Gaming PC?

[americangal]

Originally Posted by Rac20

You are correct. I’m not really wanting to spend that much as it is just so he can play his flight simulator game for which he has flight controls for a pc. He’s only 12 and all his friends are on Xbox so he plays fifa against them etc. What I’m trying to say is, I don’t really want to spend £600+ for him to play one game.

He loves planes and has always dreamed of being able to fly so I think he was upset that the old pc was so slow as it affected the quality of his experience which is why he asked for a gaming pc for Christmas.

I guess what I really want to know is whether a normal, brand new pc would be ok?

Thanks everyone for your help so far.👍

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In my opinion and from personal experience as both my boys play flight sim with a joystick yes a decent modern desktop ideally or laptop as mine have used laptops will be fine for now and will save you a good £200 compared to a dedicated gaming one.

Mine play far more advanced games than flight sim on their laptops

[papamouse]

Originally Posted by JediMuM

hi
my 2 boys have been pc gamers for the last 8 years and as a mam im getting pretty clued up now lol ..
one son is getting a new tower for Christmas and that alone is costing £3400 without monitors keyboards or mouse .. his last one was £1600 and the one befpre that a bit cheaper ..
so guess im saying get ready to start getting some big bills as they get older lol

seriously we always go to a local store and they custom build them for him ... this years is an extream gaming set up but I know they start there normal gaming ones from around £700ish and they are good .. defo worth going somewhere like this rather than PC world.
lisa x

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Have you every thought about adoption, Mummy?

[Rac20]

Originally Posted by americangal

In my opinion and from personal experience as both my boys play flight sim with a joystick yes a decent modern desktop ideally or laptop as mine have used laptops will be fine for now and will save you a good £200 compared to a dedicated gaming one.

Mine play far more advanced games than flight sim on their laptops

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I’ve had a look at the spec of the game and it does look pretty basic so I think you will probably be right.

[jas72]

Hi Please do not buy from PC world they won't give you a good PC they will overcharge and will probably not give you a decent graphics card.

I 2nd using overclockers.co.uk build quality of my dad's workstation was great and the price is competitive while not being the cheapest they won't put any old rubbish in their PCs.

They have great range or you can compose your own for your budget.

I have MS flight sim X and it uses more CPU power than graphics card power so the faster your CPU the better.

[jas72]

Originally Posted by papamouse

Have you every thought about adoption, Mummy?

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Hey I saw her first get in line PM

[papamouse]

Originally Posted by jas72

Hey I saw her first get in line PM

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alrite bruv

[Rac20]

Originally Posted by jas72

Hi Please do not buy from PC world they won't give you a good PC they will overcharge and will probably not give you a decent graphics card.

I 2nd using overclockers.co.uk build quality of my dad's workstation was great and the price is competitive while not being the cheapest they won't put any old rubbish in their PCs.

They have great range or you can compose your own for your budget.

I have MS flight sim X and it uses more CPU power than graphics card power so the faster your CPU the better.

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Thank you. That's really useful to know.

[keith1973]

Originally Posted by americangal

That’s good advice if going for a dedicated gaming system assuming she wants to spend that much but at the moment we don’t know how old he is and the op did state that they didn’t want to spend a small fortune on one for one game, although will no doubt progress to other games.

We live a few mins awa6 from overclockers and they are fantastic and agree of going for a dedicated gaming route they are the better choice than PC World if you prepared to spend the money on the gaming route.

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To be honest that’s the minimum I’d spend on any PC I plan to play games on

[fl-veteran]

Originally Posted by Rac20

Yes, I think it is that. That’s what I was thinking. I mean the one he is playing it on is really old and the game does lag. Probably a new pc would work just as well.

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To be honest any modern PC should be able to run that so my consideration would be is it likely to be used for anything other games.

If yes then go for a dedicated gaming PC. It's worth noting that if you get a non-gaming desktop you can upgrade the graphics card later on if you change your mind.