cheap pc build please

[jcr]

my nephews 10 year old son has asked for a pc for xmas. it will be used for youtube, games like minecraft and whatever else 10 year olds are into.
my nephews a tight old sod, so looking for as cheap a build as possible
will need everything except a keyboard and mouse.
any advice would be appreciated, thank you.

 

[Sandycheeks]

Do you have any peripherals - Keyboard, mouse, monitor, headphones, copy of windows etc...
Do you need it all.

This seems to be the cheapest pre-built but you would need monitor, kb, mouse etc...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x "OcUK Marvel 1080" AMD A8 7670K Quad Core Online Gaming PC = £327.98
  • Case:Cougar Spike Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black
  • Memory:TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01)
  • Primary Hard Drive:Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive
  • Secondary Hard Drive:No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost)
  • Optical Drive **Please Check Case Support**:No Optical Drive Selected
  • WIFI Device:No WIFI Selected
  • LED Lighting:Unwanted
  • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
  • Security Software:Unwanted
  • Warranty:OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour)
  • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days

Total: £342.08
(includes shipping: £14.10)
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[Sandycheeks]

Quick basket for a pretty low end system with (probably) no future upgrade path but will be a whole lot better than the one I posted above ^
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Athlon X4 860K Black Edition 3.70GHz (Socket FM2+) Kaveri Quad Core Processor (AD860KXBJABOX)= £59.99
• 1 x Asus A88XM-PLUS AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £56.99
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon R7 360 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR7 360 2GBD5-DHE/OC)= £89.99
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8)= £35.99
• 1 x EVGA 430W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0430-KR)= £33.95
• 1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black= £23.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £85.99
• 1 x AOC G2260VWQ6 22" 1920x1080 TN FREESYNC 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £99.95
• 1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse= £24.95
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHSS37A/240GB)= £64.99

Total: £591.48
(includes shipping: £14.70)
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[megapleb]

Does it have to be new? You can usually get great value second hand, especially with a low spec where you can you on-board gfx, not much to go wrong.

 

[Quartz]

We started my nephew off on a cheap laptop. The Asus that OCUK sell would be fine if were not for the pathetic drive space. 32 GB disk space is not enough these days, even if it is SSD.

 

[Limpnoodle]

We started my nephew off on a cheap laptop. The Asus that OCUK sell would be fine if were not for the pathetic drive space. 32 GB disk space is not enough these days, even if it is SSD.

If storage space is an issue u should hook up a 1/2/4tb hd to the network

 

[theaterix]

We started my nephew off on a cheap laptop. The Asus that OCUK sell would be fine if were not for the pathetic drive space. 32 GB disk space is not enough these days, even if it is SSD.

Yeah but the pc will allow him to actually game, and hold value whereas that laptop will not, and will be unsellable after they are done with it. Plus he wont even be able to run minecraft on it.

 

[Idleman]

my nephews 10 year old son has asked for a pc for xmas. it will be used for youtube, games like minecraft and whatever else 10 year olds are into.
my nephews a tight old sod, so looking for as cheap a build as possible
will need everything except a keyboard and mouse.
any advice would be appreciated, thank you.

If you have access to the MM, open a wanted thread and look through the FS section. You'll get a lot more for your money.

 

[jcr]

thanks for taking the time everyone

 

[mnc fear]

The good thing about PC build's is that you can put used parts in a new case and the kid wont know. Santa will have had the elves put this together especially