Gaming PC Deals & Offers

It's pretty challenging! Need to take it slow but be aggressive

Spook! I've been watching Colin Furze built weapons from this game - he almost has the shield deployment down! Heat added btw! (y)

CD Keys maybe?

(:I Will take a while til it gets to a decent price for the consoles. Need to finish off the Nioh DLC, although some of the boss gauntlets just feel cheap

To pretend you have a disc

Hi, that would depend on what you were hoping to achieve with it. It's well equipped as it is. If you want a better GPU then you could upgrade there if you really wanted/needed. Or wait a while and upgrade it yourself later down the line :)

Are there any important upgrades I should make to this before taking the plunge and ordering?

Have you tried using another connection cable and/or port?

Ok. I've just read the messages. I want a high spec PC (no monitor needed) as I've bought a Dell for £300 and it's rubbish - screen on monitor keeps flashing on and off every 5 minutes and Dell support are useless. Any ideas on why monitor flashes on and off that often? Monitor is also Dell but I already had it.

There's still a lot of doubt about Stadia. Like games, ability to make good on their promises on high quality graphics on ordinary internet connections. Pricing to be affordable for consumers. All challenges faced by previous firms with similar aims. Even Nvidia attempt hasn't really come off for them. Still it's quite interesting as it's is a giant like Google going all in on this vision. With their prowess in YouTube to deliver a great experience 99% of the time. If anyone can make it happen Google is probably the best company to do it.

Would this be good for Video Editing?

Cheers Dad

Have heat for the effort put in, the clarity of explanation and decent prices

I think Novatech had some deals on Gaming machines. Might be worth checking there too.

PS: Don't forget the monitor: You need a G-Sync/Free-Sync monitor 100 htz + to get the best from your build, i'm serious, the difference will be night and day....like switching to SSD ?.

"future proof" something that motherboard isn't. (lol)

seems like a good deal then you realise they cheap out on the quality of some parts making it not worth at all.

How can the most talked about PC build of late be duplicated? (skeptical) I'm going to set my alarm to post this again in 27 days (highfive)

Reported as a duplicate post

already posted https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/awd-stronghold-2600-six-core-39ghz-rx-580-8gb-desktop-gaming-pc-49994-awdit-3176575?page=22#comment-37214644

trash motherboard with a CPU made for overclocking with cheapo memory. Big NO. crap 'deal'

Crap stuff my amd 8150 plus board lasted 3months before it started having issues couldn't be bothered with returning it

Budget board. I probably wouldn't pay it because I would pick my parts individually and pay a bit more to get something that'll last. Find £210 for a 2600 and a better B450 board. Supports faster RAM, more likely to support more of the near future Zen 2 CPU models with better VRMs etc. It's a smarter choice long term IMO.

Don't know where you pulled that price for the 1600x, look here its 125, https://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-Ryzen-1600X-Desktop-CPU/dp/B06XKWT7GD/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=Ryzen+1600x&qid=1553017249&s=gateway&sr=8-1 And doubt this mobo is worth anywhere near 60 pounds

Well it kind of is, a a320 mobo like this probably 30-40 pounds, and a 2600 is 130-140, while 2600x is probably 170-180, so for 20-30 extra you could get the newer gen if my math is right.

Just got the same spec laptop asus rog strix for the same price, overpriced :D

basically the exact same spec £991 what you should get for £1257 (much better performing for still £100 cheaper) what you could get for £1401

I bought it from NOVATECH.

link?

I only paid £78 more and I got a better processor and an nvidia rtx 2070 :)

I’ll have a think, I don’t want to drop too much performance as I’m currently using a powerful Core 2 Duo (2,53mhz) coupled with 4Gb RAM and a mighty Radeon 3600 card (y)

if you will be playing at 1080p 60hz the rx580 should be enough, if your at 1080p 144hz or 1440p then its worth going for a vega 56 as it is significantly more powerful.

I looked at some YT stuff on the two and decided to go with the Ryzen, Im now thinking of upgrading it to the Vega 56, would that be a significant enough upgrade to warrant the ££ or just go with this + another 8Gb RAM? (confused)

That's annoying 😥

thats a good gpu but the i5 7400 will bottleneck it significantly especially in newer games notice how in most games its over 85% usage that will strongly impact performance and you will have lower fps and stutter in games, much better to go for a ryzen system especially considering you will get a warranty and a platform that's not dead. performance will be worse in some games becuase of the worse gpu but you should have less stutter and better multitasking and some games will perform better on a ryzen and 580 system because of that 7400 bottlenecking.

Thanks for verifying mate! My pc arrived yesterday, delivered on time and it's working great! I didnt have any game codes though so I messaged them too and they replied saying they are emailed out 7 days after the system is delivered. Been really impressed with it so far, good customer service too, can't fault it at all!

Seems like a lot of grunt for the £s, Heated.

Guys just FYI I asked if you qualify for any of the free games available with RTX cards and they said yes they provide the codes (a copy of either Anthem, BF5 or Metro Exodus) which adds even more value to this build! One thing to bear in mind is they do not use all the case fan slots so you will need to buy extra fans yourself. THey only provide one fan at the front and one at the back so I may need to sort out some extra fans by calling them but those shouldn't cost much for an extra 3/4 fans.

I have a very similar build. Asus x370 ROG hero vi mobo Ryzen 1700 16gb Team dark 3200 cl14 ram Got for a great price in a bundle for just over £600 (over two years ago) Phanteks p400s case £70 Sapphire Vega 56 8gb £380 PSU: EVGA Supernova 750w LED £90 Total around £1140 They are slightly higher quality parts but cost me around the same in total. At least it's held its value in two years!

