Seeking new PC setup on Black Friday

[evan 17]

18 hours ago, Brendon said:

 Nice dual monitors too but I know you will get 4 very soon. 

I'm getting close already.  Right now I'm running DAS (and soon-to-be Trade Ideas) on the 2 screens shown, and the chat on my iMac monitor (not shown in pic, but it's directly to right...I have a wraparound desk).  If you look closely there is actually a third AOC monitor on the floor.  I planned to return it but will likely keep it now.  I'll just need to find a good monitor stand to hold all 3.

 

14 hours ago, yeahdudeman said:

Lookin good Evan!

Thanks!  Is this Tim from the FL Meetup?

 

 

 

[mhileman 21]

On 1/24/2020 at 7:44 PM, evan said:

Figured that since I created this thread, I might as well post the finished product.  Since I was coming from the Mac world and was functionally illiterate when it came to building my own rig, I ended up just buying a pre-built.   Here's what I ended up with: 

HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop Tower 690-0073w

Processor: 9th Gen Intel Core i5-9400F

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660Ti 

8GB RAM

256GB SSD

People were raving about this system on the r/buildapcsales subreddit.  Walmart sells it for $599 which is already a good deal, but for a limited time select locations were selling it for $499 or $399 in-store.  I was able to score the last one at my local Walmart for $399.  The graphics card itself is worth $300, so I was pretty psyched to get it.  I plan to upgrade the RAM to 16GB, and the SSD as needed.  I will also likely switch out the GFX card for a Quaddro once I decide to go to 4 monitors, but for now I'm running 2 just fine with the pre-installed one.  

The monitors are AOC 24E1Q 24" IPS LCDs, 1080P, VESA compatible.  I got them on sale at Staples for $69 each.  They look and perform great.  Overall I'm pretty satisfied with this as my "starter" PC.  I feel like I accomplished my goal of getting something solid that I can build upon.  Now I'm ready to start SIM.

Thanks again to everyone who chipped in with their advice!  

 

I have that same desk setup at home for my trading/gaming pc and work laptop.  I also bought the same desk for my wife.