Hello everyone. First post on here so go easy on me 
I'm looking for an engagement ring on a budget: $2000 CAD all in. I'm about to finish up university so funds are a bit tight, but I can push it to 2000 before taxes+duties,etc if I find a knockout deal. I've been doing some basic research on my own, and this is what I came up with so far. The customer service guy on James Allen couldn't really put together a better combo himself at my budget (the automatic diamond selector on the website did a pretty good job I think) but I'd like to hear a second, third, fourth opinion and so on! Basically I already knew going in that my soon to be fiance's preference would be princess cut with a more simple setting like solitaire, so I tried to put together the best combo I could:
https://www.jamesallen.com/engagement-r ... -item-7115
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamon ... ku-2717577
Can I do better for the price? (Total around $1600, estimated to be about $1805 all in). For slightly more is there anything better I could do? The customer service reps showed me some options for $300 more but had the same diamond specs, main differences was clarity - VVS1 instead of my selection of VS2 (which according to them wouldn't be noticeable anyways). But at the same time I've read that specs don't necessarily mean the diamond won't be a dud. So I'm kind of stumped there because I don't know how to determine that. Not sure if the depth/table of the diamond I chose is good, I read elsewhere that one should look for a higher depth than table for princess cut, but I don't know if the depth is too much here. The depth/table information seems to be a bit more clear-cut for round diamonds, as opposed to princess where the numbers are all over the place and wide-ranging depending on the source I choose. Not sure what to make of the other more advanced numbers either, just tried to go with the four Cs for now. And with the choices currently being online, I don't know how to assess how good it would look visually in person.
Also, did I make any inherently "bad" selections/choices that don't go well together? Sounds like a silly question but this is all still really new to me. Would the 0.55 look disproportionately small on a 2mm setting? Haven't really shopped much in person to see what kind of difference a bigger carat would make. Obviously budget is the limiting factor here though.
Thank you so much in advance! All your input would be greatly appreciated.
I'm looking for an engagement ring on a budget: $2000 CAD all in. I'm about to finish up university so funds are a bit tight, but I can push it to 2000 before taxes+duties,etc if I find a knockout deal. I've been doing some basic research on my own, and this is what I came up with so far. The customer service guy on James Allen couldn't really put together a better combo himself at my budget (the automatic diamond selector on the website did a pretty good job I think) but I'd like to hear a second, third, fourth opinion and so on! Basically I already knew going in that my soon to be fiance's preference would be princess cut with a more simple setting like solitaire, so I tried to put together the best combo I could:
https://www.jamesallen.com/engagement-r ... -item-7115
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamon ... ku-2717577
Can I do better for the price? (Total around $1600, estimated to be about $1805 all in). For slightly more is there anything better I could do? The customer service reps showed me some options for $300 more but had the same diamond specs, main differences was clarity - VVS1 instead of my selection of VS2 (which according to them wouldn't be noticeable anyways). But at the same time I've read that specs don't necessarily mean the diamond won't be a dud. So I'm kind of stumped there because I don't know how to determine that. Not sure if the depth/table of the diamond I chose is good, I read elsewhere that one should look for a higher depth than table for princess cut, but I don't know if the depth is too much here. The depth/table information seems to be a bit more clear-cut for round diamonds, as opposed to princess where the numbers are all over the place and wide-ranging depending on the source I choose. Not sure what to make of the other more advanced numbers either, just tried to go with the four Cs for now. And with the choices currently being online, I don't know how to assess how good it would look visually in person.
Also, did I make any inherently "bad" selections/choices that don't go well together? Sounds like a silly question but this is all still really new to me. Would the 0.55 look disproportionately small on a 2mm setting? Haven't really shopped much in person to see what kind of difference a bigger carat would make. Obviously budget is the limiting factor here though.
Thank you so much in advance! All your input would be greatly appreciated.
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