I have an old, mid-century modern style bureau as my work/play computer area. It's in my lounge so the desk folds up to hide the computer when not use. My 24" screen just fits inside, I have a laptop i use alongside that. Whatever I get will have to completely fit inside when desk is folded up. I have about 380mm height, 280mm depth 460mm width to play with inside.
Use: Adobe Lightroom and games such as Company of Heroes 1 and 2, so not that strenuous at all as these are 10 and 20 year old games! Although I'll probably be playing CoH3 soon enough so a slight amount of modern gaming ability would be good too.
Country: UK
Budget: £900 (preferably £750)
I've been looking at mini-pc, gaming laptops and SFF, MFF, micro ATX or mini ITX style PCs. They're very difficult to find pre-built. There are several used on ebay such as:
@£700
Specs:
intel core i5 11400f
RTX 3070 8GB
16GB RAM DDR4
512GB M.2 NVME SSD with windows 11
650W PSU
Liquid cpu cooler
WiFi and Bluetooth card
I'm happy to attempt a build myself and I'm happy with used anything/everything. From my very basic level research, I think a 3070 and 16GB would probably be sufficient.
Also been looking at laptops from costco, I don't need ultimate durability as it's mostly used at my desk so cheaper building quality is fine. This is avail, for example, at £900. Acer Nitro V15, Intel Core i5, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, 15.6 Inch Gaming Laptop, NH.QZAEK.002
Can anyone build a compact/small PC for light gaming that can beat those 2 for those prices?
Thanks!