I can see very little difference between the two, then again my PC refresh period is roughly eight years.

Both will run Monster Hunter Wilds with possibly 15% difference in framerate, but very manageable whichever you choose. I’ve listed below some ideal COMPONENTS to look for in a PC - if you can find a desktop with most of them your son will be set for a decade:

CPU:

• Intel Core Ultra 265K/F or higher
• AMD Ryzen 7900X3D or higher (X3D > X)

GPU:

• Nvidia 4080, 5070 or higher (but if you can wait one month, Super variants are going to be released soon - October-November is always a huge time for tech releases)
• AMD Ryzen 9700XT or XTX

RAM:

• Minimum 32GB, DDR5, 5200MHz.
• Brands: Corsair, Crucial, Kingston and PNY are the top

SSD:

• Minimum 2TB, M.2 NVME, 6000MB/s sequential read.
• Brands: Samsung, Western Digital Black/Blue, Seagate, Corsair and, again, Kingston

PSU (Power Supply):

• Brands: Corsair, MSI

Preference: Performance over RGB lighting aha