$2500 Max AMD 2700X build help

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alanburke62

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Morning all....

I've been here before and was looking for a more expensive build, but due to changes and me been greedy wanting a laptop now as well, I have to build on a lesser budget.

I have $2500 max for a gaming PC mainly, but will do some music work also.
I think its best I go with a The 2700X instead of my preferred i7-8700K.
I would like a plain, but easy to work in case with air cooled CPU. No flashing lights needed.
I would like the motherboard to have good Wi-Fi.
I would like a 1080ti, GTX 2080 or a GTX 2080ti GPU.
I need a wired keyboard and mouse.
I need a monitor, nothing bigger than 28", but nothing smaller than 21" in size.
I would like a CD/DVD rewriter, no Blu-Ray needed.
I would like 1 SSD and 1 HHD.
I do need windows 10, home is fine.
RAM is at your discretion, as in speed and amount.
No extra fans wanted if possible.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I want to start buying stuff this week, so hope for good deals along the way. Thanks very much in advance.

P.S Thanks again to all those who have helped me in the past, I hope to have your knowledge again on this one :)
 
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stevenjemint

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If you're not gaming at anything higher than 1080p a GTX 1080 would be fine so you could save some money there.

A Dedicated wifi card would probably be a better bet than a motherboard with it built in, allowing you to get a cheaper board, id suggest a B450.

I'll let someone else do a pcpartpicker build for you...
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor ($309.89 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($124.01 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($119.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($74.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card ($749.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($75.88 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($21.65 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($98.89 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($43.39 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Acer - XB271HU bmiprz 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor ($599.99 @ Newegg Business)
Keyboard: Corsair - K55 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Corsair - Harpoon RGB Wired Optical Mouse ($28.31 @ Amazon)
Speakers: Logitech - Z213 7 W 2.1ch Speakers ($25.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $2431.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-19 08:00 EST-0500
 
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Great parts list wildcard......gives me a great starting point. Is that an easy case to work in?? Is the air flow good without putting extra fans in it?? Why are monitors so costly,hahaha!!
 
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Thanks, yea the case it pretty basic and comes with enough fans to keep it cool. As far as the monitor it's your least upgraded part so I wanted to put something really good into the build plus it has Nvidia Gsync so that's why the cost is up there. If you want to lower the price significantly I would get a 1080P Freesync monitor, change the GPU to a RX 580 and change the CPU to the Ryzen 2600.
 
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Wildcard's build is solid. And the tweaks you are considering (monitor) are fine.

I would only suggest 1 change:

Avoid the Turing (RTX 2080) GPUs. RTX is proprietary vaporware. Few games support RTX, and those that do run like garbage when it is enabled.

Save yourself $300+ Just get a solid 1080 for now. Wait to see if ray tracing is adopted widely or not. It's going to be at least a year or two before it's mainstream, if adopted at all. By then you'll be getting closer to 2nd gen RTX and likely a much better upgrade option.
 
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