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Same question with Ryzen 5 3600

yikes. So when I read on the msi support page for the Tomahawk: 'supports Ryzen series 3000 CPU', it still needs a earlier generation to update bios?

Thanks for the suggestion for the 1660. It's only $40 more , so still in my $900 budget

I should have been more specific, sorry. He has no OS, of any kind, right now. But, he does have keyboard, mouse, headset & speakers. It is a 580 on my list and would rather spend the $80 to keep the 3600. Does everything look compatible?

I'm trying to help my son finish building his new budget gaming computer. Use: He says he mostly plays Fortnite, League of Legends, Steam games and then streaming and general surfing. Budget: $700 to $900 Country: USA Current parts: case- NZXT Phantom 410 Monitor- Samsung...

So, looking at parts: cpu: $200-225, i5/6500 skylake, mb: $100-125, asus z170-e ram: $75-85, gskill/16gb gpu: $175-225, msi rx470/8gb He's not going to OC but not sure which is the locked i5. Probably can't swing price of rx480/8gb. Would a rx480/4gb be better choice than rx470/8gb...

I'm trying to help my son finish his gaming build. He only plays LOL on a 40" flat screen samsung tv. He still needs, of course, all the expensive hardware: cpu/mb/memory/gpu. He has case,PS & SSD. I was thinking one of the i5's ($150-225 range) but I'm not sure of the difference between all of...

I had windows 8 on my home computer and did the free upgrade to windows 10. My son's computer is still using windows xp. I figured we'd have to buy a new copy of an OS

How long will a $200 to $300 GPU stay relevant. Do you need to upgrade more often than CPU's?

thanks for the quick response. I'll look thru those suggested builds and see if anything is on sale, and then make a final decision and get the ball rolling. I assume windows 10 is my best bet over windows 8 ?

Also, he talks about wanting to play on 'steam' , Counterstrike and Rocket League??

Thanks for the explanation. Talking with him, I think were just going with a 256Gb SSD. Not sure what he would use the other storage for. He has nothing stored on his older computer now. Another question, will all the builds listed above still handle the multi-tasking of him playing L of L, have...

thanks for the replys. I forgot to mention I don't need the mouse or keyboard. Not sure what a K cpu is? Also, would it matter, future proof wise, to buy Skylake or Haswell??

I need some help and suggestions for parts, for Christmas, for my son's gaming PC. I've only built simple web browsing PC's and have little knowledge of the cpu,ram and gpu needed for a gaming PC. We are starting from scratch. Thanks in advance. 1. The game he mostly plays is 'League of...

Correct, $400 was my top. Not buying a copy of Windows OS. Has anyone compared the quality of the HP 14" screen to the Acer 11.6" screen?