Question Build Recommendations for Games Like Overwatch?

[Jebeansprout]

Hi, looking into building a PC for the first time, but am really worried about buying incompatible components, or just 'getting it wrong' in general. 🙁

So far I know the ideal PC I'm looking for is a gaming PC with:

• Mid-tower case
• PGA ATX motherboard (Only want 1 graphics card, no SLI needed)
• 6GB ram minimum (Overwatch recommended ram)
• 1 GeForce GTX Graphics Card (Only really had experience with GeForce, any other reccs?)
• AMD Ryzen CPU (How many cores/GHz are necessary?)
• Stock Cooler (Water cooling doesn't sound like a good idea for beginner)
• Semi-Modular PSU (Heard semi-modular would be best, thoughts? What wattage?)
• 512GB SSD (Is this enough? Maybe 1TB?)

My monitor is 144hz refresh rate for reference as-well.
https://store.acer.com/en-gb/vg0-gaming-monitor-nitro-vg270up-black

Ideally I'd love to run games like Overwatch with ease and good case temperatures. With this in mind, what components/build would you recommend, and any general do's and don'ts for beginners?

Thanks for your patience and any help you can give 😀

Edit: I'm from the UK, budget is at most £500 - £800, if it needs to be higher in order to play a game like overwatch smoothly then I'll look into it, and already have monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers + headphones.

 

[tennis2]

What country are you shopping in?
Whats your budget?

Do you need monitor, mouse, KB, speakers/headphones within your budget also?

 

[Jebeansprout]

What country are you shopping in?
Whats your budget?

Do you need monitor, mouse, KB, speakers/headphones within your budget also?

In the UK and at max, I'm willing to go £500 - £800 budget-wise, but if what I'm looking for ends up being lower than that then all the better. As long as it'll play a game like Overwatch smoothly, I'm happy haha 🤓

And yeah I have a monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers + headphones so they won't be included in the budget

 

[Jebeansprout]

Here's a list of components I've thrown together. Will they work together?
Are some over-kill/not enough?
Case: DEEPCOOL MATREXX 50 ADD-RGB 4F Black Mid Tower Tempered Glass PC Gaming Case
Motherboard: Asrock x570 Phantom Gaming 4 AMD x570 AM4 DDR4 PCIe 40 Dual m2 2-way crossfire intel gbe usb 32 gen2
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Gen3 4 Core AM4 CPU/Processor
GPU: XFX AMD Radeon RX 570 8GB RS XXX Edition
RAM: Corsair 16GB DDR4 Vengeance LPX 2133MHz Memory Kit for Skylake
CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper H411R 92mm White LED Tower CPU Cooler
PSU: Corsair RM550x 550 Watt Fully Modular 80+ Gold ATX PSU/Power Supply
SSD: WD Green 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD/Solid State Drive


Not sure if gold PSU is entirely necessary, but I worry choosing a cheaper option could be bad. I dunno.

 

[tennis2]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£179.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550M MORTAR WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£129.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£66.72 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£94.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card (£216.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB320L ARGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£54.44 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £812.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-07 05:40 BST+0100

 

[Jebeansprout]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£179.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550M MORTAR WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£129.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£66.72 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£94.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card (£216.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB320L ARGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£54.44 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £812.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-07 05:40 BST+0100

Thank you for taking the time to do this, really appreciate it! Helped me realise M.2 form factor for SSD seems to be the better choice, and a microITX motherboard and case actually makes sense considering I'm not planning on adding any extra bells and whistles. 👍

 

[tennis2]

I didn't open all your links to add up your price total, but I'd wager your list sits on the low end of your given budget range. That's why I threw out something toward the higher end to compare.

I would say your biggest...."misstep" was your choice of DDR4-2133 RAM. The price/performance sweet spot these days is DDR4-3200. In fact, that same Corsair Vengeance kit you picked is available for the same price in DDR4-3200.

 

[Jebeansprout]

I didn't open all your links to add up your price total, but I'd wager your list sits on the low end of your given budget range. That's why I threw out something toward the higher end to compare.

I would say your biggest...."misstep" was your choice of DDR4-2133 RAM. The price/performance sweet spot these days is DDR4-3200. In fact, that same Corsair Vengeance kit you picked is available for the same price in DDR4-3200.

yeah it ended up around the £720 mark, but I probably chose some components that aren't as good as they could be like the RAM for example, so your price makes sense.
thanks again!

 

[Jebeansprout]

coming back to say, managed to build my first PC successfully w/ the recommendations. OW actually loads instantly now
if anyone happens to come across this thread, a discord server called 'buildapc' really helped for things like questions, problems, concerns, recommendations etc 👍