Help With New PC Build ($2000 Budget)

[shreddedbullet]

Hey, for the past 3 years I have been using an HP Elite and it has been pretty good, and plays games well. However, I am planning on upgrading and I need some insight on what an ideal PC Gaming build will be for a budget of $2000. I do know I want around 16GB RAM, and a graphics card with at least a 4GB Cache, but from there I don't really know where to go. Also, I want to include a new monitor with at least 120hz refresh rate in the $2000 budget. Also, a Solid State Drive for storage would be nice.

EDIT: This is pretty close to the build I have come up with from research and advice:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gbCwD3

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[Rumpelcrutchskin]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WxtnXL

[Chocolate]

Diposting pertama kali oleh green:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DzH2jX

2 grand and you give him a CM Hyper 212 EVO?
Get a Samsung EVO.
Only a 1TB HDD? He can easily get a 3TB. Plus, that HDD is overpriced.
Nobody needs a full tower.
A platinum power supply? Are you serious? I don't think OP wants to throw away money just because he has a $2000 budget.

Diposting pertama kali oleh Rumpelcrutchskin:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WxtnXL

Again, get a Samsung EVO.
You picked him an overpriced HDD that's only 2TB. He can easily get a 3TB.
Again, why a full tower? The only people that need a full tower already know they need one.
Get a bronze rated PSU.

[_I_]

wd blacks are the best for gaming
nothing wrong with the crucial ssds

rumps also incluses the h105 closed loop cooler (good luck fitting it in a m-atx or atx tower)

gold beats bronze psu for efficency
its good for adding a 2nd r9 290 in the future

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Diposting pertama kali oleh _I_:

wd blacks are the best for gaming
nothing wrong with the crucial ssds

rumps also incluses the h105 closed loop cooler

gold beats bronze psu for efficency

Sure, the difference between Crucial and Samsung is probably negligible.

If he's playing games off an HDD then it defeats the purpose of an SSD. HDD's are media dumps.

I was talking about Green's choice.

Yeah, gold beats bronze--except that you'd be buying a new PC by the time you see any savings from paying the premium on a higher rated PSU. A bronze is perfectly fine for the normal person unless you're running 24/7 every day of the week.

Crossfiring and SLI are more trouble than they're worth. You're better off buying a single powerful card. If you're okay with dealing with dual GPU issues then go ahead.

[Eucliwood Hellscythe]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3s2m23

[_I_]

no single gpu card is more powerful than a 780ti/r9 290

[shreddedbullet]

Hey everyone, I read the through the comments and some have given me a better sense of what I'm looking at here. I do, want an SSD for my OS and Games though, and would like at least a 2TB HDD. I currently have 350GB of games as of right now, so how much would a 500-600GB SSD cost? I also, just want to go with a single card configuration, preferrably Nvidia. Now, exactly what card should I get on that budget?

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Diposting pertama kali oleh _I_:

no single gpu card is more powerful than a 780ti/r9 290

Titan Black/290X.

Or if you wanna go dual GPU on a single card then Titan Z/295X2.

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Diposting pertama kali oleh Sir Swag XIII of North Yoloton:

Diposting pertama kali oleh _I_:

no single gpu card is more powerful than a 780ti/r9 290

Titan Black/290X.

Or if you wanna go dual GPU on a single card then Titan Z/295X2.

those gpus will be out of his price budget for the build, unless he skimped on everything else

[shreddedbullet]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3P2m23
I configured this, as this is kind of the idea I had in mind. Are there any modifications I should make to this?

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Diposting pertama kali oleh (ZuWh) shreddedbullet:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3P2m23
I configured this, as this is kind of the idea I had in mind. Are there any modifications I should make to this?

i7 4790K
Z97 motherboard
GTX 780/780 Ti or AMD 290/290X/290X2 now that it's been cut to $1000.
Cut the sound card.
Cut the network adapter.
Get Windows 8.1.

[shreddedbullet]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Sir Swag XIII of North Yoloton:

Diposting pertama kali oleh (ZuWh) shreddedbullet:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3P2m23
I configured this, as this is kind of the idea I had in mind. Are there any modifications I should make to this?

i7 4790K
Z97 motherboard
GTX 780/780 Ti or AMD 290/290X/290X2 now that it's been cut to $1000.
Cut the sound card.
Cut the network adapter.
Get Windows 8.1.

I absolutely do not like 8.1 and everything about it. I'll stick with 7, but thanks! That helped quite a bit. :D
This is the updated rig: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bNXy8d

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Diposting pertama kali oleh (ZuWh) shreddedbullet:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3P2m23
I configured this, as this is kind of the idea I had in mind. Are there any modifications I should make to this?

Why do you bother with the network adapter and sound card? Waste of money. Also, no display in your build.

I don't see why you need an i7 and 16 gb unless you're doing video editting on a regular basis.

Anyways:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gb4sMp

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Diposting pertama kali oleh (ZuWh) shreddedbullet:

I absolutely do not like 8.1 and everything about it.

8 actually boots faster and has a fair number of under the hood improvements over 7. Furthermore, boot to desktop effectively makes 8 function like 7. I suspect 95% of the hate that Windows 8 gets is from people who still think it's mandatory to use the tiles.