gaming pc on a tight budget

squizz11 · 16 June 2017 at 10:42PM

my fourteen year old wants a gaming pc, he has been saving for a while and has about 400 though we can add to it if nescessary about 100. we dont need a moniter and a cheap key board is fine. we just need a good mouse with it
he wants a desktop not a laptop
main game he plays is league of legends recommended specs are
3 GHz processor
2 GB of RAM (4 GB of RAM for Windows Vista and higher)
12 GB available hard disk space
Nvidia GeForce 8800/AMD Radeon HD 5670 or equivalent video card (Dedicated GPU with 512MB or higher Video Memory(VRAM))
Support for DirectX v9.0c or better.
Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 with the latest service pack installed
The latest update to .NET Framework from Microsoft
The latest version of Adobe AIR is required to connect to PVP.net. Adobe AIR is included with all League of Legends setup files, but can also be downloaded from Adobe's website.

is this totally unobtainable on his budget or is it doable

thank you in advance

angryparcel · 16 June 2017 at 11:08PM

squizz11 wrote: »

my fourteen year old wants a gaming pc, he has been saving for a while and has about 400 though we can add to it if nescessary about 100. we dont need a moniter and a cheap key board is fine. we just need a good mouse with it
he wants a desktop not a laptop
main game he plays is league of legends recommended specs are
3 GHz processor
2 GB of RAM (4 GB of RAM for Windows Vista and higher)
12 GB available hard disk space
Nvidia GeForce 8800/AMD Radeon HD 5670 or equivalent video card (Dedicated GPU with 512MB or higher Video Memory(VRAM))
Support for DirectX v9.0c or better.
Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 with the latest service pack installed
The latest update to .NET Framework from Microsoft
The latest version of Adobe AIR is required to connect to PVP.net. Adobe AIR is included with all League of Legends setup files, but can also be downloaded from Adobe's website.

is this totally unobtainable on his budget or is it doable

thank you in advance

have a look at https://www.palicomp.co.uk/AMD-Kaveri-400-Gamer-AMD1 he can configure this to add the graphics card he wants

Cisco001 · 17 June 2017 at 8:08AM

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/StormForce-Core-i5-6400-Quad-Core-Gaming-PC-8GB-1TB-HDD-GTX-950-WiFi-Win10-/263003121003?hash=item3d3c35256b:g:8pgAAOSwSlBYrwXO

Cisco001 · 17 June 2017 at 8:10AM

angryparcel wrote: »

have a look at https://www.palicomp.co.uk/AMD-Kaveri-400-Gamer-AMD1 he can configure this to add the graphics card he wants

are you kidding? recommend something with FM2 socket?

Cisco001 · 17 June 2017 at 8:39AM

this is cheaper, but review not good
http://www.ebuyer.com/764291-asus-g11cb-gaming-pc-g11cb-uk010t

or used pc on ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/gaming-pc-i5-gtx-960-/322549089530?hash=item4b196c84fa:g:xp0AAOSw03lY68cY

GT60 · 17 June 2017 at 3:16PM

Or an X box 1
this is what my son has

and for a gold live thing go to CDkeys .com as they are the cheapest and have some good offers on

angryparcel · 17 June 2017 at 3:32PM

Cisco001 wrote: »

are you kidding? recommend something with FM2 socket?

they have plenty more and if you look you can configure them

ruperts · 17 June 2017 at 4:12PM

The lower end gaming PC's from custom builders like pcspecialist, novatech, chillblast etc usually start around the £500 mark and easily cover those required specs, so yes I'd say it's very doable. It'd probably be wise to manage his expectations when it comes to the PC's ability to play the latest games though.

squizz11 · 17 June 2017 at 8:54PM

thanks for all the help, at the moment all he really does is the internet and league of legends. he is autistic so tends to stick to what he knows. we can always upgrade the components in a couple of years if he needs more

esuhl · 17 June 2017 at 11:15PM

squizz11 wrote: »

my fourteen year old wants a gaming pc...

3 GHz processor
2 GB of RAM (4 GB of RAM for Windows Vista and higher)
...
Nvidia GeForce 8800/AMD Radeon HD 5670 or equivalent video card

I don't normally reply to these "which PC should I buy" questions as I don't keep up with these things. Buuut...

The system requirements you've listed are really quite basic. If you went into a shop and asked for a "gaming PC", anything they'd offer would probably be overkill for what you need. And cost a lot more than £400 or £500!

Of course, it's worth getting a "fast" machine (so it's not irritating to use), and providing for a bit of "future-proofing". But the nVidia GeForce 8800 is quite old, so any half-decent (or even quarter-decent!) card will do. And only 4GB RAM is probably the lowest that you'll see any mainstream PC being sold with.

I randomly plucked this from the Scan website, and it should be much faster than you need, but it blows your max. £500 budget:

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/scan-gamer-nanu-intel-pentium-g4560-kaby-lake-8gb-ddr4-2gb-evga-gtx-1050-1tb-hdd-win-10

I've had a quick look at a few cheaper PCs, but it seems that spending a bit less gets you significantly less performance. But I only looked for a few minutes.

Dunno what the "experts" here think of that Scan PC...?

esuhl · 18 June 2017 at 12:03AM

This one might be a better match at £437.40.

http://www.budgetcomputers.biz/intel-i3-6300-gaming-pc-2-gb-gt-730-graphic-card-1tbhdd-cheap-computer.html

3.8GHz Intel i3 CPU
8GB 1600MHz RAM
ASUS 2GB GEF GT 730 SILENT GDDR3 (graphics card)

The graphics card is basic, but exceeds your requirements. Here are some comments of it in a review:

Truly, the card isn’t made for intense gaming, and one might think that we should be thankful enough that we could even play MOBA games on it, even at 2560 x 1440 by a stretch at League of Legends.

https://www.techporn.ph/asus-geforce-gt-730-silent-graphics-card-review/

So, it looks like it will cope with League of Legends in ultra-high resolution (beyond the capabilities of your monitor unless you have an expensive new one).

If, like me, you're left wondering what "MOBA games" are:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplayer_online_battle_arena

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