*Disclaimer* don't suggest i build my own thanks.

But anyhow, i've been saving up the money for a new Gaming Desktop. (Current Laptop specs for comparison) Since i'm going to get back into Desktops, mostly to help future proof and make upgrading or changing parts out easier, as i've been stuck with Gaming Laptops since 2011 because of income issues.

This is my current Laptop in comparison *Which i Paid 700$ for last year* FX705-DT is the model

• 17.3" Full HD display 1920 x 1080 resolution boasts impressive color and clarity
• AMD 2nd Generation Ryzen 7 2.3 gigahertz
• Solid State Drive Capacity 512 gigabytes
• 16GB system memory for advanced multitasking (I upgraded the Ram to 16GB's)
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 graphics Backed by 4GB GDDR5 dedicated video memory

Laptop itself was only used as a stop gap basically to put me on. But I've been eying up Desktops in the 1800-2400$ price range. And i've hit a snag, It seems all of them are sold out with the 3080RTXs. I was really hoping to have a new card in. Best buy sadly is my only option, since i don't have any computer stores near me, and i packages outside of letters won't ship to my House address, so having it ship to my house isn't possible. So i have to order online and do store pick up from Best-buy. So Hense Bestbuy is my only option right now.

So i've seen quite a few Computers. But as i've said they're all soldout. But. Given how desktops can be upgradeded and parts exchanged. Would be better just getting one with a differen't card? and then swapping the card out when the 3080RTXs come back in stock? But what cards are going to be comparable or least put me on until the 3000RTX series are back in stock? I was looking at the 2080RTX TI Cards, should i perhaps get a desktop with one of those in?

Spec wise this is ideally what i'm looking for. Least 1TB or close SSD, 16-32GBs of ram. Definitely a good High End Card and a strong CPU for playing the Total War Games.

CLX SET Gaming Desktop AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 16GB Memory NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 960GB Solid State Drive Black/RGB TGMSETRTH9605BM - Best Buy

Hoping to have the money by the end of this month or early March, So any replies will be used as a reference for when i buy a computer soon :) thankyou.

Well my gpu is at 71c while playing the game.

I've seen the cpu usage drop to 14% or so when the stuttering happens.

@gerygo: Well playing conan and it happened in space of like 5mins checking my temps now and it says 96c on the cpu

Even happens on Games like cnc Remaster. Though i wonder if its tied to my battery?

Battery is currently at 81%, how to i get it to charge? It's always plugged in on my laptop. I've tried going into device manager and uninstalling it and then rebooting. But it just wont chargeee! any help!

Okay, so i've found out this issue is not my SSD or GPU.. But it's my CPU!!.. I'll get random (and i mean random) maybe once a day or maybe twice a day, 10 seconds worth of really bad stuttering and then it fixes it self and goes back to normal, it's Noticable in games i don't think it's happened outside of games. But i've found out it's my CPU! Because since if you press (Windows + G) And bring up the little performance graph, which i pinned so it's always displaying.

But anyhow, i've noticed when gaming let's say Conan exiles, my cpu is like 80%, gpu 60% ram 56% or whatever. And the game is running fine. Then when the stuttering starts for 10 seconds or less the CPU usage goes down to 7-14%

My CPU specs

PROCESSOR / CHIPSET

• CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3750H / 2.3 GHz
• Max Turbo Speed4 GH

So what's happening? Is my CPU randomly unclocking?

@BassMan: Okaaaay.. Do they still fit into the same spot as an HDD?

@npiet1: But why? I said i wanted a HDD not a SDD

Would this fit? and be a decent replacement?

https://www.newegg.com/seagate-savvio-10k-5-900gb-st9900805ss/p/N82E16822148826?Item=9SIAD3E7C34589