Im looking to build my son a gaming pc for his 10th birthday which is at the start of april just wondering if you kind guys here can spec me up the best bang for buck gaming pc i could build him for around £450-£500 mark. i dont need a monitor, mouse or keyboard as i already have these bits. Thanks in advance.
PC build for my son budget £500
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Hello, there are rumors of a few bits coming in the next couple months, specifically new nvidia graphics cards. But I don't think they will have much of an impact on this level of hardware.
The CPU here is a place holder. the ryzen 1600 af can be found in stock elsewhere for about £90.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
The CPU here is a place holder. the ryzen 1600 af can be found in stock elsewhere for about £90.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Kolink Citadel Micro-ATX Case - Black= £39.95
- 1 x Asrock B450M Pro4 (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £70.99
- 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £74.99
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £98.99
- 1 x Corsair CV Series CV550 550W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (CP-9020210-UK)= £42.95
- 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 570 Red Dragon 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £124.99
- 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0A)= £59.99
Total: £524.55 (includes shipping: £11.70)
The cost of a USB stick (8GB minimum) and you can use it already. Download the Windows 10 ISO from Microsoft, install 10 Pro and off you go. Whenever you want to activate it, do a bit of research on key sellers. You can get 10 Pro for £5 or less.
Isn't that a bad idea, I'm pretty sure Windows updates and security patches stop. For the sake of £3.50
Nope, still get all the updates, all the patches. You just have the watermark and some reduced theme options
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I do the same. But my some has had the activate windows on his screen for well over a year and he just carries on as normal (Gaming only) it doesn't bother him because it's on his second monitor in the corner
I do the same. But my some has had the activate windows on his screen for well over a year and he just carries on as normal (Gaming only) it doesn't bother him because it's on his second monitor in the corner
Nice one.
I've got an old un-activated system I power up now and then and whether the watermark appears or not seems to be random.
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Nice one.
I've got an old un-activated system I power up now and then and whether the watermark appears or not seems to be random.
I'm not sure if it's all the time. But I was always under the impression that if you didn't activate it, it would stop working. He's happily playing Minecraft, fortnight and a few other games no problem.