660ish usd build

[darkmagereturn]

Budget (including currency): 600ish USD

Country: U.S.A

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  Valorant, Fortnite, Destiny and multitasking homework.

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): I already have a monitor and peripherals I also already have a 256 ssd for boot and a 1 TB hDD

. I couldn't find the case on pc picker but its the Rosewill ATX Case, Mid Tower Case with Blue LED Fan/Gaming Case for PC with Side Window Panel & 3 Fans Pre-Installed, Computer Case 2 x USB3.0 Port - Nautilus. I would prefer to have a graphics card but feel free to convince me 

[Coaxialgamer]

IMO you should probably go for used hardware at this price, given how wacky GPU pricing is. The 6500XT is on the cusp of being too low-end for its own good (and isn't worth it 165 USD pricetag).

Maybe not for everything (a new PSU and SSD/HDD are probably advisable)., but most of the performance-orientated components can probably be had for a far better value on the used market. Something like a 5600x or 3600x coupled with a 2070 would be a lot faster and just as expensive if not cheaper.

[Dukesilver27-]

Overspend on the CPU, B450 board would need BIOS update, no SSD?, 6500 XT is a horrible GPU for the price.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r2GCQ6

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($128.97 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($39.97 @ Amazon)
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP33 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($51.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Video Card  ($234.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BM2 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $610.40

[Thatcarguy07]

19 minutes ago, Dukesilver27- said:

Overspend on the CPU, B450 board would need BIOS update, no SSD?, 6500 XT is a horrible GPU for the price.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r2GCQ6

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($128.97 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($39.97 @ Amazon)
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP33 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($51.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Video Card  ($234.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BM2 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $610.40

He already has a boot SSD he said, with a bulk storage HDD, and you could put that extra 50 towards a better MOBO or PSU.

[Dukesilver27-]

1 minute ago, Thatcarguy07 said:

He already has a boot SSD he said, with a bulk storage HDD, and you could put that extra 50 towards a better MOBO or PSU.

A better mobo won't improve system responsiveness or gaming performance with this CPU. The PSU is not that bad, I mean it is low end, but so are all the rest of the parts. 

1TB SSD should be the standard nowadays, especially when direct storage hits the masses.