Hello folks. I'm new to this group, so please be kind, as I can see some people like...

[Tara White]

Hello folks. I'm new to this group, so please be kind, as I can see some people like to make nasty comments. I need some basic, newbie advice please.

My 10 year old son wants a gaming PC for Christmas and I don't know where to start. Should I buy a basic tower and add a graphics card? My budget is £300. Is this unrealistic?

His game of choice is CS Go.

Thank you

 

[Tyler Fordy-Water Ford]

That is somewhat unrealistic, however, there are a bunch of people on Youtube that feature "budget builds." These can help you out quite a bit. Also, it would be a very cool learning experience for yourself and your son to partake in building a PC together. Tons of tutorial videos on Youtube for this as well.

I'm assuming your $404.88 (USD translated) budget also means you'll need to fit a Monitor, Mouse, and Keyboard in too?

 

[Blake Dalenko]

If you can possibly jump up to 500usd it would be great and allow him to play. Other game etc.. At decent settings

But the price your saying its possible

 

[Felix Xia]

how about getting an xbox , add keyboard and mouse, and find something like titanfall. a pc will be expensive ya know.

 

[Andrej Zecevic]

g4560 and gt 1030, fit the rest in the price and you're got to go

 

[Derrick Barnes]

If you make that a solid $500 usd , that will be perfect.

 

[Derrick Barnes]

My 11 year old still plays using an fx6300 and he plays the games he likes. It was just one of my old hand me down pc's.

 

[Emmett Murphy]

Unsure how much your price would be in usd but i bought my first pc for $400 usd and it ran cs go no problem and was running new games on low back in 2014

 

[Daniel Jahnke]

serious im not usually one to say this but if its "only" for csgo -- go to your local walmart and pic out one from there youll thank yourself in the end with the warranty and the simple task in mind--- if its for more higher end game say crysis 3 then you may want to look into building one

 

[Muhammad Abu Qatadah]

Processor : Intel Pentium G4560.

Graphic Card : GT1030 or GTX1050 2GB.

Motherboard : Gigabyte H110M S2 (because Gigabyte is cheaper than the others) .

RAM : 4GB DDR4 .

Power supply unit : any 450 watt and 80+ bronze certified will do.

Casing : Segotep K Series , windowed .

total is 300-350

 

[Omar Nasser]

Buy a HP or Dell used with a Xeon or I5.
Add 8 GB of 10600 ddr3 ram which is dirt cheap and a gtx 1050ti and you have a setup that plays everything at 1080p high settings at around 50 fps.
And you can expect a few hundred fps at csgo

 

[Mike Magwire]

You want a Micro Atx build. 2x4gb sticks of generic ram, a microatx case with inclusive power supply, a 256gb SSD, a 4560, and a used GPU 960/1050ti/1060

 

[Keiyam Keiyam]

If u were close to London I would say go to the weekend computer fairs. They have cheap parts there and u could build a decent one for $300 .

 

[Chris Steezmour-Fussell]

I would shop for a used graphics card, 970 you can find cheap, or even a 960. Intel duo cpu, 8gb ram, cheap ssd if possible, cheap motherboard and case should be under $400 usd, if I remember jayz2cents made a cheap build with a 1050 and a duo for about 400-500$ usd of I remember correctly, check him out on YouTube to get more of the specs

 

[Sean Millham]

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Someone could probably get it cheaper than this, but if you have some time, go on to YouTube and watch a channel called "RandomGamingInHD" and he will give you a better idea of how well lower tiered hardware performs and what will give you the best bang for your buck.

 

[Brooks Michael]

Ibuypower.com, cheap and with a warranty

 

[Lewis McKechnie]

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[Lewis McKechnie]

try gumtree

 

[Rasmus Schrøder]

You dont need a super powerful computer to run csgo so if you want to buy new stuff id say a new!!(Socket AM4) Athlon or a cheap Ryzen 3 and a RX 560 or GTX 1050/1050TI. All of this ofcause depends on where you lve and what you are willing to spend. and then all the ram you can afford after hdd/ssd(recomend ssd).

 

[Dan Panosh]

You won't be able to get a new computer for that price. Unless you have components.
However, Since Ryzen's release, the FX processors have basically dropped like a brick in value. Id recommend looking up some used machines. I have seen some really cheap and good deals with used FX machines.