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Hey there, Kramjam. I am in the midst of the same process looking in a similar price range. I am sick of always being disappointed in my gaming experience. I have used budget(ish) laptops and am now switching over to pre-built desktops for some true gaming with room to easily grow as gaming evolves. I thought it'd be helpful to write out my top choices.

I have found some good deals and have listed them. I am debating waiting until after Thanksgiving to see if there are any better offers. I have to decide soon, I guess!

This HP Omen 7700 GTX NVIDIA 1070. $1055.55 on Amazon now. It's the lower end of my spectrum but I think a great value. I am looking at 1080 and 8700 ideally but this is a mighty fine desktop and a huge jump for me. The brand name is helpful here too. Don't know about wifi connect.

I am leaning towards the iBUYPOWER 8700k GTX 1070 Ti. $1,399 Amazon. Great reviews, good value, and nice add-ons. I don't need a lighting remote but that's neat to have. Liquid cooling is also pretty cool (ha!). Good specs, good price, nice accessories, can't complain.

ABS 8700 GTX 1080. $1349.99 Newegg. This almost made it an easy search for me. GTX 1080 plus a great price. My biggest concern is reliability. A few bad reviews on Newegg scared me off and I think this is even their in-house brand. The customer service seems good enough from some research but I would rather not have any problems at all. If you want to roll the dice, I think this is the best value you can find. They also do a 1060 and 1070 for lower prices as you should see in the link. This is it's bigger, badder brother running 1080Ti and 8700k at $1,749.99.

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cyberpowerpc AMD Ryzen 2700 but NVIDIA RTX 2070. $1,449 Amazon. I having been leaning Intel so not a fan of AMD. This system is 3.2 GHz 8 core whereas the Intel 7700, like in the HP Omen, is 3.6 GHz 6 core. But an RTX 2070 in a prebuild desktop for only $1,449 is ridiculous from my research. It's overkill for what I am using now and I would like a better processor but I thought I would put it here for you.

cyberpowerpc Intel 8700k NVIDIA GTC 1070 Ti. $1,549 Amazon. Same stats as the iBuypower but for $150 more. I guess I like the design more than the i.b.p. but I'd rather save the $150. Maybe post-Thanksgiving will shake this price down??

SKyTech 8700k GTX 1080. $1,549.99. 1070 Ti is $1,499.99. Amazon. Looks great in terms of specs, reviews, even looks and add-ons. I would choose this over the cyberpowerpc above. Has some more customizable options too. But based on our budget, I think you would be better suited for the HP Omen or the iBuypower.

Tl;DR

The HP Omen and iBUYPOWER options listed are my two top choices but all of these made it to my final list. I think another $350 for a better processor, slightly better graphics, and better add-ons makes the iBUYPOWER worth it. Even if the name is terrible...

I hope this helps! Please share any of your insights as well.


Edit: I included the differences in specs most important to me. All have at least 240 GB SSD and some have 2 instead of 1 TB of HDD. All of 16 GB of memory and Windows 10.

> My budget for desktop is about $2000

Oh thank god, you will not be disappointed with your options.

CPU: 8700k

GPU: 1070ti

RAM: 16GB

SSD+HDD

Built in wifi

This will easily last 3-5 years no problem.

https://www.amazon.com/iBUYPOWER-i7-8700K-Motherboard-Slate-9210/dp/B07BDTTQ1M/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1525306616&sr=1-5&keywords=desktop+computer&refinements=p_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A13580790011

much better gpu, 2tb hard drive, dual channel ram, usb 3 on the top instead of usb 2, b360 board instead of a crippled h310 board, though it does look to be using a stock cooler. on sale for 1199 right now but newegg lists it as 1399 msrp so it's a direct competitor to the $1400 pc in the video.

Ibuypower is exactly the type of company that gamers nexus was comparing the walmart pc to, and that is absolutely a better pc for the same price and comes with a (probably shitty) keyboard and mouse. Also there's a chance that ibuypower pc is using an actual name brand, reasonable quality power supply instead of the shitty one that's in the walmart pc but the unit in both should probably be raplaced at some point.


Steve is not ignorant, the dude does this for a living he knows wtf he's talking about. Sure he may have been a little hard on it and part of that may have been due to getting the wrong computer, but this OP pc just doesn't have the same caliber of parts as other similar machines by other system builders, they cut almost every corner possible.

edit: liquid cooler, 1070 ti, 8700k, z370 board, 16gb ram, 240gb ssd, 1tb hdd, wifi. looks to be the normal price but I would take a k chip, 1070 ti, and z370 board for $50 more any day of the week.

