Question Help review 1st time gamer PC build list for son

[cloudmine111]

Hello, haven't built a new PC in over a decade and never a gaming PC. This will be a first-time "budget friendly" gamer build for my son - was hoping for sub $1000 but I suppose $1200 is OK. Trying to capitalize on black Friday week deals! Son currently uses gaming console but wants to move over to PC. Went with 2 drives to setup in Raid 1 for redundancy (cause that is what i'm used to) - though maybe this isnt good for gaming? Finding a good graphics card under $350 was a challenge.

Looking for review and input by group - thank in advance. This comes to $1168 pre-tax - is that good value?

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D 3 GHz 8-Core Processor ($196.89)
• CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core ARGB Liquid CPU Cooler ($69.98)
• Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 UD AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($107.21)
• Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($59.99)
• Storage 1: Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($59.99)
• Storage 2: Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($59.99)
• Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 319 Core Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Video Card ($339.99)
• Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case ($65.90)
• Power Supply: Corsair RM750x (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99)
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail USB 64-bit ($129.99)

 

[Why_Me]

As good as the 5700x3D is, I think I would be looking at a system that has an upgrade path. Add a gpu to this build.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805937115185.html

AMD Ryzen 5 7500F $127.00

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($81.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M482 Eco-Pack 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ MSI)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.88 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $471.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-11-27 01:57 EST-0500

Total: $598.82 w/cpu

How to get windows 11 for free (or less than $15)

You don't need to pay Microsoft's $139 retail price for Windows.

www.tomshardware.com