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Beginner Gamers Build PC

1,344 838 November 22, 2022 at 03:58 PM
Hi, I haven't built a pc from scratch for 20 years, now my son is wanting a gaming PC, and I'd like to build one from scratch. So asking SD community for advice on an entry build. Son is 10, and is use to Xbox and switch. Not looking for a pro system, but a modest build. Budget is $500ish.

Hopefully I can build this in the next 30 days.

I need monitor, case, motherboard, ssd, ram, gaming card, keyboard, mouse, software…

Any help on this would be awesome, thanks.

Just a thought $100 monitor, $400 for internals, and another $50 for external controllers and such.

If I'm out if my mind, that's fair, just let me know where i should be on budget realistically.

Thanks
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thatguymark
11-23-2022 at 09:32 PM.
11-23-2022 at 09:32 PM.
Yeah I don't think you'll get very far with that budget for a gaming PC, if you do a quick search you'll see the video card alone can cost quite a bit. If it's for gaming it might even make sense to put the money towards a console but if you also want a PC I think it's likely you'll want to spend more.

What kind of games does he like to play? It is possible to put together something fun but as far as being able to run the latest and hottest titles I doubt this will do it... Not very specific but I think if you keep the motherboard and video card close to $100 each it's doable, maybe since he's 10 he's not going to be that picky.

BTW this probably belongs in the tech support section just because you are looking at a lot of details and it isn't finding a deal on one thing.
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Last edited by thatguymark November 23, 2022 at 09:46 PM.
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