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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: This upcoming week

Budget Range: $1500 USD

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Mostly playing new AAA games and maybe streaming

Are you buying a monitor: No



Parts to Upgrade: N/A

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon

Location: Beaufort, South Carolina USA

Parts Preferences: Whatever performs best with my budget

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 at 144hz

Additional Comments: I would like a mid tower case with, a window, good airflow and RGB. I also would like an SSD for my OS. AND WiFi adapter.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: N/A
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I wouldn't normally recommend Intel at this point, but to be fair at 1080p 144Hz, you could start to see a difference between a modern i7 and Ryzen, so here's an option with an i7;
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor ($379.89 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 860 QVO 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($117.99 @ Newegg Business)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING Z Video Card ($389.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P600S ATX Mid Tower Case ($159.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1492.81

However, this limits you to an RTX 2060. If you were to switch to an R5 2600 instead of the 8700k, you'd save over $300 which you could potentially put towards a better GPU, like an RTX 2080, and a better GPU is going to have a much more significant impact on your performance than CPU, even at 1080p 144Hz.

Ryzen option with an RTX 2080;
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 860 QVO 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($117.99 @ Newegg Business)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($706.98 @ Newegg Business)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P600S ATX Mid Tower Case ($159.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1488.90

Or like I said, this with the RTX 2060 instead of the RTX 2080 would be over $300 cheaper than the 8700k system. RTX 2060 is a good card for 1080p 144Hz IMO, RTX 2080 would be overkill tbh but it's up to you.

Add whatever capacity HDD you need/want, and for RGB that's up to you too. The motherboard and GPU in both of these systems have some RGB, and you can grab an RGB LED strip for like $15. Oh, and lastly, here's an alternative option for case;
pcpartpicker.com/search/?cc=us&am...meshify+s2
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