Building first gaming pc

annetted

Oh crap.. This is his mum!! So sorry I don't really understand the specification at all.

Homelander

There was a PC posted on the first page by K.O Kiki. That is light years ahead of his build. It will play games way better, and last much longer.

Here is a direct link to that - here.

He is 11. To be honest you can't let him pick his own stuff. Of course he is going to gravitate towards flashing lights. I'm sure he will try and convince you that he needs all these parts he has chosen, but he doesn't.

His proposed build directly sacrifices a ton of performance for lights and cool looking stuff. He'll be looking for an upgrade in a year or two.

annetted

Thanks a million for your help.. definitely want it to last for a few years. We will go through the spec that K. O kiki did up.. Thanks K. O kiki for your help.

It is a minefield trying to figure out building a pc. It is all advertising and bright lights on YouTube and that definitely swayed him.

We will get there. Thanks again for replying and your help.

Homelander

You can also buy a pre-built.

This PC is just £632 when configured with a 500GB SSD.

https://www.awd-it.co.uk/awd-mb520-argb-ryzen-7-2700x-nvidia-gtx-1660-super-16gb-ram-desktop-gaming-pc.html

It's way faster than your son's proposed build, cheaper, and still has the lights.

It has a much better processor, and a much better graphics card.

Your son's proposed build is squandering a huge portion of the budget on unnecessary fans and lights, while cheaping out on the core components.

It would be like giving your son €1K to buy his first 2nd hand car and instead of buying a solid car he goes out and buys a €400 banger and throws a spoiler and fancy rims on it with the rest of the money.

K.O.Kiki

In addition to this thread, this case just came out & has 4x RGB fans built-in.

https://www.cclonline.com/product/327885/385VM70-0004/Cases/Cougar-MX410-Mesh-G-RGB-Mid-Tower-ATX-Case-in-Black-with-Tempered-Glass-ARGB-Hub-Illumination-4x-ARGB-Fans/CAS4124/

A bargain at only £43!

annetted

Thank you, that is a fab case.

Thanks for the pre built option as well.

It is a steep learning curve.. But we do need value for money as well. It is a massive amount of money to be spending so trying to go in the right direction... Thanks for your help keeping us on track.

annetted

case: NZXT H510 $69.99

PSU: Corsair VS650 650 W Active PFC 80 PLUS Certified Power Supply Unit - Black £54.99

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Processor (6C/12T, 35 MB Cache, 4.2 GHz Max Boost) £180.00

GPU: EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 KO GAMING, 06G-P4-2066-KR, 6GB GDDR6, Dual Fans, Metal Backplate £286.00

ASRock B450M Pro4 AM4 M-ATX D-Sub/HDMI/DVI DDR4 Retail - AMD Socket AM4 (Ryzen) - Micro/Mini/Flex-ATX £70.98

Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3200 MHz C16 XMP 2.0 Enthusiast RGB LED Illuminated Memory Kit £76.99

CPU cooler: NZXT Kraken M22 120mm - All-In-One RGB CPU Liquid Cooler - CAM-Powered - Infinity Mirror Design - Reinforced Extended Tubing - Aer P120mm PWM Radiator Fan (Included) €67.32

SSD: Sabrent M.2 NVME SSD QLC (500GB) £69.99

Can we please your opinion on this spec. We are thinking of KO Kiki design or the pre built one.. But our son just wanted to try one more time to make his own spec. He is hoping there will be loads of discounts over the next few weeks. Thanks a million

Homelander

I would drop the CPU cooler and spend the money instead on a 1TB SSD, 500GB is too little these days with some games taking up half that on their own.

The 3600 comes with a cooler which is decent, though you could also buy a €30 one if you really wanted. There is no need for liquid cooling with this CPU, it's not a hot processor and doesn't overclock.

The build is generally fine although it's not the best time to be buying a graphics card as new ones are due out soon, in a few months cards will be available for the same price as the 2060 that are much faster.

But for buying now, it's generally an OK build.

annetted

Thanks Homelander.. We really appreciate your help and all the advice we have gotten.. We will come back and show ye the pc 🤞hopefully all going well!

Cathalw123!

These are the specs I was thinking of getting. Can he give some advice were needed

Case : Nzxt h510 (76.40)
Cpu :and ryzen 5 3600 (197.85)
Motherboard :Msi b450 tomahalk max (106.41)
Ram :corsair vengeance lpx 16gb 3600mhz(66.50)
Graphics card :msi geforce rtx 2060 venus (328.12)
Storage :crucial p1 1tb m.2 NVMe (107.69)
Storage :seagate barracuda 2tb (56.91
PSU :evga 650 bq (73.54)
Nzxt aer f 120mm ×2 (25.62)
Total : 1039.04