Well, I've finally decided on building my "final rig." And thanks to a most generous family, it will be a good 'un. LOL.

So far I feel like it's going to be an awesome computer but I am already up to $1,700 and I haven't even gotten the most expensive parts yet. LOL. Oh well, only live once, right?

So far:
CPU:8700K
MB: MSI Gaming Pro Carbon Z370
SSD's: 1 at 500GB and 1 at 1TB
HDD's: 1 Hybrid at 2TB and one really slow and cheap 4TB one strictly for putting my gog collection on. If 4TB isn't enough I'l just add an external later.
Memory: 32GB 3600MHz GSkill RGB memory.
PSU: 1050W Platinum Plus

EDITED TO ADD LINKS (I hope LOL)

All of that is what I've ordered so far and am already at almost $2K. Jeebus.

Gonna be a monster though!!!!!!

I need to put together a machine that'll be ready for Star Citizen when, or if(lol), that ever comes out.

Where's the video card ?
Also 32GB RAM ? Why do you need that much of memory ?

Just wondering why you need two ssds and two hdds? My machine has a 500gb ssd with ow on it, didnt need another one, although I have now put a 10tb hdd in as another backup. Just thinking you may be able to save some cash there for graphics card which will be a big cost.

To answer some questions:

1) Haven't decided on a graphics card(s) yet. Nvidia has pissed me off with this G-Sync shit and was seriously considering trying AMD (again... bad experience once long ago left me never using it again since). But then once AGAIN, I start reading up on it and discovering troubles with certain games... yadda yadda yadda. If I were the tweaking type I could do it. But I'm not. I just want to click on something and have it work. And it does this more with an Nvidia than an AMD. So I may go ahead and stay with Nvidia but just never buy a monitor with the G-Sync stuff.

2) 32 GB is going to soon be "the standard" if it's not already. Future proofing this as much as possible and IMO 32GB is going to be the standard or may even be now (though 16GB still seems to be the one in most systems you see).

3) Yes, the place where I overdid the most is storage. Purposefully. Last. Rig. Ever. Don't want to EVER run out of space. Even if tech leaves me and I can't buy new games anymore, this is my LAST. RIG. EVER. I simply won't be able to play new games in 2021 (or whatever). But I want to be able to have all of games in one place (and then possibly backed up on an external as a precaution). I overdid everything LOL but storage is where I did the most (so far LOL). But, an opportunity is here... I'm taking it.

Finally, haven't bought Windows yet because I'm sick of them too. But once again, if you want to run a Linux machine you REALLY need to be okay with tweaking and things not working right off the bat. And then every time I read a thread here (there's one real recent here somewhere) where someone asks a Linux question and the answer is spelled out for them reading the answer my eyes soon glaze over and it's lost me. So it's gonna be a Windows machine again. "sigh".

Way too much money for a computer... but what the heck. Because of some recent troubles in my life I've got family members practically throwing money at me to build a replacement rig for the two I lost. I must be the luckiest man in the world. At least it feels like it to me.

Cuz he can. :D

I actually bought another stick of 8 gigs for my laptop but I cant get it pried open. There was a tutorial up at youtube on how to do it but i can't find it anymore.

That image of Spike pulling a "gag me" maneuver takes me WAY back.

From the title, I Initially thought this was gonna be a rando requesting this gem. I am mildly disappointed.

Biiiiiiiiiig Riiiiiiiigs. Drive backwards at warp speed with Biiiiiiiiig Riiiiiiiigs.

Yeah, that was the first thing that came to mind, too, when I saw the thread title. XD

BIIIIIIIIIGGGG MOOOOTHHAAAAFUUCKIN' RIIIIIIIIIIIIGS! Big Rigs. :D

I briefly thought "500GB for the primary SSD?!?" And then remembered that just last week I had to do some serious housecleaning on my 256GB unit when I discovered it was down to 20GB left. Download some big games and forget to move them to your backup drive (looking at YOU, TW3...), and it doesn't take long to suck up a lot of drive space.

I remember the giddy feeling the first time I built a big, expensive PC. Good times. A few frustrations along the way, but it was pretty great when finished.

Here's hoping for few (and fixable) glitches and no hardware incompatibilities.

You're winner!

Something I started doing two builds ago, is go all in on building a silent computer. Get the biggest fans you can find, moving as slowly as possible, get a large CPU-cooler (with big fan!) to replace whatever crappy thing (with tiny fan) comes with the CPU, and above all get a really good case, specifically designed to be silent (Antec has made some good ones in the past, though I don't know the current landscape).

This goal for a silent computer tends to clash quite a bit with videocards coming with fans integrated, and so personally I opt for a passively cooled card, as I just don't care about playing the latest and greatest as ultimate settings - but even if you do, you can reduce the noise level tremendously through the other components.

Like this one ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcBwnb8rENQ

No, the line of laptop I use has this weird you have to remove all the screws, pop the sealed cover, remove the hard drive because it's in the way, remove the motherboard, flip it over, put the memory in, and then put it all back.

The video was like 18-19 minutes long.

I just have to sit down and find it one day. Rather not do it when I don't have any funds just in case I break something. Going back from 17" to 14" screen of my old laptop is not something I want to do.

Thank you though for your time