Help! Need advice on buying my son a gaming PC

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Luned99

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Hi, I'm a rather confused mum trying to work out what gaming PC to buy my son. He's 11 and just getting into World of Warcraft and Sims 4; his laptop just isn't coping with them. We've had a look at PC's but I am not very clued up (and have been using a MacBook Pro for years so have no idea about advances in PC's). We've thought about building one, but I'm really nervous about trying this, as I'm not terribly tech-proficient.

We've seen a Lenovo PC with the Intel i5 6400 and NVidia GTX 960, and an Acer with the Intel i7 6700 and MVidia GTX 745, which would seem more than sufficient. But I'd really like something he can upgrade himself when he needs to, so he can keep using it for quite a few years. Does anyone have any suggestions? I don't know what suppliers to try, or whether to attempt a build ourselves. Budget is £500 to £1000 for the PC... the lower the better, obviously, but I want to give him a really good starting point for PC gaming!
 
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XJZBNG

Here's one that almost at the top of your budget but it has the new SkyLake processor and has a graphics card that will run almost any game on high settings, no msaa. You could also go with 8gb of Ram for half the price but really I don't think it's worth it since many of today's games are requiring more and more Ram. Also you could save over a hundred dollars if you went with a cheaper graphics then buy a better one later. Especially since you said he's into WoW and Sims, which aren't very demanding games, so you could with a GTX 950 for less but get less performance.
 
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Luned99

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Thank you for the help! I am still unsure on what is the most important component: should I go for a better processor or a better graphics card if that's the compromise I have to make on price? I really want something that will last a few years at least, with him learning to upgrade components as he goes along.
 
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Luned99

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Oops, I've now also accidentally listed one of these answers as a solution and can't undo it. I'm grateful for the responses but I don't think it's quite solved yet
 
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The most important part you should really invest in is the processor, it's a lot more convenient to upgrade that and plus, a good graphics card may only last you 2 years before u almost have to upgrade. Now the processor, many people are still using processors from 4 or 5 years ago and still getting great performance. So i think it would be the best bet to invest more into the CPU than the graphics card at this moment.
 
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