Hi All,
Looking for some advice on a system for my nephew who is turning 11. He would like to play Minecraft, The sims and watches a lot of Youtube.
My budget is max £400 no monitor required, i have an old system lying around and was wondering if this would do the job with some upgrades or would we be better buying a new one.
Specs of the old machine
Thank you for taking the time to read and all suggestions are much appreciated
Looking for some advice on a system for my nephew who is turning 11. He would like to play Minecraft, The sims and watches a lot of Youtube.
My budget is max £400 no monitor required, i have an old system lying around and was wondering if this would do the job with some upgrades or would we be better buying a new one.
Specs of the old machine
Case | COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE |
Processor (CPU) | Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics |
Motherboard | ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX |
Memory (RAM) | 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT) |
Graphics Card | 1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready |
2nd Graphics Card | NONE |
3rd Graphics Card | NONE |
1st Storage Drive | 500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm) |
2nd Storage Drive | NONE |
1st M.2 SSD Drive | NONE |
RAID | NONE |
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive | 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM |
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive | NONE |
External Hard Drive | NONE |
Memory Card Reader | INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT |
Power Supply | CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72) |
Processor Cooling | SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19) |
Sound Card | ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) |
Wireless/Wired Networking | ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs |
USB/Thunderbolt Options | 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD |
Thank you for taking the time to read and all suggestions are much appreciated