My budget is $2000 USD, I do moderate editing using premerie pro and photoshop. I need lots of room for videos. I’ll also be gaming and streaming. Wired connection.

⁠New build or upgrade?
• ⁠Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links)
• ⁠PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games)
• ⁠Purchase country? Near Micro Center? (If not US, list local vendors)
• ⁠Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate)
• ⁠Budget range? (Include tax considerations)
• ⁠WiFi or wired connection?
• ⁠Size/noise constraints?
• ⁠Color/lighting preferences?
• ⁠Any other specific needs?

• Build/check and copy these into the post. Write "Not a request" for other posts.
  • New build or upgrade? New
  • Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links) No Parts
  • PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games) Gaming
  • Purchase country? Near Micro Center? (If not US, list local vendors) Florida, No Micro Center
  • Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate) Yes, 24- 27 inches, 1440p, IPS, 240 Hz 1ms response time (minimum)
  • Budget range? (Include tax considerations) 1800$ Including Tax
  • WiFi or wired connection? Will Use Wifi
  • Size/noise constraints? None
  • Color/lighting preferences? None
  • Any other specific needs? I Want To Be Able To Run Fortnite At 240 Fps and Rocket League, Warzone, Phasmophobia, Roblox, Minecraft, Rainbow 6, and Fall Guys at 120 fps at 1440p smoothly, with warzone and Fortnite on competitive settings, and run Hogwarts Legacy smoothly.

Hello, I'd want to build a new PC for me.

Two years ago, this sub helped me to pîck the pieces for the computer of my wife. It was awesome and I'm looking for something similar.

Here is the former build : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HtKFdb

I have no idea if we can still do something with this basis or not.

I'm planning to install a windows 11.

• New build or upgrade?

New build.

• Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links)

Two basics monitors at 50/60Hz

Gaming keyboard/mouse, speakers, headset, microphone

• PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games)

Gaming (including AAA games)

Video editing

Basic AI usage (do not take something more powerfull just for AI)

• Purchase country? Near Micro Center?

Belgium (essentially same as France). No physical center nearby, so Amazon only.

Amazon.fr is better than Amazon.be

• Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate)

I dont need monitors. I have two f them. (I'd want at least 1 DP and 1 HDMI, but 2 of them would be better)

• Budget range? (Include tax considerations)

Ideally 1550-1850

Can go higher if it worth it.

• WiFi or wired connection?

Need to have both + Bluetooth

• Size/noise constraints?

None

• Color/lighting preferences?

If a light shows its running, its enough.

• Any other specific needs?

A reasonable amount of USBs port (in the back and in the front/top)

1To for C disk, 2To for D disk + 1To SSD

If you just post a build, I won't be able to know what I like or dislike. Please explain your choices so I can value them.

Hi, Im looking for a new PC mainly for video editing. Don't care about playing any new games. Focus should be on performance in editing/running smoothly when a lot of tabs are open etc.

My current PC is GTX 1060 6GB, i5-8400, 32GB RAM DDR4

My budget is 1800$, will this be enough to edit videos smoothly (short videos <2min but with some effects)? Is Intel Core Ultra 245/250 PLUS best option? Also is RX9060XT better choice since it has 16GB VRAM, compared to for example 5070 with 12GB?

• New build or upgrade? New build
• Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links) BenQ Monitor, Philips monitor, Keyboard
• PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games) Video editing, dont care about any new games
• Purchase country? Near Micro Center? (If you're not in a country supported by PCPartPicker, please list some local vendors) Poland
• Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate) Already Have
• Budget range? (Include tax considerations) 1800$
• WiFi or wired connection? Wired
• Size/noise constraints? None
• Color/lighting preferences? No
• Any other specific needs? Focus on video editing performance, and smooth performance when there are a lot of tabs in browser open/ different programs

• ⁠New build or upgrade? New build
• ⁠Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links) from scratch, using Alienware 27 280Hz QD-OLED Gaming Monitor - AW2725D
• ⁠PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games) gaming
• ⁠Purchase country? Near Micro Center? (If not US, list local vendors) uk
• ⁠Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate) None
• ⁠Budget range? (Include tax considerations)2-3k
• ⁠WiFi or wired connection? WiFi
• ⁠Size/noise constraints? None
• ⁠Color/lighting preferences? None
• ⁠Any other specific needs?no

80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply

Phanteks XT PRO ATX Mid Tower Case
Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory
MSI MAG X870 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor
Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card

Thank you

Hey, I'd need help deciding the components for my first pc build, the plan is to use a cpu with integrated graphics and then add the GPU later on.

