I got my gaming youngest one of these recently and he loves it, not cheap mind.
i7, 16G RAM, 0.5T SSD
We have desktops, the kids enjoyed building them. When I upgrade the parts filter to the boys, or more likely these days I get the eldest’s cast offs.
This is important. I’d get a clear list of what games he wants to play, and at what quality, to work out the hardware requirement. If he can’t come up with that, don’t buy him anything!
Exactly, for things like fortnight you don’t need a lot. The 1050ti manages most things though even with decent settings in 1080p.
For higher resolutions or VR the requirements are much steeper.
Obviously still need a monitor.
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Just get a PS4 Pro and a quality monitor. PC gaming is a bottomless pit of graphics card expense and modding faff.
It will make the coffee and car washing threads look sane.
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https://www.bargainhardware.co.uk/refurbished-workstations
These people are very good, and a lot of the workstations have options for trick graphics cards and fast ram
I have several HP z series from them and they have been great
Defo refurb is the way to go for PCs, ex corp desktops and will usually come with a legit licence.
Avoid all laptops IMHO, tablets if you need portability as they last much better. People use laptops with the battery inserted when on mains power, this kills battery life.
so much this
taught my lad to build PCs he only comes to me when there is fault diagnosis required, he knows PSU first, CPU cooling 2nd and that you get what to pay for
IMHO the screen on the Gumtree ad looks too small
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Another thing to consider is that if he currently plays games online against his mates on the PS4 he might not be able to do so on a PC as the servers may not be cross platform.