15 Year old Wants to Build a Computer, advice on this list of parts

[S. Pupp]

I agree with the advice for a Ryzen 5700G.
If he wants to upgrade the graphics later on when he can afford to, great.
That Radeon is money down the toilet.

[Lew Zealand]

As others have said, that video card is beyond ancient. Do not buy it. I've been following video card prices for years now and it's horrible right now. I like the AMD APU option others have mentioned above but a second option is a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti for around $200.

This is a reasonably current GPU and not highway robbery. It can also play games OK (much better than the 7750 or the AMD APU) but you're still looking at 1080p medium to low settings on current AAA games and medium to high settings on AAA games from a few years ago. I use one with an i7-4790 and it works well with attention to the settings.

You will see this GPU at around $300 but if you are patient, this one:

https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce-gtx-...6814126170

ends up at $200 fairly frequently. I've seen it at that price 3x within the past month. It's also the 1050 Ti I use so I'm familiar with it.

BTW everything else looks great on your build, I'd be happy with it!

[Forrest]

The GTX 1050Ti is a decent 4 GB graphics card. Microcenter has them new for $280 in stock. More than twice the graphics performance of the AMD 5700g

[SKYLANE]

Microman wrote:

EDIT: He thinks he is going to use it for gaming. So does that change a lot of things? But father thinks if he starts with this hardware, he could change things later, and or upgrade, but it is a father/son project currently with these items sorta solid, as their choice. Apparently the Sight checks for compatibility between all pieces, which is nice.

My thoughts are to get a good idea up front on what one wants a computer to do and make sure the build can do at least that when done. Having to upgrade a part immediately later because initial part could not do the job is kind of like wasted money on the initial part. Also, understand the upgradeability of the planned build. I could have saved money on buying older motherboard and CPU, but decided the extra money for 10th Gen CPU and compatible motherboard was worth the extra cost.


I built a PC flight simulator latter part of 2020, I saw one of the posts above recommend a bigger case than a microATX. If you do end up looking for a bigger case, I really liked the Phanteks that was in my build, see below for the model.

Let us know how the father/son build works out...






My PC Flight Simulator
(pic of my Phanteks case here, the P400A comes with the lighted fans installed: https://forums.macresource.com/read.php?...sg-2540854 )


Best Buy
Logic Board: MSI - MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi, ATX, LGA 1200
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212, Black Edition
RAM: Corsair - 32GB (2x16GB) Vengeance Pro RGB, DDR4 PC4-25600 3200MHz
Power Supply: Corsair - RM850x (fully modular)

NewEgg
CPU: INTEL - 10th Gen i7-10700 2.9/4.8GHz LGA 1200
Case: Phanteks - Case P400A Digital (Love this case!)
Case Accessory: Phanteks - GPU Vertical Mount

OWC - I wanted our friends in the build too!
SSD: Aura - P12 M.2 NVMe 1TB 2280

eBay
GPU: MSI - GeForce RTX 2070 Gaming Z, 8 GB Factory Refurb
Monitors: Dell - 27" HD 1080P IPS P2719H (4 total, 3 in my simulator) Open Box, New Condition

CompUSA *
Rudder Pedals: Saitek - Pro Flight

Circuit City *
Yoke: Flight Sim - FSY211U

Software
Laminar Research - X-Plane 11.5
Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro
Microsoft - Flight Simulator 2020 (not yet decided to purchase)

* NOTE: Years ago, when CompUSA went out of business, I bought my USB Rudder Pedals from them on Clearance. When Circuit City went out of business, I bought my USB Yoke from them on Clearance. Those components have been boxed new for well over a decade, never had the time to explore a Flight Simulator until recently.