PC builders / buyers - some advice please?

TimmyO

My lad has seen this PC and is keen to buy it - I went Mac some years ago so know nowt about whether it is good value for his gaming and esports (CS:GO etc) stuff so if anyone has any thoughts I’d be obliged

cheers

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ADMI-2400MHz-Division-Resident-included/product-reviews/B07PNJKKVM

Jalapeno

Memory seems stingy these days, also SSD isn't very big - otherwise looks gaming ready - check the number of cores, for ~£50 more you could get a 4core or 6 core cpu

TimmyO

Ta

are the memory and storage reasonable for the price of the system? 

What is the processor up from that called do you know? 

fretmeister

Chillblast have got a big sale on at the moment.

Well worth a look - I've had a few of theirs and they've always been good.

Jalapeno

TimmyO said:

Ta

are the memory and storage reasonable for the price of the system? 

What is the processor up from that called do you know? 

Don't know, it isn't clear, it may have 4 cores - it's the name of a cpu range.  It has a monster graphics card, with a lot of memory - so overall hard to say, but I'd expect 16Gb ram, disc is more subjective, but ought to have a 2nd disk (mag or ssd) as it is pretty small

Maynehead

I haven't built a PC in quite a while, although at the time I was an (self-confessed) expert on the matter.

To me the spec seems good for the price. You'd be hard pressed to spend any less if you sourced the parts yourself.

It's not a cutting edge spec, choosing value for money components over best in class, but it's more than enough to handle CS:GO and other modern games at HD resolutions.

I'd say it's a pretty sensible option for a gaming PC.

TimmyO

Thanks guys 

MattBanshee

You will definitely need to budget for an additional 2-4TB HDD. The included SSD is only good for the OS and start-up programmes. I doubt that you'd even fit all three of the included games on it.

TimmyO

Cheers