must have been in a weird area yourself then haha, everyone around where I was at the time gamed
Looks like overkill though, unless I was playing a lot of games and watching movies on it, and photos.
https://www.acer.com/us-en/predator/desktops-and-all-in-ones/predator-orion/orion-5000
You sure?
that PSU worries me
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for the OP this is a good buy.
CUK Stratos Mini Gaming PC (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 TI, Intel 16-Core i9-12900KF Processor (> Ryzen 9 5950X), 32GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB NVMe + 1TB HDD, Windows 11 Home)
i would strongly suggest to lower your budget to $900-1250. you do not need anything special to run minecraft , wow or league of legends
Who says that’s all they play?
It depends on what he’s going to play and how long does he want to keep the PC…I hate buying a new computer every few years. WOW is my main game but sometimes I do play high FPS games as well and some photoediting.
if you are able pay $2000 to play a video game then bravo!
A pc like that will last 7-10 years
you’d be lucky to get 5 out of a 900 dollar pc if you play new games. My gfx card is 2/3rds that price.
let’s not pretend that people don’t upgrade every 3 years max
There is a lot that comes into play… How big and what kind of monitor. I used dual Alienware 34" ultrawides Need a card that can drive those with good frame rates. And yep longevity is big. 7-10 years from a pc is great. $900 will get ok performance for maybe 2 years. New games/software require more power to run and software is constantly updated.
Most people don’t, technophiles do.
One of our pcs is still running strong with a 3600 and 1080, you get what you pay for with PC parts.
Unfortunately it is true sometimes you can’t make large purchases at once and have to get lower tier parts, that does mean they end up upgrading more often.
The specs are very good, but I would refrain from purchasing an Acer pre-built.
If you can try to purchase the parts yourself and just assembly the computer.
Or if you really want to get a pre-built one, then Gamer Nexus channel on youtube often reviews the pricing and build quality of the many manufacturers out there, I would suggest taking a look, it can help you pick a good machine for a decent price.
Sadly I cannot say anything on pricing of anything because I am from Brazil and our prices and currency are way too different to even try to make a logical comparison.
I don’t…
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My system’s data storage is a hybrid of NVMe SSD and a large traditional spinning hard drive for automated back-up. I also have my previous C:\ drive in there just in case I missed something when moving between old and new computers.
Spinning (classic) hard drives are robust, inexpensive and easily recovered if they crash but SSDs of any variety can be nearly impossible to recover due to the way they randomly spread data through their memory to prevent just certain areas from being constantly erased and written over too many times and thus degrading their performance.
Being ex-corporate I.T. I may be overcautious but given how inexpensive large drives are, there is no sense losing everything so save a few bucks. I’m still allergic to single points of failure which is why my Internet provider isn’t getting my cell phone business. 
Good luck. That system should be good for five to seven years.
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It really all comes down to what you are going to use it for and how long you plan to keep it. That will determine how much you spend and what affordable price range you are looking at. Computer Upgrade King on Amazon makes great computers and have a bunch of different configurations. Most of the boards they use are MSI/Asus. If you go with brand names like Acer,etc a lot of them have crappy motherboards or power supplies, ram,etc. The pc I have now is 7 years old from them and never any issues. Can’t wait to get my hands on my new pc next week.
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Power Supply: 1000W Gold Power Supply? Should be fine.
Brand matters, and if it uses power adapters for the 4090 thats a problem toi, those have been melting
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Go to Best Buy and find a medium priced rig. I only have 2/3 major issues, and otherwise it’s fine. But I do have a warranty.