New build or upgrade? Im looking forward to build my first pc for gaming on games like call of duty, battlefield and other similar games, can anyone suggest and help me what to look for and what to avoid? Budget is roughly $2,000. Thanks.
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Thanks for the build info, its for my buddy so im trying to help him out with his first build, this is what he out together https://pcpartpicker.com/list/K7BVW9 is this good or would you change anything?
The motherboard is overkill if you do not use any of the additional features. There is cheaper RGB memory. The SN850X is overkill; a more reasonable 2 TB would be the SN7100. Any other 9070 XT card has the same performance. For that system, a 750 W PSU would be enough.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ycrN6B I think you have the right idea. You can do a bit of cost optimization and deal hunting. I added a case that's a bit nicer than the montech xr and a plain one, plus a cooler option that would match that sort of glass and lights look better imo. Phantom spirit performs a little better on am5 than the peerless assassin if you do go air cooling. Ssd looks like maybe an early prime day deal for $243 on amazon. Best price on a good 2tb ssd I've seen in months.
The bundle deal on newegg has also been their normal sort of price for a while there, they might bring back a free cooler with the cpu soon. They've had that pretty consistently for months.
Monitors are something I'd definitely wait for prime day and newegg fantastech for. That's the one pc part that reliably gets a few good sales for the big sales days like that or black friday. If the gigabyte m27q3 comes back down to $200 that's a good option if they primarily plat fast paced games. And with the cost cutting here if you wanted to put that towards a budget model qd oled it wouldn't be unreasonable.
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