thoughts on a build i did for my sons first gaming pc

[deadlysavage]

Budget (including currency): 

Country: 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

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): 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING B550-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard	$154.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$92.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Lenovo
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$45.90 @ MemoryC
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB XC GAMING Video Card	$1099.99 @ Monoprice
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Mesh w/ Controller ATX Mid Tower Case	$92.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair CXM V2 (2017) 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$99.98 @ Newegg
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$108.78 @ Other World Computing
Monitor	Gigabyte G27QC 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor	$280.49 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$2046.10
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$2036.10
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-26 23:26 EDT-0400

He plays apex legends and wanted to build him his own gaming rig moving away from console any thoughts he mainly plays apex legends and fortnite(Some of these pieces i had left over from my personal rig upgrades)

[SorryBella]

14 minutes ago, deadlysavage said:

wanted to build him his own gaming rig moving away from console any thoughts he mainly plays apex legends and fortnite(Some of these pieces i had left over from my personal rig upgrades)

When is his birthday? Also, actual budget estimate would be nice.

 

I wanna know the former because that GPU is massively overpriced, and its expected to finally stabilize by december or q1 of next year (around march)

[deadlysavage]

yeah his birthday is in july we didnt really have a budget mainly cause we have alot saved up and just wanted to give him his own space with a gaming pc.I bought this prebuilt from bestbuy but the case had so many problems and the motherboard they used offered almost no upgrade potental so i ripped the gpu out of it with the storage devices and basically built him a new one

[Crafter King]

The cpu that you have selected is for overclocking and if you are over clocking then you need better as stock cooler won't give enough cooling

[Boyohan]

4 hours ago, deadlysavage said:

Budget (including currency): 

Country: 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

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): 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING B550-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard	$154.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$92.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Lenovo
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$45.90 @ MemoryC
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB XC GAMING Video Card	$1099.99 @ Monoprice
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Mesh w/ Controller ATX Mid Tower Case	$92.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair CXM V2 (2017) 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$99.98 @ Newegg
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$108.78 @ Other World Computing
Monitor	Gigabyte G27QC 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor	$280.49 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$2046.10
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$2036.10
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-26 23:26 EDT-0400

He plays apex legends and wanted to build him his own gaming rig moving away from console any thoughts he mainly plays apex legends and fortnite(Some of these pieces i had left over from my personal rig upgrades)

Ye as already said by @SorryClaire that GPU is very overpriced but I know it is hard to find GPUs these days. 

 

What is the price for the R5 3500x ? 

For a low/mid-range build I would recommend Intel over AMD. 

 

Intel latest i5 CPUs have good performance at a very low price. 

i5-11400 beats R5 3600 in basically all benchmarks at a lower price.

3500x does not have hyperthreading which is a big downside. 

 

Match the i5-11400 with a decent B560 motherboard. 

 

[SorryBella]

4 hours ago, deadlysavage said:

so i ripped the gpu out of it with the storage devices and basically built him a new one

And the GPU is the 3060 mentioned in the build list in your original post?

[Boyohan]

4 hours ago, deadlysavage said:

yeah his birthday is in july we didnt really have a budget mainly cause we have alot saved up and just wanted to give him his own space with a gaming pc.I bought this prebuilt from bestbuy but the case had so many problems and the motherboard they used offered almost no upgrade potental so i ripped the gpu out of it with the storage devices and basically built him a new one

 

6 minutes ago, Boyohan said:

Ye as already said by @SorryClaire that GPU is very overpriced but I know it is hard to find GPUs these days. 

 

What is the price for the R5 3500x ? 

For a low/mid-range build I would recommend Intel over AMD. 

 

Intel latest i5 CPUs have good performance at a very low price. 

i5-11400 beats R5 3600 in basically all benchmarks at a lower price.

3500x does not have hyperthreading which is a big downside. 

 

Match the i5-11400 with a decent B560 motherboard. 

 

I think I misunderstood your post ...

 

Have you already bought and completed the build ? 

 

Regardless of my recommendation the 3500x isn't by any means a bad CPU and it should be good for at least a couple of years maybe more. 

[deadlysavage]

Yeah i finished the build i was aiming towards 3600x but yeah initally i just wanted him to have his own pc and space and i thought i could just get him a prebuilt and call it good but they put it in a pretty cheap and crap MB with a case with almost no airflow so i decided to just get him a few pieces and rip the gpu out.He seems to be getting good performance in the games he plays(Only thing ive seen him play is apex legends at 1080p and rainbow six seige)Im sure i could have went cheaper tho just wanted to see peoples opinion on the build and hope i haven't upset anyone i know the gpu shortage is really bothering alot of people