1st New build - advice request for a non-tech father for his teenage son.....

[Richard1001]

Hi, this is my first post on your highly informative forum; our teenage son has saved up long and hard and has used the PC Part Picker website, along with advice from some of his school friends who have apparently built their own computers, to pick his preferred spec for his first gaming PC self build.

When I read through reviews of PC Part Picker, I see some comments indicating that their advice is not always correct, and there are often compatibility issues.

Please see his list below; am hoping that someone could advise me whether this looks like a reasonable wish list that is not going to result in lots of IT issues (we live in UK and would probably order most of this on Amazon).

Any advice gratefully appreciated; he is hoping I will place the orders on his behalf in the next few days.


AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-core processor
Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Asus ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
Intel 660p Series 2.048 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
Asus Geforce RTX 2070 Super 8 GB dual evo oc video card
NZXT H710 atx mid tower caase
Corsair txm gold 750 W 80+ gold certified semi modular ATX power supply
TP Link TG-3468 PCIe x1 1000 Mbit/s Network Adapter
Corsair LL120RGB LED 43.25 CFM 120mm Fans 3-pack
x 2 AOC 27G2U/BK 23.4" Monitor
Ducky One 2 Mini Wired Standard Keyboard

 

[Richard1001]

Hi Sparx,

Many thanks for the quick feedback; the items cost around 2.6k GBP I believe but he could go up to around 3k GBP. If there are specialist retailers in the UK people would recommend I’d be interested (online or with premises). We live in West Cheshire.

Good point on the monitors (that bit I did understand )......will check the spec. He did have 2x27” originally but dropped it down. What screen size would gamers normally use for duplicate screens when also creating/ designing games ?

He has a good sized bedroom and will buy a desk to set up these items. I assume the fan would be for the base tower which may need to be on a carpeted floor under a book.....but can check with him when he wakes up.......


Richard

 

[Richard1001]

Just realized Overclockers also sell items.....please ignore my comment re other retailer recommendations.

 

[Richard1001]

EsaT many thanks for the detailed feedback. Will review with my son.