Sorry - another gaming PC thread! - £1k budget

[MrBig]

New PC time for my 11 year old. Needs to play Minecraft, Fortnite and Fall Guys. He is also into coding, and doing some 3D modelling with Krita and Blender, but these all seem to run ok on his current machine so can’t see it being an issue.

This is looking favourable at the moment:
https://www.cclonline.com/pc/gaming-pcs/delta/hori...

Anyone have any experience with CCL or able to offer any suggestions for alternatives please?

Thanks.

[Luke.]

Check out Scan. Can't fault the gaming PC I got for my son in March. £850 and great spec.

Now £799...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SCAN-Argen-Gaming-PC-Wind...

[CacheMonet]

it would be helpful to know the current specs of the machine if Krita and Blender run ok, as an RTX 4070 seems like overkill for the games you listed.

But hey, if its worth killing, its worth overkilling!

If you're after something that high spec, why not build your own? Your son clearly sounds like he is no stranger to technology and its a great learning experience.

[130R]

CacheMonet said:

it would be helpful to know the current specs of the machine if Krita and Blender run ok, as an RTX 4070 seems like overkill for the games you listed.

But hey, if its worth killing, its worth overkilling!

There's no such thing as overkill for 3D rendering really. The more powerful the GPU the shorter your render times will be. The more VRAM you have the more stuff you can have in your scene.

[mmm-five]

Depending on the current build, it may even be possible to just upgrade the GPU if that's the bottleneck...and will mean you can put a lot more into that one component rather than trying to fit new 'everything' into the same budget.

[MrBig]

Right, took the general advice on here and we self built. We are nearing completion now but I have a couple of questions please:

Motherboard (MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI DDR4 Intel) has 2 CPU power sockets. CPU1 is plugged in fine but the keys on the other plug don’t exactly match the socket on the board, but it will fit. Do I plug it in or leave it out?




Also, the RGB LED controller has 2 leads, one is a small 3/4 pin plug which goes onto the motherboard… sorted, but it also has a SATA lead. Is this for power? If so does it plug into the PSU? Or the motherboard somewhere?

Apologies for the dumb questions. Last time I built a PC it was a 486