PC for my nephew

[DennisColes]

I need a new PC build for my teenage nephew. He plays games like fifa, fortnite, call of duty, hell let loose etc, red dead, gta. he hasn't had a PC before, so this will be his first proper one.

can someone help me spec a PC please? No need to include screen/keyboard mouse etc

How much is a Windows license these days?

Ideally he'd like a machine that can play the above titles on high settings with a high FPS of 100-120.

Is this achievable around £600-800?

Cheers

 

[Tetras]

Intel/DDR4 option:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £154.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B760M DS3H AX DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BZ-GI) = £134.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMK32GX4M2D3600C18) (SKU: MY-4D1-CS) = £79.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7600 Pulse Gaming 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-02Y-AM) = £229.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00
• 1 x WD Blue SN570 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3B0C) (SKU: HD-589-WD) = £43.99
• 1 x AeroCool Trinity V2 Mini Tower PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-23J-AE) = £41.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-09P-PT) = £79.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632) (SKU: SW-18J-MS) = £110.00

Total: £883.92 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

 

[StarShock]

Worth noting that windows run perfectly fine without a licence

 

[Quartz]

1 x Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632) (SKU: SW-18J-MS) = £110.00

Save around £90 by buying this elsewhere. Use the money saved to buy a CPU cooler. I'll also note that this is the DVD version and you've not specced a DVD drive!

 

[turbot1984]

I'd go with @Tetras spec but maybe use £150 saved deleting Win11 with 16gb RAM and bag a 4060ti gpu.

 

[DennisColes]

thanks @Tetras .

that m.2 ssd isn't in stock atm.

will any m.2 stick labelled with 2280 be ok? something like this: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cruc...i-e-4.0-nvme-solid-state-drive-hd-07a-cr.html

 

[Tetras]

will any m.2 stick labelled with 2280 be ok?

I don't like the P3 Plus, especially for a boot/main drive because it is QLC with (1TB capacity) only 220 TB written rating (SN570 is TLC with 600 TB written rating in 1TB capacity).

If you can't get the SN570, maybe look for the SN770 or SN580.

 

[DennisColes]

I don't like the P3 Plus, especially for a boot/main drive because it is QLC with (1TB capacity) only 220 TB written rating (SN570 is TLC with 600 TB written rating in 1TB capacity).

If you can't get the SN570, maybe look for the SN770 or SN580.

ok cheers...

would this spec be good enough to play games at 120hz?

 

[Tetras]

would this spec be good enough to play games at 120hz?

TPU have the RX 7600 @ 105.3 FPS average (1080p, here, there's a breakdown/chart for each individual game tested at the top), but that's usually at the highest settings (except for ray tracing, which is off), so you should be good.