intel/nividia Planning Gaming Only PC for Girlfriend $800-$1200

[shaneram]

Budget (including currency): $800-$1300 USD pushing past is acceptable 

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly gaming, RDR2, Detroit BH, Stray, Minecraft. Video editing and digital art.

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): 

 

A lower cost would be better, as this budget includes peripherals like a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. She has no pre-existing parts and neither do i. A good resolution of 1080p with 60-100fps on mid-high settings.

Requested a pink/hello kitty-esque pc case, basically all pink if possible. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yQGqPX

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B660M-P DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard 
Memory: *Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory 
Storage: Patriot P310 960 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive 
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB VENTUS GP OC Video Card 
Case: Antec DF700 Flux ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: *EVGA B5 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply 
 

I personally am new to pc building, so i will gladly take any advice. Thank you!

[Ryuikko]

About what id recommend 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/K79Nxs

The 12400f isn't the most steller choice for things like video editing, but it's a great choice for games.

Cheap aftermarket cooler that's pink

Good board for the price

Cheapest kit of 16gb ram

Cheap 1tb storage

Similarly perfroming gpu to the 2060s with the 6600xt slightly edging it out in raw perfromance.

Pink case with airflow

Decent psu. 

 

Beyond my pc recommendation, you can move around the rest as you please since keyboard and mouse are heavily subjective, so she can choose a different company color or ect. 

I'd want to put a 1440p 144hz monitor in here just for it being a stong balance for visuals in perfromance, but that'd be over budget  and just a suggestion to keep in mind

[GeorgeMKane]

This is what I would recommend. You can scale back to a RTX 3050, if necessary, but I would definitely recommend the RTX 3060. Recommend adding RGB case fans at a later date.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MdW3gb

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($193.95 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Vetroo V5 52 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660-A DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($46.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($88.79 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB XC GAMING Video Card  ($429.99 @ Lenovo) 
Case: NZXT H510 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Best Buy) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX650F 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.85 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: MSI Optix G272 27.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($119.00 @ Walmart) 
Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($29.99 @ GameStop) 
Mouse: Corsair Harpoon RGB Wired Optical Mouse  ($20.64 @ Amazon) 
$1269.15

Edited July 21, 2022 by GeorgeMKane