Windows 10 Deals & Offers

It is IPS?

Still showing 2 available at the moment for me with the most recent link

Gone also

There was only one in stock which I purchased through the student computers link. The ebay on was ended as soon as I made my purchase so I am guessing that studentcomputers and the ebay seller are on and the same. At the moment there are 2 available on ebay for £299.99 with a make an offer see link

all gone, but great find

Forget warranty etc codes work sometimes

Gone, anyway...lol

More ram needed,Quite expensive.

Do they come with 12 months warranty included? I am sure better deals can be had with patience and a bit of luck. Just like with purchasing most things. Perhaps not as good a deal as the 9020 systems from ITZOO. The code, if it works, will take £17 off. £153 for a system which is ready to go, seems good with a legit Windows 10 Home Premium 64bit license.

The processor goes for about 70 quid on ebay, so the £100 left over would be more than enough to cover the rest of the parts in this system. Sorry but it's cold from me. You can get exact same setup but with 4gb more ram for cheaper returbs on ebay.

Probably only had one then... expired.

Now out of stock.

heat for username (excited)

Ohh nice so it did indeed come with a xb1 controller. It did say in the feature list Other features: Xbox One Controller, Steam-enabled but I just thought that meant it was compatible with XB1 controllers so I didn't bother including it in the description.

Arrived today , includes a mini keyboard and a windows Xbox controller, happy days, running sweet as nut , Fortnite getting downloaded the now !

When Sony or Microsoft go to AMD, they tell them "We want you to design us a custom motherboard with graphics, CPU, memory etc. we're looking at paying $XX for each chip" AMD can go away, look at their CPU and Graphics technology and build custom chips for them that strip away features that will never be used in a console. They can solder the chips straight into the board so don't have to provide features and connectors that ensure it will plug into thousands of different motherboards. Lots of little things they can trim off in a specialized custom console that'll save them lots of money. Then you've the fact that they can sell 75 million of these things. That's a dedicated factory line that can just keep churning out units nonstop without expensive retooling and downtime you get when switching between products. That's more money saved. Finally they sell these chips direct to the console manufacturers who themselves then sell the consoles at a tiny markup (or even a loss). Game stores also have a very tiny markup on consoles, making most their money on games. Compare this to a graphics card where AMD sell the chips to someone like Gigabyte who build the graphics card, sell it at a heavy markup to Ebuyer, who slap on their own markup. Lastly, these PCs are many times more powerful than games consoles but there are a few factors which may not make this clear in direct comparisons: -Compressed youtube swallows up a lot of fine detail. -There is diminishing returns in graphics, it takes increasing amounts of power for slighter visual upgrades. -Most games are designed for console limitations then ported to PC nowadays. PC gets better resolutions, frame rate, better textures and some nice graphical effects but it doesn't change it being designed for weaker systems so it doesn't take full advantage of the extra power. "PC First" games like The Witcher 3 look significantly better on PC but Assassins Creed or FIFA generally get a frame rate and resolution boost but not much else.

Absolutely spot on. I have a Xbox one x and also a Alienware alpha r2 with a gtx960 graphics card. The Xbox games are more expensive and also not as many games come out for the Xbox as they do PC. Pc always gets the updates and dlc first although Xbox are starting to enhance some older games for Xbox like red dead redemption which I think is great. As for the graphics there isnt really any difference between both but I like that I can adjust the graphics and update the alpha when it gets old.

I am guessing a 1070 can't play many modern games at 4k 60fps though. My rx vega card can barely hit 60fps on far cry 3 with ultra settings at 4k. A 6 year old game.

