A family friend has asked me to spec a gaming pc for their son's 11th birthday with a monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers for a budget of up to £1000. Back in the day I'd have built it, but I've been out of the loop for a while now and really can't be arsed to support it either, so I'm looking for recommendations. The only guidance I have is: Minimum 1TB Plenty of bling/RGB For playing COD etc. That's it! Any recommendations from those with their ears closer to the ground on current specs/prices? I'd probably aim for a £750 base unit then spend the remainder on the peripherals, but I may be way out!
You're gonna have a rough time going pre-built at that budget with monitor and peripherals. Regardless, I went and pieced this together on pc specialist. It's got a lot of compromises and you'll need to get a windows key and ot came to 1033 quid. Case PCS SPECTRUM G ARGB MID TOWER CASE (PWM) Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i3 Quad Core Processor i3-12100F (3.30GHz) 12MB Cache Motherboard ASUS® PRIME B760-PLUS D4 (LGA1700, PCIe5.0, USB 3.2) Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB) Graphics Card 8GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6600 - HDMI, DP - DX® 12 1st M.2 SSD Drive 1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW) Power Supply CORSAIR 650W CV SERIES™ CV-650 POWER SUPPLY Processor Cooling DeepCool AG400 Performance ARGB CPU Cooler Operating System NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED Monitor IIYAMA G-MASTER G2770HSU-B1 27" Monitor Keyboard PCS GK180 88-Key RGB Backlit Mechanical Keyboard (Red Switch) Mouse CoolerMaster MM310 RGB Gaming Mouse
If you don't mind shopping around and actually building one there's a major step up. You are kinda responsible for maintenance in the future however. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/qf6PbK
I wouldn't be looking at an 8GB GPU or 1080p for a new build. £1000 will comfortably get you a 1440p monitor, 6700XT and a LGA1700 i5 system, but I can't see anything pre-built that is in budget and competitive (assuming you want to leave around £250 for keyboard, mouse and display) - they all tend to have junk level mobos and/or low end GPUs.
That's my problem, I can't support anything they buy due to time constraints etc. Bearing in mind he's only turning 11 I wouldn't expect him to need a cutting edge gaming monster, but it's increasingly hard to find a bundle deal in this day and age...
https://www.awd-it.co.uk/x-air-mesh...2-led-monitor-next-day-gaming-pc-package.html ?? Slap a sensible GPU into it.
https://www.palicomp.co.uk/amd-velocity-fac10 Plenty to upgrade options too £690 Ryzen 5 5600X 6Core 12Thread Asus Prime B550M-K Motherboard Adata D10 16GB (2x8) CL16 3200mhz Ram 1st Player 1x200MM Case Nvidia RTX 3060TI Graphics Card 600W PSU Bronze. Adata 1Tb Legend NVME
https://www.awd-it.co.uk/cit-rampage-rgb-keyboard-mouse-and-headset-combo-kbmscitrampage.html And the rest.. with change left over. I am sure the boy doesn't need £100 keyboards etc
AWD Vampiric V100R Ryzen 5 5500 Six Core 4.2GHz Radeon RX 6750XT 12GB Desktop PC for Gaming (awd-it.co.uk) AWD-IT NEBULA Gaming Bundle 7 Colour LED Keyboard with Pulsing Mouse and Mat Combo Kit Razer Kraken Wired 3.5mm Gaming Headset - Black - RZ04-02830100-R3U1 (awd-it.co.uk) (£841.07 delivered with code SHADOWFRAX auto entered via Microsoft Edge coupons/code jobbler) ViewSonic VA2406-h 23.8" Full HD VA Monitor - VA2406-H | CCL (cclonline.com) (£101.94 delivered) £943.01
