Mid-Range Build for a friend

[LaffySapphie]

Budget (including currency): Around $1300 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly gaming, most demanding one that my friend wants to run being Elden Ring, and they play a few comp games as well. 

Other details: I have a rough parts list put together. Any and all feedback or recommendations are appreciated!

 

[Dedayog]

Why an expensive cooler for a cheap crappy CPU and other really cheap parts?  Lower the cooler and get a 5600 at minimum.

 

And no, don't pay for Windows.  Either Ebay a key or leave unactivated.

 

Get at least a 1TB of SSD space too.  

 

Should work out from saving on Windows. and CPU Cooler.

[OddOod]

30 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

expensive cooler for a cheap crappy CPU

Yo, maybe don't dump on people for not having money? And the 5500 is not exactly crappy. Would do perfectly fine at 1080p. I have a friend who would play plenty of games at 1080high with 60 locked on an 8100 til just last year and this is three times the CPU that is. 
That being said, yeah, save the hundo and use the stock cooler. If you wanna upgrade to R9 down the line, grab the cooler then.

And honestly the rest of your parts are reasonable. I'd bump the SSD to 1TB and swap that fan for the less expensive, quieter, and better performing Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM
Anyways, welcome to the forums!

[Dedayog]

1 hour ago, OddOod said:

Yo, maybe don't dump on people for not having money? And the 5500 is not exactly crappy. Would do perfectly fine at 1080p. I have a friend who would play plenty of games at 1080high with 60 locked on an 8100 til just last year and this is three times the CPU that is. 
That being said, yeah, save the hundo and use the stock cooler. If you wanna upgrade to R9 down the line, grab the cooler then.

And honestly the rest of your parts are reasonable. I'd bump the SSD to 1TB and swap that fan for the less expensive, quieter, and better performing Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM
Anyways, welcome to the forums!

The 5500 is a weak CPU, it's known.  The And even if it wasn't, why put an expensive cooler on it?  

 

He has $1300, so he HAS money.  He deployed it poorly.  

 

I never dumped on him for not having money, Yo.

 

Surprised you didn't call me Bruh or something.

[OddOod]

7 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

The 5500 is a weak CPU, it's known.  The And even if it wasn't, why put an expensive cooler on it?  

 

He has $1300, so he HAS money.  He deployed it poorly.  

 

I never dumped on him for not having money, Yo.

 

Surprised you didn't call me Bruh or something.

AIght, build it better, bud.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Ryzen 5 5600 on the stock cooler is far superior to Ryzen 5 5500 with an expensive Noctua cooler. Also RTX 3070 for $570 is a ripoff. You could get an RX 6800 for around $500 that's 10% faster and you might even find a 6800XT that's 25% faster than the 3070 for that $570 or so.

[Ryuikko]

A list to build on what @SteveGrabowski0 said 

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor ($194.00 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($19.89 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: OLOy MD4U0836180BHKDA 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Kingston NV2 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($52.99 @ B&H) 

Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming D OC Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Video Card ($489.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg Sellers) 

Total: $1131.82

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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