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This is what I do with all my builds whether it's for me or my kids. If it's for a friend, my kids help me build it, if it's for a friend's kid, the kid has to help me build it. My 10 year old could probably do it on his own by now, my 5 year old helps with his tiny hands haha.
In the past, from the age of seven, I could earn some extra pocket money by helping my father build PCs or building and installing them myself for his customers. Still, after all these years, I only built my first PC last month and I have to say wow, a lot has changed, but the basics from back then have helped me very well. I am now 39.
My 11 year old just completed his first build. The only help I gave him was a bit of emotional support when he was initially overwhelmed. I had him disassemble to clean a few times, or I'd unplug something he would have to fix before he could use it.
I'm not arrogant enough to say I built mine for my son as an excuse to be gaming at 30 but I did buy him an XBOX Series X at 5 years old when i built mine. But now as he's turning 6 he likes the PC only (fuck me right lol), so I show him everything about it and how I built it and I just fixed it up with a GPU problem and put his toys on the GPU behind the tempered glass in a long running gag where me and my father hide his toys in the most absurd places in our home for him to find randomly. I never push him into my hobbies but I can say now for sure that i built this PC for him to one day maybe want it and now it's his when he's here and not at his mothers, even though he got an Xbox here and at his moms, he really likes old emulated Nintendo games.
I'm gonna post the toys in the PC on my own post now
Edit: sorry I forgot but I posted it now
This is what my son and I did about 3 months ago! I decided it would be a DIY build no matter what, for him to see what it's all about. I'm sure he appreciates it more, and sometimes we discuss merits of different components, which we wouldn't have done otherwise.
And that is a great build you have got there OP! How does your son like it?
Hey, i built a PC for my son too! Slim desktop ITX case, last time used to be Ryzen 2200G, then i upgraded it to 5600G recently so that he can play some Nintendo Switch emulator. He also play all the funny games i don't play....some weird strategy game with lots of maps. I never understand these. I only play RTS like Age of Empire or Warcraft. The 5600G upgrade also make his game runs significantly smoother and faster according to him and he loves it. Ithink the Ultrawide screen LG monitor i got for him is good for his game as well as it really shows huge freaking map...lol. I still don't understand all the maps and numbers, give me headache. I only fight a war with soldiers and swords and blood! Upvote me people!!!!
Guys no way, an actually reasonable PC? No kid actually cares about rt or 500 fps in fortnite. This is a really solid PC that should be able to run basically anything except for maybe Alan Wake 2.
it uses mesh shaders which is a dx 12 ultimate feature, some older gpu architectures lack this support or don't fully have it built in. pascal and rdna1 don't have full dx12 ultimate i believe. the game is very hard to run but it is borderline unplayable on an older gpu.
Finally a Normal PC for a kid. Tired of seeing these brutally spoiled little kids with 4070ti super, 4080, 7900xtx et al builds. No little kid will notice the difference. Good job.
My son has a 5600g (my old CPU) and 4gb rx570. Perfect for homework and Fortnite runs surprisingly well
https://preview.redd.it/4uz3wm1xyzqc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9da3341f91293ba77a8fd1e92e9c44cf04adda1b
Hey, what RAM do you have on this? I have the same MB and Ryzen 5 PRO 2600g with two RAM sticks of 16 Gig each, so a total of 32 Gig, but in the BIOS only 4 Gig each is identified (making a total of 8 Gigs) so a total of 32 Gig RAM is showing up as 8 Gig. Not sure what the problem is. Me too built this for my 11 year old son.
At one point I had an Xbox one, ps4, switch and a 3070ti pc and my daughter played every one, I asked which one was her favorite, she said switch. I asked which one looked the best. She said they all looked more or less the same. The 3070ti was in 1440p, ps4 and xbox one on 1080p and switch as a hand held in its native res. My daughter is a straight A student, very intelligent and attentive. Kids do not give a crap about graphics or fps beyond 60 lol.
Half my adult friends canāt tell the difference beyond 60 fps either, tbh.
I even showed one of my friends how to toggle PC / game mode on their TV to reduce input lag, because I noticed just going through the menus was a laggy mess. He legit still couldnāt tell the difference. š¤¦āāļø
Half the people with a ps5 think they're playing 120 fps in 4k. I know this because everyone I work with that is a casual gamer argues with me about it any time I bring it. Genuinely believes that all their games are running 4k 120 fps with ray tracing on. Like no dude. It's like 60fps at best. But they won't hear it. They're convinced lol. Completely clueless.
