A modern gaming PC built for a 13-year-old.
A modern gaming PC built for a 13-year-old.
i just picked out some random keyboard and mouse. the plan was to let him pick out his own. thanks for the reply. he said he wanted to upload videos to youtube so i put a large storage drive to write all of his gameplay footage to. also games seem to get bigger every year. i remember when games were well below 1gb now look at them lol thanks for the input. i thought that would be fine but i guess another 100 watts couldnt hurt im actually giving him a key that i already have. im sure the price above doesnt include taxes so i figured the windows price would cover the taxes up above i did want to give him the option of ray tracing and gsync. i know theres freesync but nvidia has both i just picked out random keyboard and mouse. i figured id let him pick out the ones he wants. those were just for prices included in the $1500
I'm not sure what low and high sens means, nor do I understand what model O or G Pro Hero refers to. It seems like I've been playing the building PC game for a while now, and I'm still figuring things out. Lol!
PCPartPicker list includes various components for your build. The CPU is an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-core model priced at $117.58 from OutletPC. A suitable cooler is the Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition with 57.3 CFM airflow, available at $38.99 on Amazon. The motherboard matches MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4, costing $111.89 at OutletPC. Memory options feature Crucial Ballistix Sport AT 16 GB DDR4-3000 for $73.99 from B&H. Storage suggestions are the Western Digital Green 240 GB M.2-2280 SSD for $41.40 at OutletPC, and the Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" drive at $54.89. For a video card, the XFX Radeon RX 5700 8 GB DD Ultra offers $319.99 on Amazon. The case recommended is the Fractal Design Meshify C ATX mid tower at $89.99 from Walmart. The power supply matches Corsair CXM 650 W, certified 80+ Bronze, for $79.88 at OutletPC. A case fan is the Cooler Master MF120R ARGB 3in1 with 59 CFM at $55.75 on B&H. Overall cost comes to $984.35, covering shipping, taxes, and discounts where applicable. This information was generated by PCPartPicker on October 30, 2019.
You didn't mention monitor, mouse, and keyboard in your partpicker list. I'm not sure if that was meant or not, but adding them wouldn't change much compared to what I selected.
I enjoy using just one RX 580 at 1080p ultra across most titles, the only game I’ve managed to hit at least 60fps is Arma 3 thanks to its impressive long-range visuals. Outside of that, my 75hz monitor provides enough detail each second. The 5700 seems fine for a 120hz display, considering he’s still young and likely won’t notice the difference between 75 and 100hz screens. With the B450 Tomahawk, there will be room to swap out CPU and GPU later—unless his parents insist on spending $1500, I’d probably stop at that price right now. That leaves space for future upgrades if he really needs 5TB storage or a top-tier GPU. Edit: I also added some RGB accents like fans and cooler fans, even though they don’t help performance. They’re a bit noisy but offer decent airflow and are affordable. If I were focusing purely on speed, I’d go with two Noctua brown fans.
It's surprising to hear his dad isn't covering the costs. He actually does. The kid works in the summer and saves money. I just wanted to share that because it really caught my attention. The storage is meant for backing up game recordings so he can edit and upload them to YouTube. He might not need a lot, but current prices are low and it didn't seem like a big deal if I got cheaper. Regarding your list, you missed mentioning a monitor, keyboard, mouse, or Windows key. Once those are added, the difference won't be noticeable. I'll look into it further but if he competes online—probably he does, since he plays football and baseball at school—I think he'll want as many frames as possible. Don't get me wrong, I'm considering your suggestion and really appreciate the insight. I'll check out what you recommended.
For G sync, AMD offers freesync which is essentially the same, skip the hype from Nvidia, and freesync monitors are more affordable than G sync.