Hey, gang.
My girlfriend and I are building our first PC for her teenage daughter.
The daughter likes to play a variety of games, but she's not a hardcore gamer playing the most demanding games on high settings.
We're trying to keep our build below $1,200. We've got a little wiggle room, but not much.
We're trying to build a budget to mid-level gaming pc that will keep her daughter gaming for a couple of years without needing any major upgrades.
We'll use Windows 10 for the OS.
I checked out a bunch of guides and YouTube videos to try to piece this together using NewEgg's PC Builder tool.
Can you please double-check these parts for me to make sure everything will work together?
And please explain why you recommend something. I'm trying to learn as we go so I can build more systems in the future.
THE PARTS LIST
Processor:
AMD RYZEN 5 3600X 6-Core 3.8 GHz (4.4 GHz Max Boost) Socket AM4 95W 100-100000022BOX Desktop Processor
Motherboard:
ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4/ac AM4 AMD B550 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard
Memory:
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GVKB
Video Card:
ASRock Phantom Gaming D3 Radeon RX 5600 XT RX5600XT PGD3 6GO 6GB (14Gbps) 192-Bit GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
Case:
Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-05 CC-9011138-WW Black Steel, Plastic, Acrylic Window Side Panel ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case
Power Supply:
EVGA 700 GD 100-GD-0700-V1 700W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Non-Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Storage:
Western Digital WD Blue SN550 NVMe M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) WDS100T2B0C
MY QUESTIONS
1. Will these parts work together? If not, can you please explain why?
2. What CPU cooler do I need to use for this? I'm not sure how to choose one.
3. We're going to use fans for cooling. How many do I need? And how do you figure that out?
4. Since this is my first build, is there anything else you can think of that will help me?
My girlfriend and I are building our first PC for her teenage daughter.
The daughter likes to play a variety of games, but she's not a hardcore gamer playing the most demanding games on high settings.
We're trying to keep our build below $1,200. We've got a little wiggle room, but not much.
We're trying to build a budget to mid-level gaming pc that will keep her daughter gaming for a couple of years without needing any major upgrades.
We'll use Windows 10 for the OS.
I checked out a bunch of guides and YouTube videos to try to piece this together using NewEgg's PC Builder tool.
Can you please double-check these parts for me to make sure everything will work together?
And please explain why you recommend something. I'm trying to learn as we go so I can build more systems in the future.
THE PARTS LIST
Processor:
AMD RYZEN 5 3600X 6-Core 3.8 GHz (4.4 GHz Max Boost) Socket AM4 95W 100-100000022BOX Desktop Processor
Motherboard:
ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4/ac AM4 AMD B550 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard
Memory:
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GVKB
Video Card:
ASRock Phantom Gaming D3 Radeon RX 5600 XT RX5600XT PGD3 6GO 6GB (14Gbps) 192-Bit GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
Case:
Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-05 CC-9011138-WW Black Steel, Plastic, Acrylic Window Side Panel ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case
Power Supply:
EVGA 700 GD 100-GD-0700-V1 700W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Non-Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Storage:
Western Digital WD Blue SN550 NVMe M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) WDS100T2B0C
MY QUESTIONS
1. Will these parts work together? If not, can you please explain why?
2. What CPU cooler do I need to use for this? I'm not sure how to choose one.
3. We're going to use fans for cooling. How many do I need? And how do you figure that out?
4. Since this is my first build, is there anything else you can think of that will help me?