Alright fellas I've been asked to put together a parts list for a consolefag friend of mine looking to get into PC gaymin, but I could use some help myself since I've only done this once before.
He's a burger and the budget is $3000. However, there's a non-zero chance he gets filtered by the "complexity" of PC gaming (he is completely tech illiterate, to the point where operating a file manager without guidance intimidates him) so I want to keep this a bit cheaper just in case he figures out PC isn't for him. Maybe more like $1500-2000 or so.
I think keeping the OS and games separate is a good idea just in case he fucks something up, that way he can reinstall Windows without nuking his games library in the process. I was thinking a 500GB SSD for the OS at first but looking at prices it seems like you may as well just get a 1TB for nearly the same price. And then either a 2TB or a 4TB SSD for his vidya, still waiting to hear from him regarding how much space he reckons he'll need. I've just picked a 4TB one for now.
Here's what I have right now https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X8qkNz
Anything turbo retarded picks that stand out? The PSU might be a bit overkill, but I figure if he ever wants to upgrade it's better to just swap out the GPU instead of having to redo all the power cables and swapping in a more powerful PSU. He's not gonna be building this thing himself after all so the simpler the better. For the GPU I just went with what I have myself since it's been good in my experience. No qualms about doing a 5070 Ti instead though. Brandwarring is gay and the guy who is going to be using this box doesn't even know what they are anyway.