New PC Build

[MattMan17]

Budget (including currency): $1500 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: light gaming, school work.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):I'm new to the forum and new to pc gaming in general and I currently use a very cheap hp laptop for my school work. I am looking to upgrade to a desktop pc. I am ready to build my own but just do not know where to start in selecting parts. I am not against buying a pre built if that is the better option.  If anyone has any recomendations on where to buy parts or a pre built and what is a good parts list for mid tier performance on games like rocket league and warzone that would be much appreciated. Thank You.

 

[Hairless Monkey]

The GPU is the tricky part right now. You might get lucky to find an RTX 3070 or 3060 for MSRP, or you might be better to get something used. Other than that, you are looking at something along these lines:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$299.00 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler	$69.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$108.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$93.49 @ Newegg
Storage	Inland Premium 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$61.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Mushkin Pilot-E 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$214.99 @ Newegg
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P360A ATX Mid Tower Case	$74.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Antec High Current Gamer Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$79.99 @ Newegg
Custom	Used GPU	$500.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1533.33
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$1503.33
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-09 15:23 EDT-0400

 

[curiousmind34]

11 minutes ago, MattMan17 said:

Budget (including currency): $1500 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: light gaming, school work.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):I'm new to the forum and new to pc gaming in general and I currently use a very cheap hp laptop for my school work. I am looking to upgrade to a desktop pc. I am ready to build my own but just do not know where to start in selecting parts. I am not against buying a pre built if that is the better option.  If anyone has any recomendations on where to buy parts or a pre built and what is a good parts list for mid tier performance on games like rocket league and warzone that would be much appreciated. Thank You.

 

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali475/p/N82E16883360070?Description=abs gladiator 3060 ti&cm_re=abs_gladiator 3060 ti-_-83-360-070-_-Product&quicklink=true

If you want to get a graphics card in the next months, prebuilts like this one are basically your only bet.
 

As you can see compared to the build above, there will be a bit weaker CPU and less storage (motherboard and other things might be worse too), but you will be able to get an elusive 30 series graphics card