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1200-1400 USD budget PC; First PC Build - Doctor Steve

Budget (including currency): 1200-1400 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  Multiplayer/FPS/TPS/Fighting games: Injustice 2, Borderlands 3, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Browsing (YouTube), Overwatch, The Walking Dead Telltale Series, Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, Minecraft, Far Cry 3, War Thunder...

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): 

 

 

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The motherboard and CPU are two different sockets, so you wouldn't be able to fit them together, let alone get it to work. I would highly recommend you make a list using PCPartPicker instead, it's a lot easier for us to deal with, it checks for compatibility (there are some issues that can get through, but it's very solid), and it checks for the cheapest price from a number of different retailers instead of just Amazon (again, it's not perfect, but it's pretty solid). 

 

15 minutes ago, Doctor Steve said:

I can start buying the parts around fall or Christmas Time of this year, or Next year.

Wait until you've saved up everything in order to make your part selection. Stuff changes so frequently in this industry that anything that you plan today will be irrelevant within a week, let alone 6-12 months. 

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29 minutes ago, Doctor Steve said:

Budget (including currency): 1200-1400 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  Multiplayer/FPS/TPS/Fighting games: Injustice 2, Borderlands 3, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Browsing (YouTube), Overwatch, The Walking Dead Telltale Series, Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, Minecraft, Far Cry 3, War Thunder...

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): 

 

 

Hello Dr.Steve I changed some stuff and I hope you like it.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.98 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler  ($43.74 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Adorama) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($65.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Speedster QICK 319 BLACK Video Card  ($519.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case  ($67.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GT 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.98 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: AOC 24G2 23.8" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1422.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-05-22 19:22 EDT-0400

 

Edited by greeatzy

To be an expert is to know more about less.

  • 2014 Build --> FX 8350 4.7GHz {} ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer {} Reference GTX 980 4GB {} 2x4GB 1866MHz HyperX {} Seagate 2TB 7200rpm {} 840 EVO 120GB {} XFX PRO850W {} Noctua NH D14 {} Fractal Define R4 White Windowed
  • 2018 Build --> Ryzen 7 2700X {} ASRock Fatal1ty X470 Gaming K4 {} Gigabyte RTX 2070 8GB {} 2x8GB HX Fury 3200MHz {} Toshiba P300 2TB {} Kingston 480GB A1000 {} Corsair RM750W {} Enermax LIQMAX II 240 {} Fractal Focus G
  • 2021 Build --> Ryzen 9 5900X {} ASUS ROG Strix X570-F GAMING {} ASUS GeForce RTX 3080Ti ROG STRIX OC {} Gigabyte AORUS RGB DDR4 32GB {} Kingston KC2500 M.2 2280 NVMe 2TB {} Seasonic FOCUS GX-1000 {} ASUS ROG Ryujin 240 AIO {} NYXT H710i
  • Laptop --> ASUS ROG STRIX G713RS {} Ryzen 9 6900HX {} 32GB DDR5 {} RTX 3080 {} 1TB NVMe {} Win 11 Home
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1 hour ago, RONOTHAN## said:

The motherboard and CPU are two different sockets, so you wouldn't be able to fit them together, let alone get it to work. I would highly recommend you make a list using PCPartPicker instead, it's a lot easier for us to deal with, it checks for compatibility (there are some issues that can get through, but it's very solid), and it checks for the cheapest price from a number of different retailers instead of just Amazon (again, it's not perfect, but it's pretty solid). 

 

Hello, sorry for the wait. I changed some things from my previous build and took the monitor that was recommended to me by the other kind person. Thank you for your reply & letting me know about this website. I am still learning the ropes of the PC community.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ (Main list)


CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  $199.98

           
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler $43.74    

Motherboard: ASRock B550M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $127.99    

Memory (RAM): G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $79.98    
   

Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $109.99    
    
GPU: XFX Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Speedster SWFT 210 Video Card $299.99    
  
Desktop Case: Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case $55.50  

 

PSU: Corsair RMx (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  $124.99 

   

Monitor: AOC 24G2 23.8" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor $169.99

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1 hour ago, Doctor Steve said:

Post the permalink instead (see spoiler), that link does not work.

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Anyway, if you aren't planning on building this system till late this year, wait till late this year to make the parts list. AM5 and Rapter Lake will have been released so whatever CPU you pick today won't make sense, and new GPUs will have launched so whatever GPU you pick today won't make sense. For everything else, prices change frequently enough that you can't make a good prediction for what will be a good buy in a week, let alone 6 months. Personally for my main rig, in the week of planning it out, I changed what motherboard I was gonna buy 3 times, including as I was about to leave for Micro Center just because the prices shifted and a better board was available for cheaper or the board I was gonna buy went out of stock. 

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Hello. I understand what you are saying and I went ahead of myself a bit. Please know that I am still learning these types of things. So thank you for guiding me in the right path. If it would change anything I could start getting the things this summer, I was going to wait until the whole inflation deal would go. But I don’t know if I should buy a pc or not right now. 

 

if it is still relevant, here is the link for my stuff https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VfxqH2

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($159.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING SE-224-XT 76.16 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($92.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 6750 XT 12 GB GAMING OC Video Card  ($559.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR400 (w/ODD) MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Walmart)
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan  ($7.91 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC 24G2 23.8" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1390.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-05-23 07:00 EDT-0400

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