I'm looking into building a new gaming PC. I used to build a lot back in the early 2000s (when were were playing Quake and Unreal on 3dfx Voodoo cards). It's been a while. Last few builds have been been homelab stuff: Plex, Unifi, Pinhole, etc.
Anyway, my son is into gaming and I'd like to build a new gaming PC for him and I to use. I currently have a Dell laptop with an i9 and GTX 1550 mobile. It does ok for games but it's a work computer so I don't want my kid on it too much and have limited HD space for games.
I'm researching all this and kind of looking for advice on direction to go and how much to put into it. Games I currently play are Assassins Creed Valhalla and Odyssey, Red Dead Redemption 2, Flight Simulator, Madden. Son likes Fortnite, Dauntless, and pretty much anything that is popular that I'll let him play. I put together these to builds and would like any feedback. I know the GTX 1660 is a little older, but I already it sitting in a draw, so I'd like to use that to keep cost down and upgrade GPU later. Also, should I take advantage of deals out now or do you think the Zen 4/13 Gen CPUs released later in the month will cause prices of the older CPUs to drop?
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/pharpe/saved/#view=2NsrMp
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/pharpe/saved/#view=2WhLcf
Anyway, my son is into gaming and I'd like to build a new gaming PC for him and I to use. I currently have a Dell laptop with an i9 and GTX 1550 mobile. It does ok for games but it's a work computer so I don't want my kid on it too much and have limited HD space for games.
I'm researching all this and kind of looking for advice on direction to go and how much to put into it. Games I currently play are Assassins Creed Valhalla and Odyssey, Red Dead Redemption 2, Flight Simulator, Madden. Son likes Fortnite, Dauntless, and pretty much anything that is popular that I'll let him play. I put together these to builds and would like any feedback. I know the GTX 1660 is a little older, but I already it sitting in a draw, so I'd like to use that to keep cost down and upgrade GPU later. Also, should I take advantage of deals out now or do you think the Zen 4/13 Gen CPUs released later in the month will cause prices of the older CPUs to drop?
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/pharpe/saved/#view=2NsrMp
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/pharpe/saved/#view=2WhLcf
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