Building a gaming PC for a friend on a 1k budget (including monitor), after a few days of chopping and changing parts this is what I've come up with. This will be built to run at 1080 100+ fps most games with the idea that in a year or 2 he could easily drop in a 3070 and upgrade to a 1440 or 4k monitor.
Not looking for anyone to completely tear the build apart but if you have any helpful recommendations where you might swap a component out for something better that would be welcome.. The one component I ALWAYS struggle with is the PSU, I did the same with my own build a couple years ago, it drove me nuts 🤪
MB: B550 Tomahawk
CPU: AMD 5600x (wraith cooler)
MEM: Vengeance 3200 LPX 16GB (2x 8GB)
(Above purchased as a bundle from AWT-IT)
GPU: 3050 announced yesterday, I've tasked him with monitoring Scan and overclockers for the drop..
SSD: M.2 256GB Crucial P5
HDD: Barracuda 1TB
PSU: EVGA 650w SuperNOVA G3 80+ Gold
CASE: I've left this up to him as I see it as purely aesthetic at this low/mid range. Thermals shouldn't be a concern but ill still give it the once over.
Cheers all..
Not looking for anyone to completely tear the build apart but if you have any helpful recommendations where you might swap a component out for something better that would be welcome.. The one component I ALWAYS struggle with is the PSU, I did the same with my own build a couple years ago, it drove me nuts 🤪
MB: B550 Tomahawk
CPU: AMD 5600x (wraith cooler)
MEM: Vengeance 3200 LPX 16GB (2x 8GB)
(Above purchased as a bundle from AWT-IT)
GPU: 3050 announced yesterday, I've tasked him with monitoring Scan and overclockers for the drop..
SSD: M.2 256GB Crucial P5
HDD: Barracuda 1TB
PSU: EVGA 650w SuperNOVA G3 80+ Gold
CASE: I've left this up to him as I see it as purely aesthetic at this low/mid range. Thermals shouldn't be a concern but ill still give it the once over.
Cheers all..
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