£3,000 to spend... Spoil me PC Specialists!

[monkeycid]

Hello!

I converted to laptops maybe 10 years ago and after 2 Alienware and 1 PC Specialist, I have decided to revert back to desktop gaming. I am looking for a gaming PC preferably AMD for the simple reason I haven't had one since my teen years. If Intel and nVidia are better by a large margin then I can compromise. The budget includes the cost of a monitor. Keyboard and mice I will buy separately. I do have a slight fanboy attitude towards SteelSeries although I have been using a Razer Naga Chroma for the past 6 months.

Please help!

 

[Oussebon]

AMD's CPUs aren't meaningfully behind Intel's, especially for gaming at higher resolutions that you'll be aiming for with your budget. And Intel's CPUs are currently very expensive due to supply issues.

Nvidia's best graphics cards, however, are vastly more powerful than AMD's. The GTX 1080 (now replaced by the RTX 2070) came out in 2016 and was better than anything AMD had. AMD released Vega in 2017 with their best GPU "Vega 64" about matching the 1080. Except Nvidia had already released the GTX 1080 ti which smashes either graphics card. And now they've released the 2080 ti, which smashes that... So for a high end setup especially 4k gaming, which you can easily achieve with this budget, AMD are out of the GPU race.

Maybe something like:

Case
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 570X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.35GHz/20MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
Gigabyte X470 AORUS Ultra Gaming: ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2933MHz ~ (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Storage Drive
3TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1[SUP]st[/SUP] M.2 SSD Drive
500GB WD Black™ M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3400MB/s R | 2500MB/s W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100x Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 3 to 5 working days
Quantity
1

Price £2,311.00 including VAT and Delivery

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Which leaves you £700 for a 4k gsync monitor, or 1440p 144hz if that's your thing.