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[BO7H B4RRELS 2,453]

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!!!
 

 
 
 
 
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[The3rdWalker 1,274]

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!!!
 

 
 
 
 
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Does 2k need to include the monitor, keyboard, mouse and operating system?


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[BO7H B4RRELS 2,453]

Operating system, yes. Everything else, no.

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[The3rdWalker 1,274]

Operating system, yes. Everything else, no.

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For $2,000 he can literally build a godly PC.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Lonxu/saved/B2Khqs


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[GazzaGarratt 11,066]

7 hours ago, BO7H B4RRELS said:

Operating system, yes. Everything else, no.

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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.

[BO7H B4RRELS 2,453]

Thanks guys. I'll be talking with him this weekend to narrow some of this down. I appreciate the help.

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[J4MES OX4D 10,057]

$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.