Cassady
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Hello all.
The last time I looked at building a PC, Pentium 4’s were the shizzle, and a 256mb HDD was crazy storage space... As in, DVDs were only just becoming a thing....
Fast forward 30-odd years(?), and I now have a 10 year old son, who has started to realise the limitations of Fortnite on his iPad, and fully expects to be able to start his own YouTube channel soon... You know, coz it’s easy to print money as a YouTuber...
Dodgy parenting aside — please help an old noob: what should I start looking to spend? R10k? More? Anyone have a good place to start as an online resource to start getting me up to speed about what I need to start looking out for, in terms of a modern build? Or should I just walk into a PC store, and buy a pre-configured build?
Oh, and — just too muddy the waters — there is a part of me that is thinking: Just get the new PS5 (when it launches) , and no need to worry about constant updates, malware, viruses, Windows etc etc etc.
Any suggestions for this dad would be highly appreciated!
The last time I looked at building a PC, Pentium 4’s were the shizzle, and a 256mb HDD was crazy storage space... As in, DVDs were only just becoming a thing....
Fast forward 30-odd years(?), and I now have a 10 year old son, who has started to realise the limitations of Fortnite on his iPad, and fully expects to be able to start his own YouTube channel soon... You know, coz it’s easy to print money as a YouTuber...
Dodgy parenting aside — please help an old noob: what should I start looking to spend? R10k? More? Anyone have a good place to start as an online resource to start getting me up to speed about what I need to start looking out for, in terms of a modern build? Or should I just walk into a PC store, and buy a pre-configured build?
Oh, and — just too muddy the waters — there is a part of me that is thinking: Just get the new PS5 (when it launches) , and no need to worry about constant updates, malware, viruses, Windows etc etc etc.
Any suggestions for this dad would be highly appreciated!