Thinking around 2k for my build. I have had Intel my whole life and love them but hear AMD is the way to go now.

No microcenter near me, and I cannot build one - do not suggest it pls as I've fucked up multiple times prior.

Any good sites for prebuilts or do I just buy parts and wait for my brother/homie

Hello , whats the use case ? gaming only ? productivy ? mixed use case ? do you have any preference for graphics card - Nvidia or AMD , do you have monitor already , what resolution ?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7CCV8Q

id suggest you wait for your brother/homie to build it up for you

This post was edited by TERA87 on Jul 23 2025 03:50pm

I was going to recommend Maingear but those jokers want $1500 for a system with a Ryzen 9600X and RTX 5050

Cyberpower and Ibuypower aren't any better

Pre-builts seem really badly priced right now
The tariffs are messing up prices

/E
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xh8wb2

This post was edited by Bruv on Jul 23 2025 04:44pm

gaming only, do not care about case or visuals at all, only performance

potentially will upgrade monitor toa higher refresh rate (currently 144 hz)



I'm leaning toward 9800 X3d and a 5070 ti for the build. Probablyh 2499 is what I'm seeing

This post was edited by Flopps on Jul 23 2025 07:21pm

found a 2560x1440 240hz monitor that ill grab for 399

debating between 5070 ti and 5080 now

everything else is p much set part wise, just wondering where to buy from

I found:

AMD Ryzen™ 7 Processor 9800X3D
GeForce RTX™ 5080 16GB GDDR7 Video Card
360mm Liquid CPU Cooling
2TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD
32GB (16GBx2) DDR5-6000MHz MEMORY
B850 WIFI + BT Motherboard
1,000 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Gold Power Supply

with a 3 year warranty for 2586

prob going to pull the trigger here

This post was edited by Flopps on Jul 24 2025 08:50am

got this except a 4k 160 hz monitor, thanks for the suggestions

t/c

This post was edited by Flopps on Jul 24 2025 01:17pm