shmmeee
Well-Known Member
Looking to get my 7 year old a desktop PC for Christmas. She’s asked for one for stuff like Sims, Fortnite, Roblox, but will probably want to get better games in future. I want her to move off the iPad and onto a proper computer for the educational value.
I’ve not built a PC in well over 15 years having been a Mac user or using work laptops. So while I know my way around, I have no idea what the current state of the market is.
I know we’ve got some PC gamers on here Can someone point me in the right direction for some components?
Requirements:
- Cheap as possible without compromising on expandability
- Some level of future proofing
- Enough to play basic games and get the full PC experience in case she wants to dabble in basic video editing or programming. Or at least where if she wants to do something more I’m just replacing a component not rebuilding the entire machine
Plan is to wall mount the components without a case or a transparent case and get flashy LED fans and cables and all that jazz to make the build interesting. But no idea where to start on the important bits like cpu/gpu/motherboard.
I’ve not built a PC in well over 15 years having been a Mac user or using work laptops. So while I know my way around, I have no idea what the current state of the market is.
I know we’ve got some PC gamers on here Can someone point me in the right direction for some components?
Requirements:
- Cheap as possible without compromising on expandability
- Some level of future proofing
- Enough to play basic games and get the full PC experience in case she wants to dabble in basic video editing or programming. Or at least where if she wants to do something more I’m just replacing a component not rebuilding the entire machine
Plan is to wall mount the components without a case or a transparent case and get flashy LED fans and cables and all that jazz to make the build interesting. But no idea where to start on the important bits like cpu/gpu/motherboard.