I can't decide if these forums are the best or worst place to ask this. Kind of like posting on Ferrari forums and asking if spending $250,00 on a car is worth it. heh
Just a quick background, I'm into motorcycles. Got a few in the garage. Got a street bike I'll be selling in the Spring. Was going to use those funds to pick up a touring bike. But, I also have a young kiddo. Since becoming a Dad, my ability to get up on the bike for a 10h ride just because I feel like it has become near impossible. I can do a few planned weekend trips a year, but that's about it. No biggie. So is life. I can stick with the couple bikes I already have. Because of this, I'm a bit tied down to doing stuff around the house. I've been in front of a PC just about everyday of my life since Windows 3.1. So I figure, instead of dropping ~$6,000 on a used touring bike, why not just build a full tilt PC? Biggest downside will be instead of buying a buying a bike for $6k then being able to sell it for $4k in a few years, I'll get little-to-nothing back on building a PC.
That being said, I was thinking perhaps getting into the-whats the term here? "Enthusiast builds" maybe? Was thinking just getting into liquid cooled just for the hell of it. I have zero intention of performing any BenchMarks or anything. Just the typical gaming on monitor one, and web browsing/movies on monitor two. Games would range from some MMOs (Warcraft, FFXIV) to some AAA titles now and then. Would be nice to put all graphics on max and not worry.
Current PC is really dated. 2012 I think. 3470 and a GTX770.
Something I had in mind:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/s9wM6s
I currently have dual monitors, so one of them would become my browsing monitor. The one listed would be my primary. My current PC now would go to my wife to use.
So yea. How nuts is it to drop $3,000 on a build for typical daily use? This would be thrown together in the Spring since I'd get ~$1,500 more selling at the start of riding season. So I'm sure that will have an effect on pricing as well.
Just a quick background, I'm into motorcycles. Got a few in the garage. Got a street bike I'll be selling in the Spring. Was going to use those funds to pick up a touring bike. But, I also have a young kiddo. Since becoming a Dad, my ability to get up on the bike for a 10h ride just because I feel like it has become near impossible. I can do a few planned weekend trips a year, but that's about it. No biggie. So is life. I can stick with the couple bikes I already have. Because of this, I'm a bit tied down to doing stuff around the house. I've been in front of a PC just about everyday of my life since Windows 3.1. So I figure, instead of dropping ~$6,000 on a used touring bike, why not just build a full tilt PC? Biggest downside will be instead of buying a buying a bike for $6k then being able to sell it for $4k in a few years, I'll get little-to-nothing back on building a PC.
That being said, I was thinking perhaps getting into the-whats the term here? "Enthusiast builds" maybe? Was thinking just getting into liquid cooled just for the hell of it. I have zero intention of performing any BenchMarks or anything. Just the typical gaming on monitor one, and web browsing/movies on monitor two. Games would range from some MMOs (Warcraft, FFXIV) to some AAA titles now and then. Would be nice to put all graphics on max and not worry.
Current PC is really dated. 2012 I think. 3470 and a GTX770.
Something I had in mind:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/s9wM6s
I currently have dual monitors, so one of them would become my browsing monitor. The one listed would be my primary. My current PC now would go to my wife to use.
So yea. How nuts is it to drop $3,000 on a build for typical daily use? This would be thrown together in the Spring since I'd get ~$1,500 more selling at the start of riding season. So I'm sure that will have an effect on pricing as well.