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Gaming PC build. 1500$ budget....Go!
Posted on 12/26/20 at 11:12 am
Posted on 12/26/20 at 11:12 am
Wise folks of the tech board, my son who is 13 has saved for a year to get his own gaming pc. I’m not a computer guy much less a gamer but he is. But it’s his money and he’s a great kid and straight A student who is dedicated to school and year round swim so I feel like if he saved for it he can have it. He likes to play Minecraft and call of duty. I’m reading it’s much cheaper to build one rather than buy pre built so I’d like to see if folks could recommend a parts list. He has a mouse, keyboard, headset already. Need a tower and monitor. 1500$ budget. TIA.
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Posted on 12/26/20 at 11:13 am to magicman534
What resolution? 1080p? 1440p? 4k? Refresh rate?
Posted on 12/26/20 at 12:41 pm to magicman534
As stated in another similar thread, I would advise him to wait several months into next year to do the build. The best components are currently in short supply and pricy.
Posted on 12/26/20 at 9:19 pm to magicman534
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Minecraft
Vanilla or modded? If modded, how heavily?
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call of duty
Competitive or just for funsies?
Posted on 12/26/20 at 9:48 pm to Joshjrn
He plays Minecraft modded but not heavily. Plays call of duty for fun
Posted on 12/26/20 at 10:24 pm to magicman534
I think for $1,500, including a monitor, this would be my build with a focus on Minecraft and CoD. But, for full disclosure, I felt like I had to make some fairly hard choices, so this build, more than most, is one I would be inclined to revisit as sales occur/prices drop/etc:
PCPartPicker Part List: LINK
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor ($299.99)
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard ($139.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 665p 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card ($399.99)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL II-X ATX Mid Tower Case ($94.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply ($98.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2758-2KP-MHD 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor ($299.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1501.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-26 23:21 EST-0500
PCPartPicker Part List: LINK
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor ($299.99)
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard ($139.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 665p 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card ($399.99)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL II-X ATX Mid Tower Case ($94.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply ($98.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2758-2KP-MHD 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor ($299.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1501.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-26 23:21 EST-0500
Posted on 12/27/20 at 12:10 am to Joshjrn
This video card may blow that price up.
From my understanding bitcoin miners have caused the price of better ones to skyrocket and it's reverberating costs throughout even lesser models. To the point of making the desirable hard to get.
From my understanding bitcoin miners have caused the price of better ones to skyrocket and it's reverberating costs throughout even lesser models. To the point of making the desirable hard to get.
Posted on 12/27/20 at 12:21 am to awestruck
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This video card may blow that price up.
From my understanding bitcoin miners have caused the price of better ones to skyrocket and it's reverberating costs throughout even lesser models. To the point of making the desirable hard to get.
RTX 3xxx cards are dog shite at crypto mining compared to purpose built alternatives. Availability is awful, but that’s because of consumer purchases and scalpers. But, if you’re patient and attentive, you can get your hands on one. I have a 3070 FE in my rig now that I bought for MSRP from Bestbuy.
Posted on 12/27/20 at 1:53 am to Joshjrn
quote:correct
3xxx cards are dog shite at crypto mining
However point was graphic cards and their availability might be an issue at the moment. Just went through this myself with a ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1650 Super Advanced. And (no)it wasn't for gaming but just to push 4k at above 60hz across multiple displays without going immediately obsolete.
Posted on 12/27/20 at 9:29 am to awestruck
Newer graphics cards and Ryzen 5000 series CPUs are damned near impossible to get right now.
Posted on 12/27/20 at 9:48 am to VABuckeye
They were damned near impossible to get two months ago. They are really annoying to get now, but if it’s something you care about getting done, you can get one if you are persistent. It might take a couple weeks of off and on attempts, but I don’t know anyone who has been actively trying to buy a gpu who doesn’t at least have one on order. And the only people still fighting for cpus are the ones who doggedly want a 5900x/5950x.
Posted on 12/27/20 at 11:49 am to Joshjrn
5600x on Amazon has started coming in stock a LOT more this week. 5800x is obviously the weird CPU of the bunch in that it doesn't fit with the price between the 5600x and 5900x, but still its routinely in stock.
Posted on 12/27/20 at 12:06 pm to boXerrumble
Yup yup. Now, you still can't just buy one whenever you want, but if you sign up for stock alerts, they are now routinely coming in stock every few days, and staying in stock for 15+ minutes at a time instead of the 15 seconds that they were a month ago. If it matters to you, you can get one.
Which is why I don't understand why people keep coming asking for time sensitive build advice and people keep telling them to wait. If you're looking at an upgrade of your current system and don't want to fight the masses, sure, hold off. But availability is now good enough that there is no reason to discourage someone from trying to spend a few weeks trying to pick up a gpu and cpu, and if they can, buy the rest. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out, but it isn't even approaching "impossible" at this point.
Which is why I don't understand why people keep coming asking for time sensitive build advice and people keep telling them to wait. If you're looking at an upgrade of your current system and don't want to fight the masses, sure, hold off. But availability is now good enough that there is no reason to discourage someone from trying to spend a few weeks trying to pick up a gpu and cpu, and if they can, buy the rest. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out, but it isn't even approaching "impossible" at this point.
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