PC Build for Friend

[Punccino]

Budget (including currency): 1,400

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, Naraka, BeamNG, Writing, etc. (Mostly online multiplayer games)

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): Plans to buy in 3-5 weeks

Hihi! I’ve been entrusted in putting together a PC for my friend. I’m attaching a link to the parts I’ve picked. It’ll be his first PC and he doesn’t want any involvement of the build. I want parts that’ll last him long before he asks me to upgrade things.  Also, if anyone knows some sites where they’ll put together the PC that’ll be a big time saver!

 

PC Part Picker: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jJ6dcb

 

Things I don’t want changed (unless I really have to):

• PSU
• CASE
• CPU

Things I’m unsure of:

• Motherboard
• Graphic Card
• CPU Cooler (Don’t want to run into the issue of it not fitting)
• OS (Windows 10 or 11?)

 

Much appreciated to any who reply! If I haven’t provided enough info, please let me know.

[Ryuikko]

This should be overall better, I kept the case as that's mostly personal preference, but I changed out the gpu since the 6800 is flat out stronger then the 3060, and 850 watts isn't strictly needed for this build.

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor ($300.00 @ Best Buy) 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($39.90 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: NZXT N5 Z690 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Best Buy) 

Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($67.79 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($149.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 319 Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Video Card ($499.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case ($97.49 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 PE 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($81.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1387.14

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-11-18 22:16 EST-0500

[SupaKomputa]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($399.20 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($54.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WIFI II ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($168.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($89.78 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($99.61 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Toshiba MG04ACA400N 4 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($78.98 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Video Card  ($339.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($97.49 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX650M (2021) 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.95 @ B&H) 
Total: $1407.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-11-18 22:31 EST-0500

 

+ 5800x3d (gaming beast no doubt)
+ 4TB HDD (moaar games storage)
- 3200 ram (easily overclockable to 3600).
- Windows (get a cheap $15 windows instead).
- 650w is enough for this system.
exactly $1400

[SupaKomputa]

20 minutes ago, Ryuikko said:

Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 319 Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Video Card ($499.99 @ Amazon) 

This should beat the crap out of 3060, i would downgrade my specs to 5600 (non x) to get this gpu.
For gaming GPU is more important than CPU.

[Punccino]

PCPartPicker List

 

Thank you @Ryuikko & @SupaKomputa! I’ve compiled another list from the builds you’ve put together. Does it seem decent? I’ve also lowered the budget to $1,300 to save a little. 2TB will be fine for storage. Never heard of this graphics card but seems like fun! 
 

Question: What are the chances of there being a Christmas sale on these items? Since he won’t be buying until December. Perhaps he can save a bit more?

[SupaKomputa]

1 minute ago, Punccino said:

Question: What are the chances of there being a Christmas sale on these items? Since he won’t be buying until December. Perhaps he can save a bit more?

Most likely. AMD already has newer stuff (7000 gpu) to sell, so they need the old ones to go away. 

You can also look at the used market if you really wanna push the price down.

A used 6800 should be around $350-400, and probably cheaper on Christmas.

A year old card still has 2 years of warranty left.