High Performance Desktop for 2k EUR

1. What is the purpose of the computer? What all applications and games are you going to run? (Be exact. Which games? Which applications? Avoid the word 'et cetera.' Vague answers like 'gaming' or 'office work' will not work.)
Ans: CPU heavy things like code compilation and training some ML models. Will also want to run video games occaisonally. Raytracing performance is not super important, but would be nice if most games would run at high settings and 100+fps in 1080p / ~60fps in 1440p. (Will definitely play RDR2, Cyberpunk 2077, Metro Exodus, Witcher 3).

2. What is your overall budget? If you can extend a bit for a more balanced configuration, then please mention.
Ans: Around 2000 EUR for just the cabinet and components. I already have some peripherals, and I might upgrade them later. Could increase budget by ~200 EUR, but less is better.

3. Planning to overclock?
Ans: Maybe near the end of the component's lives I would overclock a bit, but not in the first few years.

4. Which Operating System are you planning to use?
Ans: 100% Linux build. Might try to run a hackintosh on it for lolz, but not important.

5. How much hard drive / solid-state drive space is needed?
Ans: I'm thinking 500GB nvme + 2 TB SATA SSD.

6. Do you want to buy a monitor? If yes, please mention the screen size and resolution you prefer. If you already have a monitor and want to reuse it, then do mention the screen size and resolution of the monitor you have.
Ans: I have a cheap 1080p / 20 inch monitor. I may upgrade it in the future or buy a second screen, but not as a part of current purchase.

7. Which components you DON'T want to buy? i.e. which components you already have and plan on reusing?
Ans: I only have the peripherals: keyboard, mouse, monitor with speaker. Everything else needs to be bought.

8. When are you planning to buy the system?
Ans: June or July 2023

9. Have you ever built a desktop before? Or, will this be done by an assembler?
Ans: I built a desktop back in Pentium 4 days, and I will build it myself, but might have to read manuals or look it up on youtube.

10. Where do you live? Are you buying locally? Are you open to buying stuff from online shops if you don't get locally?
Ans: Germany. Don't really know local places here, so, anything available on idealo.de is stuff I could get.

11. Anything else which you would like to say?
Ans: Already thinking of a build along these lines, open to suggestions and corrections



Total : 1860 EUR