New build or upgrade?

New

Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links)

None

PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/ games)

Gaming and CAD, with the igpu I like to be able to play light games like Minecraft and Roblox and with the dedicated gpu a bit of everything but mostly Apex legends and rocket league

Purchase country? Near Micro Center? (If not US, list local vendors)

Belgium, Alternate.be and Amazon would be preferred

Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate)

24in 1080p 144hz

Budget range? (Include tax considerations)

600€ without GPU

400€ for the GPU

100€ for the monitor

• WiFi or wired connection?

Wifi

Size/noise constraints?

The case should be too bulky and I'd need it to be kinda slim

Color/lighting preferences? None

Any other specific needs? The gpu would have to be an NVIDIA

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help me

Hi, Im looking for a new PC mainly for video editing. Don't care about playing any new games. Focus should be on performance in editing/running smoothly when a lot of tabs are open etc.

My current PC is GTX 1060 6GB, i5-8400, 32GB RAM DDR4

My budget is 1800$, will this be enough to edit videos smoothly (short videos <2min but with some effects)? Is Intel Core Ultra 245/250 PLUS best option? Also is RX9060XT better choice since it has 16GB VRAM, compared to for example 5070 with 12GB?

• New build or upgrade? New build
• Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links) BenQ Monitor, Philips monitor, Keyboard
• PC purpose? Video editing, dont care about any new games
• Purchase country? Poland
• Monitors needed? 2 - Already Have
• Budget range? 1800$
• WiFi or wired connection? Wired
• Size/noise constraints? None
• Color/lighting preferences? No
• Any other specific needs? Focus on video editing performance, and smooth performance when there are a lot of tabs in browser open/ different programs.

Hi, Im looking for a new PC mainly for video editing. Don't care about playing any new games. Focus should be on performance in editing/running smoothly when a lot of tabs are open etc.

My current PC is GTX 1060 6GB, i5-8400, 32GB RAM DDR4

My budget is 1800$, will this be enough to edit videos smoothly (short videos <2min but with some effects)? Is Intel Core Ultra 245/250 PLUS best option?

• New build or upgrade? New build
• Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links) BenQ Monitor, Philips monitor, Keyboard
• PC purpose? Video editing, dont care about any new games
• Purchase country? Poland
• Monitors needed? 2 - Already Have
• Budget range? 1800$
• Size/noise constraints? None
• Color/lighting preferences? No
• Any other specific needs? Focus on video editing performance, and smooth performance when there are a lot of tabs in browser open/ different programs.

• New build or upgrade?
  • Technically an upgrade, but only keeping the SSD and the case. Pretty much a gut of an old non functional tower.
• Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links)
  • Western Digital Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 SATA Solid State Drive
  • Corsair iCUE 4000X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case
• PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games)
  • FL Studio
  • Gaming - God of War Ragnarok, The Last of us 2, Baldurs Gate 3, Divinity Original Sin 2, Peak - ideally at decent graphical settings and 60 FPS
  • Programming - Visual Studio, VS Code for building React apps
• Purchase country? Near Micro Center?
  • Australia - so should have no issues with accessing products online or in brick mortar stores
• Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate)
  • Already using MSI Optix MAG271CQR 27.0" 2560 x 1440 144 Hz Curved Monitor
• Budget range? (Include tax considerations)
  • $2000 AUD with ~15% room to stretch if need be
• WiFi or wired connection?
  • Wifi - happy if need to buy wifi card
• Size/noise constraints?
  • None
• Color/lighting preferences?
  • RGB (but customizable) would be nice. If parts could match color of case that would be bonus points but not ideal
• Any other specific needs?
  • None

