Question Help review 1st time gamer pc build son

[cloudmine111]

Hello, haven't built a new machine in over a decade and never a gaming PC. This will be a first time budget friendly gamer build for my son. Trying to capitalize on thanksgiving deals. Finding a reasonably priced but good gaming GPU under $350 is tough. He currently plays the top soccer, formula 1, racing and football games on gaming console but wants to move over to PC. Have 2 drives to run Raid 1 for redundancy (cause that is what I am used to) though maybe this isnt good for gaming? Was trying to keep to $1000 or less, but $1200 is OK.

Looking for review and input by group - thank in advance. This comes to $1168 pre-tax - is that good value?

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D 3 GHz 8-Core Processor ($196.89)
• CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core ARGB Liquid CPU Cooler ($69.98)
• Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 UD AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($107.21)
• Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($59.99)
• Storage 1: Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($59.99)
• Storage 2: Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($59.99)
• Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 319 Core Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Video Card ($339.99)
• Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case ($65.90)
• Power Supply: Corsair RM750x (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99)
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail USB 64-bit ($129.99)

 

[Flayed]

Hello, haven't built a new machine in over a decade and never a gaming PC. This will be a first time budget friendly gamer build for my son. Trying to capitalize on thanksgiving deals. Finding a reasonably priced but good gaming GPU under $350 is tough. He currently plays the top soccer, formula 1, racing and football games on gaming console but wants to move over to PC. Have 2 drives to run Raid 1 for redundancy (cause that is what I am used to) though maybe this isnt good for gaming? Was trying to keep to $1000 or less, but $1200 is OK.

Looking for review and input by group - thank in advance. This comes to $1168 pre-tax - is that good value?

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D 3 GHz 8-Core Processor ($196.89)
• CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core ARGB Liquid CPU Cooler ($69.98)
• Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 UD AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($107.21)
• Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($59.99)
• Storage 1: Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($59.99)
• Storage 2: Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($59.99)
• Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 319 Core Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Video Card ($339.99)
• Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case ($65.90)
• Power Supply: Corsair RM750x (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99)
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail USB 64-bit ($129.99)

Have a look at this deal it should save you some cash:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb...&ranSiteID=HlvbvYZP82I-.D3gcNk_MouO77QwYtMeGg

 

[RAIDGoblin]

...Have 2 drives to run Raid 1 for redundancy (cause that is what I am used to) though maybe this isnt good for gaming? Was trying to keep to $1000 or less, but $1200 is OK.

you can have it boot off an m.2 ssd and set up raid with hdd's for data storage, ssd's are faster, it makes quite a big difference. I run Debian, IDK if similar can be done in windows? but I have the root directory (system) on the m.2, and the home directory (files and data) in raid on the hdd's, that way everything is stored in raid and I still get the speed of an ssd. Just don't forget, raid is protection against drive faliure, not a backup, if your PC gets a virus or something, raid protocol will dutifuly copy the damage to both drives, you still need to back stuff up

*edit, read your specs, your using ssd's anyway, kinda ignore everything I said about speed, oops

it depends on what your son will be doing if it's worth seting that up, usualy gamers just go full install on a ssd, purely for speed

 

[Why_Me]

As good as the 5700x3D is, I think I would be looking at a system that has an upgrade path. Add a gpu to this build.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805937115185.html

AMD Ryzen 5 7500F $127.00

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($81.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M482 Eco-Pack 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ MSI)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.88 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $471.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-11-27 01:57 EST-0500

Total: $598.82 w/cpu

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-free-or-cheap

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Also, op do you have a Microcenter nearby? If you do, head over there. They’ve got combo deals going all the time.

For example

https://www.microcenter.com/product...ies-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle

If you want to save 30 bucks they’ve got one with the 7700x. Or if you’re really wanting to save you can get the 7600x with a board and 16gb ram for 300, or the 9600x is 30 bucks extra.

https://www.microcenter.com/product...l-flare-24gb-ddr5-5200,-computer-build-bundle

At your budget I think the 6800 is a fine choice. I’ve got a 6800xt and it’s a little faster than that card but I think going to that or a 7800xt might take too much from the budget possibly.

Have you looked at a monitor? This is what I just picked up. Should go great with that card.



https://www.microcenter.com/product...-27-2k-qhd-(2560-x-1440)-180hz-gaming-monitor

I had accidentally posted a 1080p monitor. The 1440p one above is what I have. I caught it on sale for 129.99 last Friday. Either they had it priced wrong or had a hot sale that expired.