Used your advice roughly 5 years ago for a build and I'm coming back for more. The nuts and bolts of what I have now are posted below:
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING
CPU: i7-8700k
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200
Storage: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB
Storage: WDC WD10EZRZ-00HTKB0
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Since then, my family has grown, so the PC is not primarily for gaming anymore. Kids and school, but also gaming when I get time. I like to tinker as well.
I have been out of the "game" for awhile now with a more time consuming job and larger family, so I am not at all familiar with the advances that have been made since 2018 and cost as well. I'd like to keep an upgrade to $1,500 and under if possible. One of the reasons I'm coming back to this is I was able to play Cyberpunk when it came out just fine, maxed out and now the new additions and DLC are coming and I won't be able to touch it and then looking through everything made me realize how old everything had become.
Will be keeping the monitor I have now and/or buying an OLED TV to use in its place.
Mouse/Keyboard will stay. Speakers will stay.
In rural Iowa, so limited brick/mortar stores available. I like Amazon as I get 5% cash back with their card, but am obviously open to other reputable retailers as well.
Let me know if more information is needed. I essentially copied and pasted the above specs from my thread back in 2018 and HWINFO. Appreciate the help.
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING
CPU: i7-8700k
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200
Storage: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB
Storage: WDC WD10EZRZ-00HTKB0
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Since then, my family has grown, so the PC is not primarily for gaming anymore. Kids and school, but also gaming when I get time. I like to tinker as well.
I have been out of the "game" for awhile now with a more time consuming job and larger family, so I am not at all familiar with the advances that have been made since 2018 and cost as well. I'd like to keep an upgrade to $1,500 and under if possible. One of the reasons I'm coming back to this is I was able to play Cyberpunk when it came out just fine, maxed out and now the new additions and DLC are coming and I won't be able to touch it and then looking through everything made me realize how old everything had become.
Will be keeping the monitor I have now and/or buying an OLED TV to use in its place.
Mouse/Keyboard will stay. Speakers will stay.
In rural Iowa, so limited brick/mortar stores available. I like Amazon as I get 5% cash back with their card, but am obviously open to other reputable retailers as well.
Let me know if more information is needed. I essentially copied and pasted the above specs from my thread back in 2018 and HWINFO. Appreciate the help.
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