£1000 first build for 9 year old

[Vegeta]

Hi guys my nephew is wanting a pc this Xmas. A budget off £1000 but this is by no means strict so can increase if needed.

Everything will be needed monitor/mouse/keyboard/speakers and hardware I can build the system if best parts for the price is specced I haven't built a pc for a while so I don't really know where to start.

RGB preferred and probably a 85-65% keyboard would be best with a smaller sized mouse.

 

[Gray2233]

You've picked the worst possible time to build a PC, RAM prices are through the roof and stock is very limited, storage such as NvME's isn't much different.

You'd probably be better off going for a prebuild or throwing out a hail Mary for second hand parts on the MM if you've access.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Glorious Model D USB RGB Optical Gaming Mouse - Glossy White (GD-GWHITE) (SKU: KB-017-GR) = £9.95
• 1 x GAMIAC TKL69G SF 65% USB RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Kailh Red - Black/Grey (UK) (SKU: PER-GAM-01730) = £39.95
• 1 x be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 11 650W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (SKU: POW-BEQ-05640) = £54.94
• 1 x Antec CX600M ARGB M-ATX Mini Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-04160) = £54.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £160.99
• 1 x G.Skill Trident Z5 XMP 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-51200C32 6400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Si (SKU: MEM-GSK-01368) = £290.00
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus 7300E 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-GIG-06500) = £94.99
• 1 x Asrock A620AM Pro RS (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-06600) = £88.99
• 1 x Sparkle Intel ARC B570 GUARDIAN OC 10GB GDDR6 Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPK-03924) = £199.99
• 1 x Intel Holiday Bundle - Choose One Of Four Premium Games (SKU: DIG-INT-06664) = £0.00
• 1 x Edifier M1250 USB Powered 2.0 Speaker Set - Black (SKU: SP-05H-ER) = £14.99
• 1 x ASUS VA249HG 24" 1920x1080 IPS 120Hz 1ms A-Sync Widescreen Gaming Monitor (SKU: MON-ASU-05094) = £58.99

Total: £1,068.73 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Believe it or not but that's the cheapest 32gb set of RAM currently on OCUK.

The CPU isn't currently in stock for OCUK, it does come with a serviceable HSF.

Skimping in areas like the motherboard and NvME, ideally you're better off spending £150 on a better 2TB drive and another £30 on a good entry level B850 motherboard.

I'd prefer to spend another £130 or so on a 9060XT 16gb too, but for a 9 year old and depending on what he wants to play an 8gb model might be fine and offer good uplift.

You could save another £20 on the case but frankly it'd look like plap.

Honestly as mentioned, check the MM for some bundle deals or have a look in the attic for any old parts of your own you could possibly reuse. You might even be better off going for a prebuild, but I doubt you'll get one in time for Christmas at this short notice.