1080p system for my lad?

[Vidar]

So my lad has just turned 11 and is struggling at school due to add but has really been trying. I've promised him that if he keeps trying I'll get him one of the new consoles when they get released as he's really getting into gaming.

However he's asked if he could maybe have a gaming pc (I'm so proud) so am thinking of building him a 1080p machine. He plays games like No man's sky, the isle, Ark and minecraft etc.

I don't have a set budget in mind but around new console prices would be great if possible. Just wanting best bang for buck we can have fun building together. Won't need monitor or peripherals or OS.

What do you guys recommend?

 

[EsaT]

Certainly will be hard to match consoles in hardware per price.
But at least CPU could be upgraded later when Zen2s or Zen3s are in discount as old models.

First gen/Zen(1) Ryzens would be cheap.
3400G would have better Zen+ architecture and more clocks, but just four cores would be handicap in heavier games.
For mobo Asrock B450(m) Pro4 would be starting level, then MSI B450s.
(Asus and Gigabytes at that price level have garbage VRMs)

 

[Skynet5]

I would consider an msi b450 with 2nd gen processor. Plenty of options in 2 years time to go to a 3600x or better if he saves his pennies.

Get a nice 980ti or 10xx 2nd hand of MM perhaps.

 

[MissChief]

1060 6GB is still a good 1080p card as is an AMD 580. TBH I'd hit up the MM and get an intel 3/4/5 series i5, 16GB Ram and an SSD. If all he wants to do is play Fortnite it'll still run really well.

 

[Joxeon]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £84.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £89.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £68.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0A)= £52.99
• 1 x Kolink Classic Power 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £44.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 580 Red Dragon V2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £159.95

Total: £512.96 (includes shipping: £11.10)


You could likely cut costs or make some upgrades if you looked to used parts on the CPU and Gpu.​

 

[Vidar]

1060 6GB is still a good 1080p card as is an AMD 580. TBH I'd hit up the MM and get an intel 3/4/5 series i5, 16GB Ram and an SSD. If all he wants to do is play Fortnite it'll still run really well.

No playing that ***** here! My nephew went off the deep end playing that and smashed his tv.

Will certainly look on the members market for some good deals but it's good to get ideas on new stuff.

 

[sastusbulbas]

One of my lads has happily rocked those mentioned games with an old Z97 system ising an old i3 cpu, 8gb of memory and a 1050ti.

Another with a G3258, 16gb of memory and an AMD 580.

My personal opinion is get the latest motherboard chipset with best future options and take high spec builds with a pinch of salt as the majority never reach potential or by the time they are fully utilised can be matched by newer cheaper components.

 

[cimurray]

Recently built a machine for my nephew for much the same reasons as you have listed for your son. It comprised:

• MSI B450 Gaming Plus motherboard;
• Ryzen 5 2600 with wraith stealth cooler;
• MSI GTX 1660;
• 16GB RAM (2x8GB) @ 3200; and
• 550W PSU.

This layout provides much more current processing power for both games and any other interests he may develop and also allows a future upgrade path for processor or graphics card updates without needing a new motherboard.

 

[Vidar]

How much was the outlay?

 

[cimurray]

It was about £600 excluding a monitor and windows.

 

[ExoMale]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £169.99
• 1 x Asrock B450M Pro4 (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £70.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLZGD416= £62.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 500GB Vulcan SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £49.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £149.99
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-500 500W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £62.99
• 1 x Silverstone Grandia GD09 Home Theatre Server Case - Black (SST-GD09B)= £74.99

Total: £654.23 (includes shipping: £12.30)​

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[sastusbulbas]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £169.99
• 1 x Asrock B450M Pro4 (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £70.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLZGD416= £62.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 500GB Vulcan SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £49.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £149.99
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-500 500W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £62.99
• 1 x Silverstone Grandia GD09 Home Theatre Server Case - Black (SST-GD09B)= £74.99

Total: £654.23 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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I would ditch that case and look for something a little more conventional with fan filters.

 

[ExoMale]

Could get a different case, I was just putting across a HTPC style to big like a big console, I don’t know where the pc be going obviously