Starter PC

[EdOrange]

Budget (including currency): ~500 GBP

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, Fortnite, whatever the kids play these days.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Full thing will be from scratch no existing parts, i wouldn't have thought no more than 1080 res.

 

Hi all, a colleague asked me for some advise on a PC for their child. They are not very computer literate and may need some hand holding during the buying process etc. I am thinking a prebuilt with on board graphics and then looking for a used GPU would be a reasonable (and budget friendly) option. They are of the mindset that so long as what they get does what they want, the above games, and maybe some art would be a good start. My own machine is nothing amazing but I'm sure it could run most of what is needed (R5 4500, 32gb, GTX 960(maybe not)). Am I way off the mark? or could something be had for less than 500 GBP that would suit? I'm asssuming a 1070 or 1660 would be needed, maybe more?

 

Apologies for the vague information but I don't play anything you'd consider modern, so a little out of my depth.

 

Cheers

[Hinjima]

26 minutes ago, EdOrange said:

Budget (including currency): ~500 GBP

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, Fortnite, whatever the kids play these days.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Full thing will be from scratch no existing parts, i wouldn't have thought no more than 1080 res.

 

Hi all, a colleague asked me for some advise on a PC for their child. They are not very computer literate and may need some hand holding during the buying process etc. I am thinking a prebuilt with on board graphics and then looking for a used GPU would be a reasonable (and budget friendly) option. They are of the mindset that so long as what they get does what they want, the above games, and maybe some art would be a good start. My own machine is nothing amazing but I'm sure it could run most of what is needed (R5 4500, 32gb, GTX 960(maybe not)). Am I way off the mark? or could something be had for less than 500 GBP that would suit? I'm asssuming a 1070 or 1660 would be needed, maybe more?

 

Apologies for the vague information but I don't play anything you'd consider modern, so a little out of my depth.

 

Cheers

its very hard to find anything decent at 500 bucks.  This system here  for 600 bucks is a very good 1080p machine and will do 1080p gaming very well, even in more demanding titles so the kids can start playing 'cough, better games'' later if they want
https://www.box.co.uk/G15DK-R5600X180T-ASUS-ROG-Strix-G15-AMD-Ryzen-5-5600X-GTX_4084758.html

[PC HEROES]

46 minutes ago, EdOrange said:

Budget (including currency): ~500 GBP

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, Fortnite, whatever the kids play these days.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Full thing will be from scratch no existing parts, i wouldn't have thought no more than 1080 res.

 

Hi all, a colleague asked me for some advise on a PC for their child. They are not very computer literate and may need some hand holding during the buying process etc. I am thinking a prebuilt with on board graphics and then looking for a used GPU would be a reasonable (and budget friendly) option. They are of the mindset that so long as what they get does what they want, the above games, and maybe some art would be a good start. My own machine is nothing amazing but I'm sure it could run most of what is needed (R5 4500, 32gb, GTX 960(maybe not)). Am I way off the mark? or could something be had for less than 500 GBP that would suit? I'm asssuming a 1070 or 1660 would be needed, maybe more?

 

Apologies for the vague information but I don't play anything you'd consider modern, so a little out of my depth.

 

Cheers

Hello, I can help here.

 

I was able to put together a PC Build List for you that has all new parts and will play most games. All the parts are new so they all have warranties.

 

I have been building PCs for 30 years so if you have any questions please ask.

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9XbcCd

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£89.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B450M-A PRO MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£53.47 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial P3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Video Card  (£181.73 @ NeoComputers)
Case: Zalman S2 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.25 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500 BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £481.90

[EdOrange]

Thanks a lot for your help with this :)