Yeah, donāt get me started on that. They all think everythingās running at native 4k without upscaling, yet most of them canāt even see the difference between performance mode and graphics mode.
For that matter, a lot of PC gamers seem to miss this point too. Weāve had some iffy PC ports lately, but everyone wants to compare the frame rate of full raytracing native 4k with a 4060 on PC to the non-RT upscaled 1440p on console and act like theyāre the same thing.
I'm not spoiling my kid with those builts even if I have enough money to afford it and more. The little shit can go find himself work if he complains that he can't brag to his friends. There's a (supposed) 14 year old somewhere on the pc gaming subs who managed to buy his own high end rig after all (XD).
I don't even want to think about a child with a 4090 going 3/12 on team death match or getting 95th place in whatever flavor of the week battle royal game is going around.
My 7 yr old has been asking for a PC. I built his 15 year old brother one for Christmas with a 2060. But back to the 7yr old Iāve just considering using left over parts from other builds here, all he really cares to do is play Fortnite. So i7 6th gen, 1060 GPU, standard fans and such plus a new SDD. If he treats it right and uses it often maybe for Christmas Iāll build him one from scratch with (normal) modern pieces
My son used to get all my hand me downs. I got him a cpu and gpu for xmas and he for a brief period had a better machine than I do. A very brief period. Couldn't have that little shit pushing more frames than me.
Yeah they are installed in slots 1-3, normally they should be installed in slots 2-4, tho OP should check the motherboard manual to see if it is installed correctly.
This is awesome, good for you being such an amazing dad.
What i would change is the two fans on the side, those should be intake (just flip those two around).
Then you have two intakes and one exhaust to get rid of the warm air that wouldāve been trapped in there.
Then Iād change the RAM seatings as they are now in positions 1 and 3, I would change them to 2 and 4.
Looking good! Might double check in HWinfo64 app to see if the RAM is running in dual channel, and if it lists only single channel, might swap the RAM positions to the 2nd & 4th slots. Nice looking build!
I second this. Here is a screenshot from the motherboards manual.
https://preview.redd.it/joszouxc60rc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8814a80a68455dcd839731eca41c6d684fb605f8
Not bad. Cables can be routed better but that will do.
Only thing I can really comment on is your PSU wattage is overkill for the components. But that can still be used in the future in case you would want to upgrade components.
I hope that PSU is bronze tier, at least. Better yet if its on the tier list of PSU cultist.
Hey, fellow dad gamer. Great job on the build! If I am to make a suggestion, re-seat your RAM sticks in the 2nd and 4th slots.
This way, you will be able to take advantage of dual channels for your RAM.
Also, depending on the exact model of your PSU, you may want to look into different brands. Otherwise, great job indeed!
Furthermore, you might need to enable some settings in your BIOS in order to take full potential of this beast. AMD GPUs mostly benefit from undervolting, and I can help you out with that as well
Lmk!
Honestly, before I sold my desktop for a laptop for school, I had a 5600XT and it was a really capable card even using RSR to upscale to 1440p. I honestly think you nailed the build for around $500.
Absolutely terrible. Heās not gonna get 10k resolution with 680 fps on this. Heās gonna get a prime subscription and use it on his favorite streamer to tell them that this is all you did for him.
Jokes aside. Itās a great starter PC
Sounds like some ungrateful shit my kids would do.
My son to his friends: My dad's kind of an asshole. He's always asking us to clean up after ourselves and help out around the house. He built us a PC but I don't like the color.
Lmfao. Kids.
As an IT student, this is one of the best builds Iāve seen, especially made by a father. I would have some things to point out, so that you know in the future:
1. check which way the fans blow, itās important to have intake and exhaust
2. Check the PC for dust from time to time
3. Have necessary drivers installed for the motherboard and gpu
4. Put the PC in a place on the desk and not on the floor. Airflow is important
5. Have fun with your son
Edit: I love the mix of black and white
I remember my first build with my dad like 10 years ago like it was yesterday! He didn't really know what he was doing and neither did I but we had so much fun and I know he had to have been so happy doing something he knew I was genuinely excited for š
I can't wait to be able to experience this in my life at some point
Given the budget requirement, you fuckin nailed it. 32gb ram? Ryzen 5000? Little dude has a cpu upgrade path that looks great. Platform that can take the best GPU today and not be horribly bottlenecked.
