Looking for advice on first custom gaming PC build...

[StrawBBshortcake]

Budget (including currency): $800 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: ELDEN RING, Dark Souls, Doom, Cult of the Lamb, Animal Crossing, No Man's Sky, Stray, and possibly more. 

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 will already have a monitor (1440p), but I will need to buy a headset, keyboard, mouse, on top of the PC, within $800. I can spend a little bit more if needed but it will already take me a while to save $800 so I really need to keep this as close to $800 total as possible. I am OKAY with used parts as long as it's tested. I think you would know better than I which parts are better to get used and which are better to get new.

 

THANK YOU so much for your assistance! 

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

[RONOTHAN##]

1 minute ago, StrawBBshortcake said:

I can spend a little bit more if needed but it will already take me a while to save $800 so I really need to keep this as close to $800 total as possible

This makes it sound like you don't have the money for the system yet. Given how quickly the PC market moves, whatever recommendation we make today is likely not gonna be relevant within a week, especially if we include some used parts from places like eBay. If I'm misreading this, let me know, but giving a proper recommendation for something you're not gonna buy until a month or so out isn't really possible and you're better off coming back and asking again at that point. 

[FlamingPCs]

CPU Intel Core i5-12400F 

 

MOBO MSI H610M 

 

GPU ASUS RX 6600 XT OR 3060

 

RAM TEAMGROUP 16GB 

 

SSD Kingston A400 480GB 

 

CASE Zalman S2 

 

PSU Thermaltake 650W

[FlamingPCs]

2 minutes ago, FlamingPCs said:

CPU Intel Core i5-12400F 

 

MOBO MSI H610M 

 

GPU ASUS RX 6600 XT OR 3060

 

RAM TEAMGROUP 16GB 

 

SSD Kingston A400 480GB 

 

CASE Zalman S2 

 

PSU Thermaltake 650W

This should be able to run most games at 100+ FPS at either 1080p or 1440p, hope this helps.

[StrawBBshortcake]

9 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

This makes it sound like you don't have the money for the system yet. Given how quickly the PC market moves, whatever recommendation we make today is likely not gonna be relevant within a week, especially if we include some used parts from places like eBay. If I'm misreading this, let me know, but giving a proper recommendation for something you're not gonna buy until a month or so out isn't really possible and you're better off coming back and asking again at that point. 

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I am very new to this, so I do really appreciate your honest input.

 

7 minutes ago, FlamingPCs said:

CPU Intel Core i5-12400F 

 

MOBO MSI H610M 

 

GPU ASUS RX 6600 XT OR 3060

 

RAM TEAMGROUP 16GB 

 

SSD Kingston A400 480GB 

 

CASE Zalman S2 

 

PSU Thermaltake 650W

Wow, thank you very much for your help! UwU

[filpo]

5 minutes ago, StrawBBshortcake said:

Budget (including currency): $800 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: ELDEN RING, Dark Souls, Doom, Cult of the Lamb, Animal Crossing, No Man's Sky, Stray, and possibly more. 

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 will already have a monitor (1440p), but I will need to buy a headset, keyboard, mouse, on top of the PC, within $800. I can spend a little bit more if needed but it will already take me a while to save $800 so I really need to keep this as close to $800 total as possible. I am OKAY with used parts as long as it's tested. I think you would know better than I which parts are better to get used and which are better to get new.

 

THANK YOU so much for your assistance! 

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

for used the best used part that would save you a lot of money would be the gpu, getting a used psu or mobo is really not recommnded. Pcpart picker list: all except case https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xfQPZw

used case: 

[filpo]

10 minutes ago, FlamingPCs said:

CPU Intel Core i5-12400F 

 

MOBO MSI H610M 

 

GPU ASUS RX 6600 XT OR 3060

 

RAM TEAMGROUP 16GB 

 

SSD Kingston A400 480GB 

 

CASE Zalman S2 

 

PSU Thermaltake 650W

won't have decent vrms and not optimal chipset

[PC HEROES]

33 minutes ago, StrawBBshortcake said:

Budget (including currency): $800 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: ELDEN RING, Dark Souls, Doom, Cult of the Lamb, Animal Crossing, No Man's Sky, Stray, and possibly more. 

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 will already have a monitor (1440p), but I will need to buy a headset, keyboard, mouse, on top of the PC, within $800. I can spend a little bit more if needed but it will already take me a while to save $800 so I really need to keep this as close to $800 total as possible. I am OKAY with used parts as long as it's tested. I think you would know better than I which parts are better to get used and which are better to get new.

 

THANK YOU so much for your assistance! 

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

This is pretty much as cheap as I can get it I think. If you have any questions please let me know.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Yx4M9r

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($102.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.87 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($70.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Acer Predator GM7000 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Speedster QICK 308 ULTRA Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Video Card  ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Montech X3 Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case  ($72.73 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Enermax Revolution D.F. 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Redragon S101 Wired Gaming Keyboard With Optical Mouse  ($41.99 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Sennheiser GSP 300  Headset  ($39.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $915.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

[SorryBella]

1 hour ago, RONOTHAN## said:

This makes it sound like you don't have the money for the system yet. Given how quickly the PC market moves, whatever recommendation we make today is likely not gonna be relevant within a week, especially if we include some used parts from places like eBay. If I'm misreading this, let me know, but giving a proper recommendation for something you're not gonna buy until a month or so out isn't really possible and you're better off coming back and asking again at that point. 

HEAVY +1. If OP doesnt have the cash now, keep it close to your chest. If you do have the cash now though... Id still recommend even 1000$. All the games in your suites (Especially ER and Doom) here are a massive GPU hog and would benefit from the most you can get for your money.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($119.97 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550M PG RIPTIDE Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: ADATA XPG Z1 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($36.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Mushkin Pilot-E 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OC Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB Video Card  ($259.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($52.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Enermax Revolution D.F. 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: G.Skill KM360 Wired Standard Keyboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Logitech G305 (Black) Wireless Optical Mouse  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Headphones: HP HyperX Cloud Core  Headset  ($49.99 @ HP) 
Total: $904.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-27 17:23 EDT-0400

 

You can go used on the GPU pretty safely and get yourself a 5700XT (fair price around 150-175$) or RTX 2070 Super (fair price around 200-250$, same with the 6600XT) which would give you better GPU value or performance respectively.