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Hello Guys, I need advice for my new PC.

So, I already build a PC for myself, but I had big help from a friend of mine, with which I don't have much contact anymore, so I tried it on my own.

I am from Germany and my budget for the PC is 2000 Euro.
I already have a mouse, monitor and everything.
I don't need more storage space, I already have 2 SSDs and an HDD.

I play a lot of games and would like to play them in high settings, like Witcher 3, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Squad etc.
I also work with Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop etc, so I need 32 GB of RAM.

I don't really care about LED Lights and fancy looks.

I already searched for parts, you can find the list here: [Minimum post requirement for links]

My question would be if the part a chose work well together or if there are things I can improve or change

And I have another short question. I already have a Windows 7 Home Edition, but I think I can't upgrade that to Windows 10 anymore with a new PC, am I correct? I don't know if I need the Windows 10 software.

I would appreciate the help
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (321.90 @ Caseking)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler (72.89 @ Aquatuning)
Motherboard: MSI - X470 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (137.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Corsair - Dominator Platinum 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (329.99 @ Corsair DE)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (119.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB DUKE Video Card (834.95 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (102.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (77.23 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: 1996.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-04 13:40 CET+0100

Ryzen build because why not...
I included an NVME SSD because I doubt you have one already and are currently using SATA drives instead.
If you really want a CD drive, I would just buy an external one to use when you need it and then put it away when you aren't using it. CDs/DVDs are mostly irrelevant when you can use USBs anyway.

In terms of Windows 10, you can download it directly from Microsoft and buy a cheap key online (via Reddit, G2A, etc.)
If you want to buy a proper version directly from microsoft, just drop the NVME drive and install Windows 10 on either of your current SSDs.

Do note that the 2080 has 1 HDMI port, 3 Displayports, and 1 virtual link port so if you are currently using DVI cables/multiple HDMI/etc. you will need to buy new display cables or adapters.
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Hello -Deano,
thank you very much for your help.

I don't have much experience with AMD, I always used Intel Processors, whats the key differents between Intel and AMD Processors?

Thanks for the tip with the SSD, I looked into it and it sounds quite good.
For the CD Driver, I will buy myself an external one now.

I didn't know that you could just download Win 10 thanks for the tip there.

With the cables for the monitor, I am going to need an adapter, buts that's no problem.

Again thank you very much for the help, I think I will choose your build.
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Considering AMD are competitive with Intel now (With the release of Ryzen CPUs), the major difference is AMD/Ryzen are better bang for your buck and Intel has better single core performance.

Generally, I would recommend the best option for your money over raw performance, hence why I am recommending Ryzen 7.

Comparing at a similar budget, you could get an i5-9600K (9th-gen) or i7-8700 (8th-gen) which you can compare stats with here and here respectively.

It's pretty much up to you whether you want to go Intel or AMD considering both have their own pros/cons. I've only chosen Ryzen here because I have recently bought one myself.
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Ok, thank you very much for the explanation and the help in general.
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No problem. One thing to also consider is that if you are doing your Maya,etc. stuff is to have a fairly decently large HDD. You didn't mention the size of it but I would recommend at least 2TB if you are going to be doing that stuff as well as gaming (rip 100GB+ on newer games)
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I have a 2 TB HDD right now, so that should be ok
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What monitor(s) do you currently have?
Also, what 2 x SSD's do you have? Would be useful to know.
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I currently use a 2K Monitor by Samsung as a main monitor and an older secondary monitor with 1080p.
But I consider buying a 4K Monitor later this year.

I have a 500GB and one 250GB Samsung Evo.


And I have a new question, I consider buying this graphics card
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instead of the one, you recommended because with the Win 10 + adapter + DVD driver I would exceed my budget. Would that be a good choice for a RTX 2070?
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You could grab a 4k monitor within budget now if you wanted.

What "adapter" do you need? You can use Win10 for free. I wouldn't pay 90-100 euros or whatever it is for a key. An external optical drive shouldn't cost any more than 20-30 euro.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (266.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler (72.89 @ Aquatuning)
Motherboard: MSI - X470 GAMING PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard (141.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (220.81 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GAMING OC WHITE Video Card (787.99 @ Mindfactory)
Case: NZXT - H500 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (85.89 @ Alternate)
Power Supply: XFX - XTR 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (80.55 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Monitor: LG - 27UD58-B 27.0" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor (311.85 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: 1968.86

I think I'd rather save the 60 or so euro and grab an R7 2700 over R7 2700x. If you're completely uninterested in any manual overclocking though, the 2700x isn't a bad option at all. You could also save a decent bit if you went with this RTX 2080 instead;
de.pcpartpicker.com/product/jmHRs...-ventus-8g
Pretty ugly cooler IMO, and I'm not sure how well the cooler performs but I'd imagine it's sufficient and it is priced very well.
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