Received mine too. Screen is crisp but quite dim which is slight disappointment. Not sure what screen tech it uses but not IPS for sure. Keyboard is great not sure what the complaint was, much better than my budget laptops. Touchpad was also good. (I have used some very annoyingly bad touchpads which I hated) Very smooth loading Windows, fans does get loud when kicks in. On tablet mode I can feel alot of heat blowing at me... Form factor is a little larger than I thought as borders are quite thick, not super light but definitely more portable than a standard laptop. Battery seems poor lasted 1-2 hour performing Windows update and then required charging again..not sure if this is normal for laptop of this size with the cpu power.. Removed Mcafee, now Windows update stuck on 1709 update, but thats more of Windows issue... For the price is not bad definitely not worth the RRP. Will need try using it longer to see if I could get used to the screen or not. If I can't then will return it. Also may try fresh Windows install and then re-use the MS windows key. If anyones else thinking of fresh install then suggest you back up the drivers or do a recovery back up as suggested on manual.

MS knows what key has been used on what device and generally I have experienced that it automatically assigns the key that was previously on it. I also use an app to get the key from the bowels of the system as a backup in case things don't automatically work.

Underneath the battery?

It's been a while since I purchased a new laptop. I've noticed there's no product key underneath the laptop. If I was to install a fresh Windows 10, would I need a product key to activate it?

I will probably do a clean install just so that I know what is on it.

It’s well know in the industry, MS wants everyone in the 10 platform or equivalent Server Versions going forward the only problem with 10 is the constant updates.

Thanks, I found that the Windows 7 Pro OA code on the older sticker worked when I clicked 'Change Product Key' in Windows Activation. It appears to now have an activated version of Windows 10 Pro.

My 8200 has USB 2.0 ports.

8300 has 4 USB 3.0 ports which they don't mention. Does the 8200? It will be a quicker CPU of course but not a huge difference.

got 8300 elite and its a perfect hackintosh. just needed to upgrade the graphics. is it much diff between 8200 and 8300?

I do? When have I said that...

Brilliant thank you, I just need something for coursework and basic things really so it should be OK for that, thanks again

depends what you need, it's a very good laptop for general use ,browsing/ms office apps, specially if you replace the hard drive with an SSD , or are are patient :P The SSD speed's up the loading for the operating system and apps but it's still a good laptop without it. I think they didn't add the VAT , it's £366 with VAT after I've refreshed the page , still a great price

Thanks for that link, I think it's down to £305 now if I'm looking at the correct one.. Is it a decent laptop? I'm clueless with these things and every time I think I've found a decent one the comments on hukd put me off lol

expired, back at £513 now I bought a dell Inspiron 15 - 5570 for my wife, £370 , i5-8250U , 8Gb RAM, 1TB HDD (will clone and swap with an SSD) from Dell Outlet: http://outlet.euro.dell.com/Online/InventorySearch.aspx?brandId=7&c=uk&cs=ukdfh1&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

Mine just arrived, faulty so going back. Shame (annoyed)

That's a stunning price! Good little machine these, work have a few hundred of the i5 version. Mildly customised MSI motherboard, you'll need a low profile graphics card to upgrade it. Case is a tad fiddly to get into for those used to tool-less Lenovos and Dells. As regards the PSU comment further above, we've not had any issues out of the ordinary.

would be an interesting combination ngl. (lol)

Oops, yeah not sure where that came from!

Lenovo thinkcentre ;)

The original? Am sure you can still install and play single player. If not Gears of War Ultimate (Remaster) and Gears of War 4 is available on the Windows 10 store.

Can't play gears of war on PC no more :(

:D

Not once did a say it was a bad deal. I simply said buying a PC like this is a better option. Due to being able to upgrade parts, access to both PC and Microsoft first party games like Forza, Sea Of Thieves, Gears Of War ect. Since you mention the 1070. The 1060 is pretty much on par with the Xbox One X. At 4K using a 1060 and a first gen i5 CPU the cheap PC is on par with the Xbox One X when it comes to 4K gaming. But obviously has the option to run games at 60FPS at a lower resolution.

Not sure why you think the xbox one x is a bad deal considering I've seen comparisons of a 1070 equiped PC running Forza Horizon 3 vs the one x and the differences were minimal really.