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[Shrepto]

Coworker is building a pc for his son to game on, budget is $700ish.

 

I've suggested

ryzen 2600

B450 Aorus pro wifi $104 clearance

16gb 3000mhz 2x8gb

Evga 500w 80+ psi

 

But for the gpu he could save money and get an RX570 or spend about $100 more and get a 1660.  Any other cards I'm missing in this range besides maybe an RX580?  He also will need to buy his own case and peripherals, except a monitor.

[Mnky313]

22 minutes ago, Shrepto said:

Coworker is building a pc for his son to game on, budget is $700ish.

 

I've suggested

ryzen 2600

B450 Aorus pro wifi $104 clearance

16gb 3000mhz 2x8gb

Evga 500w 80+ psi

 

But for the gpu he could save money and get an RX570 or spend about $100 more and get a 1660.  Any other cards I'm missing in this range besides maybe an RX580?  He also will need to buy his own case and peripherals, except a monitor.

Does he need storage drives as well?
You can get a (new) r5 2600/Vega 56 system for ~$800 (including a case, storage drives, peripherals, etc.), if he is willing to buy used you can get a Vega 56 for ~$80 less than new bringing it down to almost $700.
Alternatively you could get a 1660 Ti for $716:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$132.30 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 Gaming Plus ATX AM4 Motherboard	$104.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$59.99 @ Amazon
Storage	ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro 256 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$39.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$43.18 @ Amazon
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB DUAL OC Video Card	$219.99 @ Newegg
Case	NZXT H500 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.99 @ Best Buy
Power Supply	EVGA GD (2019) 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$45.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$766.31
	Mail-in rebates	-$50.00
	Total	$716.31
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-28 16:04 EDT-0400

 

[Shrepto]

37 minutes ago, Mnky313 said:

Does he need storage drives as well?
You can get a (new) r5 2600/Vega 56 system for ~$800 (including a case, storage drives, peripherals, etc.), if he is willing to buy used you can get a Vega 56 for ~$80 less than new bringing it down to almost $700.
Alternatively you could get a 1660 Ti for $716:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$132.30 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 Gaming Plus ATX AM4 Motherboard	$104.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$59.99 @ Amazon
Storage	ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro 256 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$39.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$43.18 @ Amazon
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB DUAL OC Video Card	$219.99 @ Newegg
Case	NZXT H500 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.99 @ Best Buy
Power Supply	EVGA GD (2019) 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$45.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$766.31
	Mail-in rebates	-$50.00
	Total	$716.31
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-28 16:04 EDT-0400

 

Sorry, forgot to add a 480gb Inland SSD