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Something I put together for a friend, $650ish budget.

Is there anything glaringly wrong with it?
He mostly plays Minecraft and Gears 5.

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($120.00)
Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($85.00)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: HP EX920 256 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($50.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 4 GB GAMING Video Card  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill FBM-X1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.97 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VS228H-P 21.5" 1920x1080 Monitor  ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Redragon K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($36.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Redragon COBRA M711 Wired Optical Mouse  ($25.48 @ Best Buy)
Total: $684.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-13 16:01 EDT-0400

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($83.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.95 @ Amazon)
Case: Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($50.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.97 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VS228H-P 21.5" 1920x1080 Monitor  ($104.98 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Redragon K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($36.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Redragon COBRA M711 Wired Optical Mouse  ($25.48 @ Best Buy)
Total: $642.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-12 22:26 EDT-0400

 

 

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($87.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($62.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Team L5 LITE 3D 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 4 GB GAMING Video Card  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-06 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Corsair) 
Monitor: LG 22MK430H-B 21.5" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor  ($104.98 @ Newegg) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master Devastator 3 Wired Gaming Keyboard With Optical Mouse  ($38.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $652.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-12 23:02 EDT-0400

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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32 minutes ago, BlueScope819 said:

Unfortunately, all the prices are wrong. Due to the current situation with Human Malware, prices are way higher than they should be, and in some cases certain products are entirely out of stock. If at all possible, hold on until around about the fall because B550 will be launching, allowing you to upgrade to Zen 3 with no issues, RTX 4000 will be coming out, driving down GPU prices, and Big Navi will come out, offering some competition. If you absolutely must certainly buy it now, the only major thing I would take issue with in this list is the lack of a GPU. If you can wait, some of the lower end offerings from AMD will hopefully be able to fit somewhere into your budget, negating the need for a more expensive APU. You can just pick up a Ryzen 3 3100 and a cheap card and you will be good to go. That's assuming the drivers will be better, but even if they aren't any good it should drive the market prices down somewhat.

I figure if he wants to upgrade down the road he could just slap a GPU on, I think for most the games he plays it's okay? I might be wrong though, but I can't imagine Gears and Minecraft soaking up too much.

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