Gaming PC for 11yo ~ £1000 budget but needs to include monitor

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Morning all,

My son has asked if he can buy himself a gaming pc and has asked for my help in spec'ing one. It'll mainly be for Fortnite and Minecraft (to begin with, although I may jump on it every now and then for Iracing). I think the last time i built a PC was around 2004 so not really sure whats good/bad these days.

I was looking to get one built to order (so that i know it works when it arrives...) and spec'd this one on the site

OcUK Gaming Kalis - AMD Ryzen 5 5500 GeForce RTX 4060 Gaming PC
SKU FS-1FT-OG
  • 1x Kolink Observatory MX Mesh ARGB Midi Tower Case - Black
  • 1x AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
  • 1x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey
  • 1x Build - Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 WindForce OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card
  • 1x Kolink Umbra EX180 Black Edition CPU Cooler - 120mm
  • 1x WD Blue SN580 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive
  • 1x Asus USB-AX56 Dual Band AX1800 USB WiFi Adapter
this comes in at £819 and then added the Asus 27" VA27EHF monitor £98.99

For those in the know, is this a reasonable spec machine for a newbee PC gamer?

Thanks for any assistance

Adam
 
Check PPI on that monitor 27" for 1080P?? When I had 1080p 24" I thought it was too pixelly for that size, 1200p was much better. And I have bad eyes, so someone with better vision would see that low PPI.

80 pixels and inch. yuck
24" 1080p is 91 and I found that too low
24" 1200 was 93 and that seemed noticeable better that the one above in though only 2 difference maybe difference in pixel layout a poor one for the 1080p?
27" 1440p is 108 I need to use 25% scaling

Best go and see a few yours, a few different sizes/resolution in windows and games.
 
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As much as I do like OcUK their pre-builds are not great value, including the one you have linked to here.

Also looks like it will include a poor Kolink PSU etc, £800 should be getting you a far more capable (And reliable) machine.

I would also consider building your own, you could do it together, he'd prob enjoy it and it is super easy.
 
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