Is this a decent gaming spec?

[AdaBuc]

Hi folks,

My friend's son was given a gaming PC by his grandmother who bought it off someone "she knew at work".

He's complaining that it takes forever to start up and he's getting poor frame rates when playing e.g. Fortnite or Call of Duty.

The machine has the following spec (which I got via Windows System info / Task Manager)...

• OS: Windows 10 Home
• CPU: AMD A8-7650K
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
• RAM: 8GB DDR3
• HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA100 ATA (I'm not convinced - may be falsely reported)

Is this spec good enough for modern gaming? If so, then I will reinstall Windows 10 Home afresh, as the machine does seem to suffer from bloatware (and malware possibly).

If the spec is not good enough... then what would you change?

Thanks in advance!!

- Adam.

 

[Steveyg]

We can only really offer advice on PC Specialist machines here as it's their forums.

I would say it's a fairly bad machine and very unbalanced. You'd be better somewhere likes Toms Hardware for builds not related to PCS

 

[AdaBuc]

Thank you Steve. I bought a machine off PCS a few months back and I was amazed by the quality of advice I got from the forums when checking my spec, hence I was drawn back... 😁

But I will give Tom's Hardware a try.

Cheers.

 

[Stephen M]

If you decide to get another machine, the Windows licence is trsnsferrsble, so that would save you close on a ton.