Need some advice and help. My now 10 year old MSY build PC has gone black screen since a recent software upgrade. I'm taking it as a sign to upgrade as I've tried everything with no luck.
So, my budget is no more then $2K. (less means more money for me!) As I've also got 2 acer VGA plug 23" screens, that are even older so I'll need something new too.
Looking for a (hopefully) long lasting computer. Suitable for my kids to play games on, some fortnight and Roblox. I'm not too worried here as the old unit could play Roblox. But mainly to just be the one everyone can use in the house.
These are some specs from the old build, which is kind of irrelevant, but thought great its lasted 10 years. Hard drives are still ok, but a new main one would be good.
i5-4690 3.5GHz
Gigabyte H97-HD3
SA-R7240-2GD3
G.Skill Ripjaws-X 8G Kit(4Gx2) DDR3 1600
SP-550PCBAU Smart 550w 80+ Bronze
Will hopefully get in the next 1-2 months, so also happy to see what happens when all the PC build shops are back open.
IMO I'd look at what monitor you want to get then what PC is needed to power that.
You can pick up a pair of perfectly fine 1080p screens for $200 and a PC to drive it for under $1k easily enough. If you're thinking a long term investment though (since the last one got 10 years), possibly go with a nicer screen (I'm a fan of big widescreens, other people love their 32" 4K monitors) and maybe spend a little more on the GPU to support it.
Unless you go with 4K, the 4060 is a great GPU for pretty much any scenario. Any of the modern AMD ryzen chips will also do you fine for years (particularly if the i5-4690 lasted this long)