Is this a good starter system? (Any tips welcome)

[mtv296]

I'm putting together a build for someone else and just wanted to know if this seemed like a worthwhile build. The person mainly plays Warframe, Roblox, Minecraft, and Space Engineers and he is honestly struggling with only a laptop and not a gaming one at that. I fully understand that he'll need to upgrade to keep up with new games. This is the system thus far.

Thank you for any help!

[Herman Mcpootis]

use the stock cooler and spend less on the mobo, get a corsair CX or coolermaster masterwatt instead of the M12.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($168.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($61.39 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($85.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Toshiba - 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $428.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-04 22:31 EST-0500

[mtv296]

Wow this is a great suggested alternative. You have my thanks for this. The most important thing about this is I just wanted to show him that it's always better to buy parts and assemble them than buy a prebuilt with no upgrade options for way too much. Again thank you for the great build suggestion.

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, mtv296 said:

Wow this is a great suggested alternative. You have my thanks for this. The most important thing about this is I just wanted to show him that it's always better to buy parts and assemble them than buy a prebuilt with no upgrade options for way too much. Again thank you for the great build suggestion.

Actually many modern prebuilts use standard parts. In today's world the Dell Inspiron Ryzen gaming uses pretty good ATX standard PSUs, standard size motherboard w/ ATX connectors and power. All at what I would consider to be good price even without mining.