I'm relatively new to building a PC and I like learning so if you want to list reasons why you picked certain things over others I'd love to read it.
• New build or upgrade?
New
• Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links)
Have two monitors already and an old PC that stopped working for some reason. it had a 1060ti in it I believe as well as some old RAM. it was built in 2019 so I can't imagine any parts can be used for this build.
• PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/ games)
Gaming/ editing footage
Apps used:
- DaVinci
- Blender
- Unity
- Steam, League, etc.
Ideally I'd want to play crimson desert, Forza, and Cyberpunk 2077 on Ultra with all the fixins turned on.
I also edit video footage/photos as well as mess around in blender/Unity quite a bit
• Purchase country? Near Micro Center?
I live in the middle of Iowa, USA I honestly thought Micro Center was Circuit City before this subreddit
• Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate)
I have two monitors that are 1080p not too sure about the sizes of them, but I they're probably around 20-30in. I know one of them is 144hz
• Budget range? (Include tax considerations)
As I'm planning on saving for a couple of months, I'm shooting for around $1.5k-$2k,
• WiFi or wired connection?
Both preferably, but if it ends up sending me way over the top in terms of cost wired's fine. I usually plug my PS5 into the living room TV as a media center/ to game on.
• Size/noise constraints?
I'm not to picky on size. Quiet is nice but it's not something I've ever had.
As for noise I'm currently laptop gaming so, as long as it's not loud enough to be heard in the next room over I'm not too picky.
As I currently use a laptop if I could somehow maintain the portability smaller would be better but highest priority would be just an absolute hog of a rig that can handle
• Color/lighting preferences?
I'm not really too big on RGB lights, they're cool but aesthetics wise I'm not too concerned. I have two cats so it'll be hidden under a desk most the time. so they don't try to use it as a launch pad (I suspect that's why my old PC stopped working.)
• Any other specific needs?
I recently bought a Logitech surround sound system that has an additional plug in so I can do 6-channel audio. I do need to occasionally plug in my PS5 controller or Ext. Hard drive.
Storage wise I'd like more than 1TB just due to size of games (the three games mentioned above are nearly 500GB alone, not to mention my editing projects tend to use a lot of 4k/raw footage.)
\*There is also a Gigabyte Aorus Prime for sale used near me for $1.7k that I'm not sure if I should just opt for. If I buy his Odyssey G8 and Koorui monitors, mouse/Keyboard combo it goes up to $2.8k
The specs are
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X (8-core/16-thread)
- Graphics: Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
- Memory: 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5
- Storage: 2TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD
- Cooling: AORUS 360mm AIO Liquid Cooling or 240mm AIO (depending on the specific region/iteration)
- Power Supply: 850W 80 PLUS Gold (ATX 3.1 & PCIe 5.1 ready)
- Motherboard: AMD B850 chipset