Dont forget the gaming case, I’m using a Fractal Design Meshify C with the smoked glass lid. My next build I’ll pck toj[quote=“suzywong, post:24, topic:13985, full:true”]
The Ryzan looks like a good piece of kit. I tend to stick with what I’m used to; hence my lists.
RGB lighting is partly covered by Fatcat’s photo and a full suite of Razor mouse, mouse mat and keyboard, for that multicoloured “wave flow” lighting, but yes, he’ll need a few LED strips in the case to add to the overall effect (IiRC Corsair do a set for around £50).
And for added ambiance in the gaming room, Phillips HUE multicoloured lights with the app on the PC that changes the colour of the HUE to reflect the overall colour on the game screen - I kid you not, these things are for real…Daughter 2 has one…(et moi aussi )
I did think about water cooling. Never tried it myself, I use a bl00dy great finned & fanned cooler.
Also, I do not overclock like the really serious pro gamers (hence my comments about Dons grandson not yet being a Pro).
I bet that, by now, Don is wishing the lad had asked for a PS5!
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A serious gamer would need a desktop, definitely a separate video/sound card. If a PC, then at least a newer I7 processor, 64g of Ram, a 500 gig SSD, a gamer’s backlit KB (like a Steelseries).
You could actually buy the parts and put it together for not that much money.
I just bought a 500 gig SSD for my NAS, for $80 cad all in, so the parts aren’t that expensive.
There are reputable custom PC gaming builders in the US if you don’t want to build your own, these companies build your gaming PC to the specs you want and sometimes cost just little more than if you build one yourself:
Origin PC
MainGear
Digital Storm
Falcon Northwest ($$$$)
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Of ourse, I agree. But if one knows a bit about computers, and putting things together, it can be done a lot cheaper.
You can pick up a used computer, and with a little research, just add the bits that you require.
But it’s definitely easier the way you’re recommending.
Don, since in you’re in the UK, perhaps give a ring to Chillblast or Overclockers (google their sites) , both look to be reputable PC builders in the UK, though I have no experience with them.
Yeah - been there, done that. But it seemed the op would be best served going down that route. And I’m not sure how much you would really save + the aggrevation… unless the kiddo wanted the parts and would build it themselves. Then the buy the parts would make sense / but for entirely different reasons than to save money.
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