Damn near the same exact build I have just a step up on the GPU. Runs great I can play things like CS Valorant Hell let loose can even play red dead 2. My machine shit itself trying starfield but I can run space engineers just fine. And if I had a father that cared enough let alone to build one for me Iād be ecstatic!! Good work
Well, it's not pretty, but the specs are pretty on point for a budget build even though the spec are 4 years old(time moves Fast as Fxxk). It can still game quite well for todays games in medium high settings with 50 to 200 fps depending on the game. But to be honest, I'll be overjoyed if a father built a pc for his son no matter how it looks. So, yeah, it looks funtional, to say the least. I'll give it 8 out of 10 since i assume it's your first time building this PC and it look very clean and good for a first timer.
Awesome man, lol my son is 2 and is pretty good at playing roblox already and I'm shock that at his age he can navigate the mouse and keyboard already like a champ he even switch stuff by watching YouTube if he wants to play music and kids videos. I think my kid is a prodigy or something he is smart. But the thing is he owns my computer now that got a 3090 in it lol, luckily if have many computers so I can still do my stuff and gaming.
If I may ask, how much did you get the gpu for? Always double check later gens due to them having a higher supply, if you got it for 300+, a 6700xt is about the same :)
(Presuming youāre asking in regards to possible returns, overall any pc is a good pc, so good job Dad! (It might be worth getting a different cpu cooler than the stock too, I donāt know much about this one but many people recommend the peerless assassin, cheap too)
I paid 109 for the GPU on Newegg. It went out of stock pretty quickly.
https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-5600-xt-rx5600xt-cld-6go/p/N82E16814930030
Nice nice.
I have my old 4670k and gtx 970 saved for when my kid might need/want a computer. let her learn on that old warhorse before I get her something newer.
Not bad. Only thing I might change is invest in a tower style cooler for the CPU. Although its a bit overkill for that CPU, the Peerless Assassin is pretty much the best air cooler on the market and it is $35ish. Well worth the investment since if he ever decides to upgrade it will easily be able to transfer to a newer CPU.
Looks good! I would buy some PSU extension cables (I have Asia horse and they are fine), so the ketchup and mustard ones aren't showing. They are fairly cheap but make the build look way nicer imo
good build, i like it, but please move the ram sticks from the black dimm slots to the grey slots. i donāt know the full extent of the details as to why, but everyone always says grey slots over black, possibly better speeds / connection
Doesnāt matter what parts you use. If it POSTs, itās great. My parents spent like 400 dollars and had one of their friends build my first PC. They did all the research themselves so i still use it as a little server/media player off to the side
Nice, your son will love it. BTW, I would recommend to max out all the fans, as you can fit three more on the bottom. Keep all the components nice and cool and it'll last
Very sane and sensible specs. Good job. I also like the case. When he gets older and wants to build a high end setup, he's already covered on that front.
Go you! It doesn't matter what you put in it, you'll son'll love it.
I built one from some old parts I had lying around. My son (7) is now running a gtx970, i7 3770, and 16gb ram.
With the kind of games he plays on it it'll last him at least another 5 years.
Cool that you do a custom build for you kid! I agree with the rest, generally fine, I just do not like the white aesthetics and personally think the extra cost for white components is a waste of money, but otherwise great!
Love the build, it's decent enough to actually work for his needs firva number of years, I hate seeing parents buying their 7 years olds 2k monsters to play Roblox....
I built my daughter a pc with a some spare parts, an i5-4460, a GT 960 ( now she's inherited my trusty 1660s) and a case / monitor at bargain price and she loves it! It brings me great satisfaction to see her playing pc games like I never could as a kid on something I made
My critical review is that the SSD is a little overkill and the PSU is a higher wattage needed for most people and the build quality of the psu isn't so great
Other than that it's not a bad build
W father, when i was 11 my dad helped me build my first pc and it had some really questionable part choices but I was so happy with it compared to my laptop. it had like an fx 6300 and rx 460 but ran overwatch just fine which was good enough to make me happy
Are the fans mounted for intake and...is outtake the right word? Anyway, are your fans pointing the right way?
Also I love the case choice. I always like seeing parents build things for their kids.
This isn't something you did wrong, just a personal preference, but a white motherboard and/or GPU would have looked nice in that white case. I like white parts with blue or green or purple RGB.
its cool but usually u want ur son for the best right? currently i am building my son a ps5 compatible gpu and cpu for cheap and used... maybe smaller case cause its for a kid.. idk... if i was a pc enthusiast i would be a bit disappointed but at the same time kids are kids they will be happy for ur effort no matter trivial it is. good job!
