[SOLVED] PC build for my son help

[Jonowilliams]

Hi!

I'm wanting to build a pc for my son ready for Xmas.

It's been a hell of a long time since I've owned a pc nevermind fiddled with one so I need parts picking assistance.

Now it's going to be his first computer which he'll have access to via a child account with parental controls. The boy is 8 and plays basic games such as fornite, cod PVZ so it doesn't need to be anything special! Being 8 he's in to all the RGB and green being priority.

Now I've no idea these days about what's good and what's not. Especially with my budget, I'm not wanting to spend a lot of money. Maybe around £500 or $600 dollars for the system. Not including a monitor.

I've been told you're the guys and gals with the knowledge to help.

Thanks
Jono

 

[logainofhades]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£116.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX GT 29.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£35.82 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard (£89.48 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£90.48 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£64.79 @ Amazon UK)
Case: GameMax Titan RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (£42.94 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£63.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £504.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-04 16:56 BST+0100

 

[Carrynight]

here is a good pc for a 600$ budget
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vrRycq

 

[Jonowilliams]

Body hell you 2 were quick lol

Thanks

 

[WildCard999]

RGB Case fans & RAM. Despite the error on PCPer the 3400G will work out of the box with that motherboard as the MSI MAX boards have been updated for 3rd gen. The SSD is a great price to performance pick and 512gb should be plenty for now. Added in a good PSU so when you decide to grab a dedicated GPU later on it will be easily supported. The 3400G/Vega 11 IGPU will handle Fortnite at 1080P on High above 60 FPS.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£137.58 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£86.70 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£90.48 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£63.75 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Corsair SPEC-DELTA RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.95 @ AWD-IT)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £506.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-04 16:57 BST+0100

 

[Jonowilliams]

here is a good pc for a 600$ budget
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vrRycq

$720 when I click on it

 

[Jonowilliams]

RGB Case fans & RAM. Despite the error on PCPer the 3400G will work out of the box with that motherboard as the MSI MAX boards have been updated for 3rd gen. The SSD is a great price to performance pick and 512gb should be plenty for now. Added in a good PSU so when you decide to grab a dedicated GPU later on it will be easily supported. The 3400G/Vega 11 IGPU will handle Fortnite at 1080P on High above 60 FPS.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£137.58 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£86.70 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£90.48 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£63.75 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Corsair SPEC-DELTA RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.95 @ AWD-IT)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £506.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-04 16:57 BST+0100

Thanks pal

 

[geofelt]

Here is a budget build post from some time ago.
You might want to get your son involved to pick out a case.
Most any will do so long as it holds all the parts.


------------------------------ budget build ---------------------------
For a budget gaming build, I like to recommend that one builds for future expandability.
That means paying a bit more up front for some parts that allow for an easier future upgrade.
A good rule of thumb is to budget twice as much for the graphics card than for the cpu.

Let me start where you might not expect:

1. Buy a good 450-550w psu or better. A quality 450w will run a card as good as a GTX1060 or possibly a GTX1070
Future graphics cards will be built on smaller 14nm so they should not need more power than today.
Look for a tier 1 or 2 quality unit on a list such as this:

PSU Tier List [OLD]

Credit to @Starelementpokeand @Energycore for helping out with this long-awaited refresh of the old PSU tier list by Aniallation (who previously went several months without logging in), leaving the old list in need of help. This is simply an update of the list that was flawed in creation by the P...

linustechtips.com

Seasonic is always good I particularly like the seasonic focus line:
This 550w unit is often on sale.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817151203


2. Buy a lga1151 Z370/Z390 based motherboard. About $100.
Do not begrudge paying a bit more now forZ390 which enables the upgrade to much stronger K suffix processors.

3. I suggest a i5-9400, but the i5-9400F seems to be more available. About $150 Passmark is 12084 with single thread at 2401.
Single thread performance is generally the most important spec for games. About $150.

In time, you can upgrade to any 8/9th gen I3/I5/I7 cpu that you want and market the original processor.

4. The intel stock cooler will do the job.

5. For ram, speed is not important. Buy a 16gb kit of 2 x 8gb DDR4
About $75. If you ever want 16gb, buy it up front in one kit; adding more ram is never guaranteed to work.
Heat spreaders are marketing and generally useless.


6. Cases are a personal thing. Buy one you love. Most will do the job for <$50.
Here is a Silverstone PS08 for $50; It fits a smaller M-ATX motherboard.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163223

7. The graphics card is the most important component for gaming.
I think a GTX1050 or GTX1050ti would be appropriate, plan on $120-$150.
You could go stronger in the video card if your budget permits and your games need it.
I like EVGA as a brand. They have a 90 day trade up program if you find you need something stronger. Read the fine print on the program.

On the other hand, you could build using the integrated 630 graphics which is quite good and see how you do.
By deferring on the graphics card, you will get a better idea of what you really need.
Integrated is fine for sims, but not fast action games. Note that the i5-9400F does not include integrated graphics.

8. Lastly, I will never build again without a SSD for the "C" drive. It makes everything you do so much quicker.
Buy a samsung evo of 240gb or better; about $90.
Update: $90 buys you a 500gb samsung 970 evo and $100 buys you aslightly slower 1tb intel 660p

I think this totals about $600.
-------------good luck------------

 

[vMax]

Not as easy as I thought...But both systems will do a great job and will last and provide a great gaming experience....I added a better GPU which added to the cost but you can drop down to a GTX 1050 instead but the RX 570 is a lot of gaming power for the price.

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3w7gsk

CPU: Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (£131.58 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£99.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Patriot Signature Premium 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£64.48 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£57.76 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 570 8 GB Video Card (£134.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: GameMax Titan RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (£42.94 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£63.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £595.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-04 21:59 BST+0100

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3zZP6R

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£114.78 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£79.49 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Patriot Signature Premium 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£64.48 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£57.76 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 570 8 GB Video Card (£134.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: GameMax Titan RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (£42.94 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£63.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £558.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-04 21:57 BST+0100

 

[Carrynight]

because if you go on amazon you can find it a lot cheaper for the price a bit under 600$

 

[geofelt]

Update:
Thinking more about your situation, consider spending a bit more for a lian li TU150 case, soon to be available.
It has the requisite window and "bling"
Lian li makes top quality cases made of aluminum.
I can imagine the need for a compact, lightweight case to be taken to a future lan party.
The case has a carrying handle.
Here is a review:
https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/9125/lian-li-tu150-mini-itx-chassis-review/index.html