Suggestions for New System

[swintzten]

Hey guys, I'm dipping my toe back into the building area after not having done one in about 7 years and running Alienware after Alienware.

The Threadripper has really caught my eye, also, that name is a great marketing choice.

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: between now and the next few weeks

Budget Range: 2500?

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, minor dabbling in CAD and Revit

Are you buying a monitor: Yes



Parts to Upgrade: Everyrging

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg

Location: Fort Worth, TX

Parts Preferences: AMD, as mentioned im leaning towards Threadripper and as far as third party, Asus.

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 4k

Additional Comments: I've really been liking all these "Tempered Glass" cases I've been seeing but haven't seen many in a full tower size, needing to make sure I don't have too small of a space for temps.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I'm tired of having big laptops that aren't really "laptops" that are a chore to move as well as wanting to get into Pc gaming more as opposed to
Console.


I hope I've done this correctly since it's my first post here, thanks for the help everyone.!

 

[M04D18]

Threadripper will be an overkill for gaming system and to fit in a 2500 budget you have to sacrifice quality in other hardwares , a Ryzen will do the job you want. you can also wait new Intel's processors. My suggestion :
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor ($337.68 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($147.20 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus - CROSSHAIR VI HERO ATX AM4 Motherboard ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($234.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card ($799.88 @ OutletPC)
Case: Cougar - Panzer Max ATX Full Tower Case ($141.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($113.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2483.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-15 21:49 EDT-0400

 

[geofelt]

Love the threadripper name.

But, for gaming, you can not possibly effectively use all the threads it gives you.
Most games can effectively use only 2-3 threads, the faster, the better.

If you will be using a 4k monitor, you will want the current top of the line GTX1080ti.
To drive that beast, I would suggest the I7-7700K with an overclock.

Lesser cards will be happy enough with a lower performing ryzen processor.
Look at the list of games in this study. If they are like yours, you will find that a I7-7700K with 8 threads
wins every comparison with a 12 thread I7-7800X.
Mainly because of the faster single thread performance.
https://www.techspot.com/review/1445-core-i7-7800x-vs-7700k/

Still, it might be prudent to see what the Aug 21 coffee lake announcements bring.