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My 13yo is man keen on Fortnite and is saving up to buy a gaming PC to replace his xbox
He seems to think £700-800 will do it and plans to build it himself(!)

Has anyone experience of this? Is his ball park figure realistic? Any tips?
 


You can spend less to play Fortnight at ridiculous levels.

I recently got this as my WFH PC (same reason, the kids play fortnight and that and I want my Xbox back) and I'm genuinely impressed with it, been playing GTA V and Skyrim on high graphics with no issues whatsoever - PC SPECIALIST Tornado R3 Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 3, GTX 1650, 1 TB HDD & 256 GB SSD

I know you can get stuff for cheaper but I'm too lazy to build it myself / shop around and I'm impatient. It's also worth noting that back in the day building it yourself made a huge diference to the price but that gap is smaller than ever before.

PS - I do not work for Currys
 
WHO WAS PHONE said:
You can spend less to play Fortnight at ridiculous levels.

I recently got this as my WFH PC (same reason, the kids play fortnight and that and I want my Xbox back) and I'm genuinely impressed with it, been playing GTA V and Skyrim on high graphics with no issues whatsoever - PC SPECIALIST Tornado R3 Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 3, GTX 1650, 1 TB HDD & 256 GB SSD

I know you can get stuff for cheaper but I'm too lazy to build it myself / shop around and I'm impatient. It's also worth noting that back in the day building it yourself made a huge diference to the price but that gap is smaller than ever before.

PS - I do not work for Currys
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Can't go wrong with PCspecialist built PCs like. Can buy direct from them and customise the full build.

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You can probably get a comprable priced pc pre built, maybe even cheaper these days but building it is half the fun and would be a great learning experience for him i think.
 
paying £650 to play fortnite now, in 6 months he might want to play something else and that will struggle to run it.

Pretty weak system to be honest, can build allot better spec for similar money.

Processor wise for gaming you want at least a ryzen 3600, b450mb

Its a good time to build or buy a computer to be honest, nvidia have just unveiled their new generation of graphics cards so old stock is being sold off, amd have a new generation of CPU and GPU coming out also.

There has been a shortage of power supplies recently, they seem to be in fairly limited supply and increased in price.

Keep an eye on hot uk deals


This is a bargain CPU and motherboard
www.awd-it.co.uk

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz, Asus TUF B450M-PLUS GAMING Motherboard CPU Bundle

**THIS BUNDLES STARTS WITH NO COOLER- PLEASE CHOOSE FROM THE OPTIONS** AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4 2GHz Asus TUF B450M-PLUS GAMING Motherboard CPU Bundle Assembled and tested by our technical team the CPU cooler motherboard and memory are assembled with BIOS settings configured ready to be
www.awd-it.co.uk www.awd-it.co.uk

There are plenty of youtube tutorials showing you how to put them together yourself if you decide to go down that route.

This is allot higher spec for £840
www.awd-it.co.uk

AWD MB520 ARGB Ryzen 7 2700X Nvidia GTX 1660 Super 16GB RAM Desktop PC

Ryzen PC by AWD-IT - AWD MB520 ARGB Ryzen 7 2700X Nvidia GTX 1660 Super 16GB RAM Desktop Gaming PC
www.awd-it.co.uk www.awd-it.co.uk

Would play top end games and get some good longetivity.
you can buy a windows key from ebay that will save you a fair few quid, just look for a seller that has sold a decent volume and has feedback.
 
TopCat said:
My 13yo is man keen on Fortnite and is saving up to buy a gaming PC to replace his xbox
He seems to think £700-800 will do it and plans to build it himself(!)

Has anyone experience of this? Is his ball park figure realistic? Any tips?
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With gpu it's better but more expensive.
www.awd-it.co.uk

AWD Fortnite 2300X Quad Core 4.0GHz RX 570 4GB RGB Desktop PC For Gaming

FORTNITE Ryzen PC by AWD-IT - AWD Fortnite 2300X Quad Core 4.0GHz RX 570 4GB RGB Desktop PC For Gaming
www.awd-it.co.uk www.awd-it.co.uk

No gpu so cheaper but will still run a lot of games to a decent level.
www.awd-it.co.uk

AWD Seven AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 4.0Ghz Quad Core PC For Gaming

This Radeon Vega 8 Quad Core gaming home PC system is ideal for a range of different games including, League of Legends & Minecraft. Prebuilt ready for use!
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I'd upgrade the ram in both of those to 16gb at 3200mhz
 
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With gpu it's better but more expensive.
www.awd-it.co.uk

AWD Fortnite 2300X Quad Core 4.0GHz RX 570 4GB RGB Desktop PC For Gaming

FORTNITE Ryzen PC by AWD-IT - AWD Fortnite 2300X Quad Core 4.0GHz RX 570 4GB RGB Desktop PC For Gaming
www.awd-it.co.uk www.awd-it.co.uk

No gpu so cheaper but will still run a lot of games to a decent level.
www.awd-it.co.uk

AWD Seven AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 4.0Ghz Quad Core PC For Gaming

This Radeon Vega 8 Quad Core gaming home PC system is ideal for a range of different games including, League of Legends & Minecraft. Prebuilt ready for use!
www.awd-it.co.uk www.awd-it.co.uk
I'd upgrade the ram in both of those to 16gb at 3200mhz
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Check the PSUs in them deals before buying mate
 
I was building PCs by that age. Its a good idea, yeah.

One thing about self-built PCs is that they're usually far more upgradeable, so have a longer life.
 
PTR said:
I was building PCs by that age. Its a good idea, yeah.

One thing about self-built PCs is that they're usually far more upgradeable, so have a longer life.
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not just that, learning what is going on is not bad knowledge to have. I built my first on under supervision at about that age.
 
WHO WAS PHONE said:
You can spend less to play Fortnight at ridiculous levels.

I recently got this as my WFH PC (same reason, the kids play fortnight and that and I want my Xbox back) and I'm genuinely impressed with it, been playing GTA V and Skyrim on high graphics with no issues whatsoever - PC SPECIALIST Tornado R3 Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 3, GTX 1650, 1 TB HDD & 256 GB SSD
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I've got serious bad history with PCSpecialist builds.

Bought a £2k rig on finance, GPU card wasn't fitted in properly, USB ports wasn't fitted properly. Told them to rip up the contract and hand me deposit back.
 
WHO WAS PHONE said:
Mine seems to be fine.
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Experience was horrendous like. Spending that much money and didn't even connect the USB ports and card, and they had the cheek to deny any responsibility.

The big firms have a notorious reputation of using 2nd hand parts to cut costs too. I've always used Scan for my pc parts so I went back to them, they sponsor esports tournaments which is a +1
 
coyneeee said:
Experience was horrendous like. Spending that much money and didn't even connect the USB ports and card, and they had the cheek to deny any responsibility.

The big firms have a notorious reputation of using 2nd hand parts to cut costs too. I've always used Scan for my pc parts so I went back to them, they sponsor esports tournaments which is a +1
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Scan are well dodgy buyer beware.

I bought the insurance for a motherboard just because its probably the most fragile part after the CPU. Unboxed it, fitted it and it didnt work. Sent it back and they tried to say Id scratched it and water damaged it. Because I paid for the insurance they replaced it but if I hadnt I reckon it would have been a long drawn out process.

Falcon may not be the cheapest but the lads in there are spot on, never had any issues.
 

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