Best budget gaming pc for my son

seanuk · Friday at 08:10

hi guys I’m looking for some pc spec recommendations for my little lads gaming pc for Christmas. I’m unsure as to weather to go intel or amd and looking to spend 1k any advice will be really appreciated also he likes to play the likes of Fortnite and Roblox some times a bit of call of duty

Rob_B · Friday at 08:43

Are you buying prebuilt or will you be building yourself?

Take a look at the sticky thread as it gives you a template to make it easier to get advice.

seanuk · Friday at 09:44

Rob_B said:
Are you buying prebuilt or will you be building yourself?

Take a look at the sticky thread as it gives you a template to make it easier to get advice.

gonna build myself buddy cheers

mickyflinn · Friday at 11:56

seanuk said:
gonna build myself buddy cheers

Do you need a monitor if yes what size and resolution ? Keyboard, mouse.

seanuk · Friday at 14:00

mickyflinn said:
Do you need a monitor if yes what size and resolution ? Keyboard, mouse.

no already has a 4k gaming monitor

seanuk · Friday at 14:01

Rob_B said:
Are you buying prebuilt or will you be building yourself?

Take a look at the sticky thread as it gives you a template to make it easier to get advice.

where is the sticky thread?

Rob_B · Friday at 14:02

In this sub forum, titled "Read first..."

Thekwango · Friday at 14:02

seanuk said:
where is the sticky thread?

Read first: Build and Upgrade Advice + Template!

Disclaimer: Are you intending to build the PC yourself? Please let us know what your intentions are: (1) You are building your own PC, or will have someone doing this for you (2) You want OCUK to build your custom PC (3) You want an off-the-shelf PC As computer enthusiasts, we normally...

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Tetras · Friday at 14:04

seanuk said:
already has a 4k gaming monitor

You're aware a £1K gaming PC won't be playing the latest AAA games at native 4K, right? Lighter stuff and esports will be alright.

mickyflinn · Friday at 14:59

seanuk said:
no already has a 4k gaming monitor

This is the best I could do for 1k.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £160.99
1 x Asrock B850M-X WiFi R2.0 (Socket AM5) DDR5 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-05290) = £124.99
1 x PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-PNY-04561) = £80.00
1 x MSI MAG A650BN UK PSU 650W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (SKU: POW-MSI-03345) = £47.98
1 x Aerocool Dryft Mini v2 Micro-ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00607) = £55.00
1 x WD Green SN3000 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-04131) = £52.99
1 x Thermalright Assassin Spirit 120 Evo ARGB CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02720) = £16.99
1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 5070 Twin Edge 12GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-05629) = £470.00
1 x NVIDIA Game Bundle - Arc Raiders Deluxe Edition PLUS Astro Cosmetic Pack (SKU: DIG-NVI-06436) = £0.00

Total: £1,020.92 (includes delivery: £11.98)

tamzzy · Friday at 16:10

mickyflinn said:
1 x PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-PNY-04561) = £80.00

seeing the current ram prices, i don't think there's any point speccing this ram as i doubt ocuk will have them in stock at these sort of prices any time soon

mickyflinn · Friday at 16:30

tamzzy said:
seeing the current ram prices, i don't think there's any point speccing this ram as i doubt ocuk will have them in stock at these sort of prices any time soon

Let's live in hope , could get 32gb of Corsair 6000mhz for £90 2 weeks ago but prices seem to change weekly.

seanuk · Saturday at 19:12

cheers guys thats a good little rig with the 4070 isnt it he wants my rig but hes got no chance haha

seanuk · Saturday at 19:13

Tetras said:
You're aware a £1K gaming PC won't be playing the latest AAA games at native 4K, right? Lighter stuff and esports will be alright.

yes aslongs get gets 60fps i think hel be happy as coimng from ps5

DotA · Saturday at 22:18

Instead of the cooler, maybe go for the 9600x instead of the 7600x, it would be an extra £1. The 9600x comes with a cooler included. 65W CPU so dosnet need a great one. Also very easy to just get a cpu cooler down the line rater then the cpu.

Gray2233 · Saturday at 22:24

DotA said:
Instead of the cooler, maybe go for the 9600x instead of the 7600x, it would be an extra £1. The 9600x comes with a cooler included. 65W CPU so dosnet need a great one. Also very easy to just get a cpu cooler down the line rater then the cpu.

A 7600 with a £10-15 third party HSF like the above will run better than a 7600X with the stock, it'll also look better, run cooler, and be far less audible.

On OCUK the price difference is £10, I'm assuming you mean the 7600X anyway as the 9600X is £40 more. That said, the stock 7600 comes with a stock cooler, the 7600X does not so it's a moot point, same trend holds true for the 9600/9600X.

If you mean 7600 to 9600 while using the stock, that might be a viable option, but I'd still aim for a better HSF down the line. Depending on the game the 9600 can be up to 20-25% faster, although on average is around 5%.

DotA · Saturday at 22:32

Looks like i looked at the 9600 vs the 9600x.

Prices change frequently for the two, i got a 7600x last year as the prive differnece was £55 at the time.

I have seen them for nearly the same price on here in the last few months a few times and for that litle price difference the 9600x makes more sense. Maybe it will go down on black friday?

Tetras · 2025-11-02T00:22:18+0000

DotA said:
Looks like i looked at the 9600 vs the 9600x.

Just to clarify, 7600 and 9600 have coolers in the box (wraith stealth), 7600X and 9600X don't have one.