Gaming PC for around 7-800 for my son

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Hellsmk2

Hellsmk2

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My son's gaming laptop died a death today, and he's pretty gutted... a day of tears! I haven't built a desktop in a decade now, so completely out of touch. Could anyone suggest a decent build?

- No OS is necessary.
- I have an old 40" Samsung TV - is it feasible to use that as his monitor?
- No KB / Mouse needed.
- Have some old 2.5" OCZ SSD knocking around - I'm assuming desktops will take these?

Few requirements:

- Nvidia GFX - 1060/1070 would be preferred. Too many bad experiences with ATI, though could be persuaded if there was a compelling reason to go that route.
- Case must be red / redish (he's only 6, so this is very important in his mind :) ).
- Speakers needed.

Any suggestions appreciated.
 
That was quick - The spec looks nearly there too, so thanks :)

His old laptop was my old one - a custom build with a 1st, possibly 2nd, gen i7, HD 7970M, and 16gb). He's also been using my current one to play Subnautica, which is an i7 kabylake & 1070). He's addicted to the Borderlands games at the moment. We were due to start Borderlands 0 today before the untimely death.

I think from the build above I can remove the HDD/ SSD, as I have a a couple of 180gb SSD's spare. He won't need any other storage at the moment. Is the following GPU worth replacing the 1060 for?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inno...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-068-in.html

That would bring it in at £857, which is only slightly over. Do you think there is enough between the 1060 & 1070 to make it worthwhile?
 
I was already looking at that laptop as a straight replacement, but thought it may be more prudent to try and get something with a gfx card at least at the level of my own gaming laptop.

We like playing LAN co-op games together, so I'd like the replacement to have a shelf life as equal to mine lappy as possible (hence trying to squeeze in a 1070). The original plan was to replace his in a year or so and give him my current lappy, but this death has brought that forward unfortunately.

Did have my eyes on the following for 850 second hand:

Chassis & Display Defiance Series: 15.6" Matte 3K IPS LED Widescreen (2880x1620)
Processor (CPU) Intel® CoreTM i7 Quad Core Processor 6700HQ (2.6GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM) 16GB HyperX IMPACT 2133MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 - 6.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1, G-SYNC
Memory - Hard Disk NOT REQUIRED
M.2 SSD Drive 512GB SAMSUNG PM951 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 1050MB/R, 560MB/W)
Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Def. Audio + MIC/Headphone + SoundBlaster X-Fi MB3
Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & KILLERTM WIRELESS-AC 1535 M.2 GAMING 802.11AC +

It's an older CPU, but 6GB 1060 & 512 M2 - do you think this would be worth it over the MSI?
 
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Thanks for all the advice guys, especially ExoMale, I've gone ahead with the 2nd hand laptop for him, which will hopefully see through a couple of years now. :)
 
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