Looking for advice for 12 year-old's first PC, for Minecraft/Fortnite. Upper budget £700

[ChrisHudson232]

Good evening,

I'm about to buy a first gaming PC for my 12 year-old, who plays a lot of Minecraft (happy playing on servers, but I think would also like to run his own server if the spec allowed), and a little bit of Fortnite. I'd appreciate people's comments on the below spec. I'm looking to spend up to £700 - don't need a monitor (I have a 24-inch AOC G2460VQ6), keyboard or mouse. Thanks for any advice.

Case
PCS 6003B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.2GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME A320M-K: Micro-ATX, AM4, USB 3.0, 6GB/s
Memory (RAM)
8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650 - HDMI
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st Storage Drive
250GB SEAGATE BARRACUDA 120 2.5" SSD, (up to 560MB/sR | 540MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 13 to 15 working days
Miscellaneous
Created Using Jargon Free Configurator
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PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
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[Prodigalnerd]

That system should be able to run minecraft and fortnite really well tho i do believe your overspending on the cpu maybe downgrade to a ryzen3 3100 to save a bit of money you dont need the Ryzen 5 3600.
Hopefully you found this helpfull

 

[ChrisHudson232]

That system should be able to run minecraft and fortnite really well tho i do believe your overspending on the cpu maybe downgrade to a ryzen3 3100 to save a bit of money you dont need the Ryzen 5 3600.
Hopefully you found this helpfull

Thanks, really useful. I'd had other advice that a Ryzen 5 would be what I need but always worth looking to save money and let the 12 year-old invest in a mouse perhaps. Thank you.