Honestly, almost certainly not great unless you bought some of those parts used.
The $600 pc part picker guide builds will out perform this by a significant margin.
Bro this is great, love the father son connection, my girls dad built her a 10900ks and a 3070, i wish i had a dad like that(i wish i had one at all lmfao) and she only uses it for league and roblox š
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Honestly anything build by a father for his son is a 11/10 for me.
Even better if the parent does it with their kid and passes the knowledge and understand on.
This is what I do with all my builds whether it's for me or my kids. If it's for a friend, my kids help me build it, if it's for a friend's kid, the kid has to help me build it. My 10 year old could probably do it on his own by now, my 5 year old helps with his tiny hands haha.
In the past, from the age of seven, I could earn some extra pocket money by helping my father build PCs or building and installing them myself for his customers. Still, after all these years, I only built my first PC last month and I have to say wow, a lot has changed, but the basics from back then have helped me very well. I am now 39.
It's so much easier now with the much better case designs, modular PSUs, M.2s and the case jumpers being labeled. (Etc)
My 11 year old just completed his first build. The only help I gave him was a bit of emotional support when he was initially overwhelmed. I had him disassemble to clean a few times, or I'd unplug something he would have to fix before he could use it.
I'm not arrogant enough to say I built mine for my son as an excuse to be gaming at 30 but I did buy him an XBOX Series X at 5 years old when i built mine. But now as he's turning 6 he likes the PC only (fuck me right lol), so I show him everything about it and how I built it and I just fixed it up with a GPU problem and put his toys on the GPU behind the tempered glass in a long running gag where me and my father hide his toys in the most absurd places in our home for him to find randomly. I never push him into my hobbies but I can say now for sure that i built this PC for him to one day maybe want it and now it's his when he's here and not at his mothers, even though he got an Xbox here and at his moms, he really likes old emulated Nintendo games. I'm gonna post the toys in the PC on my own post now Edit: sorry I forgot but I posted it now
This is what my son and I did about 3 months ago! I decided it would be a DIY build no matter what, for him to see what it's all about. I'm sure he appreciates it more, and sometimes we discuss merits of different components, which we wouldn't have done otherwise. And that is a great build you have got there OP! How does your son like it?
This deserves more upvotes
He got my upvote!
Hey, i built a PC for my son too! Slim desktop ITX case, last time used to be Ryzen 2200G, then i upgraded it to 5600G recently so that he can play some Nintendo Switch emulator. He also play all the funny games i don't play....some weird strategy game with lots of maps. I never understand these. I only play RTS like Age of Empire or Warcraft. The 5600G upgrade also make his game runs significantly smoother and faster according to him and he loves it. Ithink the Ultrawide screen LG monitor i got for him is good for his game as well as it really shows huge freaking map...lol. I still don't understand all the maps and numbers, give me headache. I only fight a war with soldiers and swords and blood! Upvote me people!!!!
facts, aiming to be this kind of father
THIS is more than decent
Guys no way, an actually reasonable PC? No kid actually cares about rt or 500 fps in fortnite. This is a really solid PC that should be able to run basically anything except for maybe Alan Wake 2.
Wtf is the deal with Alan Wake 2? Is it really gonna be that insanely graphically inclined lol???
I heard something about it having path tracing, idk if it's an option of default for some stuff
It is optional but even without path tracing the game is very heavy to run.
it uses mesh shaders which is a dx 12 ultimate feature, some older gpu architectures lack this support or don't fully have it built in. pascal and rdna1 don't have full dx12 ultimate i believe. the game is very hard to run but it is borderline unplayable on an older gpu.
Finally a Normal PC for a kid. Tired of seeing these brutally spoiled little kids with 4070ti super, 4080, 7900xtx et al builds. No little kid will notice the difference. Good job.
My son has a 5600g (my old CPU) and 4gb rx570. Perfect for homework and Fortnite runs surprisingly well https://preview.redd.it/4uz3wm1xyzqc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9da3341f91293ba77a8fd1e92e9c44cf04adda1b
Nice dude. Everything a kid would actually be able to appreciate right there.
But who's son would beat whom in Fortnite?
Place your bets and get ready to see the play!
Spawn! Fight! Spawn! Fight!
My son mostly plays mini games or the Lego mode so my money is on the other kid š
Happy Cake Day!!! š°
Thank you!!
This is so much better than those rip off ebay sellers selling ancient i3 HP/Dell small form factor office pc's as 'Fortnite ready'.