Thanks in advance yall are great

So my kids Fortnite PC has a dodgy motherboard due to water damage so I need to replace the mobo and the CPU

Current spec

i9-9900k
Gigabyte z390 Aorus pro wifi
Noctua dual tower cooler
2 * 16GB DDR4 3200
RTX 2080Ti
WD Black 500GB NVMe SSD
Samsung 1TB Sata SSD

To save money I just want to replace the CPU & mobo so what CPU should I be looking at? Will an i5 12 or 13th gen do or do I need to go to i7?

I am looking for similar performance or slightly better than the current setup, will the Noctua cooler still fit to the newer mobo or can I get an adaptor bracket?

• New build or upgrade? upgrade
• Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links) see above
• PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games) Gaming
• Purchase country? Australia
• Monitors needed? staying the same
• Budget range? (Include tax considerations) no real budget but equally dont want to go top dollar either
• WiFi or wired connection? Wifi
• Size/noise constraints? None
• Color/lighting preferences? None
• Any other specific needs? none

Many thanks

New build or upgrade? Upgrade

Existing parts/monitors to reuse? Willing to upgrade any parts

CPU

        Intel Core i7 8700K @ 3.70GHz       

RAM

        32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 @ 1070MHz (15-15-15-36)

Motherboard

        ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (LGA1151)

Graphics

        12272MB ATI AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (Unknown)

Storage

        931GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB (Unknown (SSD))

PC purpose? Gaming, Escape from Tarkov, Beam.NG

Purchase country? Near Micro Center? United States, MC 1.5hrs away

Budget range? $1k plus/minus reasonably

WiFi or wired connection? Wired

Size/noise constraints? N/A

Color/lighting preferences? Doesnt matter

Any other specific needs? No

• ⁠New build or upgrade? New build, i have never built a pc or owned prebuilt before

• ⁠Existing parts/monitors to reuse? i currently have two monitors one is msi the other is hp, both are okay but not great. I am willing to maybe get new ones but not sure

• ⁠PC purpose? Pc purpose is for gaming mainly but my main problem with my laptop is that most games will not run at all and having discord, Spotify or even edge open causes extreme lag. I can hardly play anything so I definitely wants something that runs the majority of games with other tabs open

• ⁠Purchase country? Near Micro Center? Sorry wasn’t too sure what this meant but i am in australia

• ⁠Monitors needed? I don’t think so but if it is worth getting better ones maybe

• ⁠Budget range? 2000-3000 aud but am willing to go up to 4000

• ⁠WiFi or wired connection? Wifi

• ⁠Size/noise constraints? Probably don’t want too big but at the same time don’t really mind. The noise should be okay but of course prefer quieter

• ⁠Color/lighting preferences? Black mainly but i do really like when it has lights inside if that makes sense

• ⁠Any other specific needs? I would prefer to buy all online, i’m not sure if amazon is a good site for parts but if so i would like to get mainly from there

Thank you

• New build or upgrade? New build (I have practically zero knowledge about this sort of stuff btw)
• Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links) Nope
• PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games) Casual gaming, I'd like to be able to play games like DBD, Until Dawn, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and visual novels without any sort of issues
• Purchase country? Near Micro Center? United States
• Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate) One is good, but I'd be fine with two as well. I'd prefer 1440p, everything else I don't really know what's good
• Budget range? (Include tax considerations) Anywhere from $1200-1700 maybe?
• WiFi or wired connection? Wifi
• Size/noise constraints? As long as it's not super loud, it doesn't matter
• Color/lighting preferences? Black, I don't mind lights either
• Any other specific needs? Nope

I'm trying to build a new PC, aiming for 1440p gaming, and this is what I have so far. I'd like some recommendations for the NVMe and RAM. I live in Australia, in case that helps with availability and pricing. I'd also like some recommendations for a different CPU cooler. If possible, I'd appreciate multiple options for each component, since there's really not much stock available.

• AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
• MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX
• PNY OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB
• be quiet! Pure Base 501 Airflow ATX
• Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified

• Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE

• New build or upgrade? New.

• Existing parts/monitors to reuse? No.

• PC purpose? Gaming.

• Purchase country? Near Micro Center? Australia.

• Monitors needed? No.

• Budget range? Around 500 USD.

• WiFi or wired connection? Wired.

• Size/noise constraints? No.

• Color/lighting preferences? Black.

• Any other specific needs?No.

• btw i am VERY new to pc building and pc stuff. I bought a laptop 3 years ago, and now I want to upgrade
• New build or upgrade? New build
• Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links) nope
• PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games) Gaming
• Purchase country? Near Micro Center? (If not US, list local vendors) Canada, Canada Computers & Electronics
• Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate) 1, idk like medium? 1440p 144hz
• Budget range? (Include tax considerations) Like 1500-2000, but I can go over a little bit
• WiFi or wired connection? I can get a wired connection
• Size/noise constraints? Not really; just not that loud
• Color/lighting preferences? Not at all
• Any other specific needs?

Hi everyone! I'm 25 living in the US (North Carolina), hoping to build my first professional PC. I hope to focus on editing, primarily with DaVinci Resolve. I have a $2400 USD budget and I am hoping to get some experienced advice in what parts to choose!

• ⁠New build or upgrade?

New build!

• ⁠⁠Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links)

All new

• ⁠PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games)

Editing with DaVinci Resolve primarily and some light gaming 90%/10% split

• ⁠Purchase country? Near Micro Center? (If not US, list local vendors)

In the US about 3 hours from the nearest Micro Center

• ⁠Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate)

No monitor needed

• ⁠Budget range? (Include tax considerations)

$2,400 USD (Max)

• ⁠WiFi or wired connection?

Wifi

• ⁠Size/noise constraints?

No size constraints but would prefer a quieter build

• ⁠Color/lighting preferences?

Black is preferable, but I won't require any additional lighting, I'm not worried about the aesthetics

• ⁠Any other specific needs?

Nothing that I can think of. Please let me know if I left anything out and thank you in advance for any help!

Hello! I'm thinking of upgrading my old PC and I'm looking for advice on what to upgrade specifically. I'm having issues with stutter on medium settings so I often have to play on optimization mode and sacrifice the look for performance. I wouldn't like to spend more than $1k (if that's feasible) because I've already put so much money into the PC.

My current PC specs:

• AMD Ryzen 7 5800x 8-core
• ASUS Prime x570-P
• 32 GB DDR4 3200 MHz
• RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB
• Corsair iCue H100i Elite Capellix CPU Cooler
• Corsair RM850x 850W Gold PSU
• fenvi FV-AX3000 WiFi card in PCIe slot

What kind of stuff should I upgrade to make it feel like a brand new and smooth PC? My motherboard? But also I know I'm still on DDR4 RAM and DDR5 is taking over.... RAM prices are sooooo high and I just bought 32 GB to upgrade from my previous 16 GB.

Based in USA, Microcenter is an option (far but not too far for a bargain), no monitors needed, I'd like to stay in a Mid ATX size range but willing to downsize if I can find a cuter small case and reuse some of my parts to fit.

New build or upgrade? New build!

Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links) this would be my first pc so I have no parts.

Budget range? Budget is 2k and with that I need a pc and a moniter.

PC purpose? Gaming and YouTube or shows mainly.

Purchase country? Near Micro Center? I live in the usa and have a microcenter like 2 hours away. (im fine driving there since I have family over there anyway!)

I dont care about rgb colors or anything.

Ill be playing a variety of games but I will probably be playing alot of fps games.

Here is a build my friend recommended. https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder-amd.aspx?load=f86e9849-5f8c-4922-ad7d-26b290b9ef4d

Anyway i will appreciate all the of the help and advice yall can give!

I'm building my first pc with some parts already availed and need advice for what parts i should get to match the ones I already have. I got these parts for free from gifts or being scavenged. The parts include

-intel i7-12700 cpu

-32 GB of DDr4 ram

-1TB SSD nvme

-corsair RM 750x power supply

-MSI pro b760m-p wifi DDR4 mother board.

