Old pc builder needs some advice

[E30bmlover]

Hello guys, the last time I built a pc was about 15 years ago.
My son wants one for Christmas but I grudge paying for someone to build it.
My budget is about £500- £700
I'm after either an amd or Intel system, I'm up to date on ram, hard discs m.2 ssd's ect, I'm a bit behind on processors and graphics cards+ interfaces for graphics cards (pcie still a thing?)

He wants to play the latest games and wants a case with decent air flow, obviously component compatability has to be right, I don't want hours of diagnosing crashes and or errors.

What would you guys suggest?
Any advice on a build would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance.

 

[E30bmlover]

Does he need peripherals, such as keyboard/mouse and monitor?

If he has a monitor what resolution is it?

Nope just the tower, he has a decent monitor and peripherals

 

[E30bmlover]

Wifi needed?

I much prefer lan but I guess he would want wifi lol

 

[E30bmlover]

I'd be inclined to build it with him then stress test it for 24 hours with prime 95.

 

[E30bmlover]

Added a CPU cooler for quietness and RGB effect but 5600 comes with one so money to be saved , rx 6600 is a solid 1080p GPU.

32gb of memory but can be reduced to 16 GB to save money.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £149.99
• 1 x MSI B550M PRO-VDH WiFi (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-358-MS) = £109.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMK32GX4M2D3600C18) (SKU: MY-4D1-CS) = £64.99
• 1 x be quiet! System Power 9 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply **OEM NO BOX** (SKU: CA-13V-BQ) = £49.99
• 1 x MSI MAG Forge M100R ARGB Tempered Glass Windowed Micro ATX Mid Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-014-MS) = £55.00
• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX 6600 Dual 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-00T-AK) = £184.99
• 1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Halo² Black Edition CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: HS-090-CM) = £24.95

Total: £651.89 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

I really appreciate you for putting this together ! Will it run mw3 at a decent frame rate? And an m.2 drive will be extra?​

 

[E30bmlover]

I will need an m.2 boot drive won't I guys?

 

[E30bmlover]

I appreciate you guys for putting these systems together, which is the better for gaming? Or isn't there much in it?

 

[E30bmlover]

What operating system would you run them on? I know Windows but what version?

 

[E30bmlover]

Do u need a pen drive or something for the windows image?

 

[E30bmlover]

That's great, how do I go about ordering a system?

 

[E30bmlover]

I appreciate all the help you guys have provided. Many thanks

 

[E30bmlover]

Hello guys, quick update.
So I did some research and have made amendments to the build. I've ordered as follows:-

Amd R7 7700
Kingston KC3000 2TB M.2 2280 Gen4 NVMe SSD
MSI MAG FORGE 100M Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case.
MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX Motherboard
Kingston FURY Beast RGB 32GB 6000MHz DDR5 CL36 AMD EXPO DIMM Memory
MSI MAG A850GL 850W Full Modular 80+ Gold PCIE 5.0 ATX3.0 -
XFX Radeon RX 6800 16GB SWFT 319 Graphics.

I wanted to get him something that will do him for a while so I spent a bit more.

What are your thoughts?

Many thanks

 

[E30bmlover]

I have to agree with you on the case it's not great.
With regards to the cpu cooler I did look at a water cooling block but its a case of how far do I want to go. I don't think the thermals on the 7700 are too bad with the standard cooler, although for little money I could upgrade for peace of mind.

Thanks for the advice

 

[E30bmlover]

Hi and thanks for the reply, the systems built now and runs really well! Just gotta update the bios on the motherboard. Its running win 11 Pro.
Only limiting factor is his monitor as its not even 1440p. He can wait for his birthday before I get that for him.
I'm even thinking about building myself one around the RTX4090 oc

 

[E30bmlover]

Cpu was £305
Gpu was £370
Ram £120
Motherboard £160
Case £45
M.2 2tb 7000 read write was £105
Psu was £89