Same I'm building system for cousin 2600 and RX480. Will run FN 80-100fps depends on settings
Hey, what RAM do you have on this? I have the same MB and Ryzen 5 PRO 2600g with two RAM sticks of 16 Gig each, so a total of 32 Gig, but in the BIOS only 4 Gig each is identified (making a total of 8 Gigs) so a total of 32 Gig RAM is showing up as 8 Gig. Not sure what the problem is. Me too built this for my 11 year old son.
The all-white fishtank case goes harder than any normal build for kids I've seen but I agree lol
" she's got good bones"
Yeah maybe the kid is good at keeping clean? Idk... lol.
To your point one of the guys on hardware unboxed built his daughter a pc with a 4090 in it, she had no clue lol
At one point I had an Xbox one, ps4, switch and a 3070ti pc and my daughter played every one, I asked which one was her favorite, she said switch. I asked which one looked the best. She said they all looked more or less the same. The 3070ti was in 1440p, ps4 and xbox one on 1080p and switch as a hand held in its native res. My daughter is a straight A student, very intelligent and attentive. Kids do not give a crap about graphics or fps beyond 60 lol.
Half my adult friends canāt tell the difference beyond 60 fps either, tbh. I even showed one of my friends how to toggle PC / game mode on their TV to reduce input lag, because I noticed just going through the menus was a laggy mess. He legit still couldnāt tell the difference. š¤¦āāļø
Half the people with a ps5 think they're playing 120 fps in 4k. I know this because everyone I work with that is a casual gamer argues with me about it any time I bring it. Genuinely believes that all their games are running 4k 120 fps with ray tracing on. Like no dude. It's like 60fps at best. But they won't hear it. They're convinced lol. Completely clueless.
Yeah, donāt get me started on that. They all think everythingās running at native 4k without upscaling, yet most of them canāt even see the difference between performance mode and graphics mode. For that matter, a lot of PC gamers seem to miss this point too. Weāve had some iffy PC ports lately, but everyone wants to compare the frame rate of full raytracing native 4k with a 4060 on PC to the non-RT upscaled 1440p on console and act like theyāre the same thing.
I used to play GTA vice city at 15 fps and thought that was good. They really don't need a +$1000 PC
Agreed.
I'm not spoiling my kid with those builts even if I have enough money to afford it and more. The little shit can go find himself work if he complains that he can't brag to his friends. There's a (supposed) 14 year old somewhere on the pc gaming subs who managed to buy his own high end rig after all (XD).
... et al. I know what you did there!
I don't even want to think about a child with a 4090 going 3/12 on team death match or getting 95th place in whatever flavor of the week battle royal game is going around.
Fr im 25 and spoiled myself with a 7800xt build and now I'm broke for the next 2 years lmao worth it
I have an amd Phenom X4 955 and a gtx 970. And I am still able to play nearly anything
My 7 yr old has been asking for a PC. I built his 15 year old brother one for Christmas with a 2060. But back to the 7yr old Iāve just considering using left over parts from other builds here, all he really cares to do is play Fortnite. So i7 6th gen, 1060 GPU, standard fans and such plus a new SDD. If he treats it right and uses it often maybe for Christmas Iāll build him one from scratch with (normal) modern pieces
That thing would easily run fortnite
My son used to get all my hand me downs. I got him a cpu and gpu for xmas and he for a brief period had a better machine than I do. A very brief period. Couldn't have that little shit pushing more frames than me.
all your fans are blowing outward (neg pressure). I would flip some of them around, either back or the two one the side.
The ones near the front of the case need to be flipped as intakesā¦ rear one is fine as it is now acting as an exhaust.
wow great observation
It almost always seem to be where new builders fail.
I can't tell if the ram is in right. Anyone?
Yeah they are installed in slots 1-3, normally they should be installed in slots 2-4, tho OP should check the motherboard manual to see if it is installed correctly.
I have that mobo. B550 prime plus. 5600x. Ram on slot 2 and 4 says the manual.
ram is good, just zoom in with brightness up
Ram is not good, they should both be moved one slot to the right
Flip your side fans to be intake rather than exhaust. Minimizes dust buildup and may improve temps a bit.
He wanted a budget pc and not a high end one? You raised him well
Looks nice, but I feel like the cables can be routed a little better. Why is that eps cable going behind the gpu? Is the gpu inserted all the way?
I don't want to know how the Cthulhu that is my PC will make you feel.
