Gaming PC SUB £500?

DeCaelo · 11 Oct 2015 at 16:24

My bro's looking to buy a gaming pc for his son for Christmas. Budget is £500 and he wants to be able to play the latest releases at decent speeds. Is this feasible?

mickyflinn · 11 Oct 2015 at 19:28

Does the build include monitor , windows , etc ? Will you build it yourself.

5960xNvidiaGamer · 11 Oct 2015 at 19:49

If it includes monitor etc too, for just £500 for everything you might as well get a console. £500 doesn't go very far if you want to game on PC with decent specs.

DeCaelo · 11 Oct 2015 at 21:17

Sorry wasn't very clear there was I?

£500 will just be for the rig itself, no accessories or so needed. We have a copy of windows 10 we can install on it.

mickyflinn · 11 Oct 2015 at 21:37

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McGraw · 11 Oct 2015 at 23:16

I'd lose the DVD and try and squeeze in an ssd instead of the hard drive.

jrwagh333 · 11 Oct 2015 at 23:29

5960xNvidiaGamer said:
If it includes monitor etc too, for just £500 for everything you might as well get a console. £500 doesn't go very far if you want to game on PC with decent specs.

The absolute worst advice I've ever seen

FloppyPoppy · 11 Oct 2015 at 23:48

jrwagh333 said:
The absolute worst advice I've ever seen

True

You can match a consoles performance for the cost of the console though consoles definitely have incentive of ease of use when it comes to this price point.

for £500 you can make a pretty damn capable rig

Zinnkio · 12 Oct 2015 at 00:21

harry5522 said:
True

You can match a consoles performance for the cost of the console though consoles definitely have incentive of ease of use when it comes to this price point.

for £500 you can make a pretty damn capable rig

Even if you matched the performance of a console, the sheer versatility of a computer is worth it imo.

FloppyPoppy · 12 Oct 2015 at 00:31

Zinnkio said:
Even if you matched the performance of a console, the sheer versatility of a computer is worth it imo.

Yeah

Depends on what the person wants

if it's JUST for gaming then the console could hold some incentive.

5960xNvidiaGamer · 12 Oct 2015 at 15:12

jrwagh333 said:
The absolute worst advice I've ever seen

Not really, gaming on pc if you are only spending £500 for everything ( which we now know hes not ) would give little benefit over a console which costs less. But whatever floats your boat. You can pick a console up for a few hundred, if that's all he was spending getting that would make more sense. I hate consoles btw with a passion.