Cheap Gaming PC

[272BHP]

Can anyone recommend a cheap minimal spec pc for running Fortnite?

My son wants a gaming pc for basic homework and (mainly i suspect) running Fortnite. Thing is he already has an Xbox one so I am not sure what improvement a basic pc would be for him on the games side of things. Surely he would not notice an upgrade in graphics unless he gets a decently specced Graphics card?

Looking at about 500-600 quid?

[Donbot]

I haven't played Fortnite, but if this is accurate the specs don't need to be high https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/require...

A quick look on ebuyer turns up PCs with 1050 cards https://www.ebuyer.com/797345-pc-specialist-vanqui...

Graphics cards are really expensive at the moment, so getting something that will be a decent improvement on an xbox one will cost a bit more.

Shop around. There is plenty of choice for your budget.

[Shadow R1]

Stick with the xbox.
You wont gain much if anything with a pc built to that budget.

[The_Jackal]

A PC will require maintenance to keep it running up to speed (temp files, caches, programs running in memory, viruses, malware etc).
An Xbox will just switch on and work and he will have the game running the same speed as everyone else.
Unless you are going to solve his PC problems, it will be more hassle for no actual gain.

[Zad]

Bitcoin mining is really screwing up the GPU market at the moment. I'm hoping that when the new Nvidia chipset drops in a few months, there will be a flood of abused 1070/1080s on the market which will push down the new price. Having said that, GTX7xx and newer are perfectly capable. My GTX670 hardly ever seems to struggle, but then I don't play high polygon FPSs etc.

[Donbot]

Zad said:

Bitcoin mining is really screwing up the GPU market at the moment. I'm hoping that when the new Nvidia chipset drops in a few months, there will be a flood of abused 1070/1080s on the market which will push down the new price. Having said that, GTX7xx and newer are perfectly capable. My GTX670 hardly ever seems to struggle, but then I don't play high polygon FPSs etc.

Yeah, the cost to change is huge at the moment. I'm looking to swap my 960 for a 1060......but not for £250!

[snuffy]

Zad said:

Bitcoin mining is really screwing up the GPU market at the moment. I'm hoping that when the new Nvidia chipset drops in a few months, there will be a flood of abused 1070/1080s on the market which will push down the new price. Having said that, GTX7xx and newer are perfectly capable. My GTX670 hardly ever seems to struggle, but then I don't play high polygon FPSs etc.

I've a GTX 970 and I would upgrade but at current prices I'm leaving it for now. But it drives a QHD monitor just fine so is it really worth it ?

[lukefreeman]

Bit coin mining is dying a death, loads of 1060's cheap on eBay at mo.

With the 11 series cards, I think they'll only drop the expensive 1170/1180's first.

Personally i'd get an i5 2500k, SSD, 8gb of ram and a 9XX card. I bet you can knock that up for less than £300.

[chunder27]

Go on ebuyer, I have bought a few machines on there decent spec for 500 or so quid.

If you buy a monitor, and peripherals separately obviously.

[Zad]

I think I have had 3 or 4 emails from various shops today, telling me their GTX 10x0 prices have just dropped. What a coincidence! I guess they manufacturers are selling off the bulk of their stocks before the 1100 cards arrive.