Looking for PC advice

I bought a really good used custom PC from a dude on eBay several years ago now. It was a great deal, just didn't have a genuine copy of Windows lol. So I'm on 7 and get that "you may be a victim of..." message all the time. One of these days, I'll just buy 10 and be done with that. I believe I asked the dude about it and he was all like 'oh that's weird huh".

But all in all, I would certainly do that again. I've had very little trouble with the thing.

I don't mind a desktop. I can always pick up a tablet for use on the go, and for work. (though, that would set me back a good bit extra, I'd think)

How about... $800 - $1000?

It would take me about two months or so to gather those funds, but it's certainly within reason. I don't imagine that the market would fluctuate all that much. What can I do with that? Or do you think that would be considered overkill?

If you already have a monitor you've cut into your budget quite a bit. $800 - $1000 is plenty for a modern gaming computer. It won't get you top of the line, but it'll let you play any game that's out there while maintaining your sanity.

Neither route is guaranteed to keep you gaming in 10 years, especially with certain technology, that is hopefully around the corner. A laptop will probably not last 10 years, and a desktop will probably just feel too old by the time, no matter what you get.

Not to rain on your parade or anything, but I don't think any gaming laptop will last more than 5 or 6 years without being vastly underpowered.
Let alone a decade at the pace tech is going right now.

Then again, that will depend on what kinds of games you play. I built a desktop myself and I honestly can't recommend it enough.

I don't know if you're still looking for PC specs but I posted my rig's setup here a month or so ago.


Case:                   [$119.99]     Corsair Vengeance Series Military Green C70 Mid Tower
PSU:                   [$310.38]     Corsair Professional Series AX 1200 Watt
CPU:                   [~$449.99]  Intel Core i7-4770K Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.5 GHZ
CPU Cooler:       [$168.99]     Corsair Hydro Series Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler H100i
RAM:                  [$164.99]     Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 1866 MHZ
Mother Board:  [~$219.99]   Asus Sabertooth Z87 LGA 1150 Motherboard
GPU 1:               [$399.99]     EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB HYBRID
GPU 2:               [$399.99]     EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB HYBRID
HDD 1:               [$248.98]     Samsung Electronics 840 Pro Series 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive, 256GB
HDD 2:               [$80.40]       Seagate 1TB Gaming SSHD SATA 8GB NAND SATA 6Gb/s 2.5-Inch
CD/DVD:           [~$86.99]     ASUS BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS 12X Blu-ray Internal Burner Drive
Mouse:               [~$109.90]  Corsair Vengeance M65 Performance FPS Gaming Mouse, Military Green - This particular one is no longer available. They only have the black one.
Monitor 1:          [$134.89]     ASUS VS239H-P 23" Full HD 1920x1080 IPS HDMI DVI-D VGA Back-lit LED Monitor
Monitor 2:          [$134.89]     ASUS VS239H-P 23" Full HD 1920x1080 IPS HDMI DVI-D VGA Back-lit LED Monitor
Monitor 3:          [$134.89]     ASUS VS239H-P 23" Full HD 1920x1080 IPS HDMI DVI-D VGA Back-lit LED Monitor
Monitor 4:          [$627.08]    ASUS PB279Q 27" 4K/ UHD 3840x2160 IPS Ergonomic Back-lit LED Monitor
Accessories:       [$166.49]     LX Desk Mount LCD Arm, Tall Pole
Accessories:       [$249.94]     LX Dual Stacking Arm
Accessories:       [$127.99]     LX Desk Mount LCD Arm - Purchased simply to get a fourth arm
Router:               [$147.99]     ASUS RT-AC66U Dual-Band Wireless Gigabit Router


The prices with a ~ before them and marked in green are items that aren't readily available or aren't available directly from Amazon and are just whatever the current lowest price for a "NEW" unit are.


Now, just for a little history, I did not get all of that all at once.  I started with just the case, cpu, cpu cooler, ram, psu, mother board, the two hard drives, mouse, dvd drive, and one monitor a year ago.  Part of it was a Christmas present to my self, and part was bought with my tax refund money.  (I claim 0 on my taxes every year so I usually get a pretty healthy return)

Later I got a hold of an old GTX 260 GPU that I used for quite a while.

In September I moved and with that came the new router.

Here this past January [late Christmas present for myself] I upgraded to the dual GTX970 cards, and got the other two monitors with the first two monitor arms (the Tall pole and Dual stacking arms)

Then this week I used some of my tax money to do what I think is going to be my final upgrade beyond maybe adding another HDD or two...  That's when I finally dropped the money for the 4k display and another arm to mount it.

I will say this.  It was a REAL challenge to get those two GPUs with their separate water coolers mounted in my case, but with everything I now have I'm hoping I won't be in "desperate" need of an upgrade for another ten years or so.    (The last desktop I built was in 2001.  I still have it and it still runs. )