I'm looking to buy a new pc for video editing, gaming, 3d modeling and the like. My budget is $2000 max. I have no experience building a pc so I'm looking for prebuilt. I don't need top of the line, just something that works well for my needs. Any suggestions?
Budget powerhouse pc
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Because of the scarcity of graphics cards you are kind of stuck with buying a prebuilt for sure. I have purchased a couple from NewEgg under their in house brand ABS. They have both arrived with some issues. The first one advertised 3200MHz ram but it shipped running at 2133MHz and I had to do some BIOS updates/chipset updates.
The 2nd one came without a Windows 10 product key which was quickly fixed with a call to tech support. I only waited about 15 mins and an email with the key arrived.
All the parts used were quality parts when I opened the cases to look. I purchased a 3rd prebuilt from a local retailer here called Canada Computers and I got bottom of the barrel quality on everything ...knock off unknown named SSD/PSU weird cheapo CPU cooler and the bottom of the line chipset.
You will easily find a good system. Shoot for a Ryzen CPU like the 5600x. You will easily find 16GB of RAM but you might have to look harder for 32GB of RAM. I think 32GB is a good choice for what you want to do...really ..the more the merrier it's just that budget is holding you back a little. Graphics card wise..you should get at least a RTX 3060 or RTX 3070 (the Ti versions are slightly above). Chipset wise you should aim for B550. These boards have been better on thermals in all the testing I see the pro doing and the top chipset is X570. If you can get that. Great. You will want an SSD and you can't live with a smaller one the 1TB to start but you are going to want more. Video chews up hard drive space. You can add a spinning hard drive to the mix in large size for a more reasonable cost it's just that most prebuilt gaming rigs won't even allow the upgrade as a choice. You are best to get what you can and then use a little computer shop nearby for any upgrades you need to drives
The 2nd one came without a Windows 10 product key which was quickly fixed with a call to tech support. I only waited about 15 mins and an email with the key arrived.
All the parts used were quality parts when I opened the cases to look. I purchased a 3rd prebuilt from a local retailer here called Canada Computers and I got bottom of the barrel quality on everything ...knock off unknown named SSD/PSU weird cheapo CPU cooler and the bottom of the line chipset.
You will easily find a good system. Shoot for a Ryzen CPU like the 5600x. You will easily find 16GB of RAM but you might have to look harder for 32GB of RAM. I think 32GB is a good choice for what you want to do...really ..the more the merrier it's just that budget is holding you back a little. Graphics card wise..you should get at least a RTX 3060 or RTX 3070 (the Ti versions are slightly above). Chipset wise you should aim for B550. These boards have been better on thermals in all the testing I see the pro doing and the top chipset is X570. If you can get that. Great. You will want an SSD and you can't live with a smaller one the 1TB to start but you are going to want more. Video chews up hard drive space. You can add a spinning hard drive to the mix in large size for a more reasonable cost it's just that most prebuilt gaming rigs won't even allow the upgrade as a choice. You are best to get what you can and then use a little computer shop nearby for any upgrades you need to drives
Something like this for starters?
https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-0005-00C98?quicklink=true
https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-0005-00C98?quicklink=true
Kshipper
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No...more like this:
www.newegg.com
X570 Chipset with a 3070 and 1TB drive
ABS Gladiator Gaming PC - Ryzen 5 5600X - GeForce RTX 3070 - 16GB DDR4 3000MHz - 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD - Newegg.com
Buy ABS Gladiator Gaming PC - Ryzen 5 5600X - GeForce RTX 3070 - 16GB DDR4 3000MHz - 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!
X570 Chipset with a 3070 and 1TB drive
Thank you very much. I just ordered it for a great deal- $300 off!!!
Kshipper
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Ok cool...when you get it. Check BIOS that they enabled the XMP profile that lets your RAM run quicker. They often leave that off =(
I don't know how to do that, but I know people who should. Thanks for the tip!
