Building a gaming PC for your kids is a big step, but it`s also important to maintain perspective and remember that you`re not building it for yourself. So, stop looking at that RTX 2080 Ti! Generally speaking, a good budget build is a way to go for kids, something that`s capable enough to play games like Fortnite and Minecraft without costing a lot to put together. These are some of the best parts you can use for such a build, with a total spend coming in under $450.
Little beast
AMD Athlon 200GE
Staff pick
The Athlon 200GE gets a lot of love for its incredibly low price yet surprisingly good performance. It houses two cores and four threads, and thanks to recent motherboard updates, you can easily overclock from 3.2 GHz to 3.9 GHz, which makes a difference. The integrated graphics are good enough to play older games on and will hold a solid 60 FPS in Minecraft, all while running cool and sipping power with its 35W TDP. Even the stock cooler, while small, works very well.
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