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Nephew wants a "gaming" PC for Xmas, I've managed to steer the parents away from a £360 gaming laptop, or even worse £290 desktop with monitor / etc brand new (not even sure how they can put them out at that price?). Suspect the usual games will be wanted to be played (minecraft / roblox / etc) but also know the lad is interested in more complex games, and I suspect will also be interested in the building / upgrading of the PC itself.
I have a spare monitor / KB etc, so convincing them to get a basic, but half decent desktop which I'll build. Upper limit really is ~£400inc. So I'm thinking integrated GPU for now, but allow an upgrade to a standalone GPU at a later date. Same with HDD, start small, more can be added etc.
Thoughts on the below please? I know the B450 is oldish tech, but think the below would allow reasonable 720 gaming, and is at least upgradable with a semi-decent GPU in the future? Leaves a few ££ for a W10 licence and wifi dongle etc.
Thanks as always folks - appreciate any thoughts
My basket at OcUK:
I have a spare monitor / KB etc, so convincing them to get a basic, but half decent desktop which I'll build. Upper limit really is ~£400inc. So I'm thinking integrated GPU for now, but allow an upgrade to a standalone GPU at a later date. Same with HDD, start small, more can be added etc.
Thoughts on the below please? I know the B450 is oldish tech, but think the below would allow reasonable 720 gaming, and is at least upgradable with a semi-decent GPU in the future? Leaves a few ££ for a W10 licence and wifi dongle etc.
Thanks as always folks - appreciate any thoughts
My basket at OcUK:
- 1 x Kolink Core S Series 500W 80 Plus Certified Power Supply (SKU: CA-05S-KK) = £37.99
- 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AK-TG) = £55.99
- 1 x WD Blue SA510 500GB SSD 2.5" SATA Solid State Drive (WDS500G3B0A) (SKU: HD-58J-WD) = £39.95
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Six Core 3.9GHz (Socket AM4) APU with RX Vega Graphics - Retail (SKU: CP-3CW-AM) = £128.99
- 1 x Kolink Inspire Series K5 ARGB Midi Tower Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-03V-KK) = £39.95
- 1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte B450M-DS3H AMD B450 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro-ATX (MB-571-GI) (SKU: BG-58Y-GI) = £50.00
Total: £364.57 (includes delivery: £11.70)