Question Build for wife

jobohobo89

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My wife's looking to get into gaming. Trying to get her a build around 1000-1200. She will need everything including peripherals.no brand preference. Also must be pink lol.
 

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Well, pink isn't super easy. Plenty of cases, but not much else, lots of white though. There is a huge premium associated with it, so this went a little over budget. I will leave it to you to locate peripherals. I looked at some keyboard/mice sets. There are tons of white peripherals, but if you really want pink you can try hitting up Amazon, ebay, aliexpress, etc for that kind of thing. Headsets are in the same territory, lots of white sets, but costs vary wildly with quality.

I did find a decent white monitor, but again, that is something you pay a premium for. Not too many white monitors out there.

You might consider upgrading the power supply to a white Corsair RM and getting a white cable kit from cable mod, it would help.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor ($169.95 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING SE-214-XT ARGB WHITE 68.2 CFM CPU Cooler ($19.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B660M Steel Legend Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 670p 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($69.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Hellhound Video Card ($439.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Apevia Prodigy MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CXF 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: MSI Modern MD271CPW 27.0" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor ($214.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1269.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-06-27 11:19 EDT-0400
 
Something like this...

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor | $169.95 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler | Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 V2 64.5 CFM CPU Cooler | $25.00 @ Newegg
Thermal Compound | Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1 g Thermal Paste | $6.98 @ Amazon
Motherboard | MSI MAG B660M BAZOOKA DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard | $139.99 @ Newegg
Memory | Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory | $47.97 @ Newegg
Storage | Intel 670p 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive | $69.99 @ B&H
Video Card | MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS GP OC Video Card | $279.99 @ Newegg
Case | Apevia Prodigy MicroATX Mini Tower Case | $74.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply | Corsair RMx (2021) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply | $74.99 @ Newegg
Monitor | LG 24GN650-B 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor | $176.99 @ Adorama
Keyboard | Thermaltake CHALLENGER PRIME Wired Gaming Keyboard | $29.99 @ Amazon
Mouse | Razer DeathAdder Elite Wired Optical Mouse | $29.99 @ GameStop
Headphones | HP HyperX Cloud Core Headset | $27.99 @ GameStop
Speakers | Cyber Acoustics CA-3090 10 W 2.1 Channel Speakers | $29.99 @ Amazon
Webcam | Logitech C615 Portable Webcam | $28.99 @ B&H
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1253.78
| Mail-in rebates | -$40.00
| Total | $1213.78
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-06-27 11:28 EDT-0400 |
 

Eximo

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Would be helpful if you were to impart to us what some of the specific games and at what resolution desired.

RTX3050 and RX6600 are about as low as I would go, and they are capable of running any title at 1080p. Really don't think there is room in the budget for 1440p.

6650XT in white, I don't think there is anything better at the moment.

Though that is a nicely inexpensive RTX2060, have to keep it in mind.
 
This is perfect. Thank you guys!! I'm sorry I forgot toention I have a spare monitor for her.
Here is the revised build...

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | Intel Core i5-12500 3 GHz 6-Core Processor | $202.98 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler | Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 V2 64.5 CFM CPU Cooler | $25.00 @ Newegg
Thermal Compound | Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1 g Thermal Paste | $6.98 @ Amazon
Motherboard | MSI MAG B660M BAZOOKA DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard | $139.99 @ Newegg
Memory | Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory | $47.97 @ Newegg
Storage | PNY CS2130 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive | $84.99 @ Amazon
Video Card | MSI GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB VENTUS 2X Video Card | $379.99 @ Newegg
Case | Apevia Predator ATX Mid Tower Case | $86.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply | EVGA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply | $81.70 @ Amazon
Keyboard | Thermaltake CHALLENGER PRIME Wired Gaming Keyboard | $29.99 @ Amazon
Mouse | Razer DeathAdder Elite Wired Optical Mouse | $29.99 @ GameStop
Headphones | HP HyperX Cloud Core Headset | $27.99 @ GameStop
Speakers | Cyber Acoustics CA-3090 10 W 2.1 Channel Speakers | $29.99 @ Amazon
Webcam | Logitech C615 Portable Webcam | $28.99 @ B&H
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total | $1203.54
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-06-28 03:27 EDT-0400 |
 

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Something with a somewhat different vibe, mostly case and for the rest a black theme,

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor ($164.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING SE-224-XT 76.16 CFM CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660-A DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-FORCE DARK Za 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 670p 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Speedster MERC 308 Black Video Card ($399.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Silverstone SETA A1 ATX Mid Tower Case ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G6 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: EVGA Z15 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Razer Viper Mini Wired Optical Mouse ($23.73 @ Amazon)
Total: $1177.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-06-28 13:04 EDT-0400


This case comes with two 200mm fans in the front and one 120mm in the back so should be fine for airflow, it's abit expensive, but has a pink front, i think it looks classy. For peripherals take a look yourself as well, hard to say what she really needs, think these are nice for the price.
Might be that the cooler doesn't come with the 1700 bracket, but you can order one, think only a few will have it from the get go, like this one,
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QPkWGX/deepcool-ak400-6647-cfm-cpu-cooler-r-ak400-bknnmn-g-1
 
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