Good day all,
My son wants a gaming pc, so I have done some research. Being out the game for 15 years... I am lost.
Then you have come to the right place
Evetech has an upgrade kit for R5999. 00 sold out for now.
Evetech upgrade kits are not ideal for two reasons. 1) they tend to put together odd/mismatched combinations of parts; I believe this is because they use the kits to get rid of parts that don't sell well. 2) Evetech has a reputation for not honouring their warranties or only partially honouring them. Search this forum for "Evetech" and you will see people's stories.
From what I have heard AMD have OK on board graphics? I will upgrade this later.
Most AMD processors do not have onboard graphics at all, so they won't work without a graphics card. Only the ones with "G" at the end have onboard graphics, like the 3200G and 3400G. These ones will give fair performance for esports games, and low performance for more demanding games. You can add a GPU later.
I want to add a ssd drive.
Yes this is a good idea. You can have a small SSD, e.g. 240gb, for Windows, then a hard drive for storage.
Games to be played Fortnite, COD.....
The 3200G will run these without a GPU at okay settings.
I don't mind going second hand, but I have trust issues...
Guys like
@Petester or
@Markingbird on the forum put together PCs from mixtures of new and 2nd hand parts. They have a good reputation and will probably help you if something fails. if you want a traditional warranty and want to buy new, you can shop at Wootware, Progenix, AnnihilationPC, PC Express/PC International, Computer Mania, Holland Tech, RockinIT, Rebel Gaming, or similar stores with reputations that are better than Evetech's. You can also message resellers directly on the forum to help you put something together - people like
@Senshi/
@PerformancePCs,
@XtaCy696, and
@PC Rescue all resell directly from suppliers, and with this route you also get the warranty.
He is selling his Nintendo switch and should have about 8K.
8k is enough for a B450 motherboard, 16GB of RAM, a Ryzen 3200G or even 3400G, a 240GB SSD, and a 550W power supply (assuming you don't have one of these). If I were you I wouldn't really go any lower than the above specs when buying a new PC. However, if you go second hand, for the same price you can probably get a motherboard, RAM, CPU and an entry level GPU that will outperform the onboard Ryzen graphics.
Do I just go for the upgrade kit?
Again, even though it looks cheap and simple, I don't think it is a very good value proposition.
