BO7H B4RRELS 2,447 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 My buddy wants a new PC. He's got a ceiling of $2,000. He wants a desktop. Would someone smarter than me be willing to put together a nice parts ticker for him? Thanks!!! Via the FG App GazzaGarratt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The3rdWalker 1,263 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 My buddy wants a new PC. He's got a ceiling of $2,000. He wants a desktop. Would someone smarter than me be willing to put together a nice parts ticker for him? Thanks!!! Via the FG App Does 2k need to include the monitor, keyboard, mouse and operating system?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk i7 7700k, 16GB RAM, GEFORCE 1080, 240GB SSHD, 2TB SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BO7H B4RRELS 2,447 Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 Operating system, yes. Everything else, no. Via the FG App Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The3rdWalker 1,263 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Operating system, yes. Everything else, no. Via the FG AppFor $2,000 he can literally build a godly PC. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Lonxu/saved/B2KhqsSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk i7 7700k, 16GB RAM, GEFORCE 1080, 240GB SSHD, 2TB SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaGarratt 10,864 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 7 hours ago, BO7H B4RRELS said: Operating system, yes. Everything else, no. Via the FG App Whilst I can't add much to this, the only thing I'm noticing is that with a powerful PC, I really need a monitor that can show it off. Maybe ask him how powerful his monitor is now and we can see if it's on the right lines for the recommendations given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BO7H B4RRELS 2,447 Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 Thanks guys. I'll be talking with him this weekend to narrow some of this down. I appreciate the help. Via the FG App GazzaGarratt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4MES OX4D 9,774 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 $2,000 is a decent budget for an upper mid-range build. He'll need a good monitor and peripherals to go with it but those really do add to the cost especially a good monitor to really get the most out of the graphics card. I recently had to replace my PC with a £1,400 pre-build but thankfully I already had £500+ worth of hardware recently upgraded before I bought just the unit itself. For $2k, he'd be looking at an i5/i7 with a high clock speed 4+ GHz total, GTX 1070/1080, 16gb DDR4 RAM, an SSD plus HDD and a decent cooler. Graphics card prices are mental right now so he may even be best going for a solid pre-build where the price hasn't been bolstered to accommodate the individual hrowing prices of cards. This is what I had to do - spend £1400 on a pre-build or £1,700 with the components separately - usually it's the other way round! In terms of a monitor, a high refresh rate is key to get the most out of the card. Don't want to be rocking a 60hz vintage with a 1080ti for instance. BO7H B4RRELS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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