u/Mothman_enby

Hey y’all I am currently working on building my own PC for the first time and was wondering if this is a good setup or if there is any alternatives that would work better for compatibility and maybe save a little money here and there lol I plan on playing games like Baldurs Gate, Detroit Become Human, the Sims 4 (with 3,000+ mods/cc) and I tend to multitask a lot with different apps open at once. I don’t really have a set budget just preferably under $3,000 and I am in the US.
I am also deciding between a MSI MAG 27” 280Hz and a LG UltraGear 27” 280Hz as a new monitor so any suggestions about that are also recommended

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XxF98Z

Hey y’all I am currently working on building my own PC for the first time and was wondering if this is a good setup or if there is any alternatives that would work better for compatibility and maybe save a little money here and there lol I plan on playing games like Baldurs Gate, Detroit Become Human, the Sims 4 (with 3,000+ mods/cc) and I tend to multitask a lot with different apps open at once. I don’t really have a set budget just preferably under $3,000 and I am in the US.
I am also deciding between a MSI MAG 27” 280Hz and a LG UltraGear 27” 280Hz as a new monitor so any suggestions about that are also recommended

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XxF98Z

Hi Reddit! This is one of my first posts so not 100% sure how it works but when looking around I found this subreddit and thought it would be a good place for advice;

I’m currently looking at upgrading my current pc setup because it keeps crashing with lots of lag and not near enough storage (477 GB) and it takes around 3+ minutes for it to even open the Sims, but I know nothing about computers and some advice would be greatly appreciated!

My budget is around $1,500 (I live in the US) but I’m fine going a little over or under depending (just definitely under $2,000) and I want it to be able to handle a lot of multitasking (like a game, OBS, and YouTube all running simultaneously), with lots of storage because I have a lot of games (around like 60+ on Steam), and be able to run large games like COD, The Quarry, Detroit Become Human, Baldurs Gate, and the Sims 4 with way too many mods (I have 3,000+ mods) and have them look nice and not lag super badly or just fully crash my computer 😅

So what I’m wondering is since my current PC is a prebuilt one if I should just get another one and if anyone has any recommendations or get a custom one like I’ve seen around and if so any specific brands you recommend because when looking online I see a lot of people see different things so I don’t know what best, thank you so much for your help!

Current build
Dell OptiPlex 7020 Gaming Desktop PC
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770 CPU
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (2 GB)
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Primary storage: 477 GB SSD HS512QE
It came with a USB wired keyboard and mouse if that matters but I’ll probably look into getting a nicer one and I don’t remember what my monitor is but if that’s important I can try and find out

Thanks again and have a great day!

Hi Reddit! This is one of my first posts so not 100% sure how it works but when looking around I found this subreddit and thought it would be a good place for advice;

I’m currently looking at upgrading my current pc setup because it keeps crashing with lots of lag and not near enough storage (477 GB) and it takes around 3+ minutes for it to even open the Sims, but I know nothing about computers and some advice would be greatly appreciated!

My budget is around $1,500 (I live in the US) but I’m fine going a little over or under depending (just definitely under $2,000) and I want it to be able to handle a lot of multitasking (like a game, OBS, and YouTube all running simultaneously), with lots of storage because I have a lot of games (around like 60+ on Steam), and be able to run large games like COD, The Quarry, Detroit Become Human, Baldurs Gate, and the Sims 4 with way too many mods (I have 3,000+ mods) and have them look nice and not lag super badly or just fully crash my computer 😅

So what I’m wondering is since my current PC is a prebuilt one if I should just get another one and if anyone has any recommendations, or get a custom one like I’ve seen around and if so any specific brands you recommend, or would it be best to just build one myself and if so what parts because when looking online I see a lot of people see different things so I don’t know what best, thank you so much for your help!

Current build
Dell OptiPlex 7020 Gaming Desktop PC
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770 CPU
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (2 GB)
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Primary storage: 477 GB SSD HS512QE
It came with a USB wired keyboard and mouse if that matters but I’ll probably look into getting a nicer one and I don’t remember what my monitor is but if that’s important I can try and find out

Thanks again and have a great day!

Hi Reddit! This is one of my first posts so not 100% sure how it works but when looking around I found this subreddit and thought it would be a good place for advice;

I’m currently looking at upgrading my current pc setup because it keeps crashing with lots of lag and not near enough storage (477 GB) and it takes around 3+ minutes for it to even open the Sims, but I know nothing about computers and some advice would be greatly appreciated!

My budget is around $1,500 (I live in the US) but I’m fine going a little over or under depending (just definitely under $2,000) and I want it to be able to handle a lot of multitasking (like a game, OBS, and YouTube all running simultaneously), with lots of storage because I have a lot of games (around like 60+ on Steam), and be able to run large games like COD, The Quarry, Detroit Become Human, Baldurs Gate, and the Sims 4 with way too many mods (I have 3,000+ mods) and have them look nice and not lag super badly or just fully crash my computer 😅

So what I’m wondering is since my current PC is a prebuilt one if I should just get another one and if anyone has any recommendations, or get a custom one like I’ve seen around and if so any specific brands you recommend, or would it be best to just build one myself and if so what parts because when looking online I see a lot of people see different things so I don’t know what best, thank you so much for your help!

Current build
Dell OptiPlex 7020 Gaming Desktop PC
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770 CPU
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (2 GB)
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Primary storage: 477 GB SSD HS512QE
It came with a USB wired keyboard and mouse if that matters but I’ll probably look into getting a nicer one and I don’t remember what my monitor is but if that’s important I can try and find out

Thanks again and have a great day!