Just some advice needed please

[RaptorSA]

Trying to do semi-high-end at that price is tricky. If you could, I would go with something like this. Just need to add a keyboard as Wootware don't have stock of any cheaper keyboards at the moment. Obviously you could spend less on the graphics card, but it's probably your best bang-for-buck at the moment.

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This is a decent system, it's the pricing that floors me.
Half the price of an entry level car for a midrange system is ludicrous.
Things have really gone downhill.

I've had something similar in my wootware basket for weeks now, but even though I have the cash I can't get myself to pull the trigger.

 

[UrBaN963]

Out of curiosity, why go the Loot way when wootware specializes in PC tech?

That is all from Wootware, not Loot.

 

[Jean Claude Vaaldamme]

The funny thing will be if you say you look at new and want a warrantee and then go buy from Evetech

 

[UrBaN963]

The funny thing will be if you say you look at new and want a warrantee and then go buy from Evetech

Anybody still buying from Evetech is an idiot. No two ways about it.

 

[rudils]

+1 this.
Future upgrades? How much are you planning on spending? I'm curious to know what you anticipate will need upgrading.

He will probably need a better graphics card, more ram etc down the line, but that he can save up for

 

[rudils]

I'm guessing he would probably like those things down the line but may need a laptop sooner.
Depending on the budget I guess, I think there's more value in a laptop myself. Of course he's your son and you know his situation.

He actually has a laptop already, even though not as powerful as the desktop we want to do, but would be fine for quick on the fly changes. The desktop would be used for the bigger editing jobs down the line.