Best Desktop Computer

[Andeyhollawho]

Decided on this here unless someone steers me in a different direction.

Short hand:

$839.00

• Windows 10 Home 64
• 9th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor
• NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti Graphics (6 GB GDDR6 dedicated)
• 16 GB memory; 2 TB HDD storage; 256 GB SSD storage

AMS HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop TG01-0185t Datasheet
Operating system
Windows 10 Home 64

Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-9700 (3 GHz base frequency, up to 4.7 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 12 MB cache, 8 cores)
[16]
Graphics
Integrated: Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Discrete: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti Graphics (6 GB GDDR6 dedicated)
Memory
16 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (2 x 8 GB)
Maximum memory
Upgradeable to 32 GB
Memory slots
2 DIMM
Storage
256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
Secondary storage
2 TB 7200 rpm SATA
Total Internal Bays
One 3.5" available; One 2.5" occupied
Memory card device
3-in-1 memory card reader
Network interface
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Wireless technology
Realtek Wi-Fi 5 (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5 Combo
Power supply
400 W Platinum efficiency power supply
External I/O Ports
Front:1 headphone/microphone combo; 1 USB 3.1 Type-C™ Gen 1; 4 USB 3.1 Gen 1
Rear:4 USB 2.0
Expansion slots
1 PCIe x16; 1 PCIe x1; 2 M.2
Energy efficiency
ENERGY STAR® certified; EPEAT® Bronze registered
Audio
5.1 surround sound
Video connector
1 DisplayPort™; 1 HDMI; 1 DVI-D
Color
Shadow black

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Thanks for the update ^

 

[Andeyhollawho]

Still thinking hard on this one though

Dell Inspiron 5676 Gaming PC 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD+1TB HDD, AMD Ryzen 7 2700 8-Core up to 4.10 GHz, Radeon RX580 4GB, VR Ready Desktop, RJ-45 Ethernet, Windows 10 Amazon product ASIN B07XKQKKQH

 

[flx2000]

Decided on this here unless someone steers me in a different direction.

Short hand:

$839.00

• Windows 10 Home 64
• 9th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor
• NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti Graphics (6 GB GDDR6 dedicated)
• 16 GB memory; 2 TB HDD storage; 256 GB SSD storage

AMS HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop TG01-0185t Datasheet
Operating system
Windows 10 Home 64

Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-9700 (3 GHz base frequency, up to 4.7 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 12 MB cache, 8 cores)
[16]
Graphics
Integrated: Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Discrete: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti Graphics (6 GB GDDR6 dedicated)
Memory
16 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (2 x 8 GB)
Maximum memory
Upgradeable to 32 GB
Memory slots
2 DIMM
Storage
256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
Secondary storage
2 TB 7200 rpm SATA
Total Internal Bays
One 3.5" available; One 2.5" occupied
Memory card device
3-in-1 memory card reader
Network interface
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Wireless technology
Realtek Wi-Fi 5 (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5 Combo
Power supply
400 W Platinum efficiency power supply
External I/O Ports
Front:1 headphone/microphone combo; 1 USB 3.1 Type-C™ Gen 1; 4 USB 3.1 Gen 1
Rear:4 USB 2.0
Expansion slots
1 PCIe x16; 1 PCIe x1; 2 M.2
Energy efficiency
ENERGY STAR® certified; EPEAT® Bronze registered
Audio
5.1 surround sound
Video connector
1 DisplayPort™; 1 HDMI; 1 DVI-D
Color
Shadow black

you will need to change that power supply, you need a 600 watt pSU with this rig or it will bottle neck.
The minimum pSU recommended for the 1660 TI is a 450 watt PSU, the CPU will not turbo for long if you don't have sufficient power, it will just run at lower clocks and probably run cooler.

 

[Andeyhollawho]

you will need to change that power supply, you need a 600 watt pSU with this rig or it will bottle neck.
The minimum pSU recommended for the 1660 TI is a 450 watt PSU, the CPU will not turbo for long if you don't have sufficient power, it will just run at lower clocks and probably run cooler.

Cool. I appreciate that. I think this one pretty much covers what I'm looking for. The other ones you showed me are nice but I got a pretty good discount through my job on this one.

 

[Efkie]

If you can built it yourself I'd go for this.
More bang for the money spent.



AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard
G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2x8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory
ADATA SU635 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
AMD Radeon RX 5700 8GB (This Powercolor one is $290)
Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Case w/ 2 fans
Corsair CX650W PSU

You can save extra by swapping the bolded parts for cheaper ones.
Especially the videocard

 

[chemist]

This is my current setup. I ran a benchmark test and my CPU and graphics card are running way below expectations. Can anybody see in specs a reason this could be happening.

CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X - 68.3%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 970 - 53.5%
SSD: Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB - 111.5%
RAM: Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 4x8GB - 70.5%
MBD: Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5P