Prebuilt system for nephew

[theleg]

Nephew is getting more into PCs, thank god. Have had instructions from his parents to find him a prebuilt system with a budget of around 2k but some wiggle room if need be.

He's huge into GTAV but is getting more and more into gaming so we want something that can handle things well and last a bit into the future.

What would we be best looking at for around that price on OcUK?

 

[MissChief]

Build it with him, he’ll think you’re a wizard and when you press that button and it lights up he’ll be so happy.

 

[theleg]

Build it with him, he’ll think you’re a wizard and when you press that button and it lights up he’ll be so happy.

I've offered but he is at that age. He's about to hit 14 and doesn't seem to have interest in building it with me :/ I'm working on him. It took a LOT to get him away from the consoles.

 

[Gray2233]

Does the 2K need to cover peripherals like the monitor/keyboard/mouse etc?

 

[theleg]

Nope, just the machine. He has everything else from his old machine

 

[Quartz]

Have had instructions from his parents to find him a prebuilt system with a budget of around 2k but some wiggle room if need be.

I know you've said that this doesn't need to include keyboard, mouse, and monitor, but what about other peripherals like a steering wheel or headset?

Is a small system to be preferred? IOW is maternal approval an issue?

Build it with him, he’ll think you’re a wizard and when you press that button and it lights up he’ll be so happy.

This. Pre-load Windows on the M.2 drive; no one wants to go through the Windows Update cycle.

 

[Gray2233]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £379.99
• 1 x Aorus Gigabyte RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-008-GI) = £119.94
• 1 x Corsair RMe Series RM850e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020263-UK) (SKU: CA-27N-CS) = £124.99
• 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58G-WD) = £107.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 7900 XTX AORUS ELITE 24GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1FX-GI) = £959.99
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool II Mesh C RGB Midi-Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-79S-LL) = £109.99
• 1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer II A-RGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm (SKU: HS-07R-AR) = £109.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K1-AS) = £140.00

Total: £2,052.88 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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If you decide to build this isn't a bad setup.

I've intentionally went a bit blingy, you could save a fair chunk of money by not going for rainbow vomit everywhere, but I'm guessing your nephew will be into that sort of thing.

I'd measure up the case to make sure that the AIO and GPU will fit, I haven't had a chance to check. You could swap the 7900XTX out for a 4080 for a bit more if you favour Nvidia, especially if you cut back on the RGB/HSF etc to save some cash.

TBH I'd personally go for a Thermalright Peerless Assassin over an AIO.

 

[Quartz]

An ITX build:



My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x MSI MPG B650I Edge WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 Mini ITX Motherboard (SKU: MB-374-MS) = £249.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £379.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT Pulse 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-3A7-SP) = £799.99
• 1 x Corsair RMe Series RM850e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020263-UK) (SKU: CA-27N-CS) = £124.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (FF4D532G6000HC30DC01) (SKU: MY-0B6-TG) = £119.99
• 1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3 (SKU: HD-58F-WD) = £62.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P200 Air Mini-ITX Case, Tempered Glass - Black (SKU: CA-0AM-PT) = £64.99
• 1 x DeepCool ASSASSIN IV 140mm Fan CPU Cooler - Black (SKU: COO-DEC-00793) = £84.95

Total: £1,887.84 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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[Tetras]

Nephew is getting more into PCs, thank god. Have had instructions from his parents to find him a prebuilt system with a budget of around 2k but some wiggle room if need be.

He's huge into GTAV but is getting more and more into gaming so we want something that can handle things well and last a bit into the future.

What would we be best looking at for around that price on OcUK?

For GTA V and a starter PC, this would do:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x OcUK Gaming Hawk - AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Radeon RX 7600 Gaming PC (SKU: FS-1FB-OG) = £1,024.98
  • Case: 1 x Aerocool Glider Cosmo Midi Tower Tempered Glass - Black
  • Processor: 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
  • Graphics: 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7600 Pulse Gaming 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
  • Memory: 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey
  • M.2 Solid State Drive: 1 x WD Blue SN570 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3B0C)
  • Operating System: 1 x Build Stock Microsoft Windows 11 Home Advanced - Systems

Total: £1,032.97 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

A 12700 and 4070 would be a step above.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x OcUK Gaming Karambit - Intel Core i7 12700F GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Gaming PC (SKU: FS-1F6-OG) = £1,735.03
  • Case: 1 x Lian Li Lancool 205M Mesh Micro-ATX PC Case Black
  • Memory: 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey
  • Graphics Card: 1 x Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card
  • Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (Pr: 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E)
  • 2.5" Solid State Drive: 1 x Samsung 2TB 870 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-77E2T0B/EU)
  • Operating System: 1 x Build Stock Microsoft Windows 11 Home Advanced - Systems

Total: £1,743.02 (includes delivery: £7.99)​