Computer Related > Help for daughter - new PC Computing Issues
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 Help for daughter - new PC - tyrednemotional
...Z's obviously dropped you some detail, so I'll refrain from going in deep, but given the Amazon starting point you put forward, you could build/have built a well-spec'ed but not leading-edge m/c for around the £650 range.

That assumes you don't want top-end gaming (the Ryzen 5 5600G has remarkably capable integrated graphics that will easily game at low to medium level, which means that it is also more than adequate for general-purpose computing).

Some of the pricing is informed by the fact I built my S-i-L an AMD-based m/c a couple of months ago.

mATX Case to suit.
400W (say) decent power supply.
AM4 B450 mATX motherboard (of reputable make).
Ryzen 5 5600G processor with integrated graphics.
2x8GB DDR4 memory (for dual-channel performance)
512GB nVME SSD
Wifi-Card
Win10 Licence and install media

For good quality components £650-680.

That will be as fast a general-purpose m/c as anyone would want, and WIN11 compatible.
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 Help for daughter - new PC new No FM2R 16 Dec 21 13:37
 Help for daughter - new PC new smokie 16 Dec 21 15:12
 Help for daughter - new PC new Zero 16 Dec 21 16:04
 Help for daughter - new PC new tyrednemotional 16 Dec 21 16:20
 Help for daughter - new PC new Zero 16 Dec 21 17:04
 Help for daughter - new PC new No FM2R 16 Dec 21 17:08
 Help for daughter - new PC new Kevin 16 Dec 21 17:24
 Help for daughter - new PC new tyrednemotional 16 Dec 21 17:41
 Help for daughter - new PC new No FM2R 16 Dec 21 17:46
 Help for daughter - new PC new Zero 16 Dec 21 18:24
 Help for daughter - new PC new tyrednemotional 16 Dec 21 18:52
 Help for daughter - new PC new Zero 16 Dec 21 17:52
 Help for daughter - new PC new smokie 16 Dec 21 18:22
 Help for daughter - new PC new zippy 16 Dec 21 17:42
 Help for daughter - new PC new Zero 16 Dec 21 17:45
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