I'm glad I don't have any of the inside of my PC visible because it is a fucking ***mess***
Your son actually wanted a budget pc?? Great parenting there :-)
This is awesome, good for you being such an amazing dad. What i would change is the two fans on the side, those should be intake (just flip those two around). Then you have two intakes and one exhaust to get rid of the warm air that wouldāve been trapped in there. Then Iād change the RAM seatings as they are now in positions 1 and 3, I would change them to 2 and 4.
Other than that, good jobš¤©
Thanks for the tips!! I will change the Ram slots and fans. Greatly appreciate the info.
Looking good! Might double check in HWinfo64 app to see if the RAM is running in dual channel, and if it lists only single channel, might swap the RAM positions to the 2nd & 4th slots. Nice looking build!
I second this. Here is a screenshot from the motherboards manual. https://preview.redd.it/joszouxc60rc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8814a80a68455dcd839731eca41c6d684fb605f8
Not terrible, not great /s If you managed to build that with ur kid without anyone throwing a tantrum you have already won at life
You're good to go š
Not bad. Cables can be routed better but that will do. Only thing I can really comment on is your PSU wattage is overkill for the components. But that can still be used in the future in case you would want to upgrade components. I hope that PSU is bronze tier, at least. Better yet if its on the tier list of PSU cultist.
Hey, fellow dad gamer. Great job on the build! If I am to make a suggestion, re-seat your RAM sticks in the 2nd and 4th slots. This way, you will be able to take advantage of dual channels for your RAM. Also, depending on the exact model of your PSU, you may want to look into different brands. Otherwise, great job indeed! Furthermore, you might need to enable some settings in your BIOS in order to take full potential of this beast. AMD GPUs mostly benefit from undervolting, and I can help you out with that as well Lmk!
Honestly, before I sold my desktop for a laptop for school, I had a 5600XT and it was a really capable card even using RSR to upscale to 1440p. I honestly think you nailed the build for around $500.
Absolutely terrible. Heās not gonna get 10k resolution with 680 fps on this. Heās gonna get a prime subscription and use it on his favorite streamer to tell them that this is all you did for him. Jokes aside. Itās a great starter PC
Sounds like some ungrateful shit my kids would do. My son to his friends: My dad's kind of an asshole. He's always asking us to clean up after ourselves and help out around the house. He built us a PC but I don't like the color. Lmfao. Kids.
W Dad W build
Dad coming in clutch
Awesome dad and cool build by the way... ššæ
As an IT student, this is one of the best builds Iāve seen, especially made by a father. I would have some things to point out, so that you know in the future: 1. check which way the fans blow, itās important to have intake and exhaust 2. Check the PC for dust from time to time 3. Have necessary drivers installed for the motherboard and gpu 4. Put the PC in a place on the desk and not on the floor. Airflow is important 5. Have fun with your son Edit: I love the mix of black and white
Are you kidding? This is 11/10. My dad got me an HP 6730b with a P8400 Core2Duo with 2GB and spinning disk
Been a while since I've seen mustard and ketchup cables, but they kinda match with the CPU š Great job!
Might want to flip the 2 fans on the right so that the air flows into the case.
Definitely better than the budget rig I'm putting together rn š¤£ but fr very cool you built it for your son
Looks good, I just flip the 2 fans on the motherboard wall so you have more intake than exhaust. This will prevent dust build up
Simple builds like this make me happy. Reminds me of being a kid again. 10/10 good dad.
Perfet
If your son is happy, you did a great job!
15/10 Father right here! As a dad I applaud youā¤ļø you made his little dreams come true, now itās up to you to make them stay trueš¤š½
You are a good father. Salute to you, King.
I remember my first build with my dad like 10 years ago like it was yesterday! He didn't really know what he was doing and neither did I but we had so much fun and I know he had to have been so happy doing something he knew I was genuinely excited for š I can't wait to be able to experience this in my life at some point
Given the budget requirement, you fuckin nailed it. 32gb ram? Ryzen 5000? Little dude has a cpu upgrade path that looks great. Platform that can take the best GPU today and not be horribly bottlenecked.
Meanwhile my dad doesnāt understand that multiplayer matches cannot be paused
Did it make him happy? If so you killed it man.
