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I'm thinking about building another computer and starting from the CPU and up. I am thinking about getting this:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117958&Description=Intel%20Core%20i7-9700K%209th%20Gen&cm_re=Intel_Core_i7-9700K_9th_Gen-_-19-117-958-_-Product

This is going to be a gaming computer and want it to be on the higherish end. I play a lot of first person shooter games so I want the system to run around that. I read this CPU is the a great one to get and wanted to build a computer around it. What would be a good motherboard and GPU to get with it? I don't want to go too crazy with price. I'm thinking for the whole build nothing over $1600 or $1800. I have a keyboard, monitor, mouse.... I just need to get the guts to the computer.....and thinking about a new Tower, full size.

If it helps also, I play RTS games like: Men at War Assault Squad 2, Rome 2 Total War (I love the Total War series of games) and planning on getting 3 Kingdoms Total War when it comes too. So essentially I want to make sure all the games run smoothly with this setup.

This is a last minute thing and I wanted to take advantage of deals around this time of year.

Thanks for any help!

 

[WildCard999]

I'd look at the Ryzen 2700X over the 9700K price/performance/features.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ryzen-7-vs-core-i7-9700k,38046.html

Plus if your going with a higher resolution monitor such as 1440P/4K or 3440x1440P the differences are even smaller.

 

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I'd look at the Ryzen 2700X over the 9700K price/performance/features.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ryzen-7-vs-core-i7-9700k,38046.html

Plus if your going with a higher resolution monitor such as 1440P/4K or 3440x1440P the differences are even smaller.

I've never tried out AMD before so that gives me some apprehension. But yeah, I've heard great things about their Ryzen line up. I saw Linus of Linus Tech Tips talking about it and its raw numbers, compared to everyone else, looked incredible. AMD certainly kills it on the price.

I can't recall the monitor I have now but it is quite nice. I might get another one down the road but for right now I might just stay with the one I have.

 

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For the CPU's below, what sort of motherboard do I need for them? I'm a big fan of ASUS and MSi.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117958&Description=Intel%20Core%20i7-9700K%209th%20Gen&cm_re=Intel_Core_i7-9700K_9th_Gen-_-19-117-958-_-Product

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/sxDzK8/intel-core-i7-8700k-37ghz-6-core-processor-bx80684i78700k

or the AMD route

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113499&Description=%20Ryzen%202700X&cm_re=Ryzen_2700X-_-19-113-499-_-Product

 

[COLGeek]

Please stick to one thread and follow-up as needed. Thank you.

 

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Please stick to one thread and follow-up as needed. Thank you.

Oh gotcha. I just saw the different sections on here and didn't know if I had to put them in their own category for all the various parts.