New plus old to build a rig for a nephew, help please

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Hi building a rig for a little nephew – Mum wants him to play mine craft and avoid gun games and avoid having to buying him a PS4!

The nephew wants to play gun games and mine craft! Plus WP for home work and tinternet too.

I have the following bits:
PSU 500W
A case
Mouse and Keyboard
A HD drive
A graphics card a Zotac gtx 560 Ti which I personally think is awesome although he may want to upgrade in the future.
Fans
Optical drive
Headphones

Please can you spec the following:
A monitor (quality one, 24”)
A motherboard
A CPU (we can live with the stock cooler)
An OS (W8 I guess)
Memory
Their Mum’s budget is £500 to £600, cheaper the better probably! I say don’t skimp on the monitor.

All help appreciated, pod.:D
 
What PSU is it?

All drives SATA?

Currently I am here,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel Core i5 DIY Micro ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £225.97
1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £169.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
Total : £488.05 (includes shipping : £11.75).




Does the case fit everything including the GFX card? as that's a mistake done by others.

Maybe this IPS panel monitor may be better if the games aren't action packed (fast first person shooters etc),

YOUR BASKET
1 x LG 24MP55HQ-P 24" LED Full HD IPS HDMI Monitor £119.99
Total : £129.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
You could always stick the tech preview of W10 on for now and then buy a key for it when it's released? I had Windows 8.1 on all of our machines but switched them to 10 and will purchases ASAP. Not essential but might give a better overall experience for him.
 
Hi Stulid

Liking that first spec.

What PSU is it? Corsair ~500W
All drives SATA? Yep
Case is an old Antec P90 - it's a whopper! Anticipate all those things will fit.

I see you have picked a 144Hz screen, will his 560Ti drive that at those refresh rates? Or is that something he can upgrade to with a future gfx card.

Many thanks. I don't pay shipping so we have a few quid to spend.

Ty Mitzy, noted your suggestion.
 
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Depends on the game. You wont be running BF4 at high frame rates with max settings without a GFX upgrade.

Also 144Hz also helps the smoothness even on the desktop, just moving a mouse pointer around on a 144Hz screen vs 60Hz one shows the difference it can give.

You dont have to be getting 144 frames per second for the 144Hz refresh rate to make an improvement, motion on screen is just nicer.
 
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