Best Gaming Rig for $1000 (PCPartPicker Poll)

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  Fergy1987 on 14/09/2020 - 10:54

  +4

  Voted for the 2060 Super, but I dont like any of the builds in terms of parts picked or an upgrade path

  https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/sKNHYH

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    User2049 on 14/09/2020 - 11:10

    +1 for that build but I would up the SSD to 500 GB if possible. If you need to cut costs drop down to a 1600 af.

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    SnowDragon on 14/09/2020 - 11:13

    +2

    I'd be getting this, but purchasing a 2xxx series GPU second hand during this massive sell-off.

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    oscargamer on 14/09/2020 - 11:15

    Fergy - that's nowhere near the $1000 the OP states…..

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      Fergy1987 on 14/09/2020 - 11:26

      A few tweaks gets it close to the 10400F price above. Such as dropping to the 2600 or better still buying some second hand stuff once people start upgrading.

      The only point I was trying to make is to get dual channel ram and a power supply with a bit more grunt so you dont have to buy another one if you upgrade later.

      My build also includes some additional storage because these seem to all just have a small SSD which is pointless for gaming, where are the games going? - All of these builds would end up over $1000 anyway to be practical.

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        avgbowlofpho on 14/09/2020 - 11:35

        Boot and load times are not that big a deal to me so I was thinking of dropping in a cheapo 3-4TB Seagate or WD

        edit: also if I can ask, is there any difference in terms of second-hand vs brand new parts? (especially the GPU)

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    avgbowlofpho on 14/09/2020 - 11:43

    I checked the comparison between the 3600 and the 9400 and it seems that the intel has better performance overall despite having half the threads (source: cpubenchmark)

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  elli0t on 14/09/2020 - 12:52

  10400F 2060