[SOLVED] Been gone a while, need some advice.

[Adamw0611]

I've been out of the PC hardware loop for a few years now. I only pay attention when it's time for me to upgrade, and since I always go for the best in my own builds it's always been simple. However my sister has asked for help building a PC for my nephew. I'm not sure exactley what games he plays, I know fortnight is one of them, Only info I've gotten from them is hes looking to play 120hz or possibly 240hz 1080p. She told me they would spend about 900usd for PC, and 200-300 for monitor. I started going through PC Part picker and there are so many choices. Since I don't have too much time to research hours and hours of reviews, and videos between now and Christmas (There going to give him money to build it, so I dont need to build it before christmas just a build list for price) Id appreciate any advice or example builds you could share.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Assuming they already have a copy of Windows 10 that can be moved to this build, and if they HAVE a copy of Windows 10 on an existing machine they don't intend to continue to use, then it CAN be moved to this build, this would be a pretty smart option.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($189.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($58.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Walmart)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB XC BLACK GAMING Video Card ($269.99 @ B&H)
Case: Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case ($55.88 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic PRIME Ultra Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: LG 27GL650F-B 27.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor ($249.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1123.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-19 03:08 EST-0500

 

[julienruc]

Not much to say, @Darkbreeze's recommendation is top-notch. If you're looking for something with a little bit more RGB that can sync together, you could do this:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($189.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital SN520 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($59.67 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB GAMING X Video Card ($299.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic PRIME Ultra Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer XB241H bmipr 24.0" 1920x1080 180 Hz Monitor ($249.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1168.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-19 04:02 EST-0500

I personally much prefer the monitor that @Darkbreeze recommended as I find it more stylish. Although the one I recommended includes G-Sync. I'll let you decide whether this is important for you or not.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Just FYI, the Freesync monitor I recommended is G-sync compatible, as are pretty much all of the LG Freesync monitors.

 

[Adamw0611]

Thanks for the replies. Same hardware and price and I was coming up with. I told her it would be cheaper when I assumed 1080p 60fps. They just told me he was hoping for 120hz, and as usual I forgot a copy of windows 10. They don't have another copy they can move.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

60hz you can go much cheaper. Something like a R5 2600 and RX580 8gb.

You want the 3600 and 1660ti/1660super for 144hz.