8700k, z370 board, ssd, 1tb hdd, 1070, 16gb ram, liquid cooler. this one is on sale from msrp but camelcamelcamel shows it has been hovering around $1400-$1450 for awhile now.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BDTTQ1M/ref=twister_B0766CHN89?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

That's the computer I'm using. I don't really know much about PC parts. It is blowing air out where the GPU is, so I guess blower style? The PC is also liquid cooled and has one more fan on the top back.

oh sorry, https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07BDTTQ1M/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8
this is the pc i ordered and when i get it i am confused as to where to begin installing drivers

Found the same computer on amazon

https://www.amazon.ca/iBUYPOWER-i7-8700K-Motherboard-Slate-9210/dp/B07BDTTQ1M/ref=sr_1_20?keywords=GAMING+COMPUTER&qid=1556424832&refinements=p_36%3A120000-170000&rnid=12035759011&s=electronics&sr=1-20

Also found a few other options for you

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227882&Description=GAMING%20COMPUTER&cm_re=GAMING_COMPUTER-_-83-227-882-_-Product

If you were already going to spend 1699 CA on a system this one is 30 bucks more and offers a better GPU

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883102471&Description=rtx%202070%20desktop&cm_re=rtx_2070_desktop-_-83-102-471-_-Product

This pc has a much worse CPU but a better GPU, SSD, and 16 gigs of RAM. (Extra money for monitor and keyboard/mouse/headset?)

This PC has an 8th gen i7, a 1060, 16 gigs of RAM, an SSD and an HDD (but no extra monies)

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This PC Has a pretty good CPU, a 1060 GPU, an SSD+HDD, but 8gigs of ram. (But is way cheaper so you can install more ram later.

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These GPUs definitely can't last 7 years but can easily last 3-4. Personally I would choose the one in the middle if you really want this for 7 years. If you want something 100% future proof for atleast 5 or 6 years, I would choose this: amazing PC with a big SSD, liquid cooling, a 1070ti with 8 gigs of ram, and a 6-core i7-8700k. This PC is similar

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Lastly, This PC will meet you in the middle with a 6 gig GPU for a long while, 16 gigs of ram, an SSD, and an i7.

Personally I would choose this one if you really want this for 7 years without breaking the bank.

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Again, good luck and let me know if you need anything else. Enjoy!

Thanks, I found a prebuilt pc that looks good, mind telling me if it is? the prebuilt

You have servers with 8+ GPUs. ML is not the only field that uses GPU in big server farms. The movie industry used them first, but for your budget you will only be able to buy the server rack anyway. Also your budget is very low for ML specifically so you wont be able to buy GPU specialized for ML (no Tensor Cores). Your only choice is a consumer PC really pre-built.

For reference you also have things like [this][2] and [this][3]

[3]: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/povw/poweredge-r740
[2]: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t640

I have a set that came from this system:

https://www.amazon.com/iBUYPOWER-i7-8700K-Motherboard-Slate-9210/dp/B07BDTTQ1M

2x8GB, I am not sure of the speed, but can confirm once I get home later.

asking $95 shipped.

Off the shelf.

https://www.amazon.com/iBUYPOWER-i7-8700K-Motherboard-Slate-9210/dp/B07BDTTQ1M/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1539960180&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=ibuypower+8700k&psc=1

It's basically this with slightly better ram and was a little cheaper. This time next month though a similar system should be considerably cheaper.

I'm thinking about getting a new PC and getting a prebuilt. I know it's better to pick your own parts and build your pc but I just want to buy it and use it without having to go around hunting parts and don't mind paying a bit more for the convenience.

With that being said what's the best time to buy a new PC? I'm assuming it's when newer hardware is getting released so the older items get a price drop. I'm thinking of grabbing this one off Amazon but I don't know if I should wait a bit for a new version or a price drop.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07BDTTQ1M

*Note the price is in CAD so if it seems a bit high it's because Canada money has been tanking for years.

Yep

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07BDTTQ1M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_m3fMBbNN1ZQRN

My vote would be this:

I found it on amazon, but I'm sure if you look around, you might find it cheaper (I found it for $1,399 on amazon)

iBUYPOWER Gaming PC Desktop i7-8700K 6-Core 3.7 GHz, GTX 1070 Ti 8GB, Z370 Motherboard, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 240GB SSD, Liquid Cooled, WiFi, Win 10 64-Bit, Slate 9210, RGB

Edit: as far as future proofing goes, I don't know how well the 1070 Ti might fair against 2019/2020 "max settings", but I' sure you could easily game on a 1070 Ti with fair settings and decent graphics :^)

Edit #2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BDTTQ1M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_m3fMBbNN1ZQRN

Link.

https://www.amazon.com/iBUYPOWER-i7-8700K-Motherboard-Slate-9210/dp/B07BDTTQ1M?keywords=1080ti+pc&qid=1538158831&sr=8-5&ref=mp_s_a_1_5

Prebuilts are better deals than building PCs new these days.

Here's a prebuilt that absolutely demolishes your build for the same price

Here's another that's still way better than your PC with money to spare for food or something

I know you really want to build a PC for the principle of it, but skipping out on these just because you want to build one is stupid