500 dollar gaming rig for friend

[BLT_Sharpies]

Must be around 500usd.

He wants a laptop or a desktop. Prefers laptop but desktops also will work.

 

Prebuilts are expensive so this is what i was thinking-

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($238.98 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 GAMING X ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair 4000D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Corsair) 
Total: $563.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-11-25 12:10 EST-0500

 

[da na]

Looks like a decent build. Planning on a GPU? If so you could cut down on the CPU a bit and then get a GTX 670, something like that that's a good 2x better than what you'd get with an iGPU

[BLT_Sharpies]

4 hours ago, Mel0nMan said:

Looks like a decent build. Planning on a GPU? If so you could cut down on the CPU a bit and then get a GTX 670, something like that that's a good 2x better than what you'd get with an iGPU

Would this be good on cutting cpu and adding gpu?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/JacksonHans/saved/QkKCdC

[da na]

4 hours ago, BLT_Sharpies said:

Would this be good on cutting cpu and adding gpu?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/JacksonHans/saved/QkKCdC

I'd go with that. Still decent but more balanced

[BLT_Sharpies]

14 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

I'd go with that. Still decent but more balanced

ok ya ill try to convince him to build that. Thanks so much