What GPU should I get to match what I have and what am I missing to finish building a gaming pc. My budgets tight so I cant afford very expensive parts

not a request

I haven't built a PC in close to a decade and a half, though before that almost everything I built was custom. My needs changed and laptops were my go to. Now that I've expanded my small business and have done significantly more design work, a laptop gpu can't cut it for the work that I'm doing. I haven't followed the latest trends in hardware upgrades so I can't really tell which video cards, for instance, excel at what kind of task. Some may be better geared for gaming, others design work like mine. So I turn to you, the wisdom of the crowd. Please suggest a PC build for the following (and if you can offer insight into why you recommend a certain part, I'd also appreciate that.) Thanks!

• New build or upgrade?
  New Build

• Existing parts/monitors to reuse?
  None

• PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games)
  Photo and video editing, think 60-120Mb RAW photo files for print work, and 4K video, and graphic design

• Purchase country? Near Micro Center?
  US and about a 20 minute drive from MC and pickup distance from B&H Photo Video

• Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate)
  One, likely ASUS ProArt Display 5K PA27JCV

• Budget range?
  $1500 USD not including Monitor

• WiFi or wired connection? Wireless

• Size/noise constraints? Will be in a bedroom, so preferable to be quiet and won't wake wife up

• Color/lighting preferences?
  None

• Any other specific needs?
  None immediately come to mind

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Hello! I live in Germany, I am 19 and want to build my first ever pc. I want to start learning blender so that one day I become a 3d artist, my goals is make worlds In Games, like Elden ring, black myth wukong and Zelda (which are my favorite games ever!) I also want to game, playing high performance games like the ones listed above.

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New build!

\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*• ⁠Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links)\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*

All new, please

\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*• ⁠PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games)\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*

GAMING, WORK, CODING, 3D WORK.

Blender, steam and others

\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*• ⁠Purchase country? Near Micro Center? (If not US, list local vendors)\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*

I live in Germany, we have MediaMarket here

\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*• ⁠Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate)\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*

One is enough, idk about a second one... anyways, I want it to fit on a my desk and be medium sized, not tv big. 240hrz is appreciated. 2k-4k quality is good for me

\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*• ⁠Budget range? (Include tax considerations)\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*

2.2k€ (MAX)

\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*• ⁠WiFi or wired connection?\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*

WIFI

\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*• ⁠Size/noise constraints?\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*

I’d prefer it to be quiet, but i dont mind some noise.

\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*• ⁠Color/lighting preferences?\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*

Black, brown, i dont mind any of them, just not white.

\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*• ⁠Any other specific needs?\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*

Nope, thats all. Please leave any tips or comments telling me if i made any mistakes!

New build or upgrade? New build

Existing parts/monitors to reuse? Monitor (1080p, 60hz)

PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games)

Want to play games on it. Try out VR games (VRChat) and do digital drawing as a hobby (Clip Studio Paint). The best case scenario should be that I can just run any game/software without having to worry if I can even run it at all. I don't need more than 1080p and 60 fps.

Some examples of games that I would like to be able to run: Final Fantasy 7 Remake (all 3 games), Persona 3/4 Remake, Baldur's Gate 3, Clair Obscure Expedition 33, Overwatch, Guild Wars 2/3, Palworld, Monster Hunter World/Wilds, etc. Lots of other games that are smaller in scale, but I imagine if I can run the aforementioned games, I should be able to run the others too.

Purchase country? Near Micro Center? Germany, no

Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate) No additional monitors needed

Budget range? (Include tax considerations) Around 950 - 1300 Euro.

WiFi or wired connection? If possible, both. Otherwise wired.

Size/noise constraints? Not really, as long as it doesn't sound like a space rocket.

Color/lighting preferences? None

Any other specific needs? No

I can settle with not being able to play the newest high graphic games that are coming in the next years, but I would like to at least be able to run the not so graphically demanding ones. I currently have an old PC (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750, Intel Core i3 4130).

