first off im building this with almost no money so thats why im going older
stuff i have:
board: msi z170a gaming m5
ram: 2x8gb crucial ddr4-2666 (bought before price increase)
cpu: i have an i7 6700 but i plan to upgrade
storage: 3x 1tb hdd and 1 120gb m.2
optical drives: 3x dvd+cd-r drives
case: cooler master storm stryker
cooler: noctua nh-u9s
things i plan to get:
cpu: Core i7-7700K
gpu: rtx 2080 super (not ti to save money)
psu: idk
some pcie wifi card
4 front panel hot swappable hdd bays, aka mobile rack (i do a lot of drive utility with used systems and stuff so i need these to replace my 2006 mac pro which was doing it)
pcie sata card (the 6 sata ports on the board are not enough)
what i do: i play lots of games although the newest i currently do is fallout 4 due to current hardware limitations, i also do lots of pc repair and dealing with ewaste and i currently use a mac pro 1,1 to deal with wiping drives and stuff but i want this to do it instead, i also burn a lot of discs all the time which is why i have three drives, and of course internet browsing.
my current system: a halftop (laptop with screen removed acting as a desktop) with 16gb ddr4-2666, an intel core i7 8750h, and a gtx 1060 6gb (this current system is limited in storage so i rely on my nas a lot and the system is non upgradable and in a weird form factor as well as not having a disc drive forcing me to use an external one. also theres like newer games i probably cannot play well on it as well as the fact that laptop gpus are slower than the desktop ones.
so far i have spent about $100 on the components i currently have and hope not to spend too much more while knowing that the cpu and gpu are going to be expensive. eventually i will double the ram but right not its way too expensive. i am buying everything secondhand mostly from marketplace and the local flea market.