Havent really been paying attention to the parts market lately, but going to plan on buying mid december, may wait until boxing day.
Pretty much have a gtx2070 and a i7 6700k in mind but have 0 certainty about the cpu, is better more worth?


Budget:
Maximum you will spend? -2500cad , 1800usd
Will you complete mail in rebates? - If worth it
If so, may we go over-budget if rebates bring you within budget? - Yeap
Do you need Windows Operation System within budget? - Yes
Need a Monitor? / Mouse? / Keyboard within budget? - No.

Basic Info:
Specific Uses (Programs, game titles etc.) - Gaming, would like to player newer games on decent settings for the next couple years.
Country? - Canada
Will you travel to NCIX (canada) or Microcenter (USA) for parts? (Null if unsure) - Staying in Canada

How much hard drive space do you want or need? - Would like 256+ssd 1tb+ hdd
Will you use wireless or wired internet? - Wired
Will you overclock CPU and/or GPU? - Probably not.
Any special requests or useful things t o tell us? (Specific case, need lots of storage, audio etc.) -

Case I will probably find at the last second, not to picky.
Any help would be awesome.

RTX 2070 is not worth it imo.. only battlefield v supports rtx and its very demanding, u pretty much need the 2080ti to play at 1080p 60fps.. sure more rtx games is probably coming, and it will be optimized - but this could take years..

6700k is pretty good but its abit old, the newer ones have more cores and higher speed, so probably worth it with ur budget

my pc: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/g7dmvn

bump mid dec or boxing day cos any builds now gonna be useless by then. SSD should be cheap on boxing day, can probably snag some GPU at gg prices too if ur quick enough.
with ur budget get 8700k or 9th gen

I had bad driver experiences with amd a few years ago, but haven't put anything into looking at them lately. Worth looking into and cpu and gpu? Or intel and nvidea still the most solid choice. Read a bunch of stuff online but trust you guys over any review site.

Last winter I did a threadripper build they work well for budget.


I just ordered for building a 2066 setup
I am doing lga2066 for future upgrade potential.
Everything was budget influenced.

I paid under $1500 from open box items and such. Nothing used.
This is a full build including monitor, keyboard and mouse.
Current listings price ($1,846.99)

Here is a newegg link. https://secure.newegg.com/Wishlist/MyWishlistDetail?ID=7169356



In about two weeks I should have it up and going.

Nice budget build, would recommend this but with an I7 / I9 and possibly enhancing graphics card.

so someone find this guy
a used 1080ti
then we can build rest of pc
from that

dont get a threadripper for gaming
may as well go 8700k/9900k if you can't figure out how to spend that much money on the rest of the components, otherwise amd 2700x is still a solid choice.

Don't get a used gpu. Now days the used ones are possible used for gpu computing. Overclocking 24/7 operations can result in not so good shape.
Most computer parts I would not recommend getting used. I've done it before and isnt bad. Im just saying not recommended.
If a used system is purchased then buy a new gpu at the least. ( see benchmark link to find a good deal below)
threadripper are not bad but not so much for longterm. Life expectancy of intel are expected to be greater. That is why they typically cost more.

be smart do your research and plan ahead going with 2066
GPU for gaming ( can always be upgraded) spending less on this now isnt a bad idea if you have to. You can always upgrade the gpu.
The harddrive isnt very important. You can always get a disk drive now and upgrade to ssd later.
The CPU and motherboard lifespan are based on socket type. I speculate the LGA 1151 will not be supported for to much longer.(even though they are some of the current top bench-marking cpus) This is why I am moving to 2066. If uyou can afford a 2066 build then absolutely do that.
I will get myself a low end cpu for now and upgrade next year.
The most important thing is the motherboard. This is what will determine how much and how long upgrades can be made.
Currently the most recent socket type for intel is the lga2066. I would expect top bench-marking for approximately 4 years on them.

Here are benchmark stats if you are unaware of them. GPU and CPU listed.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

a solid affordable high end 1151 system can be build.
Keep in mind that $1000 spend on 1151 cpu and motherboard will not turn out in 5 years. The system will likely be outdated with limited cpu upgrade potential.
I personally thing they will still be solid systems but after 6 years or so they will not be mid performance systems.
While the 2066 systems will still be manufactured or at the near end of there lifespans depending on evolution of systems and tech.
I dont think any of us could predict the future evolution of tech ( it can be a wild thing) but 2066 are newest and will stand for a while unless something wild is invented.

There are many limitations that impact the progress of cpu development.
Here is some insite about intels design and architecture.
Skylake, Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake are the current architectures for consumers.
Upcoming architecture is Whiskey Lake and Ice Lake.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Lake_(microarchitecture)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Lake_(microarchitecture)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Lake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylake_(microarchitecture)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaby_Lake