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Oof I hope I am doing this right. If I've posted in the wrong place or am not providing the right info (I looked at the stickies briefly) please let me know.
Approximate Purchase Date: Sometime October or November 2019... basically I want to build this time in time for Doom Eternal. I am using this computer for more than that but that's just to give you some sense of when I want this thing to be ready.
Budget Range: $4k+ including parts, shipping, etc, after rebates. This is just my max budget and not necessarily what I want to spend, just a max threshold indicating "Ehhhh I'm getting wary about going beyond this..." but it's... the budget. If something really cool requires going over budget I'm open to it but it'd have to be really sweet.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, coding, multitasking (Chrome, virtual machines, Photoshop, Steam, coding IDEs, streaming / OBS, etc). Ideally would love two monitors where on one monitor I can game at max settings at high framerate (i.e. 1440p at 144 Hz, max settings), and the other monitor doing whatever multitasking stuff I'm doing without anything slowing down or even giving the slightest hint of struggle, I want this thing to be overkill.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade: I guess it would be... everything, since I am starting from scratch. Motherboard, video card, Wifi card probably?, hard drives, RAM, PSU, some kind of cooling solution, case, operating system, etc.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Dunno yet what all my options are
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey / New York City, New York
Parts Preferences: Just to give an idea of what I've been looking at so far, but I am open to other suggestions.
-32 GB at least, since I am constantly needing to close stuff on my current machine at 16 GB, which is very limiting... I wouldn't be against going clear up to 64 GB either just because why not. Had been looking at Corsair Dominators and G. Skill Tridents but still unsure what is the best option here.
-I think for the video card I'll probably want something high-end like the 2080 ti (as far as I'm aware), though I don't know if I should get one or two, or a different card altogether, etc.
-CPU I was eyeing the Ryzen 9 3950x CPU (12 cores and 24 threads!) but it's not out yet.
-For motherboard, I presume something in the x570 series? Dunno.
-Hard drives... definitely solid state, would like a couple TB at least.
-Power supply I don't want to skimp on either, whatever will be more than enough to power everything.
-Case... I presume something full size? Easy to open and access / maintain stuff. My desk is adjustable-height so I can make stuff work (this tower would be going on the ground). I don't really care about RGB, but a few tasteful lights never hurt either, whatever looks sleek. I just don't want it looking like a disco rave, that's a little much. Ideally black case.
-Monitor, would like two, at least one of them 27" for 1440p gaming. Maybe a second one for coding, streaming, chat, Chrome, whatever, would be cool if this were also 27" but I'd have to see if I have room for it. Would likely need a dual VESA mount or whatever.
-Cooling I am all ears, I know very little about this. I've never done watercooling before, might that be a fun/worthwhile thing to do here?
Overclocking: Probably, yeah, lol
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe... from what I hear it's not really worth it currently
Your Monitor Resolution: I want to be able to game at 1440p, 144 Hz, max settings
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: For once I just want to go nuts and make an uber-desktop machine that will take whatever I throw at it without me worrying about the thing melting on me, slowing down, etc.
Approximate Purchase Date: Sometime October or November 2019... basically I want to build this time in time for Doom Eternal. I am using this computer for more than that but that's just to give you some sense of when I want this thing to be ready.
Budget Range: $4k+ including parts, shipping, etc, after rebates. This is just my max budget and not necessarily what I want to spend, just a max threshold indicating "Ehhhh I'm getting wary about going beyond this..." but it's... the budget. If something really cool requires going over budget I'm open to it but it'd have to be really sweet.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, coding, multitasking (Chrome, virtual machines, Photoshop, Steam, coding IDEs, streaming / OBS, etc). Ideally would love two monitors where on one monitor I can game at max settings at high framerate (i.e. 1440p at 144 Hz, max settings), and the other monitor doing whatever multitasking stuff I'm doing without anything slowing down or even giving the slightest hint of struggle, I want this thing to be overkill.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade: I guess it would be... everything, since I am starting from scratch. Motherboard, video card, Wifi card probably?, hard drives, RAM, PSU, some kind of cooling solution, case, operating system, etc.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Dunno yet what all my options are
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey / New York City, New York
Parts Preferences: Just to give an idea of what I've been looking at so far, but I am open to other suggestions.
-32 GB at least, since I am constantly needing to close stuff on my current machine at 16 GB, which is very limiting... I wouldn't be against going clear up to 64 GB either just because why not. Had been looking at Corsair Dominators and G. Skill Tridents but still unsure what is the best option here.
-I think for the video card I'll probably want something high-end like the 2080 ti (as far as I'm aware), though I don't know if I should get one or two, or a different card altogether, etc.
-CPU I was eyeing the Ryzen 9 3950x CPU (12 cores and 24 threads!) but it's not out yet.
-For motherboard, I presume something in the x570 series? Dunno.
-Hard drives... definitely solid state, would like a couple TB at least.
-Power supply I don't want to skimp on either, whatever will be more than enough to power everything.
-Case... I presume something full size? Easy to open and access / maintain stuff. My desk is adjustable-height so I can make stuff work (this tower would be going on the ground). I don't really care about RGB, but a few tasteful lights never hurt either, whatever looks sleek. I just don't want it looking like a disco rave, that's a little much. Ideally black case.
-Monitor, would like two, at least one of them 27" for 1440p gaming. Maybe a second one for coding, streaming, chat, Chrome, whatever, would be cool if this were also 27" but I'd have to see if I have room for it. Would likely need a dual VESA mount or whatever.
-Cooling I am all ears, I know very little about this. I've never done watercooling before, might that be a fun/worthwhile thing to do here?
Overclocking: Probably, yeah, lol
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe... from what I hear it's not really worth it currently
Your Monitor Resolution: I want to be able to game at 1440p, 144 Hz, max settings
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: For once I just want to go nuts and make an uber-desktop machine that will take whatever I throw at it without me worrying about the thing melting on me, slowing down, etc.
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