Does this look like a good first PC for a 14 year old?

Ganon8472

CPU

AMD - Ryzen 5 5600X Vermeer 3.7GHz 6-Core AM4 Boxed Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler

Motherboard

ASUS - X570-Pro TUF Gaming WiFi AMD AM4 ATX Motherboard

RAM

G.Skill - Ripjaws V 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 PC4-25600 CL16 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit F4-3200C16D-32G - Black

Case

Thermaltake - V100 ATX Mid-Tower Computer Case - Black

Power Supply

PowerSpec - 650 Watt 80 Plus Bronze ATX Semi-Modular Power Supply Active PFC SLI Crossfire Ready Gaming PC Computer Switching PSU

Video Card

MSI - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Overclocked Dual-Fan 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 Graphics Card

2.5" SSD

Samsung - 870 EVO 500GB SSD 3-bit MLC V-NAND SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive

M.2 / NVMe SSD

??? is this needed??

Hard Drive

Seagate - BarraCuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA III 6Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Optical Drive

???

Video Capture

???

CPU Cooling

Heatsink

AMD - WRAITH PRISM RGB CPU Cooler

Do I have most of the right parts?? Please offer your expertise! 

JS_MC

You have all of the parts right!

You'll need just one more. An operating system, such as Windows! https://www.microcenter.com/product/636269/microsoft-windows-10-home-32-64-bit-usb

Otherwise, I'd say this is a great selection of parts. One recommendation I would make with this would be a bit of a downgrade. I'd suggest 16GB of RAM instead of 32GB.

The 32GB capacity will be a bit overkill here. This could save you a bit on cost.

I also noticed that you had selected the wraith cooler for your CPU cooling. This comes with the 5600X, so you won't need to purchase this separately! If you already knew this, 👍 cool. Just wanted to clarify it for you :)

The M.2, Optical drive, and Video Capture cards are not needed unless you decide that you need them!

In most cases, I would recommend an M.2 over an SSD, but SSDs can be cheaper in some cases. The reason I tend to recommend the M.2 over the SSD is speed. M.2s drives are typically a bit faster and they don't require additional wires as they mount directly into m.2 slots on your motherboard.

Hope this helps!

JS_MC

You're welcome!

The GPU you've selected is a great entry-level option. If you're looking to upgrade your build, then the GPU is where I would spend money. It give the biggest money to frame increase in this scenario. :)

magarity

Eh, does your teen have good grades and no problem self starting? Then ok, otherwise if like my teens, then don't get anything that can help distract.

Ganon8472

Thank you so very much for your insight! The information is most helpful! I was a bit worried that the GPU I selected, mainly due t o price, would be too slow to be good for gaming. If I save some money on the RAM and the extra cooling, maybe I can upgrade the GPU>>>

Thanks again!!