£1k Gaming PC Build For My Nephew

[Hobbsie]

Hi All,
My sister is looking to buy my nephew his first gaming rig and has come to me dabble but not great at specs of components etc.
So he is now 14 and is starting to get into all types of games (not just fortnite as they all seem to be in these days)

Budget is £1k and he has nothing so needs it all OS, monitor, Keyboard, Mouse.
Also need to be useful for school work as well.

Hope this is enough info for some help with this please?

Thanks in advance

 

[lee32uk]

Hi

Here is a rough idea of a build. I left it a bit under so that you could change a few things around if you wanted. Also wasn't sure if you needed a headset as well ?

No copy of Windows included but you should be able to get a cheap key from one of the well known key sites that sell digital keys for games.

The board is mATX but should look fine in the ATX case. Also it doesn't tie you to mATX boards in the future. Obviously case is personal pref, so maybe let him look through the case section.

You could drop down to 8GB Ram, but that only saves about £20.

So you could swap out the cpu to the R5 3600, or the gpu to a Vega 56 etc. There are cheaper monitors as well, but as Fortnite was mentioned a higher refresh rate will be welcomed. The Ryzen cpu's are not as fast as Intel at 1080p but they cost more. I will post an alternative Intel spec as well for comparison.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Kolink Observatory Midi Tower RGB Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass Window= £69.95
• 1 x MSI B450M Gaming Plus (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £77.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £139.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £64.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 580 Red Dragon V2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £169.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £55.99
• 1 x LG 24GL600F-B 24" 1920x1080 TN 144Hz 1ms FreeSync Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £134.99
• 1 x Cooler Master Devastator III Combo Gaming Bundle 7 Colour LED Backlighting - UK Layout= £34.99
• 1 x Edifier M1360 2.1 Speaker System= £24.95
• 1 x Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 7200RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM008)= £55.99

Total: £896.77 (includes shipping: £0.00)​

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[Quartz]

My sister is looking to buy my nephew his first gaming rig

One thing, regardless of spec: build it with him.

 

[lee32uk]

Something like this for Intel. The i5 9600K is probably a bit out of reach for the budget. You can't overclock the 9400F but it will boost when needed. The Gigabyte Z390 UD is also a pretty solid board, and will handle an i9 9900K at stock.

The stock cooler is pretty rubbish on Intel so that is the reason for the Arctic one.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Kolink Observatory Midi Tower RGB Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass Window= £69.95
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £64.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 580 Red Dragon V2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £169.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £55.99
• 1 x LG 24GL600F-B 24" 1920x1080 TN 144Hz 1ms FreeSync Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £134.99
• 1 x Cooler Master Devastator III Combo Gaming Bundle 7 Colour LED Backlighting - UK Layout= £34.99
• 1 x Edifier M1360 2.1 Speaker System= £24.95
• 1 x Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 7200RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM008)= £55.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z390 UD Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-9400F 2.90GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £145.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo White CPU Cooler - 2 x 120mm= £29.95

Total: £964.72 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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[Quartz]

Don't buy speakers; buy headphones instead. Your sister will thank you.

 

[lee32uk]

Don't buy speakers; buy headphones instead. Your sister will thank you.

I would get both rather than one or the other. I personally don't like wearing headphones for long periods. Of course if he is playing online/fps type games then a headset/headphones are a must as well.

 

[Hobbsie]

Thank you @lee32uk and @Quartz appreciate it.

I believe he has headphones i am told the ones he uses at the mo for his xbox will work with a pc, he shares his room with his brother as well so headphones may be a great option at times.

Thanks Again.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Thank you @lee32uk and @Quartz appreciate it.

I believe he has headphones i am told the ones he uses at the mo for his xbox will work with a pc, he shares his room with his brother as well so headphones may be a great option at times.

Thanks Again.

more power that leaves consoles behind and will compete with upcoming consoles next year

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £139.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £64.99
• 1 x LG 24GL600F-B 24" 1920x1080 TN 144Hz 1ms FreeSync Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £134.99
• 1 x Silverstone SST-PS15B-RGB Micro ATX Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass= £74.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX VEGA 56 Red Dragon 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £259.99
• 1 x Cooler Master Devastator III Combo Gaming Bundle 7 Colour LED Backlighting - UK Layout= £34.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 11 600W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte B450M-DS3H AMD B450 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro-ATX (MB-571-GI)= £50.00
• 1 x TeamGroup 1TB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £109.99

Total: £958.12 (includes shipping: £13.20)


though would choose this one for 1080p 144hz gaming !!!

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x LG 24GL600F-B 24" 1920x1080 TN 144Hz 1ms FreeSync Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £134.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX VEGA 56 Red Dragon 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £259.99
• 1 x Cooler Master Devastator III Combo Gaming Bundle 7 Colour LED Backlighting - UK Layout= £34.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 11 600W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 1TB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £109.99
• 1 x **B Grade** Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z390 UD Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX (MB-57D-GI)= £90.00
• 1 x Alpenfohn Brocken ECO Advanced CPU Cooler - 120 mm= £29.99
• 1 x Zalman i3 Midi-Tower Case - Black Window= £42.95

Total: £977.50 (includes shipping: £19.62)​

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intel has advantage at 1080p and will blow away current consoles. dont worry about the b-grade gigabyte. you'd go RMA via them directly ​