Good find OP

It’s compatible as in it works but not certified

So is this compatible or certified for use with Nvidia g-sync, can't find confirmation online?

Freesync over hdmi and what range?

For me it's because Acer store.. if it was Amazon, buybuybuybuybuy (popcorn) (party)

This does ticks all the boxes that I'm looking for but not sure why i am not clicking that buy button.. hmmmmm......

Has anyone received the card yet? Mine says being delivered April 9 and the price has increased on Amazon to £705

No not really, R9 280X is more of a GTX 1050 Ti competitor, the 1060 (even the 3GB version) is on a difference performance level that the 280X can't reach even when overclocked.

Vega VII only has that much VRAM, since it's basically a rebranded Radeon Instinct MI50. If AMD designed Vega VII from the ground up, it would have had less VRAM to make it more price competitive, since HBM2 VRAM is pretty damn expensive.

I think any card with a narrow bus and low clocks speed will have shorter life cycle. For example AMD R9 280x is better than 285 or 1050ti and overclocked 280x can compete with gtx 1060. It's in the manufacturer interest not to widen the bus and therefore deprecate cards very quickly. In my honest opinion raytracing is a way forward since is more natural way of rendering 3D scenes.

1080Ti performance, with more heat and at the same price you could have got a 1080Ti 2 years ago. Might be useful for the 0.001% of the GPU owning population that do rendering/production work, but otherwise avoid.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-kinetic-zx-intel-z390-configurable-coffee-lake-refresh-ddr4-gaming-pc-fs-153-og.html#t=d, This has an i7 9700k and a zotec 2080 (not TI) for £1,821.

Do you want to build it yourself or buy it pre built? A 2080TI will do 4K great but that card alone will cost around £1100 . If building yourself, you could probably get the rest of the parts for £900 ish. A pre built with a 2080TI will likely cost you more.

I’m looking to buy a gaming PC, I had one back like 20 years ago in the 3dfx era when SLI supported cards came out then had enough an moved on to consoles. For 2k can I get a 4K gaming machine that plays effortlessly in med/high or just stick with console for now ? :{

Cheaper than the Samsung fold. Heat.

May aswell go 2k go full top end. 4 years 500 quid a year. Cheap. Thats how i see things. Better kit you buy the longer it lasts. People buying mid end always pay more in the long run. I mean this is mid-high but some crap bits that could be good bits for couple hundred more.

They don't pay the same part prices we pay. This is why business sell components to us for £1277. It's simple economics.

Point is you talk about the price hike due to them making it yet ive listed a pc there with much more power built with a warranty and delivered for 100 more. You cannot justify the cost of this machine based on hiked up labour costs when others can built one better practically the same price

What's your point?

Lol ok https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/configure-review/290/

It’s easy for an enthusiast to say “l could build it cheaper” but not everyone has the ability or inclination. For companies like CCL, PCs don’t build themselves and wages need to be paid. While it’s cheaper to assemble your own seasoned builders will know even premium parts can be DOA, have unexpected incompatibilities or suffer premature failure. Anyone buying a system like this is paying for the convenience of being supplied a fully integrated and tested system, and three years of not having to jump through individual manufacturers’ RMA hoops when a part fails. For many people at under £180 that’s not a bad premium to pay. If there’s a real grumble it’s the slightly mean SSD capacity. A 480-512GB drive could fit in the same budget if the HDD size was trimmed slightly. The system is sold as “VR-Ready”, so clearly aimed at gamers - and for gamers loading times are important. You’re not going to get much of a Steam library onto a 240GB, a larger capacity will give more breathing space before relegating less frequently played titles to the HDD. An option to bin the existing combined storage altogether in favour of a single 1TB SSD would be nice...

was thinking abotu buying the AWD rx 580 prebuilt and upgrading the mobo for 25 quid more making it 525, is that better then the 1060 one? Thanks

What you get is what you pay for, and you get a good PC for a good price along with terrible customer service, and receiving damaged products.

And a floppy drive

Depends how much expansion you need. Something along the lines of this. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/dQgzK8/asrock-b450m-pro4-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b450m-pro4

So much bitchyness. (lol) (lol) (lol)

Because that's all anyone's done all day. I was only trying to help. I thought it was a deal. I'm sorry if it ain't.

But it isn't, hence the -383... it hasn't been reduced and is overpriced. Why you feel everyone is attacking you i don't know

Well yeah, because it is a deal. I'm not under myself. I've clearly not had a good day on here, yeah? You and everyone else can see that, so why antagonise the situation? Think it's you that needs to get over yourself. In YOUR opinion, it's not a deal. Doesn't mean I have to take this from you.

Seriously, me saying that isn't a deal at all (which it isn't) upsets you? Get over yourself.

It's people like you that upset people though. Why can't you just be nice? All I've done is posts deal and your getting angry over it. Really? Like I said before a deal is a deal.

DOnt see why not

Depedns heavily on what you edit. If you do this for a living I'd suggest some more money for a 6-core (at least 2600) and at least 16GB of RAM. For casual editing this could be serviceable at best.

Is this worth it for editing when using Adobe Premiere CC

Has anyone received theirs yet? Any comments?

Processor - Intel Core i5 Quad Core 3330 Minimum refurbished CPU/MB 3 year warranty *(spec updated 09/1/19) Yeah, no. Get the deal posted here instead. That system will be old and outdated. DDR3? i5 3rd Gen? Please don't do that to yourself.