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@Delicate Dave I have just found a cheap Pc with these specs, its a little bigger than I was wanting, but I can work with it. How would this stack up? Intel Pentium G4400 Duo 3.3ghz 8gb Ram DDR4 one stick - Room For Another one 500gb Hardrive NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 2gb Wifi Dongle Keyboard & Mouse

I already do this on mine...... I use Remote desktop to play when Im at work sometimes, I thought I could get him to remote into the one in his room from his iPhone while we were out. I think he will enjoy it, he has played the PS5 one a few times but its too locked down, I cant even add a second manager to just give him loads of money. I have a friend with a similar machine, might get him to install it and test. or pay a little bit more and get it from a shop I might get a 30 day returns with.

Thanks for that, I hadn't actually ever thought about getting a laptop with a fauty screen!!!!! just out of curiosity, what rough settings would you be able to run with an integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 620 or similar? might make him use the old 2d circles i had to endure in my golden days!!!! another idea, I am just in the process of selling my old desktop, i7 6700K, with ASUS ROG motherboard, I could re house into a smaller case, but then I would struggle with the getting the graphics card I have in it into a smaller case.....

Hi All, I have read the opening post and totally understand no one can give 100% answers. So I have dipped in and out of football manager since the days or Championship manager (yes, yes I am old). I now have a 7 year old son who over the last 9 months has become football obsessed, He has a PS5 for his Fifa (FC now actually) Games, and I did buy him FM console, but he refuses to go any other team than the one we support (Carlisle united unfortunately), I find that the console version is harder to control and he is finding it too hard, to help him enjoy it a little bit more I am looking at buying him one if the mini Pcs (intel NUC or like the small Lenovo / HP) and hook it up to the tv in his room, This way I can load the save up in FMRTE, give him some money, maybe send a few of his fav players like Mbappe, Ronaldo over to Carlisle, then hope that if he starts winning, he will enjoy it, then in turn learn to play properly. Now I recently got myself a NUC but I got a new 13th gen i7 and the brief play I have had the game plays perfectly, so I know the small form factor isn't a bottleneck for heat or anything, however after buying myself one, buying him one is waaayyyyyyy out my budget, also the fact he is 7........ and if he still doesnt play it much, I dont want to lose alot of money. A few machines I have been looking at are slightly older i3 and i5 machines, around generation 6, so like a i5 6500T or i did see a celeron N5095, most machines have had 4/8gb Ram (probably cheap and easy to upgrade to 16 if needed) I will probably only be loading main English leagues, maybe a couple main leagues like Spain or France. The machines I have looked at are all "above" minimum spec, but just wondering about a rough guide to the gameplay if anyone has played on similar. I would happily buy him a laptop or better machine over time if he does become addicted (like he is to fifa) but just after a general consensus and a "dont go Celeron route" or make sure its over a gen 8 i3....... The ones i have been looking at are second hand, small for factor as he only has a small room, and all around the £75-£100, i may go slightly higher but would rather not. Thanks in advance.