what gaming pc for £500

wild_tiger

thanks again for all the help and advice you've given me. his laptop is a small 11 inch hp which can split into a tablet or have the keyboard attached.

the only game he plays on the ps4 is minecraft and that is only once a month. he just watches you tube or play nebulous and agario by himself.

donnajunkie

How can he know if he likes PS4 if he only has one game for it. If I were you I would worry that You could spend a fortune on a PC only for him to lose interest in that 6 months later.

wild_tiger

lots of games for the ps4 but he only plays minecraft

charlietweak

build your own computer will cost less.

Chickabiddybex

"lots of games for the ps4 but he only plays minecraft"

Do you think he will play anything other than Minecraft on the PC? Because if it only needs to be able to run Minecraft then you don't need a powerful gaming PC at all!

These are the requirements: https://help.mojang.com/customer/en/portal/articles/325948-minecraft-system-requirements

You should be able to pick up everything he needs well within your budget if he's only going to use it for Minecraft.

captainbeaker

I agree with the above statements. check out the internet speeds first before spending £500 on a computer, the games you have mentioned should certainly work on a laptop, unless it is short on RAM which can be upgraded.
The gaming pc's above should be more than adequate.

wild_tiger

he doesn't like minecraft, he only plays it to keep his brother happy, he plays games like agario and nebulous daily though and watches a lot of other people playing games on you tube.

no idea where to start with a build your own.

Chickabiddybex

Agario and nebulous will work on any piece of crap machine, honestly just buy him the cheapest PC you can find. You do NOT need a gaming PC

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Chickabiddybex

As a follow up you can get all in one packages from Argos (if you still need it before Xmas)
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/4962395
This can be collected today. But it is NOT a gaming PC so if he wants to play other games that may be more challenging on the machine he won't be able to.

It will play Agario and Nebulous. It won't play games that you buy and put a disc in. (Well it will, but only old ones. But it's Windows 10 and old ones don't tend to be compatible. So let's just say it won't.) You'd probably push it to play Minecraft on low settings. But it will play those mobile games you just play in your browser absolutely fine!

I just played Nebulous on my laptop by visiting this site: http://nebulousgame.com/nebulous-game/
My laptop is definitely not made for gaming. I just looked into Agario some more too. Apparently lag is a common complaint about the game. It's their servers.

wild_tiger

Thanks, will the above work with a gopro camera, just been told my brother has bought him one for Xmas ☺