PC Gaming … anyone here a gamer?

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I’m building a gaming PC for my kid. Budget is $1,200.

I’m thinking Lian Li 011 case,

RTX 3060 Ti or 6800xt gpu (1440 res)

Ryzen 7 cpu

Asrock mobo

750 watt psu

He already has a nice LG 4K 27”

I’m not sure about ram, hd and aio cooler yet.

What say ye??
 

One-Off

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From my daughter who just built her computer- Definitely invest in an aio cooler. They're quieter and more effective than stock coolers, just be careful about spacing in the case.
 

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Not a PC gamer, but Nowadays you probably should go for a high speed SSD (I won't suggest any because it's been almost 2 decades since I stopped worrying about a gamer rig).
 
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I have a gamer keyboard.

That thing rocks. It's like playing a really nice guitar.

When I was doing Zoom meeting, the kids were asking, "Are you a gamer?" because they knew the sound of the keyboard.
 

kelly7873

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I'm sure the Liam is a great case but I'd never spend $160 for a case. I've only bought one new case in my life and it was $35 mostly I score free cases out of the junk pile at work.
RTX 3060 Ti or 6800xt gpu. Why those two? The 6800xt is a much stronger card but doesn't it cost like $250 more.
Which Ryzen 7? You do know that the next generation CPU's are coming out in a couple weeks. The new ones will need an am5 motherboard and DDR5 memory both are not cheap.
 

kelly7873

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By coincidence, just today Hardware Unboxed posted a Video comparing a RTX 3070 TI to a RX 6800. So that's a card 2 tiers higher then a 3060TI and one a tier lower then a 6800xt and they came out about equal.
 
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I'm sure the Liam is a great case but I'd never spend $160 for a case. I've only bought one new case in my life and it was $35 mostly I score free cases out of the junk pile at work.
RTX 3060 Ti or 6800xt gpu. Why those two? The 6800xt is a much stronger card but doesn't it cost like $250 more.
Which Ryzen 7? You do know that the next generation CPU's are coming out in a couple weeks. The new ones will need an am5 motherboard and DDR5 memory both are not cheap.
i personally just hate the look of all of these butt ugly PC towers so getting the nicest looking one is key.
I have nothing against AMD Radeon cards so please make any recommendations. I’m just going by budget.

just look at some of this sh!t, it’s nowhere close to a nice looking Mac A65E667A-53D4-42D6-BE46-E58738A10CFB.jpeg
 
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He needs a new desktop anyways so I was going to pay a little more for a gaming upgrade.I have a ps4 but I can’t even find a ps5 to upgrade.
 

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if my kid required a custom gaming pc, then he would be required to build it. with supervision, as needed.
 

silentbutdeadly

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I refused to pay a penny for anything video game related. I compromised with the wife and my son had to pay for a console on his own. Thankfully he's pretty much over it.

Ok in all honesty sorry for the highjack and I am done. I just have strong feelings about the subject.