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Post Date: 2021-01-18
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    Posted: 18 Jan 2021 at 7:27am
Budget:
~2500. This will be my 3rd Digital Storm, so I think I get a small discount?

Expectations:
I play games like PUBG on a 3400x1400 monitor at 120Hz. Hoping my budget lets me keep everything at max setting at 120FPS.

Usage:
Gaming 99% of the time. PC will be in a home office with no additional constraints/challenges. I am ok doing minor upgrades like switching out a GPU, but beyond that I'm hoping the PC is good for a 2-3 years without the need to touch it.

Special Needs:
I highly prefer a single 1tb HD vs multiple. Could be talked out of this, but in the past I've had some annoyance having to juggle multiple drives for games+mods.

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Specifications: None atm.

Edit: Also I'm aware of supply issues and price increases, so if the better advice right now is to wait a few months, I'm ok with that as well.

Edited by Syncaine - 18 Jan 2021 at 10:25am
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Discounts are off.

This is about as good as it gets at your price point.

        3732830     $2606

Compare the CPU with a 3700X, and the 5600x doesn't give ground. The 3070 outperforms a 2080 Ti, so if you thought anything of that older card, this is the one.

You can upgrade anything you want in this rig with the strong mobo and an 850W PSU. I'll bet you go longer than 2-3 years, but up to you entirely. Lots of potions. You can put any 5000 series Zen 3 in there eventually.

The Firecuda is the fastest SSD you have ever known. It runs off the PCIe bus and is 5-10 times faster than SATA SSDs.

The rest is pretty much what has to go in there per the budget. The Lynx gets you a bit of free bling and saves $121.



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Thank you Cretae!

If I take out the second HD I get closer to the 2500 price-point. The 1tb drive will be enough for me.

I do wish I could get a case with the window on the right side, but not something worth spending extra on right now.
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what did you decide on?
I7 13700KF 5.4hz
ASUS Prime z790 MoBo
ASUS Dual 4070
32g ram@5200
850 Gold PSU
1TB SSD 2TB SSD
27" ASUS Monitor 144hz
Razer Ornata Chroma Keyboard
Razer Basilisk V2 Mouse
Nari Ultimate Headset
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Originally posted by Cretae



The Firecuda is the fastest SSD you have ever known. It runs off the PCIe bus and is 5-10 times faster than SATA SSDs.



The WD Black SN850 1TB takes that crown; with sequential R/W rated speeds of up to 7,000/5,300 MB/s, with the Samsung 980 Pro 1TB a close second at 7,000/5000 MB/s. Both are 5-year warrantied + 600 TBW--so quite a bit of reliability.

The firecuda is about $40 cheaper than those, however, and might not make much of a difference with "loading" times being really the only significant use for them RE: gaming.

All in all, the firecuda is probably a "must" have M.2 NVME for gamers. There really doesn't make much sense from a price/performance perspective NOT to grab one with any $1.5k+ build.

Edited by newtothis - 23 Jan 2021 at 6:32am
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