Hiya folks, the last PC I built had a top-of-the-line ATI Radeon 9800 in an AGP port. I’m on a PowerSpec prebuilt now, which is working fine.

My kids are ready to graduate from the spare laptop to an actual PC, and I want to build it with them so they learn about ESD and the joys of thermal paste. I plan to have the kids upgrade these in pieces over the next few years as/if they grow to need more power.

They mostly play minecraft, fortnight, and roblox. They don’t care about max graphics or AAAA games or max FPS yet, but maybe they will in the future. I still don’t.

I’m trying to keep it under $800, and I already have OK but not great 1080p work monitors.

Here’s my first draft: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vxcfFZ

I’m very open to suggestions on any front!

  • edgemaster72@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    I would spend a little more to get an AM5 build if you want them to be able to upgrade it down the line. Here’s my proposed counter build for about $100 more (still under the stated $800 budget). Since the 7600 comes with a stock cooler you could save a little money by skipping the 3rd party cooler. If you have access to Microcenter you can save about $30 and get a 7600X instead of the 7600 in a bundle with mobo and 32GB RAM (you have to get the second stick separately) and $10 off the GPU.