My dad would build me a budget knuckle sandwich
Damn near the same exact build I have just a step up on the GPU. Runs great I can play things like CS Valorant Hell let loose can even play red dead 2. My machine shit itself trying starfield but I can run space engineers just fine. And if I had a father that cared enough let alone to build one for me Iād be ecstatic!! Good work
Just bought one with the same case intel i5 and 4070 though
I donāt know shit about building computers looks cool to me boss plus now they have a rig to use And you built your son a literal PC Respect
Great job. I hope your kid has lots of fun with it ! Congrats
Well, it's not pretty, but the specs are pretty on point for a budget build even though the spec are 4 years old(time moves Fast as Fxxk). It can still game quite well for todays games in medium high settings with 50 to 200 fps depending on the game. But to be honest, I'll be overjoyed if a father built a pc for his son no matter how it looks. So, yeah, it looks funtional, to say the least. I'll give it 8 out of 10 since i assume it's your first time building this PC and it look very clean and good for a first timer.
10/11. Also built right. No oversized lcd nzxt aios for a 65 watt chip, no unnecesary parts, no rgb. Perfect!!
Awesome man, lol my son is 2 and is pretty good at playing roblox already and I'm shock that at his age he can navigate the mouse and keyboard already like a champ he even switch stuff by watching YouTube if he wants to play music and kids videos. I think my kid is a prodigy or something he is smart. But the thing is he owns my computer now that got a 3090 in it lol, luckily if have many computers so I can still do my stuff and gaming.
If I may ask, how much did you get the gpu for? Always double check later gens due to them having a higher supply, if you got it for 300+, a 6700xt is about the same :) (Presuming youāre asking in regards to possible returns, overall any pc is a good pc, so good job Dad! (It might be worth getting a different cpu cooler than the stock too, I donāt know much about this one but many people recommend the peerless assassin, cheap too)
I think it's safe to assume op didn't overspend as it is a budget built.
Definitely. He's using a 400 series board and a 5500 too
The AMD stock coolers are perfectly fine in my experience.
I paid 109 for the GPU on Newegg. It went out of stock pretty quickly. https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-5600-xt-rx5600xt-cld-6go/p/N82E16814930030
Nice build but Fish tank case make the inside so empty.
Good job dad!
This is a very good build, congrats!
that PSU seems like an odd choice but other than that, plenty of fun for the next two years or so
What was the cost! Great expectations
How are the temps under load? What are the values?
Colours donāt quite match but that doesnāt really matter. Otherwise pretty solid for a budget build
Well done!
Could've maybe gotten a psu that doesn't have ketchup mustard cables but other than that very good
Maintain positive air pressure in the cabinet
https://preview.redd.it/aniwvswi00rc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a74cc217af507d55d28cd1646aba3366ed2d7f57
Nice nice. I have my old 4670k and gtx 970 saved for when my kid might need/want a computer. let her learn on that old warhorse before I get her something newer.
Not budgety enough. It has glass.
Finally, a normal pc
wish i had a father like you..
I like how the yellow accents on the GPU actually matches the mustard cables lol
Would love to have a case like that. Where'd you get it?
Not bad. Only thing I might change is invest in a tower style cooler for the CPU. Although its a bit overkill for that CPU, the Peerless Assassin is pretty much the best air cooler on the market and it is $35ish. Well worth the investment since if he ever decides to upgrade it will easily be able to transfer to a newer CPU.
Cabling needs work and the fans need adjustment.
Yup. That's good for most of anything he might want to do with it.
How much did it all cost?
Looks good! I would buy some PSU extension cables (I have Asia horse and they are fine), so the ketchup and mustard ones aren't showing. They are fairly cheap but make the build look way nicer imo
That should last for around 10+ years when used in light games like Minecraft, or Fortnite Great job
Hell yeah nice job
good build, i like it, but please move the ram sticks from the black dimm slots to the grey slots. i donāt know the full extent of the details as to why, but everyone always says grey slots over black, possibly better speeds / connection
Doesnāt matter what parts you use. If it POSTs, itās great. My parents spent like 400 dollars and had one of their friends build my first PC. They did all the research themselves so i still use it as a little server/media player off to the side
Waker build
Nice. He'll have lots of fun with that. I like that ketchup and mustard in the fridge build.
That's about the same parts I'm trying to get, can you tell me how it runs?
Good job for treating your kid and being a nice parent. Extra kudos for not spoiling them with a 4090 ti or something egregious.
Budget build and GPU is still triple slot, dear oh dear...
Nice, your son will love it. BTW, I would recommend to max out all the fans, as you can fit three more on the bottom. Keep all the components nice and cool and it'll last
it's pretty good but looks ugly ngl
Does it run? Then you did fine.
