First Gaming PC Build Help

[jnine493]

Budget (including currency): Approx. $1,000 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  COD Warzone, Witcher 3, RD2, program for work called Case CATalyst (not an intensive program, I currently run it on a small cheap laptop)

Other details I'll be upgrading from gaming on an Xbox 

 

1. Budget & Location

Ideally I would spend less than $1,000 USD on my first build, not including periphery items such as monitor, keyboard and mouse. Since I will use it for casual gaming I am just looking for a nice pc gaming experience without breaking the bank. I am not opposed to any suggestions that slightly exceed my budget because I would rather save up some more money than skimp out on something that I shouldn't. I am very new to this, and so looking at things like GPUs online is confusing for me in terms of real world application and what would be simply too much for what I will be using the pc for. 

Given the budget, I expect to wait some time before prices perhaps come down a bit.

 

2. Aim

I am a very casual gamer, I usually play RPGs or BRs as stated above. I currently don't have any intentions to stream or run any video editing software on this pc. Also as I stated above, I will use it for work with a program called Case CATalyst. Right now I have been looking into AMD more than Intel but I am not opposed to an Intel build.

 

3. Monitors

I will only be using one monitor; ideally I would like to run games in 1080p or 1440p if that is within the budget.

 

4. Peripherals

I will need to purchase Windows. 

 

5. Why are you upgrading?

I am not so much upgrading as much as making the change from console gaming to pc gaming.

 

Side Note: If anyone has suggestions on how to find graphics cards right now I would welcome any help! I am on a few waitlists (for example I have looked at the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC)

[Jayzer]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$194.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard	$139.99 @ B&H
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$86.99 @ B&H
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$55.49 @ Newegg
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card	$300.00
Case	Metallic Gear Neo Air ATX ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$97.51 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$994.95
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$984.95
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-08 20:58 EST-0500

 

Wait for the GPU shortage to stop. For now, try to find a used decent GPU as a placeholder.

Whilst waiting, try and save up more so you can get maybe a 3060/Ti.

[jnine493]

2 hours ago, Jayzer said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$194.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard	$139.99 @ B&H
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$86.99 @ B&H
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$55.49 @ Newegg
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card	$300.00
Case	Metallic Gear Neo Air ATX ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$97.51 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$994.95
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$984.95
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-08 20:58 EST-0500

 

Wait for the GPU shortage to stop. For now, try to find a used decent GPU as a placeholder.

Whilst waiting, try and save up more so you can get maybe a 3060/Ti.

Thanks so much for your response, do you have any suggestions on reputable sites I can buy a used GPU?

[Jayzer]

1 minute ago, jnine493 said:

do you have any suggestions on reputable sites I can buy a used GPU?

Sadly, I do not. Try searching on e-commerce sites that you usually use.