So, my kid has saved for a computer for a good while and has saved up about 19k SEK, which is aboutish 1.9k €.
I have had a Mac since 2008, I don't know much about modern computers. I'm looking into a pre-built computer during this years holiday sales, hoping to spend max 12-13k on the computer and then he'll have something left for keyboard, bluetooth headset, monitor and games.
He's 12 right now and has no concept of graphics or frame rate and so far most of his friends have hand me downs so I think any new computer will be ok in his mind. What I'm looking for is something upgradeable, it does not have to have 32 Gb RAM right now, or the best GPU, but I want to be able for the kid to upgrade it in three years or so if he wants to. So more important with a good motherboard and processor than the best GPU.
So, is this okish?
https://www.webhallen.com/se/product/386209-Webhallen-Config-Core-i5-14400F-RTX-5060-16GB-1TB-Win-11
https://www.webhallen.com/se/product/390071-Webhallen-Config-Core-i5-14400F-RTX-5060-16GB-1TB-Win-11
Or would this more costly one be more bang for the buck?
https://www.webhallen.com/se/product/386212-Webhallen-Config-Core-R5-7500F-RTX-5060Ti-16GB-32GB-2TB-Win-11
I would say they all offer good value for money (with prices being what they are nowadays).
I've had 32 GB RAM or more since 2010, but RAM isn't the amazing fix it once was.
The RTX 5060 will keep quiet and cool and nVidia still are better with drivers than AMD. What I might change, is a 2TB m.2 drive instead.
Just to point out this: The RTX 5060 will not manage 4k/UHD. Which will go a long way towards saving on a monitor. 1080p ones are reasonably cheap.
A minor niggle is the air cooling, I am not up to date on how warm the I5s run nowadays, but air cooling might be a bit noisy.
Thanks. The kid wants a curved screen which seems like a sensible future proof choice. Is that a problem? I was thinking this https://www.webhallen.com/se/product/391493-AOC-CU34G4-34-VA-3440-x-1440-180-Hz-0-5ms-2xHDMI-DP
At that price, it is almost a steal. :)
Excellent, thank you. I'm leaning towards the 15 k one, every component seems better and it has DDR5 RAM instead of DDR4, feels more future proof if he wants to upgrade it with better graphics sometime.
What kind of games does the kid like?
He's just into Fortnite right now, I haven't been able to figure out what kind of other games he likes. He's not into Paradox games unfortunately.