Recent content by Awkward

This is great information that I just wouldn't have known. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and wisdom, Scott. And thanks to all of you who contributed to this thread; you've guided me brilliantly. If I come back to the forum in the new year, I'll make sure to follow the posting...

Thanks, SpyderTracks. Those are very compelling figures! I'm going to have to get him to wait somehow.

Hi, Scoped Badger. Yep, that's it in a nutshell. I totally get what you're saying about waiting. If it were my money I would wait. My son, however, has been promising himself this for a very long time and he'd really like it to be here by Christmas. It's a present to himself as he's been...

Ooohhhhh, I should have read this earlier. Sorry. Rushed off my feet, jumping in feet first instead of using my head.

Thank you, Scott. As a starting point, this is available now, for Christmas. For the purposes of playing games like CoD, Minecraft etc, is this a sensibly balanced system? Please see below. As an ex-audiophile, I am aware that there are many, many ways to skin a cat and that system synergy...

Yeah, having now read about the Intel problems, we'll stick with AMD. Will be back for more advice after a bit more research. Thank you.

I read your link. Thank you! We'll stick with AMD for the CPU.

Thank you, Spyder. I think we may have found the solution in the Luna Ultra. Not my son's original theoretical spec, but perhaps a great option regardless.

Hi, totally clueless beginner here seeking advice, please, on behalf of son. My son is buying his dream gaming PC, but cannot decide between the CPUs and GPUs and is confused by how they'll interact. He will only be gaming and is planning on buying a 4k monitor. Budget for the pc is...