Please help me build a gaming pc according to how I use it.

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I am a mainly a console gamer. For example, this year and last year I have not used my gaming PC at all. The last time used it was to play
Street Fighter V (only because I did not have a PS4 at the time) 114 hours
Xcom 2 69 hours ( I cannot see myself playing it on console even though I did play the original)
Doom 36 hours (again prefer PC to console but I read that it is amazing on console)
Wolfenstein The New Order (same as Doom) 14 hours
Overwatch just a few hours
So basically this are the most technical demanding games I have played during my last 5 years. What am a looking forward to?
Wolfenstein 2, Rage 2, Doom 2 another Firaxis game and MAYBE finally trying a Fallout game.
Currently I have an ASUS 1080p gaming monitor.
I would like a build that is not, crazy. I guess minimum it should be like Xbox One X ( Even though I have a PS4 Pro and a 4K TV. I only use 1080p 60FPS never 4K).
 
A starting point. Since you are talking about 1080p you can get away with just a 1060 for the GPU but I threw in the 1070ti as that should allow you to always hit 60fps with high to ultra settings.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($178.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B360M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($68.52 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Black 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($161.24 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB Mini Video Card ($454.98 @ Newegg Business)
Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.90 @ Newegg Business)
Total: $1143.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Well an Xbox One X has a "custom" 8-core CPU w/ integrated AMD graphics, 12GB of memory and a 1TB hard drive. Granted, a PC with those specs wouldn't be able to play games as nice/smooth as the Xbox(considering that the Xbox is built solely for gaming).

The system why_wolf listed above is pretty decent. Although you could swap out the GPU for an AMD RX 580 8GB and still get smooth 1080p gameplay(+ save more then $150).

A side from not giving a budget, you also didn't specify if you want a full tower, mid tower or possibly a small itx type build.
 
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This is what I have from my previos machine:
1) GPU : PowerColor PCS+ AMD Radeon HD 7870 Myst. Edition 2 GB GDDR5 DVI/HDMI/2Mini DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card AX7870 2GBD5-2DHPPV3E

2) PSU:Corsair CX Series 600 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Bronze ATX12V/EPS12V 552 Power Supply CX600M (I think it is also faulty)

3) Processor: DAMAGE This is what I had
Intel Core-i5 3350P Quad-Core Processor 3.1 Ghz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637i53350P

4) RAM: 16 GB

5) Motherboard: Gigabyte LGA 1155 Intel B75 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX DDR3 1600 Motherboards GA-B75M-D3H

6) Samsung 128 GB SATA Disk Solid State Drive (I use it to boot Windows 10)

7) Western Digital 3TB (Save games)

8) Western Digital 1TB (Doc and files)
 
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There is a video online that supposedly you could build one for as little as $450!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwH0ixlmpLI#action=share
 
The 1060 isn't meant for 4k. It can run it of course but you have to turn the settings way down. They way Nvidia set it up its basically these at high settings. There are lots of trade offs you can do though like being okay with 30fps avg instead of 60fps means you can use a weaker GPU. I threw that 1070ti into the mix because it seemed unlikely to me that you'd keep playing on that 1080p monitor over the long term. So the 1070ti gives you something to grow into.

1060 - 1080p
1070 - 1440p
1080 - 4k

You can look at the benchmarks for the 1070ti which has the 1080, 1070, 980, RX 580 (the 1060 sits between the 980 and RX 580 in terms of performance). To get an idea of what kind performance at what rez / quality setting.

As for that youtube build. Yeah sort of, for one he's definitely stealing his copy of Windows 10 as that's $100 plus the $250 for the 1060 GPU eats nearly his entire budget by themselves. But yes if you are looking to save money going for older hardware is a good idea. CPUs haven't really improved that much at all other than the recent trend of adding more cores which isn't universally useful for playing games. So buying older ones is not a real handicap for the bulk of people.

Personally I say if your budget is $500 or less you should definitely be looking at used and refurb parts for an extra bang for your buck. Over that amount it makes more sense to get modern parts even if you can't afford every bell and whistle right now. It will let you grow into it.
 
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If I change my monitor in one or two years what are the odds of still picking 1440p and not 4k?
 
That's hard to say. I think chances are 1440p will die out and be fully replaced by 4k. The factories being able to make 4k panels for both monitors and TVs will add an economy of scale that 1440p just never had. So they'll just become cheaper than 1440p can compete against.
 
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I was thinking the same thing. Right now I benefit greatly from 1080p. My next jump would probably be when PS5 comes out 2020-2021. Unless my monitor somehow dies before that. If it does, I will definitely go for 4K and not 1440p.



 

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