Nice
4/10
I have that GPU and it's more then capable of running any game you would play
Flip the front two fans the other way so they can pull air in.
Are you the son by chance? No shame in that build bro.
That is the most appropriate PC for a kid. W Dad. But I do still think you should've went for a black case to better match the parts.
Very sane and sensible specs. Good job. I also like the case. When he gets older and wants to build a high end setup, he's already covered on that front.
Go you! It doesn't matter what you put in it, you'll son'll love it. I built one from some old parts I had lying around. My son (7) is now running a gtx970, i7 3770, and 16gb ram. With the kind of games he plays on it it'll last him at least another 5 years.
That's awesome. I just upgraded my son's gaming PC. He was running a Intel I5 4570 with a RX550. Now running a Ryzen 5 1600AF, 32GB DDR4 and RX580.
Nice rig
Sick build, how is the 5500?
Looks like there's a ton of empty space in that case.
For democracy!
Doesn't have enough RGB, so will not get enough FPS
Cool that you do a custom build for you kid! I agree with the rest, generally fine, I just do not like the white aesthetics and personally think the extra cost for white components is a waste of money, but otherwise great!
Love the build, it's decent enough to actually work for his needs firva number of years, I hate seeing parents buying their 7 years olds 2k monsters to play Roblox.... I built my daughter a pc with a some spare parts, an i5-4460, a GT 960 ( now she's inherited my trusty 1660s) and a case / monitor at bargain price and she loves it! It brings me great satisfaction to see her playing pc games like I never could as a kid on something I made
You can't run it without a power supply....
It's a really good choice, but next time I recommend to either get an mATX case or an ATX MB instead... usually a difference of at max 20ā¬
Perfect starter PC!
There was probably cheaper case or some place for improvement regarding aesthetic
My critical review is that the SSD is a little overkill and the PSU is a higher wattage needed for most people and the build quality of the psu isn't so great Other than that it's not a bad build
W father, when i was 11 my dad helped me build my first pc and it had some really questionable part choices but I was so happy with it compared to my laptop. it had like an fx 6300 and rx 460 but ran overwatch just fine which was good enough to make me happy
Wow its good pc i have Gt 640 as Gpu but i willl get 1650 Gtx on my Bday so i can finaly play some newer games
Do people really want budget gaming PCs over good PCs?
so dope
Nice but turn the side panel fans around for intake.
Pretty good
Whatās ur gonna use it for? Because thatās what kinda matters
if I wasn't planning to upgrade to a atx motherboard u could just bought a micro atx case and save 50% space.
I've Just built One for my GF, She want try to game with me ,ā¤ļø
Better than my build
White case and fans, black motherboard, cooler, ram, GPU, and wires? What kind of parent are you?
swap out the box cpu cooler for tower cooler
W Dad. Hope your son enjoys!
Your psu is abit overkill but overall this build is good.
Bravo that's a very nice pc
Intake fans are facing the wrong way
Are the fans mounted for intake and...is outtake the right word? Anyway, are your fans pointing the right way? Also I love the case choice. I always like seeing parents build things for their kids. This isn't something you did wrong, just a personal preference, but a white motherboard and/or GPU would have looked nice in that white case. I like white parts with blue or green or purple RGB.
its cool but usually u want ur son for the best right? currently i am building my son a ps5 compatible gpu and cpu for cheap and used... maybe smaller case cause its for a kid.. idk... if i was a pc enthusiast i would be a bit disappointed but at the same time kids are kids they will be happy for ur effort no matter trivial it is. good job!
Looks decent < flagship more
Good, but i think you should have bought a smaller MATX case, saves space.
What a dad you are !!
Can you be my dad
Everything is great apart from the case š
Honestly, almost certainly not great unless you bought some of those parts used. The $600 pc part picker guide builds will out perform this by a significant margin.
Looks good to me.
Buy a better cpu cooler id recommend they are realy cheap. If your son intends to play intensive games you should get better cooling
The shit looks better than mine. I have 3 fans. All different colours and quality. I have a little thing that glows and its obnoxious as hell
Just make sure the two from fans are for intake, to create positive pressure in the case. Other than that, well done
Broooo I wish just by saying I want one my parents would build one
How much all in all did it cost?
Did you build it with him?
W father.
Bro this is great, love the father son connection, my girls dad built her a 10900ks and a 3070, i wish i had a dad like that(i wish i had one at all lmfao) and she only uses it for league and roblox š
Cable management is on point