, but I might not be the typical PC builder. I don't overclock, so I don't need components that support it. I very rarely upgrade anything. Instead I just by a new PC every 5 years or so and keep my old ones for LAN play or to give to family members. My intention is to build a solid PC with stable quality components. Obviously, I don't want one weak link component to bottle neck the rest of the system (slow bus speed, slow memory, etc). I'm older and more established now. $1,500 is my target price, but if spending a couple hundred or so more really makes a performance difference, please try to persuade me! I can afford it. I'm ready to buy pretty much as soon as the build is figured out.
Thanks in advance. I really appreciate all the great and friendly advice I've gotten here over the years!
A few other things to keep in mind:
• In addition to the core components, I'd appreciate a recommendation for case cooling fans and CPU fan. For fans and PSU, I'm willing to spend a little more for more quiet running hardware, but not a lot more and not if it makes cooling problematic. I might be housing the tower in a desk compartment. There's extra space in the compartment and back is open.
• So far I've always used full ATX towers (and mobos) and I'm fine with them. However, I'm open to a smaller case, but not if it means cooling problems or especially difficult and cramped installation or a much higher cost. I'm not familiar with ITX, but if it's recommended, I'm sure I can figure it out.
• I'll be running Windows 10
• If I'm not mistaken, for $1,500 I should be able to run Virtual Reality no problem. With regards to this build, is there anything else I should be aware of to make this build VR ready? I've never actually owed or used a VR system before.
The following is really just Tom's Guide (LutfiJ ) for $1,500 which I'm using as a starting point:
Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S Mini ITX ( I like fractal and have used it before, but I might change if I don't use ITX or prefer a different USB docking interface.)
mobo: Gigabyte B450 I Aorus Pro WiFi Mini ITX AM4 (I'm really clueless about modern mobos, bus speeds, type and number of slots. Again, no need to OC, and I'm open to full or no ITX sizes)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (The other option might be building a system using the Intel Core i5-9600K Processor 6. Whatever works best.)
Graphics: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Black
Primary Storage: Adata XPG SX850 (512GB) (I'm not familiar with Adata brand but I do truth these forums. If stability is a problem, I'd rather go with better know brands)
Secondary Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB (I'm likely to run about 5 partitions)
Memory: 16B (G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR4-3200)
PSU: SeaSonic Focus Plus Gold 650W (I've had good luck with SeaSonic in the past... again, I want to avoid anything excessively noisy)
Thanks again for your help or suggestions!
Thanks in advance. I really appreciate all the great and friendly advice I've gotten here over the years!
A few other things to keep in mind:
• In addition to the core components, I'd appreciate a recommendation for case cooling fans and CPU fan. For fans and PSU, I'm willing to spend a little more for more quiet running hardware, but not a lot more and not if it makes cooling problematic. I might be housing the tower in a desk compartment. There's extra space in the compartment and back is open.
• So far I've always used full ATX towers (and mobos) and I'm fine with them. However, I'm open to a smaller case, but not if it means cooling problems or especially difficult and cramped installation or a much higher cost. I'm not familiar with ITX, but if it's recommended, I'm sure I can figure it out.
• I'll be running Windows 10
• If I'm not mistaken, for $1,500 I should be able to run Virtual Reality no problem. With regards to this build, is there anything else I should be aware of to make this build VR ready? I've never actually owed or used a VR system before.
The following is really just Tom's Guide (LutfiJ ) for $1,500 which I'm using as a starting point:
Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S Mini ITX ( I like fractal and have used it before, but I might change if I don't use ITX or prefer a different USB docking interface.)
mobo: Gigabyte B450 I Aorus Pro WiFi Mini ITX AM4 (I'm really clueless about modern mobos, bus speeds, type and number of slots. Again, no need to OC, and I'm open to full or no ITX sizes)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (The other option might be building a system using the Intel Core i5-9600K Processor 6. Whatever works best.)
Graphics: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 8GB Black
Primary Storage: Adata XPG SX850 (512GB) (I'm not familiar with Adata brand but I do truth these forums. If stability is a problem, I'd rather go with better know brands)
Secondary Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB (I'm likely to run about 5 partitions)
Memory: 16B (G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR4-3200)
PSU: SeaSonic Focus Plus Gold 650W (I've had good luck with SeaSonic in the past... again, I want to avoid anything excessively noisy)
Thanks again for your help or suggestions!