Gaming Build from my 13 year old son...

[ZachL5]

3 hours ago, hconverse02 said:

Drop the cooler, get a $70 motherboard (asrock ab350 pro 4), get 8gb of ram and get a 1070 or 1070ti instead. like @kelvinhall05 said, 16gb of ram is crazy expensive, unless you find some for <$125 3000mhz for black friday.

Thanks for the advice.  Seems like everyone agrees with the overkill of a 16GB of RAM.  I'll tell him to drop it down and invest on a better GPU instead, right.  And save some for the motherboard too.  But the ASUS he chose is on sale for $100 as of now.

[ZachL5]

21 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Assuming you'll use rebates, the Focus Plus Gold 650W is available for $55. The CX550 is available for $25.

Yes, the stock cooler is fine for a ~3,8GHz overclock.  

Getting the CX550 should be fine considering it's half the price.  And that should be okay for a couple upgrades down the line?

[seon123]

5 minutes ago, ZachL5 said:

Getting the CX550 should be fine considering it's half the price.  And that should be okay for a couple upgrades down the line?

Yes, it should be fine, even for upgrades down the line. But the Focus Plus is a much nicer unit. And keep in mind that the $30 is just a 3% difference in the cost of the build overall. 

[hconverse02]

1 hour ago, seon123 said:

Depends on the game. In DX12 and Vulkan, the RX 580 outperforms the 1060, and in most other cases, it matches. The 4GB and 8GB models perform the same, as opposed to the 1060 3GB Vs 6GB

BUT the both are priced $80 over msrp

[seon123]

6 minutes ago, hconverse02 said:

BUT the both are priced $80 over msrp

You could get the 580 for ~$240 these last couple of weeks. Over MSRP, but not too bad

[DocSwag]

2 hours ago, hconverse02 said:

Please don't recommend the 580, especially the 4gb version, in 2017.  The 1060 6gb outperforms both the 4gb and 8gb versions of the 480/580 and costs less in most cases.

The reason I'm recommending it is because of freesync.