I know absolutely nothing about computers. Especially gaming computers. My 8 year old boy wants a gaming pc for his birthday. I found this bundle on Amazon. Would this be good enough for him to play Fortnite and Roblox?
I know absolutely nothing about computers. Especially gaming computers. My 8 year old boy wants a gaming pc for his birthday. I found this bundle on Amazon. Would this be good enough for him to play Fortnite and Roblox?
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Hell no that is ASS, they are selling you major e-waste.
For that money get him a console or youre gonna need 800ish for a basic 1080p decent PC, for 499 youre not getting a gaming pc.
Get him a ps5 instead, more control over content as well
If that’s your budget I’d consider a console. Depending on where you are you might be able to find a descent used pc on marketplace for that price
This isn’t terrible, if your budget is higher go for something better but this is good for its price, especially with a 27in monitor. Only go with the 1030 for the gpu tho. I used to use a 730 and it can barely run games anymore, the 1030 is better.
Please do not buy any of those configurations
I’d say avoid, it doesn’t say which i7 for a start, most likely an older gen model which means older ram, that gpu (and the others) are basically display adapters, you can game on them but it’s a miserable experience, if you really want a pc I’d suggest looking at used gaming pc’s on local selling sites (although they can be massively overpriced, any queries about specs you can always post here and other pc subs) or watch some yt vids and learn how to build one yourself, there’s plenty of tutorials and guides for budget builds, you may have to buy used to stay within a budget but there’s plenty of decent hardware that can run the games you’ve said (Roblox basically runs on anything, Fortnite is abit more taxing but not very), there also the console option that others have suggested which is a easier option (it’s what I did for my son, Xbox series s is sooo much cheaper and with game pass there’s a ton to play for a monthly subscription) this pc is currently outdated and as your son grows his gaming interests will become more intensive (system wise) and then you’ll/he will want upgrade’s, with it being a dell office pc (looks sff) you’ll struggle with proprietary connections, proprietary motherboard size and also the type of gpu (if you want a better one later) you can fit in the case, which will all boil down to a whole new rig, seems like a rant but I’m just trying to save you future hassle lol hope you find what your looking for and good luck
This is NOT a Gaming PC…
DO NOT BUY!!!!!
Repeat…
This is NOT a Gaming PC…
DO NOT BUY!!!!!
My brother just bought one of these without consulting with me. No you do not want to be stuck with one of these, they slap lipstick on an old business desktop and call it a gaming pc