06-11-2017, 04:10 AM
If my son gets good grades, I might be buying him parts to build a new gaming computer. He mostly plays CS:GO, Overwatch, Rocket League, and various forms of Battlefield and Call of Duty. His monitor is a 24" 1920x1080.
I'm looking at build guides and I really can't decide if I want to go with an Intel i3-7100, or up the budget a bit and get a AMD R5-1500x. With the Intel CPU I would probably have to buy a separate cooler, but I hear that AMD's stock coolers are pretty decent and quiet. The R5 1500x comes with a Wraith Spire cooler. I don't plan on overclocking, but I want performance and quietness.
The other parts will be re-used from his current computer (HDD, SSD, PSU, video card, possibly his case).
I'm looking at build guides and I really can't decide if I want to go with an Intel i3-7100, or up the budget a bit and get a AMD R5-1500x. With the Intel CPU I would probably have to buy a separate cooler, but I hear that AMD's stock coolers are pretty decent and quiet. The R5 1500x comes with a Wraith Spire cooler. I don't plan on overclocking, but I want performance and quietness.
The other parts will be re-used from his current computer (HDD, SSD, PSU, video card, possibly his case).