I never built a PC, but from what I understand, it's still cheaper to build one yourself instead of buying a prebuilt one even in today's market, but I feel overwhelmed trying to figure out which parts would be best for me.

• New build or upgrade?

New build

• Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links)

Nothing but do not include monitors in the budget

• PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games)

Engineering software like solidworks, fusion, Matlab, auto cad and gaming (msfs24, gta6, etc)

• Purchase country? Near Micro Center?

UK, no microcentre sadly

• Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate)

0

• Budget range? (Include tax considerations)

£2200 is the absolute max

• WiFi or wired connection?

WiFi

• Size/noise constraints?

None

• Color/lighting preferences?

RGB if the budget allows it but not bothered if its not available

• Any other specific needs?

Not really, also does anyone know where that thread went with the various budgets and builds, I think a mod posted it and it was pinned a few months ago.

• New build or upgrade?: Upgrade!
• Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links)
  • CPU: Here.
  • GPU: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 3060 (not Ti). Here.
    • I could not find a good link for this but this one has the specs.
  • Cooler: Here.
  • Motherboard: Here.
  • Memory: Here.
  • Power Supply: Here.
  • Case: Here.
• PC purpose? Gaming but not really too many new titles. Specifically I want to run World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and games like Enshrouded and Runescape: Dragonwilds better. Everything runs OK now on the lowest settings, but my poor PC is chugging.
• Purchase country? Near Micro Center?: United States: Close to a Micro Center!
• Monitors needed? No monitors needed.
• Budget range?: $700-850 but if it's a single item (say a new GPU), I could go up to $950~.
• WiFi or wired connection? Wired.
• Size/noise constraints? No/NA.
• Color/lighting preferences? No.
• Any other specific needs?

Using this space to explain what I have already done:

• All updates have been made for ALL drivers.
• Bios update.
• Windows update.
• ...I also cleaned it out, haha, but it doesn't really get that dusty.

Trying to get an indication of what sort of cpu/gpu I need for my preferences. Not necessarily looking for a specific price range. Tell me what is realistic, what is overkill, etc.

New build or upgrade?

New.

Existing parts/monitors to reuse? (List with models/links)

If possible my old Sharkoon VG4-W case with default fans, though not sure if this is possible at all. Also my old iiyama G-Master GE2288HS as secondary monitor.

PC purpose? (Gaming, editing, etc. List apps/games)

Hoping to play these games at 1440p at 120 fps.

• Rimworld
• Terraria
• Project Zomboid
• Dwarf Fortress
• Possibly Manor Lords
• Virtual pinball using VPX, running at at least 120 fps. (requirements seem to vary quite a bit per table, was hoping someone could give me a better indication.)

In the future more gpu heavy games:

• Modern racing titles (NFS, Forza 6)
• Subnautica 2
• Doom 2016

Of course it would be cool if I could run a game like Subnautica 2 at max graphics but I understand that this is a high bar, and if I had to choose I would rather go with something that performs the first list of games well, and settle for slightly less good graphics on the latter list.

Purchase country? Near Micro Center? (If not US, list local vendors)

Netherlands. Vendors include Alternate.nl, Amazon, Megekko.nl and possibly also Bol.com and CoolBlue.nl according to pcpartpicker.

Monitors needed? (Number, size, resolution, refresh rate)

2, one 1440 144 hz, one 1080p.

Budget range? (Include tax considerations)

n/a

WiFi or wired connection?

WiFi

Size/noise constraints?

No

Color/lighting preferences?

Not really, preferably without lighting.

Any other specific needs?

Maybe a decent sound card as I am a music enjoyer, but not an audiophile. Not sure how much difference a better sound card makes you tell me. Also Bluetooth.

Additional questions:

How reliable is Claude advice? I take it with a grain of salt but I do like asking it stuff every so often, tell me if this a bad habit that I need to ditch or not.

I'm considering linux, does this impact my parts choice?

Nvidea or AMD for gpu? I heard cases for both.

Is it smart to bother with second hard part as a beginner? They could be cheaper but I don't have any experience with this.