First PC Build for Medium Level Gaming Advice? - $1300US

[York18]

Budget (including currency): $1300US

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming (Diablo II Resurrected & Elder Scrolls Online) 

Other details: Already have the GPU, monitor (bought it), and Windows; still looking for a new gaming keyboard and speakers

 

Hey Everyone!

I recently got a GeForce 1060 3GB from a friend, so I'm making my first PC build to switch to PC gaming and wanted some advice on how this looks, plus peripheral and future upgrade recommendations. I want this new build to run games like Witcher 3, Diablo II Resurrected, and ESO.

 

I want to one day run Red Dead II and Cyberpunk 2077 on my PC, but it looks like those typically require 6GB video cards, so my questions are:

 

1. Do you have any general concerns or comments with this?

2. Could I buy a better CPU and run RDII or CB2077 or should I just save my money and wait for GPU prices to drop?

3. Any keyboard or speaker recommendations within my budget?

 

Any advice is greatly appreciated so thanks in advance!!

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$178.50 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II ATX AM4 Motherboard	$119.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$102.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.69 @ Amazon
Video Card	EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3 GB SC GAMING Video Card
Case	Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case	$106.67 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$84.99 @ Amazon
Monitor	MSI Optix G241 23.8" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$188.13 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$885.96
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-11 11:19 EDT-0400

[Frugivore8894]

If I am correct you have $500 to spare. 

[York18]

12 minutes ago, Frugivore8894 said:

If I am correct you have $500 to spare. 

Yea I've got about $420 to spare but I wanted to know if I should save this until I can buy a new, better GPU or if I could buy other components that would enable me to play high end games like RDII or CB77

[curiousmind34]

34 minutes ago, York18 said:

Budget (including currency): $1300US

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming (Diablo II Resurrected & Elder Scrolls Online) 

Other details: Already have the GPU, monitor (bought it), and Windows; still looking for a new gaming keyboard and speakers

 

Hey Everyone!

I recently got a GeForce 1060 3GB from a friend, so I'm making my first PC build to switch to PC gaming and wanted some advice on how this looks, plus peripheral and future upgrade recommendations. I want this new build to run games like Witcher 3, Diablo II Resurrected, and ESO.

 

I want to one day run Red Dead II and Cyberpunk 2077 on my PC, but it looks like those typically require 6GB video cards, so my questions are:

 

1. Do you have any general concerns or comments with this?

2. Could I buy a better CPU and run RDII or CB2077 or should I just save my money and wait for GPU prices to drop?

3. Any keyboard or speaker recommendations within my budget?

 

Any advice is greatly appreciated so thanks in advance!!

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$178.50 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II ATX AM4 Motherboard	$119.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$102.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.69 @ Amazon
Video Card	EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3 GB SC GAMING Video Card
Case	Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case	$106.67 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$84.99 @ Amazon
Monitor	MSI Optix G241 23.8" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$188.13 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$885.96
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-11 11:19 EDT-0400

3200g is 4c/4t
10400 is 6c/12t
g series is super inflated get a 10400
3200g msrp is $99 fyi

[Frugivore8894]

7 hours ago, York18 said:

Yea I've got about $420 to spare but I wanted to know if I should save this until I can buy a new, better GPU or if I could buy other components that would enable me to play high end games like RDII or CB77

I would say you need to upgrade that cpu or downgrade the MB. It’s a bit off balance but I would not spend too much on thoughts things. I would do what you got (upgraded cpu) and save up for a better card in the future. When I say upgrade I would just do a 3600x or 5600 if you can find it.