Hi, I'm wanting to buy my 15 yr old son a Gaming PC, but I haven't got a clue what I need to look for. I've seen this which looks good for price £1,299 down to £999 early black friday deal. Please help a clueless mum
Help & Advice please
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You need to be aware that the pre-built options will normally restrict components in the platform such as PSU, motherboard and case which can limit upgrade potential.
The other drawback worth highlighting is
RTX 4060ti 8Gb - This is too low on the VRAM for some modern games which require up to 12Gb at 1080p, so there may be some games where you have to heavily reduce settings to even be able to play.
The idea with a gaming PC is that you replace the GPU a few years down the line when it starts struggling to maintain performance as games and technologies change so rapidly. Even online games like Fortnite go through frequent updates to the graphics engine which increases the baserate of the hardware required. So you'd likely have to replace the PSU as well as GPU at that point (as the PSU will likely be too small), but PCS can do that through their upgrades service if you weren't comfortable doing so yourselves.
All that said though, that is such a good deal, at the budget you won't find anything cheaper, especially including monitor, keyboard and mouse.
I would leap on it if I were you.
Thank you so much for your advice 😊. So if I was to buy this 1, can it be up dated / upgraded?
If it can't what would you recommend? I do need it for him to be able to do his school work aswell as Gaming though. I only know he plays Call of duty and football games not sure on other games he plays.
If it can't what would you recommend? I do need it for him to be able to do his school work aswell as Gaming though. I only know he plays Call of duty and football games not sure on other games he plays.
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As said, you’d likely need to upgrade the PSU when you upgrade the GPU.
To get it comfortable, I’d want to replace the RAM with 2 x 16gb DDR4 3600MHz
Id want a second PCIe 3 NVME drive of 1Tb or above just for games
But that’s all it really needs to get it up to scratch (until GPU upgrade)
PCS have an upgraded service where they can do all that for you if you wanted, or they have an open chassis policy where you can make upgrades yourself without affecting warranty.
They’re an excellent company, and that really is a knockout deal.
I'd like it to last a while, if he would need at least 16gb would this be a little bit better ( see photos) ? I also looked at one at currys this afternoon off top of my head I think it was PC specialist icon 240 1tb £899 that was just the machine no monitor.
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That's a lower spec. That has a 4060 instead of a 4060ti, they both have 8Gb VRAM.
It's the GPU we're talking about, not the RAM.
Arrr right okay. Right I think I'm going to go with the 1st one as you suggested it's better than 2nd one. Just so long as I can get the GPU ( what ever that is ) updated/ upgraded that be great. Thank you so so much for your help & advice much appreciated 😊
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No problem, it would be perfect for a first gaming PC and has some room to grow.