Son's first PC 🖥 Build After Tips from here

[Littleman]

Budget (including currency):  £1200 GBP

Country: England

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

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): 

My sons new pc Build after advice from here gone with this Thanks all

Case

CIT PYRO RGB MID TOWER CASE

 

Processor (CPU)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.2GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)

 

Motherboard

ASUS® PRIME B450-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s) - RGB Ready!

 

Memory (RAM)

16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 8GB)

 

Graphics Card

4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1050 Ti - DVI, HDMI, DP

 

1^st Storage Drive

1TB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 470MB/W)

 

Power Supply

CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

 

Processor Cooling

STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER

 

LED Lighting

50cm Red LED Strip

 

Extra Case Fans

1x 120mm Black Case Fan 

 

Network Card

10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

 

Wireless Network Card

WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD

 

[dizmo]

• Go with RAM 3200mhz or greater, in CL16
• I'd probably look at the Intel 11400
• Don't know that case, but I'd be worried about airflow
• What are you paying for the GPU? I wouldn't overpay for something like a 1050Ti
• If the GPU is really overpriced, I'd honestly consider prebuilt or laptop

[givingtnt]

4 minutes ago, Littleman said:

Budget (including currency):  £1200 GBP

Memory (RAM)

16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 8GB)

To put it simply: Yes.
If I were you I'd try to get a bit faster ram (something like 3200MHz rather than 2400) but other than that this looks fine to me.

The case seems to have enough meshing at the front for decent ventilation.

[Adrian007]

6 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

To put it simply: Yes.
If I were you I'd try to get a bit faster ram (something like 3200MHz rather than 2400) but other than that this looks fine to me.

read my mind !! 3200 should be best. 

[Littleman]

O thanks Will upgrade the ram lads thanks

6 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

To put it simply: Yes.
If I were you I'd try to get a bit faster ram (something like 3200MHz rather than 2400) but other than that this looks fine to me.

The case seems to have enough meshing at the front for decent ventilation.

Thanks Will upgrade that 

[Littleman]

8 minutes ago, dizmo said:

• Go with RAM 3200mhz or greater, in CL16
• I'd probably look at the Intel 11400
• Don't know that case, but I'd be worried about airflow
• What are you paying for the GPU? I wouldn't overpay for something like a 1050Ti
• If the GPU is really overpriced, I'd honestly consider prebuilt or laptop

o right read the reviews on case says it good for air flow all round and paying £175 for 1050Ti

[ShioooN]

I dont know the case but i would definetly change the RAM to 3200MHz. Correct me if im wrong but the mainboard got onboard gigabit ethernet so why the network card. Is the red led stripe necessary? You could got with something like the "Corsair Vengance RGB Pro 16GB DDR4 3200MHz". Also i would change the 1050Ti but the prices are really mad. Maybe you should wait or go with an prebuilt.

[Littleman]

2 minutes ago, ShioooN said:

I dont know the case but i would definetly change the RAM to 3200MHz. Correct me if im wrong but the mainboard got onboard gigabit ethernet so why the network card. Is the red led stripe necessary? You could got with something like the "Corsair Vengance RGB Pro 16GB DDR4 3200MHz". Also i would change the 1050Ti but the prices are really mad. Maybe you should wait or go with an prebuilt.

Yea I upgrading the ram now for him. the lighting just because he wants it bright. 

Should I pay for better then the 1050Ti like the 1660?

[Littleman]

Wot would you all recommend the for Graphics Cards the 1050ti or the 1660?

[Moonzy]

28 minutes ago, Littleman said:

Should I pay for better then the 1050Ti like the 1660?

it'll definitely be much better

but i would say depends on how much u wanna spoil him and what game he (and maybe his friends) are into

 

1050ti is near obsolete for modern games, unless you set your expectations real low

[Littleman]

14 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

it'll definitely be much better

but i would say depends on how much u wanna spoil him and what game he (and maybe his friends) are into

 

1050ti is near obsolete for modern games, unless you set your expectations real low

Thanks mate I don't wanna spend loads but I will push up a little more if going to be wasting my money on something that will be no good soon he playing 

 

Fortnite 

wow (on a old laptop)

overwatch

 

I Play Cs on it sometime haha

[Moonzy]

3 minutes ago, Littleman said:

Thanks mate I don't wanna spend loads but I will push up a little more if going to be wasting my money on something that will be no good soon he playing 

 

Fortnite 

wow (on a old laptop)

overwatch

 

I Play Cs on it sometime haha

those games should run okay on a 1050ti

but a 1660 would open up more games for him if his taste changes in the future

 

personally i wouldnt buy a 1050ti today if i can get a 1660 for a fair price (tough thing to do nowadays)

 

given the calibre of the rest of your built 1660 makes more sense

but the pricing today makes little sense, so maybe you can go with a 1050ti for now and upgrade it a bit later, say, 2 years later when price (hopefully) becomes sane again

[leclod]

You should go with a fast/comfy M.2 NVMe SSD (2GB/s or higher), the price difference is small (also consider going 2TB).

 

I don't like those big empty cases, I go micro-ATX but it adds difficulty.

 

Kudos for going A team.

[mon1ka]

 

22 minutes ago, leclod said:

I don't like those big empty cases, I go micro-ATX but it adds difficulty.

 

i'd only go micro ATX if OP is certain everything will fit.

[Littleman]

1 hour ago, Moonzy said:

those games should run okay on a 1050ti

but a 1660 would open up more games for him if his taste changes in the future

 

personally i wouldnt buy a 1050ti today if i can get a 1660 for a fair price (tough thing to do nowadays)

 

given the calibre of the rest of your built 1660 makes more sense

but the pricing today makes little sense, so maybe you can go with a 1050ti for now and upgrade it a bit later, say, 2 years later when price (hopefully) becomes sane again

Thanks for the Advice will look into price difference 

[Mark Kaine]

i agree, 1050ti is "ok" but youll run into its limits fast, so something slightly better, would be ,well... better.

[Ydfhlx]

4 hours ago, Littleman said:

Motherboard

ASUS® PRIME B450-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s) - RGB Ready!

 

Network Card

10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

 

Wireless Network Card

WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD

Motherboard has built in Gigabit Ethernet, i don't think you need additional ethernet and additional WiFi card (WiFi sucks btw), but it's up to you.

[leclod]

3 hours ago, mon1ka said:

 

i'd only go micro ATX if OP is certain everything will fit.

There would be little risk in this build.

1050s and 1660s are rarely big and micro ATX isn't mini ITX

[Kaboom1]

A 1050ti is a good stop gap considering the mad-high prices at the moment.
Just keep in mind you’re probably upgrading in about 2 years.
Also you don’t need the wired network card as the motherboard handles this.

[Boyohan]

6 hours ago, Littleman said:

Budget (including currency):  £1200 GBP

Country: England

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

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): 

My sons new pc Build after advice from here gone with this Thanks all

 

As mentioned by @Littleman I would definitely consider Intel 11400F with a B560 motherboard. 

 

Intel i5 11400F out performs Ryzen 3600 in basically all gaming benchmarks and it is also cheaper. 

Prices may differ a little bit in the UK but on Amazon the 11400F cost $175 compared to $230 for the Ryzen 3600. 

 

[Guest]

I would swap out that board if possible, as the Asus B450-Plus is pretty terrible. You can get an MSI B450-A PRO MAX for around the same price. A cheaper option would be something like an ASRock B450 Pro 4.

 

 

[leclod]

You could also try a cpu with a decent integrated graphics (4650G or even 4750G) and wait for better gpu days