15 Year old want a rig. thou a small budget

[Marmite79]

As above on a small budget of £540. He does work so want to be able to upgrade as he goes along. Mainly for gaming but loves video editing for games too. I told him to wait and save more so hoping you guys can come up with a rig or explain as why he should hold off. i can put it together for him but not been kept up with the latest tech as a little one arrive and lost a bit of touch.
Thanks in advance for your help lads

 

[matt_uk]

If you can get him to keep saving to £750 the Intel 8th gen i3 vr system with the 1060 6gb with the optional SSD seems fab. Got one for my son and have ordered 2 more (1 for me and 1 for the mrs).

 

[Doogles]

I'd be going down the Ryzen route with a B350 motherboard and 2x8GB 3000mhz RAM. GTX 1050 in the system and it'd be decent enough for 1080p gaming.

 

[Quartz]

What exactly is required? What is already present? OS? Monitor? Headphones / speakers?

 

[LewisRaz]

Not fully sure about AMD but this would be a starting point.

Of course if you need windows or other parts it would go over budget. Could do with adding a case fan too.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI A320M Pro-VH Plus AMD A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £44.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1300X 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £89.99
• 1 x Cougar MX330-X Midi Tower Case - Black= £36.95
• 1 x Cougar GX-S 450W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £53.99
• 1 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £41.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1050Ti StormX 4096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card= £134.99

Total: £524.59 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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[ExoMale]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM010 Previously ST1000DM003)= £40.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1050Ti StormX 4096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card= £139.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £98.99
• 1 x MSI B350M Gaming Pro AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £79.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED48= £98.99
• 1 x XFX XT Series 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £42.95
• 1 x Aerocool Qs-180 Micro-ATX Chassis - Black= £26.99

Total: £540.59 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[Quartz]

i can put it together for him

A tip: put it together WITH him.

 

[marco.da.man]

i know a little over budget, but a different spec to others

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £86.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050Ti WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £169.99
• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM010 Previously ST1000DM003)= £40.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED48= £99.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1300X 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £119.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £31.99

Total: £600.19 (includes shipping: £12.30)​

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